There are places that are very spectacular and seem ideal for explorers, but it's good to do some research before visiting ...

OSDOL HAS OUR STORY FROM MONROEVILLE. THREE MONTHS BEFORE LIZ POLLARD’S DEATH, STATE DEP OFFICIALS LEARNED OF A SINKHOLE. AT THIS MONROEVILLE APARTMENT COMPLEX, LEADING TO ANOTHER ABANDONED MINE.

Plans to fix up abandoned mine lands and clean a mine-polluted watershed in two Schuylkill County municipalities are moving forward thanks to a $550,000 federal grant. The money is to be used to ...

The world of Borderlands 4 has many secrets to uncover, the abandoned Auger mines being one of them. Why were they abandoned? We don’t know! However, we do know that if you find an Auger mine and ...

Until the passage of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) in 1980, miners across the American West extracted gold, silver, and other valuable “hardrock” ...

When an abandoned mineshaft beneath Interstate 80 in Morris County collapsed the morning after Christmas, closing the eastbound side of the highway for four days, everyone took notice. No vehicles ...

New Mexico's Environment Department plans to finish cleaning up at least one abandoned uranium mine by next summer, and has begun site evaluations at 15 uranium mine and mill sites in the northwest ...

A version of this story was originally published on Jan. 17, 2025. Drivers on Interstate 80 long have grappled with gridlock, sun glare and other unavoidable headaches of traveling in a densely ...

Globally, energy markets are transitioning away from coal and toward solar energy. In 2024, the world installed a record-breaking 599 GW of solar and has nearly 2 TW in development. Installed solar ...