A project aiming to harness geothermal energy from disused, flooded coal mines in the northeast of England took another step forward this week after it was given planning permission for an initial ...

LONDON, Oct 28 (Reuters) - Banks Mining will not appeal against a government decision to reject its plans to develop a new coal mine in northeast England, the British company said on Wednesday.

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The Prince of Wales Colliery, in Pontefract, was the UK's oldest working mine when it shut in 2002. Mair Morgan says the disaster that killed 144 people remains etched into her memory. Tom McGuinness' ...

Between May 17-31, Britain saw its first two-week period without domestic coal-fired power stations generating electricity since the 1880s. However, modelling carried out by energy market data analyst ...

Coal has long been the fuel at the heart of energy production in the Commonwealth. Kentuckians often grow up with stories of ...