The Coal Handling Training Series is the most comprehensive e-learning solution dedicated to providing best practices for working with coal. Personnel have access to 20 cutting-edge e-learning modules ...

WAYNESBURG, PA. — To live in Appalachia is to love Appalachia. The deep ravines, muddy “hollers” and soaring rugged hills are a beauty to behold. Hunting, fishing, hiking, boating and camping are all ...

Over half of the United States’ electricity came from coal in 2000. That figure has plummeted to around one third in 2016, and thousands of coal workers have lost their jobs. But former fossil fuel ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As the shift toward renewable energy forces the closure of coal mines, many have found themselves out of jobs. One company is ...

When the first steam boilers were introduced in the 18th century, in the U.S. and Europe, safety was a big issue. During a 12-year period, 1879 through 1891, there were 2,159 reported steam boiler ...

WAYNESBURG, Pa. (Reuters) - When Mike Sylvester entered a career training center earlier this year in southwestern Pennsylvania, he found more than one hundred federally funded courses covering ...

When one domino falls, others usually follow. Consider the following sequence of events, which occurred at an AmerenUE power plant in August of 2000. 5:54 p.m. All six power plant units are operating ...

The global economy is in a massive transition from a fossil-fuel-based energy system to one using sophisticated renewable energy technologies. For tens of thousands of fossil fuel workers, though, the ...

Next, he plans to replace the images with scans to make the virtual reality experience more authentic. Per MSHA standards, a new coal miner has to undergo 24 hours, or three eight-hour days, of ...