Suspected of starting a local wildfire, a coal fire underneath a popular Boulder, Colorado, open space has been put out. Coal ...

Australia's coal-fired power stations are outdated, unreliable and must be replaced soon, with over sixty per cent of ...

Mining activity ceased at the site in the early 1900’s, but the coal still left in the ground has been burning ever since. Previous coverage: Work begins to mitigate decades-old underground fire in ...

In Nagasaki prefecture, on the southern Japanese island of Kyushu, J-Power, the operator of the aging Matsushima coal-fired ...

And, hopefully, a 100-year-old underground fire will breathe its last because the coal will be busted apart and smothered with dirt, reducing the potential for combustion. “It’s really ...

It finds that while Australia’s youngest coal-fired generator is 18-years-old, some plants have been in operation since the 70s despite their operational life sitting at around 45 years.

A Reuters survey of Japanese companies operating old coal power units ... a spokesperson told Reuters. “Our coal-fired thermal power plants play an important role,” in maintaining stable ...