Sparwood, British Columbia, is a town of roughly 4,000 people tucked into the Elk Valley, surrounded by the open pits and underground workings of one of North America’s largest metallurgical coal ...

Abandoned coal mines could be significant sources of greenhouse gases, releasing carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. Recent research reveals that these forgotten sites continue to influence our ...

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” ...