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Sixteen people have been confirmed dead in a coal-mine fire in the city of Panzhou, southwest China Guizhou Province, on Sunday mo

Few images are more effective in opening wallets than pictures of distressed koalas, whose sad state the accompanying ad copy inevitably insists is due to logging of old growth forests. Like just about everything the greenies assert when out for cash, it simply isn't true. What science rather than spin tells us is that the Great Koala National Park will fail the very creatures its spruikers insist they are defending

Nova Scotia's Department of Labour says it has issued a stop-work order following an underground fire at the Donkin coal mine in Cape Breton.

State officials found no evidence of an underground fire near the site of a proposed gas-to-gasoline plant in Newport Twp. on visits earlier this year. That changed Tuesday.

In the early 1960s, nearly 1,100 people lived in the Pennsylvania coal town. Today, according to the U.S. Census, just nine remain.

In the early 1960s, nearly 1,100 people lived in the Pennsylvania coal town. Today, according to the U.S. Census, just nine remain.

In the early 1960s, nearly 1,100 people lived in the Pennsylvania coal town. Today, according to the U.S. Census, just nine remain.

In the early 1960s, nearly 1,100 people lived in the Pennsylvania coal town. Today, according to the U.S. Census, just nine remain.

In the early 1960s, nearly 1,100 people lived in the Pennsylvania coal town. Today, according to the U.S. Census, just nine remain.

One of the most infamous abandoned places on earth is in Pennsylvania, the town of Centralia.