Located in the Pentland Firth off the coast of Scotland, the MayGen marine energy project is one of the largest of its kind ...

FLORENCE, Colorado (KCNC) — Crews tearing apart a 1.5-acre pile of coal mine refuse that has been smoldering for two decades recently uncovered a section which measured 300 degrees Fahrenheit ...

A selection of photographs submitted to BBC Scotland News from around the country this week.

A solar mission shared between the European Space Agency and NASA has captured the first-ever images of the Sun 's south pole. Under the ESA's guidance, Solar Orbiter—which launched in February ...

The European Space Agency's Solar Orbiter captured the first-ever images of the sun's south pole in March, which were released this week.

Environmental groups had opposed expanding a Montana mine previously caught up in allegations of cocaine trafficking and the faked kidnapping of an executive.

The Trump administration has cut programs that protected workers from lung disease, aided those afflicted, and kept miners safe.

Assessment reports for the approved NSW mine expansion state that the project will put threatened species at risk and see hundreds of hectares of land gradually sink.

Incredible new images of the sun's surface provide an unprecedented view of sunspots and other solar activity.

In 1924, coal mining in America was at its peak, employing over 860,000 miners. Today, employment numbers are slightly over 40,000. Want more proof that the industry is on the decline? Just take a ...