An outdated law allows coal companies to take private land for lignite mining that is in the “public interest,” even after the country’s highest court ruled that the government must reduce emissions.

Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin. KEYENBERG, Germany — The first thing Norbert Winzen wants me to know about the machine is that it ...

The financing package has enabled the Vulcan board to take a final investment decision on the project, company said.

Germany has called for a pause in the developing deep-sea mining industry, saying not enough is known about the likely impacts of mining the seabed for battery metals. The world's fourth-biggest ...

BERLIN (AP) — Straining to hold back tears, their once-white helmets and overalls smeared with dust, seven miners in Germany stepped out of a metal cage Friday bearing the last piece of black coal ...

Miners hold the last lump of coal during a closing ceremony of the last German coal mine Prosper-Haniel in Bottrop, Germany, Friday, Dec. 21, 2018. The end of black coal production marks the end of an ...

Imagine a Sunny Delight factory explosion in the gloomy realm of Mordor, spilling streams of "orange drink" through the land. That's what Tom Hegen's photos look like. Only thing is, they weren't shot ...

BERLIN (AP) — Straining to hold back tears, their once-white helmets and overalls smeared with dust, seven miners in Germany stepped out of a metal cage Friday bearing the last piece of black coal ...

Miners attend coal extraction in the Prosper-Haniel coal mine in Bottrop, Germany, on May 14, 2018. Germany is closing one of its last two black coal mines Friday, ending an industry that laid the ...

KEYENBERG, Germany - The first thing Norbert Winzen wants me to know about the machine is that it never stops moving. "It runs constantly," he says. "Every day, every night, Sundays, even on Christmas ...