The amount of public money available to make Welsh coal tips safe "only scratches the surface", according to evidence heard by a parliamentary committee. The Welsh Affairs Select Committee was told ...

GLYNNEATH (Reuters) - Two decades ago, Britain was shutting collieries and coal miners were staging desperate and sometimes violent strikes in a vain attempt to save their jobs. Now, near-record high ...

There will more than likely never be enough funding for the risk posed by disused coal tips in Wales to be taken away, MPs have been told. Representatives from four Welsh councils appeared in front of ...

Welsh scientists have mapped the hidden microbes thriving in south Wales’s abandoned coal mines, helping to overcome obstacles to using mine water to heat Britain’s homes. With an estimated ...

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NEW YORK, March 21 (Reuters) - American Electric Power Co Inc. planned to shut the 528-megawatt Unit 1 at the Welsh coal-fired power station in Texas on March 21-25 for planned maintenance on ...