Coal mining was often a family affair with different ... The reliance on huge amounts of coal as a fuel during the Industrial Revolution has had a serious effect on the environment.

Politicians have called for former coalfields to be turned into green energy hubs to reverse the damage of the pit closures.

“This was the industrial revolution, right here ... the United Kingdom is barely mining coal today. Plans to open the country ...

This victory is part of a global movement against coal, including direct action, legal challenges and public campaigns, that have blocked new plants from the US to Europe to Africa. Meanwhile, new ...

As the clock struck midnight on Monday, UK time, the birthplace of the industrial revolution marked ... diminished the importance of coal when she shut mines to crush the power of mining unions ...

The 100-foot behemoth stood tall, towering over ramshackle homes built on the backs of tens of thousands of anthracite miners — a reminder of their sacrifice that fueled an industrial revolution.

Modern industry started in the 18th century, and its growth accelerated throughout the 19th as production switched from metal to coal mining. By the early 20th century, about one in four Welsh workers ...

The industrial revolution was underway and it depended ... Tutty starting working in the Glace Bay coal mines when he was 14 years old. His father had drowned and Tutty became the first in five ...