Energy Information Administration, U.S. Department of Energy. Provides official U.S. government coal statistics, state coal profiles, reviews of U.S. coal resources, online publications about the U.S. and world coal industry, coal data, quarterly reports on U.S. coal production, and energy initiatives.
World Coal Institute . Non-profit, non-governmental association of coal producers and coal consumers, which provides information concerning how coal is mined and transported, clean-coal technology, and the sustainable development of coal resources.
Office of Surface Mining-Information by Geographic Location
Interface to state coal environmental information through a map of United States . Oversight reports are summaries (by year) of regulatory and abandoned mine land reclamation programs administered by that state.
Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology
The Abandoned Mine Program page provides information concerning inactive mine reclamation, mine subsidence protection, dangerous mines, and an online manuscript concerning best reclamation practices. The Coal Regulatory Page provides information about surface mine regulations and examples of reclamation projects in Colorado
Colorado Geological Survey.
Information about Colorado 's coal deposits, production, subsidence hazards, and related topics, and information about the geology of Colorado.
Illinois State Geological Survey. Information about current coal mining activity, interactive coal bed maps, mined area maps, coal data, online coal publications, and information about the geology of Illinois.
Indiana Geological Survey. Information about the history of coal mining in Indiana, interactive coal mine maps, coal data, coal bed maps, and information about the geology of Indiana.
Kentucky Coal Education. An industry-sponsored educational resource that provides 90 different K-12 lesson plans about coal, industry perspectives on coal-related issues in the news, and opportunities for interactive education links that allow students to ask questions of people in the coal industry.
Kentucky Department for Natural Resources State agency providing information about abandoned mine lands, mine permits, surface mining data, mine reclamation and enforcement. The Division of Abandoned Mine Lands includes information and images about coal mining and reclamation.
Kentucky Geological Survey. Information about how coal forms, properties of coal, mining areas and mining methods, coal data, coal bed maps, and information about the geology of Kentucky.
Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of the Geological Survey.
Information about coal in Ohio, subsidence issues, and information about the geology of Ohio.
North Dakota Geological Survey. Information about mineral resources including coal with images of coal mining around North Dakota.
Pennsylvania Geological Survey. Information about how coal forms, illustrations of common fossils, maps of coal distribution, and information about the geology of Pennsylvania.
Utah Geological Survey Information about coal and coalbed methane in Utah , and information about the geology of Utah .
West Virginia Geological Survey. Information about the history of coal mining, trace elements in coal, mountaintop removal mining methods, coal data, coal bed maps, fossils from the coal fields, and information about the geology of West Virginia.
( West Virginia ) Coal Impoundment Location and Information System Provides information on slurry impoundments in West Virginia (and with time other areas), plus general and technical information on the processes, technology, best practices in coal preparation and slurry impoundments.
Wyoming State Geological Survey Information about the history of coal mining, mine locations, coal resources, coalbed methane, a virtual mine to electricity field trip, and information about the geology of Wyoming.
Wyoming Mining Association Information about coal, what coal is used for, how it is mined, Wyoming resources, and reclamation awards.
