Centralia, Pennsylvania looks like an ordinary abandoned town — except the ground beneath it has been burning since 1962.

Deep in Pennsylvania sits a ghost town swallowed by fire, silence, and rumor. Centralia was once a normal mining community filled with families, shops, and church bells. Today, only steam vents, ...

Timing is everything. Just before the holidays, the federal Department of Energy declared an energy supply emergency to justify its effort to overturn state law and force the retiring coal-fired power ...