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.
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.
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.
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.