Coal

The IEA said, under current conditions, renewables are expected to overtake coal as the primary means of producing electricity by 2025.

Spanish energy providers decided that refitting coal plants to reduce carbon emissions and meet EU regulations was too expensive.

It's the first time that's happened since 1885.

Andrew Wheeler is expected to face tough questions about his former role as a lobbyist for the fossil fuel industry.

Economic forces will determine the future of coal, even if environmental regulations are loosened.

A few GOP lawmakers are bucking the party line by backing a tax on CO2 emissions.

A Washington state Superior Court judge may order the release of information a utility says contains trade secrets.

The Environmental Protection Agency released details today of its plan to replace the Obama-era rules governing carbon emissions from power plants. The EPA’s proposals differ radically from the old Clean Power Plan. They give a lot of concessions to the coal industry. President Donald Trump has long promised to end what he calls the “war […]

Tourism economy around natural beauty is starting to replace extractive industries in some former West Virginia and PA coal towns.