Coal boss threatened to shut mines following safety complaintsBy Scott TongApril 08, 2019David McNew/Getty ImagesA secretly recorded speech by Murray Energy boss is at center of a legal dispute.POSTED IN: business coal mining miners West Virginia Murray Energy workers' rights ListenreadDownloadDownload
Senate confirmation process begins this week for EPA chief By Scott TongJanuary 15, 2019Win McNamee/Getty ImagesAndrew Wheeler is expected to face tough questions about his former role as a lobbyist for the fossil fuel industry.POSTED IN: andrew wheeler EPA scott pruitt coal ListenreadDownloadDownload
New U.S. coal consumption figures show industry’s declineBy Kimberly AdamsDecember 06, 2018George Frey/Getty ImagesEconomic forces will determine the future of coal, even if environmental regulations are loosened.POSTED IN: Economy coal energy alternative energies gas renewable energy ListenreadDownloadDownload
Are Republicans softening on carbon taxes?By Jed KimSeptember 12, 2018SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty ImagesA few GOP lawmakers are bucking the party line by backing a tax on CO2 emissions.POSTED IN: sustainability Carbon carbon emissions EPA coal energy carbon tax GOP ListenreadDownloadDownload
Coal plant operating costs are a long-held secretBy Jed KimSeptember 07, 2018George Frey/Getty ImagesA Washington state Superior Court judge may order the release of information a utility says contains trade secrets.POSTED IN: sustainability coal Pacificorp Sierra Club coal plants ListenreadDownloadDownload
Can looser regulations save the coal industry from market forces?By Jed KimAugust 21, 2018Spencer Platt/Getty ImagesPOSTED IN: sustainability coal EPA regulation carbon emissions power plants ListenreadDownloadDownload
Trump, Perry propose a lifeline for coal and nuclear sectors that critics say is unnecessary and would be harmfulBy Scott TongJune 05, 2018The latest directive would allow the Energy Department to use a complex wartime law in the interest of national security.POSTED IN: sustainability coal power energy department nuclear energy national security ListenreadDownloadDownload
Some former coal towns turn to nature tourism as a new economic driverBy Julie GrantFebruary 28, 2018Courtesy of Rick ArmstrongTourism economy around natural beauty is starting to replace extractive industries in some former West Virginia and PA coal towns.POSTED IN: Economy coal country West Virginia Pennsylvania energy coal ListenreadDownloadDownload
Why investing in coal companies may not help the people living in coal countryBy Kai Ryssdal and Sean McHenryJanuary 11, 2018POSTED IN: Economy coal mining coal industry regulations appalachia West Virginina ListenreadDownloadDownload
