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India's energy demand shift towards oil and gas, with coal losing dominance, projected by OPEC report.
Even as President Trump vows to reinvigorate America's coal industry, critics say his administration has stripped away key health protections for miners.
As Republicans try to pare down tax subsidies for renewable energy in their massive reconciliation package, they’re also giving an incentive for another energy source: coal that’s used to make ...
Duke Energy recently proposed replacing two aging coal units with natural gas plants. New proposal could be pathway to keep them online.
Researchers are trying to figure out how to extract rare earths from coal ash, which could yield 11 million tons of rare earths for the U.S. Coal ash is a toxic byproduct of coal-fired power plants.
Ireland just shut down its last coal plant – part of a clean energy shift that’s making Europe coal-free, one country at a time.
Ireland today (June 20) became the 15th coal-free country in Europe, having ended coal power generation at its 915 MW Moneypoint coal plant in County Clare.
Here’s why there’s a power struggle over coal. Coal used to be king in the US, but the country has dramatically reduced its dependence on the fuel over the past two decades.
A mining and processing business in California is replacing one coal plant but says another could stay online for many years.
When miners protested Trump’s move to shutter safety offices and a health program for black lung disease, his administration reversed course.
Coal power costs skyrocketed 28% since 2021, as aging plants and fuel get more expensive, forcing consumers to pay billions in higher energy costs.
The Trump administration has cut programs that protected workers from lung disease, aided those afflicted, and kept miners safe.