The Environmental Protection Agency on Monday proposed scaling back the requirements around storing and releasing waste from coal-fired power plants, despite also finding an increase in toxic leaks from waste pits.
America's clean energy revolution is on the verge of a tipping point.
China is turning to ExxonMobil to help meet its insatiable appetite for cleaner energy as the country moves away from coal.
Waste ash from hundreds of coal-fired power plants has contaminated groundwater in 39 states with toxic substances like arsenic, lithium and mercury, according to a report by two environmental groups that was based on data the plants reported to the US Environmental Protection Agency.
Sometimes to win the war against pollution, you have to beat a tactical retreat.
Coal has been knocked down. But it's not out by a long shot.
The Environmental Protection Agency is preparing a second overhaul to the way coal-fired power plants are regulated, a change to the Obama-era rule limiting mercury emissions that environmentalists have supported.
The Environmental Protection Agency will allow states to set their own emission standards for coal-fueled power plants under the newly proposed Affordable Clean Energy (ACE) Rule. The plan, announced Tuesday, will "establish guidelines for states" to use when setting limits for greenhouse gases, the agency said in a statement. Critics say the decision will result in the release of much more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.
As his Environmental Protection Agency delivers its latest blow to environmental regulations aimed at reducing carbon emissions, President Donald Trump is heading into the heart of coal country to deliver the good news.
Coal is dying because of dirt-cheap natural gas. The rise of renewable energy isn't helping.
The Environmental Protection Agency will allow states to set their own emission standards for coal-fueled power plants, the Wall Street Journal reported Monday. Critics say the decision will result in much more carbon dioxide being released into the atmosphere.
As one of his first major acts as acting director of the US Environmental Protection Agency, Andrew Wheeler signed and finalized new standards overseeing coal ash, the leftover waste created by power plants that burn coal. The new rules are a revision of 2015 regulations that were put into place by the Obama administration after two significant industrial coal ash spills.
In his first public appearance since taking over as the acting head of the Environmental Protection Agency, Andrew Wheeler told employees gathered at agency headquarters Wednesday that he was "proud" of his work as a coal industry lobbyist.
"The Terminator" has a message for President Donald Trump: Don't go back in time to "rescue the coal industry."
EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt scored some premium tickets to one of the most highly sought after University of Kentucky basketball games thanks to a friend who happens to be a coal executive and major donor, The New York Times reports.
President Donald Trump has asked Energy Secretary Rick Perry to "prepare immediate steps" to keep coal and nuclear power plants from closing, the White House announced on Friday.
Burning coal used to be the primary way power companies generated the electricity needed to cool homes, run factories and brighten streets.
Once again, coal country is begging the Trump administration for help.
Volkswagen is ditching coal.
Kim Jong Un's annual New Year's Day address is akin to the State of the Union for US Presidents.
Coal CEO Robert Murray warns that if the Senate version of tax reform is enacted by President Donald Trump, he'll be destroying thousands of coal mining jobs in the process.
Straddling US Route 52 as it winds through the mountains of southern West Virginia, Iaeger is a town of just 350 residents.
The rapidly falling cost of solar energy is going to make it difficult for President Trump to deliver on his promise to put coal miners back to work.
The U.S. added 400 coal mining jobs during May, according to Friday's payroll report.
