The situation had to get pretty bad before people really forced the government to act. But the effort was ultimately ...

EPA says delaying wastewater curbs at coal plants will lower electricity prices, but it could spur higher costs for cleaning up drinking water. The Trump administration said this week it will lower ...

President Donald Trump came into office promising to reverse the long decline of coal. Now he’s taking action with a plan to pour money into coal-burning plants and open federal lands to mining. But ...

WASHINGTON -- The Trump administration Monday outlined a coordinated plan to revive the mining and burning of coal, the largest contributor to climate change worldwide. Coal use has been declining ...

Cleveland Works currently relies on two blast furnaces, which use coal to refine iron ore that is later processed into steel. Credit: (The Center For Land Use Interpretation; CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) ...

Trump’s administration is promoting coal by halting plant closures and supporting new mining projects. Environmental groups and states are challenging federal orders to keep coal plants open. The ...

Hurricane Creek Mining plans to mine for nearly two millions tons of coal in the next decade. The coal would go toward steelmaking and power generation. Donald Trump's remarks about Putin leave ...

Crews tearing apart a 1.5-acre pile of coal mine refuse that has been smoldering for two decades recently uncovered a section which measured 300 degrees Fahrenheit. The Corley Mine Surface Burn ...

The nearly 600-acre wildfire that sparked Friday near a Moffat County coal mine was 100% contained Saturday night, according to sheriff’s officials. Fire crews continued to monitor the burn area ...

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ANDERSON COUNTY, Tenn. — The Tennessee Valley Authority is hoping to amp up the process of coal ash recycling by taking coal ash and turning it into something useful for the environment while saving ...

In 2022, federal officials rebuked a major coal plant next to the Ohio River for letting coal waste — in a pile so big it could fill the Dallas Cowboys’ football stadium twice over — threaten ...