Coal continues to destroy our community’s health, land, air and water. For decades, the Diné and other tribal communities have suffered in the quest for corporate profits. Current efforts by the Trump ...

A large section of the Fifth Estate, that world company of scientists, climbed the Allegheny Mountains to Pittsburgh last week. They knew soft coal, what it was and what could profitably be done with ...

A review of plans for big U.S. power generators shows how much a new greenhouse regulation could alter the electric industry. The writing was already on the wall for the U.S. coal industry when the ...

For thousands of years, coal has been an important source of heat and energy. The fossil fuel played a crucial role in the Industrial Revolution, and today it’s the largest source of energy for ...

Nicholas County is well-known in West Virginia for a few things. It's known for Summersville Lake, the state's largest body of water. And if you're going to the lake to fish or boat, locals know to ...

A still from the film 'King Coal' shows a funeral procession. The part-documentary, part-fable reflects on the legacy of coal in Central Appalachia, while looking to the future. A new film is ...

America isn’t making electricity the way it did two decades ago. Natural gas surpassed coal as the country’s top source of power in 2016, and renewables like wind and solar have grown quickly to ...

As the Tennessee Valley Authority forges ahead with a strategy to close all its coal plants and replace them mostly with natural gas, another emissions-heavy fossil fuel, strict new rules from the ...

RATCLIFFE-ON-SOAR, England — When the coal-fired turbines at this sprawling power plant north of London went silent this week, the skies above its eight giant steam stacks finally cleared — and ...

California is about to make history. Starting next month, the state will stop using coal as a source of electricity. This marks the end of a long journey to remove one of the dirtiest fuels from ...