Of all fossil fuels, coal emits the most carbon dioxide per unit of energy, and burning it releases deadly pollutants into ...

EPA data shows pollution bumps that are among the largest in decades, just as the agency rolls back rules cracking down on pollution from coal-fired power plants.

The Trump administration is allowing coal plants to release more pollution at a time when utilities across the country are opting to save their aging coal facilities from retirement so they can power ...

Falling coal consumption has led to lower U.S. climate pollution over the last two decades. Those days could be over, at ...

The U.S. EPA repealed a set of rules for coal-fired power plants that advocates say will hurt Hoosier health and Indiana's ...

The Wall Street Journal reports that renewed coal use is causing an unexpected rise in air pollution. Douglas A. McIntyre, ...

The federal Mercury and Air Toxics Standards for coal and oil-fired power plants were strengthened during the Biden administration.

(THE CONVERSATION) When the U.S. government shut down in late 2018, it furloughed nearly 600 Environmental Protection Agency pollution inspectors for more than a month. Those workers had to stop their ...

Rising natural gas prices, an explosion of new data centers, and EPA policy changes are giving old coal plants new life.

Conservation groups have sued the Trump administration to try to keep it from allowing coal-fired power plants to dump heavy metals that end up in drinking water, including in North Carolina. The ...