Across the country, creaking old power plants that consumed coal in roaring furnaces are being forced out of retirement by the Trump administration. This use of emergency powers is supposed to reduce ...

President Trump has signed orders to keep ageing coal plants online, despite utilities warning of high operating costs. Energy experts argue that the Department of Energy’s blackout risk report ...

Across the United States, hulking coal plants that once symbolized industrial might are being stripped down and rebuilt as ...

On Tuesday, the US Energy Information Administration released its latest data on how the US generated electricity during the first six months of 2025. The data suggests the notable surge in power use ...

For the first time, renewable energy has overtaken coal as the primary source of electricity around the world, a new report says, indicating a shift in the global reliance on environmentally harmful ...

The grid operators that draw power from the plants said they never asked for them to remain open, and consumers may have to absorb extra costs. By Claire Brown and Harry Stevens A 63-year-old ...

Coal’s decline was not a policy accident.

Regulations kept the state from generating electricity from coal, so California outsourced production to Utah.

While much of the world is looking to phase out its coal production, United States President Donald Trump has put coal back on the energy agenda, with big plans to reinvigorate ageing coal facilities.