Fully removing coal ash near coal plants creates more jobs and boosts local economies better than leaving the ash in place. That’s according to a new report by the nonprofit environmental group Earthjustice.
The U.S. Congress is investigating a multibillion-dollar subsidy for chemically treated coal that is meant to reduce smokestack pollution, after evidence emerged that power plants using the fuel produced more smog not less.
Barbara Szalai wasn’t worried about moving upriver from a coal plant. Then sticky black dust started coating her home, and the headaches and allergies began.
A union leader on Joe Biden's transition team yesterday pitched the Democratic presidential nominee's climate plan as an "all of the above" energy strategy, while an additional union official used the same campaign event to tout "clean coal."
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Officials from southwest Virginia have mounted a last-minute push to oppose the possible early closure of one of the country's newest coal plants.
PacifiCorp has chosen to throttle down production at the coal-fired Jim Bridger Plant rather than install expensive clean-coal technology there, and Wyoming regulators are now backing the plan.
