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Not two months in office, as the price of west Texas crude approached $14 a barrel, President Jimmy Carter donned a cardigan to speak candidly about…

Almost all coal-fired power plants in the US had the ability to comply with rules limiting their emission of dangerous pollutants such as mercury that can…

The Trump administration announced on Friday it would roll back air regulations for power plants limiting mercury and hazardous air toxics at an event in Kentucky,…

February 20, 20263 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAmTrump administration slashes mercury regulations from coal plantsMercury pollution from coal plants has been tied to serious…

Donald Trump was crowned the “undisputed champion of beautiful clean coal” during a White House ceremony on Wednesday, during which the president received a trophy after…

In China, the rapid buildout of wind and solar power is pushing coal into decline. China is now upgrading its vast fleet of coal plants to…

This year China will see its solar capacity outstrip its coal capacity for the first time, according to an industry group.In its latest projections, the China…

Energy-hungry data centers have been a lifeline for ailing U.S. coal plants, analysts say.U.S. data centers are predicted to consume up to 106 gigawatts of power…

1. Putting people over fishA delta smelt at the University of California Davis fish conservation and culture lab in Byron, California, on 15 July 2015. Photograph:…

For a moment, Jacob Hannah saw an unprecedented opportunity to make Appalachia great again.In 2022, the Biden administration earmarked billions of dollars to help revitalize and…