An EPA rule had succeeded in reducing mercury emissions from power plants by about 90%. But in an effort to boost coal power production, the Trump administration is relaxing rules.

President Trump and power-hungry AI data centers are giving the country’s waning coal industry a boost.

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

The main point of contention is a goal for coal-fired power plants would need to be operating at 69% capacity.

China has grown its coal power and renewables capacities in tandem, but 2025 figures see the fossil fuel once again take ...

India, the world's second-largest importer of thermal coal, wants to cut those imports for power plants by at least 30%, asking them to test increased blending with domestic coal, government and ...

The North American Electric Reliability Corp., the nation’s grid reliability watchdog, recently found that more than half the ...

Coal remains essential to KY's energy portfolio. But if the communities that produce the energy can't afford it, the system is out of alignment.

OVER the years, Sri Lanka has transformed to a developing country surpassing the underdeveloped status. Previous governments, ...

The bad news is that household energy bills remain stubbornly high. That's because the wholesale price accounts for only a third of the consumer's power bill. The rest is made up of transmission ...

On Wednesday, a fossil-fuel lobbying group called the Washington Coal Club awarded President Trump a trophy that named him the “Undisputed Champion of Clean, Beautiful Coal.” Trump took advantage of ...

Yesterday, President Donald J. Trump welcomed lawmakers, industry leaders, and hardworking miners from across the country to the White House “Champion of Coal” event. There, he signed an Executive ...