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

Soot emissions from power plants rose nearly 20 percent above average when enforcement stalled during the shutdown seven years ago. During the last government shutdown, air pollution from coal plants ...

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

There is no end in sight for Trump's emergency orders keeping a Consumers Energy coal plant operating in west Michigan, ...

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

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

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 ...

The U.S. EPA repealed a set of rules for coal-fired power plants that advocates say will hurt Hoosier health and Indiana's ...

Mercury pollution from coal plants has been tied to serious neurological problems, especially in children and babies ...

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 work of monitoring ...

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

Coal-fired power plants are a major source of mercury contamination for people and the environment. Here's what you need to know.