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 ...

A mining and processing business in California is replacing one coal plant but says another could stay online for many years. Searles Valley Minerals, a mining and processing plant in Trona, Calif., ...

Ireland is no longer burning coal to produce electricity after the country’s last coal-fired unit was converted to use heavy fuel oil. ESB, the plant’s operator, on June 20 issued a notice that the ...

The United States is seeing a surprising energy shift. Many data centers, the buildings that power the internet and artificial intelligence (AI), are increasingly using coal to produce electricity.

LITTLETON, Colorado, Dec 9 (Reuters) - For the first time, Texas' main power system looks set to generate more power from solar farms than coal plants during a calendar year in 2025, marking a key new ...

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 ...

A man in shorts and a cutoff top stands on piles of raw coal. A worker at a coal mine on the outskirts of Dhanbad, located in India’s eastern state of Jharkhand. Credit: Anindito Mukherjee/Bloomberg ...

Mr. Feaster and Mr. Wamsted are analysts at the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis. The two-unit Cumberland coal plant in northwestern Tennessee, owned by the Tennessee Valley ...

University of Massachusetts provides funding as a member of The Conversation US. Coal use is also rising, particularly in India and China. And debates rage about justice and the future for ...