Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Piles of coal outside a power plant smoke stacks Coal is stored outside the Hunter coal-fired power plant, operated by PacifiCorp, ...

While much of the world is looking to phase out its coal production, United States President Donald Trump has put coal back on the energy agenda, with big plans to reinvigorate ageing coal facilities.

For the first time, renewable energy has overtaken coal as the primary source of electricity around the world, a new report says, indicating a shift in the global reliance on environmentally harmful ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. US President Donald Trump ordered the Pentagon on Wednesday to buy electricity from coal-fired plants, in his latest bid to boost ...

U.S. production of coal has continued to decline since peaking in 2008, according to a report from the U.S. Energy Information Administration. The EIA–on the same day earlier this month when President ...

More than 50 large coal units were commissioned in 2025, up from fewer than 20 a year over the previous decade.

By Sethuraman N R NEW DELHI, Feb 27 (Reuters) - 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 ...

Global coal consumption and production both reached new record highs in 2024, driven significantly by demand from the Asia-Pacific region, particularly China and India. While coal use is declining in ...

West Virginia Public Service Commission Chairwoman Charlotte Lane briefs lawmakers Monday on progress on the pro-coal provisions in a new law aimed at attracting data centers and microgrids. (Photo ...

The Trump administration announced on Monday a $625 million investment to boost America’s coal industry, a plan that aims to keep coal plants open, lower energy costs and enable the U.S. to win the ...

WHAT’S HAPPENING TODAY: Good afternoon and happy Tuesday, Daily on Energy readers! We are on day seven of a government shutdown, with no clear resolution from ongoing negotiations between lawmakers.

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 ...