Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Wednesday aimed at sustaining the United States’ coal industry through federal ...

Tennessee Valley Authority leaders and President Donald Trump have touted “beautiful clean coal” in recent weeks. Scientists, however, widely consider coal to be the most toxic fossil fuel. A Feb. 11 ...

A World War II-era policy is stopping old coal plants from closing, despite high costs and the wishes of their owners.

“Rescinding this EPA determination will undo progress we have made to address climate change by eliminating existing EPA ...

The Environmental Protection Agency on Friday weakened limits on mercury and other toxic emissions from coal-fired power plants, the Trump administration’s latest effort to boost the fossil fuel ...

Officials say coal ash – a byproduct of burning coal that poses risks to human health – has been cleaned up at Erickson Power Station, but contaminants could still be polluting drinking water near ...

President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Wednesday aimed at sustaining the United States’ coal industry through federal funding -- directing the Pentagon to purchase electricity from coal ...