The Latest Breaking News from Coal

There are many milestones to pass in the transition from a high to low-carbon sustainable energy system. There is the first hour without coal, or oil, or gas generation (or all of them together) and the point when the last coal, oil or gas power plant (or all of them…

The president is never slow to recall his early years in the former Pennsylvania coal-mining town but still faces questions about his age and effectiveness

A striking development in recent years has been the increasing role of state governments in responding to global crises.

New solar installations have accelerated the transition away from natural gas and coal in two of Europe's leading economies.

The proposed changes remove the requirement to assess the risk of subsidence from gas wells, the Environmental Defenders Office says

Australia's biggest polluter AGL Energy has made a final investment decision on a big battery that marks another milestone in the end of coal-fired electricity.

For years large fossil fuel producers — including Australia — have expanded fossil fuel production while maintaining rhetorically that the world needs to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. But global emissions are overwhelmingly caused by the extraction, transport and burning of fossil fuels. Unless fossil fuels are phased out, emissions will…

In a whirlwind transformation, the Fed's burden of coal metamorphoses into sweet success with sugar plums, painting a brighter financial landscape in 2023.

Global coal demand to decline by 2026, India to remain "driving force" despite record production in 2023.