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The president’s embrace of fossil fuels and hostility to renewable energy are reflected in his signature domestic policy law.
The House on Thursday passed legislation giving states greater control over the management of coal ash, a coal combustion byproduct that poses environmental threats when put in landfills but is ...
Industry advocates, including top Trump donors, have spent years urging the White House to invoke the obscure, Korean War-era law to save both coal and nuclear plants (Energywire, March 20, 2019).
House lawmakers gave final approval Thursday to their version of Senate Bill 729, a plan to regulate and close down Duke Energy's coal ash ponds in North Carolina. Both plans propose closing down ...
The House approved a bill Friday morning that would significantly deregulate the coal industry, in a vote that was the last legislative act of the House before the November election. The Stop the ...
The White House announced a multi-agency effort Tuesday to boost green energy investments in former coal communities that have struggled to recover amid power plant retirements.
Vestal poured close to $562,000 into the initial Coal House restoration project — a price that has been criticized by Town Supervisor John Schaffer. But now, the cost of utilities, ...
The House voted 85-27 Wednesday to give tentative approval to a plan for closing and cleaning up dozens of coal ash ponds across North Carolina.
Several coal industry executives withstood some heat today during a hearing before the House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming. “The Role of Coal in a New Energy Age ...