The grid operators that draw power from the plants said they never asked for them to remain open, and consumers may have to ...

An aging coal power plant slated to shutter will run through the summer at the order of Energy Sec. Chris Wright, a decision ...

Coal power costs skyrocketed 28% since 2021, as aging plants and fuel get more expensive, forcing consumers to pay billions ...

The administration is leaning into fossil fuel solutions for growing power demand, with support from grid operators.

Experts have said there’s little evidence of a national energy emergency, and 15 states have sued to challenge Trump’s declaration.

China approved 11.29 gigawatts (GW) of new coal power plants in the first three months of 2025, already exceeding the 10.34 ...

China and India have approved the construction of the largest capacity of new coal-fired power plants in a decade, as the ...

For nearly four decades, owners of the Baldwin power plant in southern Illinois managed to avoid the most stringent requirements of the federal Clean Air Act. The gargantuan coal burner ...

Goree has asthma. Goree, 72, lives in Beckville, a town of fewer than 800 people, just miles from the Martin Lake coal plant, a 2.4-gigawatt facility that has loomed over the region since the ...

President Donald Trump‘s plan to rescue aging coal plants to strengthen the electrical grid would impose new costs on households, even if it succeeds in boosting the United States in the race to ...

The road map also lacks a binding retirement timeline and a specific list of coal plants targeted for closure, despite a pledge to phase out coal by 2040, delaying peak emissions in the power ...

The company plans to shut down the coal-fired plant on May 31, 2025—years ahead of schedule—as part of its transition to cleaner energy sources. The closure has sparked concern among some ...