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When Xcel Energy stopped burning coal at its Valmont Power Station in 2017, it left 1.6 million tons of toxic coal ash on the ...

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As we celebrate the anniversary of benzene's isolation, we must remember that scientific centenaries carry additional agendas ...

The U.S. coal industry has been in a steep decline for decades, and President Donald Trump’s administration has proposed several changes that would affect it.

Coal employment nationally peaked in the 1920s when there were about 900,000 miners. It was at about 350,000 in 1950 and has declined steadily since 1980. After the coronavirus pandemic ...

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump signed a series of executive orders Tuesday aimed at reviving the long-declining coal industry by rolling back Democratic efforts to curb a source of energy ...

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If current expansion continues, CO2 emissions from the coal-to-chemicals industry could fail to reach a carbon peak before 2030. They may in fact increase, by 1.3 times compared to 2019 levels.