This Washington Examiner series, Coal’s Comeback, zeroes in on a possible coal revival and the Trump administration’s efforts to promote it. Part 1: West Virginians hesitant about coal revival ...

Satisfactory on Steam just got a sneaky upgrade, courtesy of the Steam Deck. Currently, Satisfactory is “Playable” on Steam Deck rather than “Verified.” This hasn’t changed, but the PC ...

Depending on the model, one coal car can hold around 100 tons of coal. After some back-of-the-envelope math, it’d take around 331 full trains passing through Colorado to service W.A. Parish alone.

In the 1980s, coal accounted for almost 60% of all kilowatt-hours produced in the U.S [JS1] [SK2] . In 2024, the coal share was only about 15% of production, less than wind and solar combined.

When Coal First Arrived, Americans Said ‘No Thanks’ Back in the 19th century, coal was the nation’s newfangled fuel source—and it faced the same resistance as wind and solar today ...

It asks for coal to be labeled a "critical mineral" and directs federal agencies to identify coal resources. AI data centers require a lot of energy, sometimes requiring new power infrastructure.

Currently, coal makes up about 16% of the electricity mix in the U.S., down from 50% two decades ago. As of this year, only about 41,000 Americans work in the coal industry.

Trump can try to pretend that coal is “clean,” but it doesn’t change the fact that coal is the dirtiest of fossil fuels – its emissions killed 460,000 people between 1999 and 2020.

Coal’s share has declined steadily since 2001, when it generated 51% of the country’s electricity, and gross consumption peaked in 2007. Today, coal’s share of generation is about 15%.

Indonesia’s decision to force coal exporters to adopt a government-set benchmark price has rattled Chinese firms – its biggest customers – and triggered warnings that the move could erode ...

The Harrison Power Station, a coal-fired plant in West Virginia, dates to the early 1970s and consumes about 5 million tons of coal a year. President Donald Trump has moved to substantially change ...

U.S. coal retirements are set to accelerate this year, removing 6%, or 11 GW, of coal-generating capacity from the U.S. electricity sector. Another 2%, or 4 GW, of coal capacity would be removed ...