Oakland Faces Lawsuit Over Obstruction of Coal Shipping
A developer fighting to export coal from a planned marine shipping terminal in Oakland sued the city in state court Tuesday, accusing local officials of obstructing the project.
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US Coal Consumption Drops to Lowest Level Since 1979
A federal report says Americans are using less coal this year than at any time since Jimmy Carter’s presidency. That’s despite the Trump administration’s efforts to revive the country’s coal industry.
Read moreInmates Contest Plan for Prison Above Kentucky Mine
A $444 million plan to build a new federal prison in a sensitive region of Appalachia ravaged by coal-mining operations drew a lawsuit Monday from 21 inmates.
Read moreAhead of Climate Talks, Poles Are Divided Over Coal Mining
Electronics salesman Leszek Jaworowski says he can’t discuss Poland’s coal mining with his father. They end up at loggerheads, just like many families in the southern mining region of Silesia.
Read moreGroups Target Europe’s Coal Companies Over Harmful Emissions
Environmental groups claimed Tuesday that 10 utility companies are responsible for the majority of premature deaths caused by emissions from coal-fired power plants in Europe.
Read moreVirginia Utility Proposes Plan to Deal With Coal Ash
Virginia’s largest power provider has moved closer to meeting a federal deadline to close pools of power-plant waste sitting in coal ash ponds across the state, but environmentalists say one proposed method of dealing with the problem risks the safety of nearby residents.
Read moreEPA Official Arrested on Felony Ethics Charges in Alabama
The Trump administration’s top environmental official for the Southeast has been arrested on Alabama state ethics charges related to a scheme to help a coal company avoid paying for a costly toxic waste cleanup.
Read moreReducing US Coal Emissions Could Create Jobs, Study Finds
As coal is phased out to make room for cleaner energy sources, a new study concludes new technology could create thousands of new jobs in transportation and forestry nationwide.
Read moreGerman Court Halts Felling of Forest for Coal Mine
A German court blocked the felling of an endangered forest Friday, drawing cheers from environmentalists who had protested against the expansion of a nearby coal mine.
Read moreFlood Waters Breach Dam at North Carolina Coal Plant
Duke Energy said Friday that a dam containing a large lake at a Wilmington, North Carolina, power plant has been breached by floodwaters from Hurricane Florence, and it’s possible coal ash from an adjacent dump is flowing into the Cape Fear River.
Read moreWant to Offset US Coal Emissions? Better Start Planting
Completely offsetting the effects of burning coal for electricity in the United States would require covering 89 percent of the nation in forests, according to a new study.
Read moreDC Circuit Rules EPA Dropped Ball on Coal Ash Storage Rules
In another defeat for President Trump’s pro-fossil fuels agenda, the D.C. Circuit on Tuesday found the Environmental Protection Agency has failed for years to issue and enforce adequate rules for the storage of toxic coal ash.
Read moreWhite House Scales Back Obama Coal Emissions Standards
The Trump administration announced Tuesday that it is scaling back Obama-era constraints on coal-fired power plants, to “empower states, promote energy independence, and facilitate economic growth and job creation.”
Read moreDirty Coal
The U.S. Department of Energy refuses to release documents on its efforts to bail out and favor the coal industry over other more economically and environmentally successful industries, the Sierra Club claims in a federal complaint.
Read morePair of Environmental Cases Heard in Sixth Circuit
Two clean water cases involving coal-fired power plants in Kentucky and Tennessee, and their impact on the surrounding environment, were argued before the Sixth Circuit on Thursday.
Read moreNavajos v. USA
Several Navajo groups brought a federal complaint against the Department of the Interior for ordering the Kayenta Coal Mine to close in December 2019, without ordering it to be returned to its pre-strip-mine condition.
Read moreSell Me a Bridge
The United States says Larry Wayne Price Jr., of Virginia, defrauded investors of $17.7 million by claiming, among other things, that he could make solid coal from coal dust.
Read moreTrump Orders ‘Immediate Steps’ to Boost Coal, Nuclear Plants
President Donald Trump on Friday directed Energy Secretary Rick Perry to prepare “immediate steps” to bolster struggling coal-fired and nuclear power plants to keep them open.
Read moreIndian Power Plant Dispute Taken Up by Supremes
Blocked at every turn from suing over a coal-fired power plant built in Gujarat, India, a group of fisherman persuaded the U.S. Supreme Court to take up their case Monday.
Read moreJudge Overturns Oakland Coal Ban on New Facility
A federal judge on Tuesday struck down the city of Oakland’s ban on coal shipments from a new marine terminal being built at the foot of the San Francisco Bay Bridge, finding inadequate evidence that coal operations would increase pollution.
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