As cities with high EV adoption cut emissions, the villages supplying the batteries bear the burden of environmental damage.

The Lafayette County Board of Supervisors spent much of its Monday meeting debating a proposed open-pit dirt mining operation ...

The Environmental Protection Agency on Friday weakened limits on mercury and other toxic emissions from coal-fired power plants, the Trump administration’s latest effort to boost the fossil fuel ...

A leading domestic energy advocacy group praised EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin’s announcement that his agency would undo recent additions to the federal "mercury and air-toxics standards" (MATS) for ...

The move appeared to undercut the Make America Healthy Again movement led by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a onetime campaigner against mercury pollution. By Maxine Joselow Reporting from Washington The ...

The Trump administration is stepping up its push to reinvigorate the U.S. coal industry as it pursues its goal of boosting energy security. Last week, the Department of Energy announced it would ...

Donald Trump has been a major supporter of the coal industry since he entered American politics and donned a hard hat at his “Trump Digs Coal” rally in 2016. It’s been part of his attempt to build an ...

Owners of a dozen coal ash ponds across Indiana have even more time to clean up utility waste environmental advocates have long been saying contaminates the state’s water. The U.S. Environmental ...

President Donald Trump hands pens to coal miners after signing an executive order at the White House on Wednesday. (Evan Vucci/AP) There is perhaps no greater sign of the coal industry’s decline than ...

Feb. 12 (UPI) --President Donald Trump has directed the Pentagon to purchase coal-fired electricity to boost domestic coal production, a move that has drawn staunch criticism from energy and ...

WASHINGTON — Flattering the president with specialty prizes has become all the rage in Donald Trump's administration. Venezuela opposition leader Maria Corina Machado followed suit, gifting Trump her ...

Yesterday, President Donald J. Trump welcomed lawmakers, industry leaders, and hardworking miners from across the country to the White House “Champion of Coal” event. There, he signed an Executive ...