Chris Wright, a fossil fuel executive, has been one of the industry’s loudest voices against efforts to fight climate change.

Curtis Davis was furloughed along with several of his coworkers when Coking Coal LLC filed for bankruptcy back in December. He’s been without an income since.

Utilities are delaying coal plant retirements and running them even when they cost more than renewable sources.

From the campaign trail to the national news, tariffs seem to be talked about everywhere, even the office watercooler.

A West Virginia lawmaker has introduced a bill in the U.S. House of Representatives that seeks to streamline the process for coal mining permits. U.S. Rep. Carol Miller, R-W.Va., joined U.S. Rep.

Some of the world's biggest polluters are reaping billions of dollars through a lax form of green finance, a new ...

Mining activity ceased at the site in the early 1900’s, but the coal still left in the ground has been burning ever since.

Pennsylvania’s largest coal company on Tuesday completed its merger with the nation’s second-largest coal producer, creating ...

Coal-powered generation of electricity has steadily declined in the United States over the past 15 years, driven out by cheaper fuel sources including natural gas, wind and solar — cutting a main ...

More than half of the US could face blackouts over the next decade due to looming electricity shortfalls. Kentucky isn't immune to such challenges.

Illegal mining continues to be widespread in South Africa's old gold-mining regions, where miners enter abandoned shafts to search for any remaining deposits.

Former West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice signed a number of socially conservative laws during his two terms in office. But he ...