In 2023, global coal consumption reached a record 164 exajoules, driven primarily by the Asia Pacific region, where coal provides 83% of energy needs. China alone consumed 56% of the world's coal, ...

Utilities see more upside in relatively cheap solar cells than expensive new coal-burning plants. That’s despite the Trump administration’s efforts to boost coal as a source of electricity. Nobody ...

When looking at coal plants and nuclear plants in the U.S., you might wonder which produces more energy. It's a little ...

Utah’s energy mix went from 94% coal in 2000 to 48% in 2025. Now, Trump’s emission regulation rollbacks and clean energy ...

Across much of Asia, coal continues to outperform other fuels as a source of heat and electricity. The Four As of energy security—availability, affordability, accessibility, and acceptability—help ...

ORNL researchers created and tested two methods for transforming coal into the scarce mineral graphite, which is used in batteries for electric vehicles and renewable energy storage. The U.S.

The American people are paying a huge price for politically driven decisions to abandon the fuel that built the nation. The data are clear, coal keeps electricity prices at a reasonable level, ...

The Iowa Environmental Council in a new report finds that after years of progress toward carbon-free power, the state's share of coal generation is up.

Chris Wright, chief executive officer of Liberty Energy Inc. and US energy secretary nominee for US President-elect Donald Trump, during a Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee confirmation ...

Consol Energy signed in August a merger agreement with Arch Resources, Inc., another large US producer of coal, which (if consummated) would create the largest North American coal exporter. A major ...

Ongoing conflict between the U.S. and Iran has effectively cut off commercial shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, ...

In the middle of President Trump’s first term, a tale of two power plants reflected the nation’s seemingly irrevocable course of turning from high carbon dioxide-emitting coal to non-emitting nuclear ...