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February 2020
The U.S. Northeast is phasing out its coal-fired power plants. Both New England and New York generated 15 percent of their electricity...
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February 2020
Japan plans to build as many as 22 new coal-fired power plants at 17 different sites in the next five years despite...
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February 2020
In fiscal year 2019, oil production from U.S.-managed lands and waters topped a record 1 billion barrels due to technological advances and...
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February 2020
In 2010, coal-generated 45 percent of the nation’s electricity with 317 gigawatts of coal-fired generating capacity—30 percent of the generating fleet. Last...
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February 2020
Germany will pay utility companies billions of euros to speed up the shutdown of their coal-fired power plants as part of the...
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September 2019
U.S. coal plants are closing due to low natural gas prices, state mandates, and federal subsidies for renewable energy, mainly solar power...