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People in Coal Country Worry About the Climate, Too
The miners of Appalachia fear being left behind by the Green New Deal
6 Graphics To Show To Your Climate-Denying Uncle This Thanksgiving
What Is 'Rolling Coal' and Is It Legal?
"Rolling coal" refers to heavy black-smoke emissions from diesel pickups after they've been modified to do it. The EPA says it's illegal, but it's still happening. Why?
How To Teach Climate Science In Coal Country And To Non-Believers
Now that the National Climate Assessment is pointing directly to human-induced climate change, how will the science and environmental communities push ahead? Among the strategies is to layout a strategy for coal country to adapt and to attract new industries. But POTUS’ policies are a hurdle.
How to Talk More Honestly About Coal
A new study finds that being honest about the decline of coal can increase support for the training and relocation of coal miners.
Could membranes at coal-fired power plants help stop climate change?
The science of what makes coal so dirty
Cutting coal use isn't just about reducing greenhouse-gas emissions. Mining coal and then burning it pollutes our air, water, and soil with a wide variety of toxins.
Who’s Helping The World’s Poor? Coal Companies Or Climate Activists?
Climate change is increasingly being billed as an issue of social justice, but coal companies say energy poverty is the real problem.
How to make coal companies pay to clean up their messes
Bankruptcies in the coal sector could mean taxpayers are stuck funding mine reclamation. That means we need to update some rules.
How Much Do Federal Lands Contribute to Climate Change?
A new report assesses the greenhouse gas emissions attributable to coal, oil, and gas on public lands.
How private equity squeezes cash from the dying U.S. coal industry
They are spending billions of dollars buying coal-fired plants on the cheap — and getting paid even when they are not providing power.
Why did Interior Department halt a coalfields health study?
The study was a key element in the fight over mountaintop removal, a form of surface coal mining.
EPA eases rules on how coal ash waste is stored across U.S.
Disposal sites near drinking water will be allowed to operate for longer.
How Toxic Waste from Coal-Burning Power Plants Can Help Limit Climate Change
Adding fly ash to concrete makes it stronger and greener at the same time
Is There Really Such a Thing As Clean Coal?
An explanation of why clean coal is just fiction, or at best a climate-change denier’s fantasy.
Is it immoral to invest in coal?
ANALYSIS: Cheap fuel for developing nations; disastrous for the climate. We asked three experts if it is morally defensible to bankroll new mines and power plants
Can Carbon Capture Save Coal?
A cross-country look at the failed and expensive track record of carbon capture and storage coal power plant projects in the U.S.
How to Broaden the Coalition Against Climate Change
There’s a limit to what any one company can do when it operates within a system in which oil, gas, and even coal use are…
ADVOCACY: Research finds broad array of groups fighting climate policy
Utilities, coal companies and railroads are the most significant players pushing climate denialism and working to undercut federal climate regulations, beating out even the oil and gas industry, a new study has found.
How can Pacific Island nations progress climate action?
Australia was unwilling to negotiate on coal and emissions reduction targets during the Pacific Islands Forum, but Pacific leaders will continue to push for stronger climate targets through various ways.
Could WPS finally solve Green Bay's unsightly urban coal pile problem?
There's new momentum behind an idea to move the coal piles to a less noticeable spot in the city. But it's far from a done deal.
