After the reelection of President Barack Obama, big coal has come under the threat of imminent extinction in the United States. With the Environmental Protection Agency's new rules under the current ...

From early cave painters to Pablo Picasso to Roberto Longo, artists have long loved the expressive potential of a soft charcoal pencil or crayon. Each sweep of charcoal offers intense black color and ...

WASHINGTON -- The Trump administration accelerated the pace of its environmental rollbacks for the country's coal-fired power plants Monday, proposing to weaken two Obama administration rules aimed at ...

The debate about moving fossil fuels over rails is being held in communities because the greater discussion about climate change solutions has been derailed. Politicians who normally prefer local ...

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It's about scrap, and scrap coal at that, but technology developed by Illinois State Geological Survey and University of Illinois researchers is making Mark Kaczor late for dinner nonetheless. ?Of all ...

It’s finally here. A hearing on a draft environmental impact study for the controversial Longview coal terminal will take place Tuesday at the Cowlitz Expo Center. Expect big crowds, rallies, traffic, ...

Organizers say about 2,000 people came to Brookwood Ballpark this morning - with miners traveling from at least seven states - to show support for about 1,100 striking miners in Tuscaloosa County. The ...

The United States is the Saudi Arabia of coal. The only catch is that most coal is buried too deep for conventional mining. In the tradition of fracking pioneers in the oil and gas industries, an ...

The United States is the Saudi Arabia of coal. The only catch is that most coal is buried too deep for conventional mining. In the tradition of fracking pioneers in the oil and gas industries, an ...