The relief allows coal plants to comply with U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) standards that were in place prior to ...

The projected pace of retirements could slow down, given the shift in regulatory policies and power market dynamics.

This signals to the fact that, realistically speaking, coal - albeit cleaner coal - may remain the primary power source of ...

China's thermal coal futures slumped to their lowest in more than a month on Wednesday in their sixth consecutive day of declines, after the country's state planner said it would conduct "clean up ...

Costs of coal storage and its impact on disadvantaged communities Date: July 5, 2017 Source: Carnegie Mellon University Summary: While the negative health and environmental effects of mining and ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A private port operator in the San Francisco Bay Area that stores coal from Utah before it’s shipped to Asia has been given until 2027 to continue those o… ...

New research explores the health and environmental costs of coal storage and transportation, finding that increases in the level of coal stockpiles held by U.S. power plants increase local air ...

Even when sitting in storage, coal threatens human health Coal production in the United States is subject to many long-standing regulations that exist for good reason. By Akshaya Jha.

Coal and nuclear power are the backbone of America's electricity system, providing more than 70% of U.S. power. They're also both "dangerous and dirty" energy sources for environmentally-minded ...

The operators of at least 70 facilities that store coal ash, the waste byproduct of coal-burning power plants, have crafted safety plans to better prevent the sort of catastrophic accident that ...

Several of these facilities reported their coal storage units were within 5 feet of groundwater, according to the report. The EPA also determined most of the units were in contact with groundwater.

The terms call for C. Reiss to move its coal storage to a 14.5-acre chunk of the county-owned former J.P. Pulliam power plant site where the Port of Green Bay wants to expand ship deliveries. C.