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Wood scraps
Environment
The UK’s move away from coal means they’re burning wood from the US
A rig (L) surrounds the top of one of the chimneys of Battersea Power Station as demolition work is carried out, in London, Oct. 2, 2014.
Economics
Why the UK has an easier time than the US divorcing from coal
Coal
Science
Another way to look at the fossil record? By examining coal.
coal ash pollution
Science
In a Kentucky lake, fish tell the story of long-term coal ash pollution
Employees row a boat as they examine solar panel boards at a pond in Lianyungang, Jiangsu Province, China, in this March 16, 2016 photo.
Can Chinese pragmatism help save the planet?
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The Polar jet stream carries weather systems around the northern hemisphere. It's powered by the temperature differential between the Arctic and areas farther south, but new research finds that it's being disrupted as rapid warming in the Arctic reduces t
Global Politics
Here’s a new climate change reality that Trump’s new policies ignore
President Trump shakes hands with a coal miner
Environment
Two US coal miners, two very different perspectives on the future of coal
China says it will invest another $361 dollars in renewable energy over the next four years and create 13 million new jobs in the sector, building on previous massive investments. The country already has the largest capacity of solar p
Environment
Donald Trump sees the future in coal. China sees the future in renewables. Who’s making the safer bet?
After years of dirty development, China is reducing its reliance on coal, and embracing cleaner energy options.
Kicking China’s Coal Habit
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Sammis power plant
Environment
An Ohio power company wants to reverse the deregulation it once fought for
Coal in West Virginia
Environment
Appalachia is being hammered by the fall of coal
Coal power plant in New Mexico
Environment
The US Supreme Court will hear a challenge to EPA mercury emissions rule
Scientists with the US Geological Survey gather samples near coal train tracks in the Columbia Gorge near Washougal, Washington. Little research has been done on how coal interacts with the environment.
Environment
Scientists dig into booming coal exports and their effects on wetlands
terminal
Environment
Environmentalists and coal interests fight it out in a small Washington State election
Kerry in a Coal Mine