Reasons to be Cheerful explains how "gravity batteries" are giving former mines a second life—while offering an economic and ...

President Trump on Tuesday is expected to sign an executive order aiming to bolster U.S. coal mining. In the order, Trump ...

President Donald Trump signed executive orders on Tuesday that keep aging coal generators running and undermine efforts to ...

For the people of Gillette, dropping coal… Nation’s largest coal mining company files for bankruptcy protection Peabody Energy, the country's largest coal company, filed for Chapter 11 ...

Miners from across West Virginia were in Charleston Tuesday for the kick-off of the 51st annual mining symposium. The two-day ...

The federal government wants the number of offices that oversee U.S. mine safety laws to align more with a shrinking coal ...

The president said he's using the Defense Production Act to "turbocharge" coal mining in America. Mr. Trump also said his administration is working through the legalities of making it harder for ...

The Trump administration on Tuesday took a key step toward leasing new areas to a North Dakota coal mine that is proposing to operate through 2045.

By Brad Plumer and Mira Rojanasakul Reporting from Washington President Trump signed a flurry of executive orders Tuesday aimed at expanding the mining and burning of coal in the United States ...

The executive order will expedite leases for coal mining on federal lands, streamline permitting, push for coal to power AI data centers and make use of the Defense Production Act to ...

Trucks carry material at an open-cast coal mine in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales, in 2023. Matthew Horwood / Getty Images In any case, mining for energy transition minerals will likely only ever ...