Coal

With the shuttered Homer City coal plant in the background, at the Lucerne Reclamation project site in Pennsylvania, a worker moves coal refuse to be prepared for transport to be cleaned on June 12, 2024. The soil, contaminated by coal refuse, is cleaned and returned to the land where it is encased and covered with top soil and planted as a meadow.
Energy

How the AI data center boom is breathing new life into transforming dirty, old coal plants

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August 31, 2025
A blurred trump walks in front of a wind turbine.
Energy

Trump declares war on clean energy. The numbers show it’s the only thing keeping America’s lights affordable

By Matthew Daly and The Associated Press
August 22, 2025
Trump signing papers
Economy

Federal lands larger than Delaware move closer to coming up for sale to coal mining companies

By Matthew Brown and The Associated Press
July 8, 2025
West Virginia Coal Festival teen beauty pageant winner Ava Johnson, 16, collects small pieces of coal left behind at the former Kay Moor coal town and camp in the New River Gorge National Park and Preserve near Fayetteville, W.Va., Thursday, April 17, 2025
Politics

Teen pageant winner supports Trump’s coal push— ‘It’s not just coal, it’s our way of life’

By Leah Willingham, John Raby and The Associated Press
April 27, 2025
A coal-fired power plant
Tech

Silicon Valley’s intense energy demands for AI are making coal-fired power plants a hot-ticket item again

By Marc Levy and The Associated Press
April 26, 2025
Trump signs executive orders to boost coal mining and energy production: ‘We’re ending Joe Biden’s war on beautiful, clean coal once and for all’
Politics

Trump signs executive orders to boost coal mining and energy production: ‘We’re ending Joe Biden’s war on beautiful, clean coal once and for all’

By Matthew Daly and The Associated Press
April 9, 2025
Pennsylvania just demolished its largest coal plant to make way for a $10 billion AI data center
Tech

Pennsylvania just demolished its largest coal plant to make way for a $10 billion AI data center

By The Associated Press and Marc Levy
April 2, 2025
China ramps up coal power, starting the most new plant capacity in nearly a decade, report says
Environment

China ramps up coal power, starting the most new plant capacity in nearly a decade, report says

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February 13, 2025
Trump’s interior secretary pick Doug Burgum says U.S. needs to make more electricity from coal to win AI arms race
Environment

Trump’s interior secretary pick Doug Burgum says U.S. needs to make more electricity from coal to win AI arms race

By Matthew Brown, Jennifer McDermott, Jack Dura and The Associated Press
January 17, 2025
Renewables set to dominate as UK and Germany hit a clean energy high in 2024
Environment

Renewables set to dominate as UK and Germany hit a clean energy high in 2024

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January 6, 2025
Kamala Harris points up with her right hand as she speaks at a podium.
Finance

5 stocks to buy if Harris wins the election—and 5 to sell

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November 2, 2024
Supreme Court allows an EPA rule limiting pollution from coal power plants to remain in effect—for now
Environment

Supreme Court allows an EPA rule limiting pollution from coal power plants to remain in effect—for now

By Lindsay Whitehurst and The Associated Press
October 17, 2024
The small German village of Mühlrose is facing extinction from opencast mining, despite Germany’s 2030 pledge to leave coal behind
Environment

The small German village of Mühlrose is facing extinction from opencast mining, despite Germany’s 2030 pledge to leave coal behind

By Petra Sorge and Bloomberg
July 9, 2024
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella speaking at a panel.
Environment

AI’s massive appetite for energy will make or break climate-change goals

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May 6, 2024
John Kerry
Environment

John Kerry says U.S. stands with 56 countries committed to phasing out coal power plants entirely

By Seth Borenstein and The Associated Press
December 4, 2023

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