A BNSF coal train near Page, Okla. Credit: Flickr/Nick Benson U.S. power plants received 449 million short tons (MMst) of coal in 2021, less than half of the 957 MMst they received in 2010. Coal ...

LONDON, July 21 (Reuters) - Global coal-fired electricity generators are producing more power than ever before in response to booming electricity demand and the surging price of gas. The world’s ...

BRISTOL, Tenn. (WJHL) Alpha Coal’s transition to selling metallurgical coal almost exclusively paid big dividends for the Bristol-based mining company in 2021, as annual net revenues swung by half a ...

China produced more coal than ever last year as its power stations struggled to meet demand for electricity, undermining plans to curb carbon emissions. While the surge in output helped bring the ...

China's government has set 2030 as a deadline for the country to reach its peak for emissions of carbon dioxide, what scientists and environmentalists cite as the primary cause of climate change. In ...

For all the talk of an energy transition, this economy still uses tons of fossil fuels, and it’s not just oil and natural gas. Coal stockpiles at power plants are now at their lowest point since the ...

The Energy Department’s Energy Information said it expects a 22% increase in coal-fired generation in 2021 compared to 2020. It said coal-fired generation has benefitted this year from “significantly ...

The price of natural gas is spiking right now, more than double what it was in the U.S. just last year, and it’s way more expensive in Europe and Asia. A similar thing is happening with coal, where ...

Coal and natural gas have historically been the two largest sources of electricity generation in the US, and which one is used often comes down to cost. US natural gas prices have been more volatile ...

Coal production is forecast to reach an all-time high in 2022, and then after a couple of years, plateau as demand flattens, according to the latest annual market report from the International Energy ...

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson (L) and UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres (R) greet U.S. President Joe Biden at COP26 in Glasgow, Scotland. The recent climate conference COP26 reached for an ...