Coal is losing Appalachian stronghold as Trump fights back.
Natural gas already won the battle with coal on America’s Atlantic coast. Now it’s about to move west and take Ohio -- and President Donald...
Conservative civil war brews over climate policies.
U.S. EPA boss Scott Pruitt is under fire from some conservatives who think he's playing it safe. Photo courtesy of @EPAScottPruitt via Twitter.
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Appalachian coal mine waste could provide key ingredients for clean energy.
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Oil placed under Lake Oahe after Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe’s religious appeal denied.
EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated 2 p.m. with comment from Standing Rock Sioux Chairman David Archambault II.
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Measuring the cost of climate change.
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As climate change regulations are on the chopping...
While Ohio coal employment falls, solar jobs double in Cleveland area.
Solar industry jobs doubled in the Cleveland, Ohio area last year, driving about half of the state’s total job growth in the sector, according...
Coal miners hope Trump's order will help. But few are counting on it.
By CAMPBELL ROBERTSONMarch 28, 2017Eddie Mounts, the son and grandson of miners, describes the past few years in coal country as a time of economic plague....
Analysis: The dark legacy of China’s drive for global resources.
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Canada's climate change policies keep its Paris commitments out of reach.
Canada probably will fail to meet its international commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions under even the best-case scenario, according to a new report...
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