Germany lawmakers have passed new legislation finalizing the country’s long-awaited phase-out of coal, over objections from environmental groups the plan is not ambitious enough.

The Trump administration is proposing easing more Obama-era protections on contaminants from coal-fired power plants. 

A West Virginia town that spent the past 17 years living under a boil water advisory finally has access to clean water.

Inaction by Congress and the Trump administration is threatening a fund that supports coal miners suffering from black lung disease.

Idaho Power has announced its intention to close a Nevada coal plant it co-owns with NV Energy 10 years sooner than planned, a move that would shutter both units at Nevada's last utility-owned, coal-burning power plant by 2025.

NV Energy is planning to close three of its Reid Gardner coal-fired power plants this year and completely end the use of coal power plants by 2019.