For a decade now, coal has been on the way out. The industry’s future was considered mainly dead and buried — until the Trump administration decided to pull out every stop to dig it out of the grave.

CBS News looked at the cost of producing coal, gas, nuclear, wind and solar energy to determine which is the cheapest.

President Donald Trump is looking to give coal a lift with executive orders he inked on Tuesday. In one of the executive orders, the president instructed the National Energy Dominance Council’s head ...

Despite global climate targets, coal consumption hit a record high in 2024. Over 850 new coal mines are planned worldwide, with China leading both green energy and coal expansion. Countries like ...

This story is part of a series on the future of Utah’s Coal Country. Read the other stories about labor in the coal mines and the economic transition in the town of Helper. Several years ago, Jade ...

It raised concerns that there could be many just like it. Scientists uncover hazardous discovery in abandoned coal mine: 'A ...

The Remington Fire continues to trouble southeastern Montana landowners a year after it charred more than 190,000 acres.

RALEIGH (WTVD) -- Another coal ash spill has put toxic coal ash into a North Carolina waterway, this time the Neuse River. Flooding from Hurricane Matthew inundated Duke Energy's retired coal ash pits ...

After nearly a decade of litigation, a developer who wants to open an export terminal in Oakland, California, expects a state ...

The main driver of coal’s increase and gas’ decrease is that the U.S. benchmark price of natural gas was up substantially in ...