Coal

More climate change, more money problems

More climate change, more money problems

Zack Colman · July 30, 2014 9:00 am

Big Business is warning that the Environmental Protection Agency's efforts to push coal out of the energy mix will result in the loss of one million jobs while reducing annual household income by $2,100.ÃÂ (iStock Image)

Beltway Confidential

Phasing out fossil fuels will cost one million jobs, Big Business warns

Sean Higgins · July 29, 2014 5:58 pm

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Energy and Environment

Inaction could raise climate costs 40 percent, White House says

Zack Colman · July 29, 2014 10:00 am

The Tennessee Valley Authority plans to shut down two coal-fired units at the Paradise Fossil Plant in Drakesboro, Ky.ÃÂ The Environmental Protection Agency has issued proposed rules to clamp down on carbon emissions from existing and new power plants in an effort to slash power-sector emissions 30 percent below 2005 levels by 2030.ÃÂ (AP Photo/Dylan Lovan, File)

Energy and Environment

EPA chief: Power-plant proposal ‘changing the tone’ of global climate talks

Zack Colman · July 28, 2014 3:59 pm

US exports help Germany increase coal, pollution

KIRSTEN GRIESHABERDINA CAPPIELLO · July 28, 2014 6:25 am

Obama has attended about 400 fundraisers so far during his five and a half years in office, compared to 318 for President George W. Bush over his eight years. (AP Photo)

Energy and Environment

Obama to attend United Nations climate summit

Zack Colman · July 24, 2014 5:19 pm

Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear cuts a ribbon on Monday, June 21, 2014 in Harrodsburg, Ky., as University of Kentucky President Eli Capilouto, fourth from right, looks on. Beshear and other political leaders broke ground on the carbon capture project at the E.W. Brown Generating Station, a coal-burning power plant. (AP Photo/Dylan Lovan)

Project at Ky. coal plant to catch carbon dioxide

Dylan Lovan · July 21, 2014 6:51 pm

Cheryl LaFleur, who has served as acting chair for the nation's electric grid regulator since November, will remain on the job for another nine months under a deal brokered by Senate Energy and Natural Resources Chairwoman Mary Landrieu, D-La.; Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev.; and the White House. (AP Photo/FERC)

Energy and Environment

Senate confirms two members, including new chair, to electric grid regulator

Zack Colman · July 15, 2014 9:08 pm

Group urges new plan to cut methane and carbon emissions at landfills. AP Photo

Energy and Environment

Report: Banana peels, leaves can cure global warming

Paul Bedard · July 14, 2014 3:16 pm

Secretary of State John Kerry meets with China's President Xi Jinping, right, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Thursday. (AP/Jim Bourg)

Energy and Environment

U.S., China strike climate-change agreements

Zack Colman · July 10, 2014 3:06 pm

FILE - In this Aug. 22, 2007 file photo, Robert Murray, chief executive of Ohio-based Murray Energy Corp., speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Huntington, Utah. Murray Energy alleges in an Illinois lawsuit against rival Williamson Energy LLC that after it shared its confidential business plans with Williamson during a deal that later fizzled, Williamson used the proprietary details to buy up enough southern Illinois land to thwart the accuser's expansion plans.

Energy and Environment

Coal company says Illinois rival breached deal

Jim Suhr · July 9, 2014 8:52 pm

In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, miner Duan Xukang receives a treatment at a hospital in Fukang City, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, after being rescued following a gas explosion at a coal mine in western China, Sunday, July 6, 2014. Rescuers on Sunday worked to free 17 miners trapped following the blast at the mine that happened on Saturday evening, according to the news agency. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Jiang Wenyao) NO SALES

17 coal miners die after blast in west China

Washington Examiner · July 7, 2014 5:41 am