Coal

Billionaire San Francisco climate activist Tom Steyer's NextGen Climate Action PAC will back vulnerable lawmakers who oppose the Keystone XL oil sands pipeline, he said in a Thursday letter. (AP/Steve Helber)

Beltway Confidential

A look behind the curtain hiding Tom Steyer’s fortune

Mark Tapscott · May 15, 2014 4:00 am

Relatives try to get information outside a local hospital after an explosion and fire at a coal mine in Soma, in western Turkey, Tuesday, May 13, 2014. An explosion and fire at a coal mine in western Turkey killed at least one miner Tuesday and left up to 300 workers trapped underground, a Turkish official said. Twenty people were rescued from the mine in the town of Soma in Manisa province but one later died in the hospital, Soma administrator Mehmet Bahattin Atci told reporters. The town is 250 kilometers (155 miles) south of Istanbul. (AP Photo/Depo Photos)

201 dead, many trapped in Turkish coal mine

DESMOND BUTLERSUZAN FRASER · May 14, 2014 4:06 am

The entrance to Brody Mine No.1 in Wharton, W.Va., is closed onTuesday May 13, 2014. Two workers died after they were trapped as the ground failed at the West Virginia coal mine. The ground failure occurred just about 8:45 p.m. Monday, trapping the workers, safety agency officials said. The miners' bodies were recovered, and safety personnel were on the site of Brody Mine No. 1 in Boone County, about 50 miles south of Charleston. Preliminary indications show that a coal burst was responsible, according to state officials and mine owner Patriot Coal. (AP Photo/Charleston Daily Mail, Craig Cunningham )

West Virginia mine had history of safety problems

Washington Examiner · May 13, 2014 9:00 pm

Lawmaker: Washington state coal plan hurts Montana

Lawmaker: Washington state coal plan hurts Montana

Washington Examiner · May 12, 2014 11:12 pm

Mine workers union backs coal dust rule

Mine workers union backs coal dust rule

Associated Press · May 12, 2014 4:05 pm

The National Climate Assessment the Obama administration released this week describes in Sisyphean terms the task government faces in limiting carbon dioxide emissions, which the assessment says make up 84 percent of the greenhouse gas emissions it holds guilty of artificially warming our planet.

Government will control you before it controls climate

Terence Jeffrey · May 7, 2014 4:00 am

In a Thursday, April 30, 2014 photo, Lake Michigan Carferry SS Badger Capt. Jeff Curtis exits the 410-foot boat, in Ludington, Mich. When the SS Badger sets sail May 16, the venerable and historic carferry will sport new combustion controls that will enable it to burn coal more efficiently. That should result in less coal being burned and less ash being produced by the Badger. (AP Photo/Ludington Daily News, Jeff Kiessel) MANDATORY CREDIT

SS Badger gets new system to reduce coal ash

Steve Begnoche · May 6, 2014 11:40 am

Historical data clashes with the National Climate Assessment report on severe weather, such as tornadoes. (Thinkstock)

Examiner Editorial: Obama White House peddling climate fear instead of facts

Washington Examiner · May 6, 2014 4:00 am

When all the other fossil fuels are lined up in the room, natural gas wants you to think of it as the good guy. (Thinkstock Image)

Energy and Environment

In switch, natural gas exec says climate change is partly man-made

Zack Colman · May 2, 2014 4:00 am

Correction: Kentucky Elections-Coal story

Correction: Kentucky Elections-Coal story

Washington Examiner · May 2, 2014 12:52 am

NV Energy proposes closing coal-fired power plants

NV Energy proposes closing coal-fired power plants

Washington Examiner · May 2, 2014 12:50 am

Murray Energy sues Labor Dept over coal dust rule

Murray Energy sues Labor Dept over coal dust rule

Hope Yen · May 1, 2014 7:21 pm