Coal

Energy and Environment

W.Va. spill latest case of coal tainting US waters

DINA CAPPIELLOSETH BORENSTEIN · January 18, 2014 4:37 pm

On Jan. 13, workers inspect an area outside a retaining wall around storage tanks where a chemical leaked into the Elk River at a Freedom Industries storage facility in Charleston, W.Va. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Energy and Environment

West Virginia spill latest case of coal tainting US waters

Associated Press · January 18, 2014 5:00 am

Smoke rises from the Colstrip Steam Electric Station, a coal-burning power plant in Colstrip, Mont., on July 1. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown)

Energy and Environment

Republicans, industry hone attacks on EPA power plant rule

Zack Colman · January 16, 2014 5:00 am

Rising electricity prices can be a burden on small businesses, stifling the economy. (Thinkstock)

Energy and Environment

Obama’s Climate Action Plan means higher electricity prices for business, consumers

Karen Kerrigan · January 16, 2014 5:00 am

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., invoked a rarely-used legislative tool on Thursday to block the Environmental Protection Agency's rules for newly built coal plants. (AP/Susan Walsh)

Beltway Confidential

Mitch McConnell wants to block EPA coal regulations

Ashe Schow · January 16, 2014 5:00 am

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnellÃÂ said Thursday that he wants to use a congressional maneuver to force a vote to repeal proposed Environmental Protection Agency emissions rules for new power plants. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

Energy and Environment

Mitch McConnell tries to force repeal vote for EPA power plant rule

Zack Colman · January 16, 2014 5:00 am

In this April 4 file photo, a mechanized shovel loads coal onto a haul truck at the Cloud Peak Energy's Spring Creek mine near Decker, Mont.ÃÂ Recent articles suggest that the damaging Environmental Protection Agency rules for coal plants from last year were just a first step, and that the agency is preparing to ramp up its goal to reduce carbon emissions at the expense of the coal industry in 2014.ÃÂ (AP Photo/Matthew Brown)

Beltway Confidential

The ‘war on coal’ is about to heat up in 2014

Ashe Schow · January 14, 2014 5:00 am

Moffat County Commissioner John Kinkaid, left, and others attend a pro-coal rally in front of the state Capitol, in Denver, Wednesday Oct. 30, 2013. Various industry groups came together for the protest Wednesday, while nearby the Environmental Protection Agency held hearings on future rules to stem emissions from existing power plants, in one of 11 meetings being held across the country. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

Energy and Environment

Parties push opposing energy, climate paths as elections near

Zack Colman · January 14, 2014 5:00 am

In this Thursday, May 14, 2009 photo, the drill bit shaft at a carbon storage project site is seen in Hancock County, Ky.ÃÂ Emails between Environmental Protection Agency officials and the Sierra Club make clear the agency has been speaking with a forked tongue about carbon capture and storage emissions technology.ÃÂ (AP Photo/The Courier-Journal, Bill Luster)

Energy and Environment

Emails show green group’s influence on EPA coal rule

Michal Conger · January 13, 2014 5:00 am

President Obama pauses during a speech on climate change at Georgetown University in Washington on June 25. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Energy and Environment

Examiner Editorial: Obama moves closer to killing coal industry

Washington Examiner · January 9, 2014 5:00 am

A June 2010 aerial photo released by the Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition shows mining equipment on a mountain top near a cemetery. (AP Photo/Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition, Maria Gunnoe)

Energy and Environment

GOP not convinced changes to mining rule analysis lacked political motivation

Zack Colman · January 9, 2014 5:00 am

Piles of coal are shown at NRG Energy's W.A. Parish Electric Generating Station in Thompsons, Texas, in March 2011. (AP Photo)

Beltway Confidential

EPA coal regulations published in Federal Register

Ashe Schow · January 8, 2014 5:00 am