Coal

The Blackfeet Indian reservation. Glacier officials are concerned about the effects of oil development on the reservation, and are asking for an in-depth study on the environmental impacts. (AP/Matt Volz).

Native Americans are among chief victims of Big Green’s war on coal

Ron Arnold · October 18, 2013 4:00 am

If the government remains shut down, America's energy states will continue to be some of the hardest hit. If the government reopens, the Environmental Protection Agency will resume its "war on coal." (Photo: Thinkstock)

Beltway Confidential

Energy-producing states hurt whether government is open or closed

Ashe Schow · October 16, 2013 4:00 am

A War on Coal

Mark Hemingway · October 7, 2013 4:00 am

Virginia gubernatorial candidate Democrat Terry McAuliffe speaks during a Fairfax County Chamber of Commerce debate in McLean, Va. (AP/Washington Post, Nikki Kahn, Pool)

Beltway Confidential

Coal advocacy group responds to Terry McAuliffe’s support for new EPA regs

Ashe Schow · October 3, 2013 4:00 am

Coal-fired power plants currently account for about 40 percent of all electricity used in the U.S., but the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has promulgated regulations that are pressuring owners to close many of the plants. (AP/Matthew Brown)

Energy and Environment

President Obama, EPA want to kill coal and raise your electric bill

John Shimkus and Rep. Rodney Davis · September 30, 2013 12:00 am

Beltway Confidential

Democratic congressman eviscerates new EPA coal regulation

Ashe Schow · September 30, 2013 12:00 am

Beltway Confidential

EPA employee convicted of theft, fraud opens questions about EPA leadership

Ashe Schow · September 27, 2013 12:00 am

Beltway Confidential

New EPA rule on working coal plants coming in 2014

Ashe Schow · September 26, 2013 12:00 am

Beltway Confidential

EPA admits new coal regulations won’t reduce global warming

Ashe Schow · September 25, 2013 12:00 am

Energy and Environment

War on coal: EPA says coal is dying

Paul Bedard · September 23, 2013 12:00 am

Beltway Confidential

Senators already planning action against new EPA coal regulation

Ashe Schow · September 23, 2013 12:00 am

FILE - In this Wednesday, July 31, 2013, file photo, a worker levels the coal on a freight train in Taiyuan in northern China's Shanxi province. Coal has been the dominant fuel for power generation for a century because it is cheap, plentiful, and easy to ship and store. But it emits a host of pollution-forming gases and soot particles, and double the greenhouse gas emissions of its closest fossil fuel competitor, natural gas. (AP Photo/File) CHINA OUT

Energy and Environment

Republicans vow to repeal EPA regulations on coal plants

Steve Contorno · September 20, 2013 4:00 am