There are 206 coal-burning power plants left in the United States, which supply about 16 percent of the country’s energy.

Numerous studies show that adding renewable energy adds to energy consumption instead of replacing coal, gas or oil. Recent ...

Coal contains a higher percentage of carbon than does oil or natural gas ... level until the financial crisis of 2008. At that point, U.S. coal consumption began to decline at an average annual ...

The report urges making COVID-19 recovery a turning point, where countries should steer investments into changing course to avoid “locking in” dependence on polluting coal, oil and gas.

In Chicago, the oil companies will point out that the city of Chicago continues to receive electricity from coal-powered generating plants fueled by coal mined in Illinois, when no one disputes ...