Even as President Trump vows to reinvigorate America's coal industry, critics say his administration has stripped away key health protections for miners.

Waste rock piles form a terraced landscape at Teck Resources' mothballed Coal Mountain Operations mine southeast of Sparwood, British Columbia. The company owns four active mines to the north.

Global banks channeled more than $385-billion to the coal power industry over the past three years, with annual flows ...

Ireland is the latest European nation to stop using coal for electricity generation as the region adopts renewables to meet climate mandates.

Disused coal mines could be refashioned to place vast fields of solar panels, a new report suggests, providing an unlikely solution to a common obstacle to uptake of the green energy source.

Ireland today (June 20) became the 15th coal-free country in Europe, having ended coal power generation at its 915 MW Moneypoint coal plant in County Clare.

In Europe, the report singles out Greece - which is “exceptionally well-suited” for turning old coal mines into solar plants.

Ireland Shuts Last Coal Plant as Europe's Phaseout Accelerates Ireland became the latest European country to put an end to coal-fired power generation, with Spain and Italy set to follow soon.