President Donald Trump $700 million in investments on Thursday to fortify existing coal-fired power plants, build new ones — and restart the retired Warrior Run coal-fired plant in Allegany County.

Kentucky utilities are finding it harder to justify continued investments in costly coal resources, despite the administration's efforts.

The Trump administration has again ordered the coal-fired Campbell power plant in West Michigan to remain open, despite Consumers Energy’s plan to shut the plant down last year. Clean energy advocates say the move is unnecessary and will lead to higher consumer costs and more carbon pollution than renewable energy sources.

New coal-fired plants in Anchorage, Alaska, and Mt. Storm, West Virginia, would total 2.85 GW. They would be the first new U.S. coal plants to come online since 2013.

The Trump administration is putting hundreds of millions of federal dollars toward coal, one of the president’s favorite energy sources. President Trump announced the move during Thursday remarks in the Oval Office,

Origin Energy has confirmed it will extend operations at its Eraring Power Station, Australia’s largest coal-fired generator, by nearly two years, pushing its retirement date from August 2027 to April 2029. The decision follows warnings from the ...

Government-owned mining giant Coal India Limited (CIL) assured on Tuesday that it had adequate coal stocks to meet the peak summer demand from the country’s thermal power plants.