A former EPA official warns exemption for some coal-fired power plants could be the first step toward gutting pollution rules for all plants ...

Market forces have been phasing out coal for ... increase pollution and reduce royalty revenue that benefits communities and taxpayers. They will also fundamentally undermine energy markets.

President Trump issued an executive order April 9 to boost production and energy generation using coal, with aims to reopen shuttered coal plants and delay or prevent the closing of others.

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed a series of executive orders aimed at boosting the struggling coal industry, a reliable but polluting energy source that’s long been in ...