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US City Long Known for Coal Announces Pledge to Pursue 100% Renewable Energy
St Louis, a city that currently gleans about 80% of its energy from coal-powered sources, has just announced its plans to became 100% dependent...
France Plans to Eliminate Coal by 2022 and Petrol Cars by 2040
French representatives have just announced plans to ban the use of petrol and diesel fueled cars by 2040.
The decision was released just one day...
Company is Offering to Retrain Coal Miners as Wind Farmers For Free
As demand for coal drops further and further in light of expanding renewable energy sources, more and more American workers are faced with unemployment and...
Bloomberg Gives $3Mil to Job Training For Coal Communities in Decline
Bloomberg Philanthropies announced today a three million dollar donation for organizations providing career training to coal workers affected by job losses throughout an industry in decline. The funds...
England Just Had Its First Day Without Coal Since Industrial Revolution
Just in time for Earth Day, too.
French President Announces Plans to Close All Coal Power Plants by 2023
During the UN's annual COP22 climate change talks, President Hollande announced the country's plan to close all coal-fired power plants by 2023.
University Coal Use Has Plunged 64% Since 2008
It was only a little less than a decade ago that American universities were burning over 2 million tons of coal a year.
Teen Makes Charcoal Portraits of Entire Graduating Class, Unifying Fractured School (Video)
A young artist’s simple plan to give fellow students a personal graduation gift turned into a unifying force for calming racial tensions and lifting...
Appalachian Miners Trade Coal for Code, Digging Computer Skills
Eastern Kentucky miners who once dug for coal are now digging for a Ruby — Ruby script, that is, learning coding languages for computer...
Even Oil And Coal CEOs Want Climate Action This Year, and Sign Petition
As world leaders sit down in Paris to decide how to cut greenhouse gas emissions, 14 corporations with massive carbon footprints have officially joined...
40% Less Mercury in Fish Shows Success of US Coal Industry Caps
A large drop in bluefish mercury levels suggest a healthier seafood supply – and that U.S. coal regulations are working.
Mercury levels in bluefish caught...
Wildlife and Wetlands Return to Former Coal Mine
Just three years ago, red and white smoke stacks loomed over the Wabamun power plant near the lake in Alberta, while across a highway...
US, China Agree to Cut Emissions From Vehicles, Coal
The United States and China, the world's top emitters of greenhouse gases, agreed to five initiatives on July 10 to cut carbon output from...
Unemployed Coal Miners Install Solar Panels Now
A group devoted to creating alternative energy jobs in Central Appalachia is building a first for West Virginia's southern coalfields region this week –...
Costs of Solar Power Drop Enough to Achieve Parity With Coal in Australia
The Photovoltaic Association in Australia says the drop in cost of producing power from solar panels has made solar power competitive with coal-generated grid...
Mayor Bloomberg Donates $50 Million To Sierra Club for Anti-Coal Campaign
New York's Mayor Michael Bloomberg is giving the Sierra Club a substantial gift -- $50 million to put toward battling coal-fired power plants across...
Coal Waste Could Save Billions on Road Repairs
Fly ash, a byproduct of coal-burning electric power plants, could save billions of dollars if used in the repairing of U.S. bridges and roads,...
US Invests in Wind Power as Costs Pull Even With Coal
The U.S. government is pushing for large-scale wind power development and the timing may be just right. A recent study from Bloomberg New Energy...
Solar Power Reaches West Virginia Coalfields
A group devoted to creating alternative energy jobs in Central Appalachia is building a first for West Virginia's southern coalfields region this week -...
Rocket Nozzles Could Pull Carbon From Coal Power Plants
An aerospace firm is working to turn rocket nozzle technology into a novel method for pulling carbon dioxide from the smokestacks of coal-burning power...