The News-Democrat contacted candidates in contested races in the April 1 election in the O’Fallon, Mascoutah and Millstadt school districts and asked them to complete a detailed questionnaire.

Asia's seaborne imports of metallurgical coal dropped to the lowest in three years in February amid a slump in demand from ...

A renewed plan by the Indonesian government to turn coal into gas or liquid fuel forms has received mounting backlash from ...

President Donald Trump's administration intends to overturn pollution rules aimed at reducing soot and greenhouse gas ...

Open-cast mining, where coal is dug out of the ground through a giant, open pit, destroys habitats. South Africa has many of ...

The US is eyeing emergency authority to bring back coal-fired plants that have closed and stop others from shutting, Interior ...

Hundreds of coal plants have been retired in recent years for both economic and environmental reasons. Bringing them back ...

The coal industry continues to be one of the world’s largest suppliers of energy. In the United States alone, about half a billion short tons of coal are converted to energy every year.

“Restarting old, dirty coal plants will bring more pollution and higher costs for American families. It will mean more smog, more asthma attacks for kids, more heart problems for older Americans, and ...

Wearing the same socks repeatedly without changing or washing them might seem harmless, but it can have serious consequences for foot health. From bacterial infections to unpleasant odors ...

NorthWestern Energy is telling Montana regulators that a plan to serve data centers with huge amounts of coal-fired power will have "benefits" for the state.

U.S. President Donald Trump points at U.S. Vice President JD Vance’s socks during a meeting with Irish Taoiseach (Prime Minister) Micheal Martin, in the Oval Office at the White House in ...