If a coal power station says it will close in 2032, it should have to pay for the pollution it produces if it stays open beyond that date.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Trump administration is allowing coal plants to release more pollution at a time when utilities across the country are opting ...

New research led by the University of Oxford and University College London (UCL) has revealed that pollution from coal-fired power plants is significantly reducing the energy output of solar ...

Coal is by far the most polluting fuel that we use. It produces the most carbon emissions per unit of energy, and impurities in the coal produce a lot of sulfur dioxide aerosols, as well as nitrous ...

Solar has been described as a “shining star” of the EU’s clean transition, but scientists warn that coal pollution is damaging renewables’ capacity to slash emissions. New research led by the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Coal-fired power plants emit both smoke and steam. Paul Souders/Stone via Getty Images When the U.S. government shut down in late ...

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A European group of Finance Ministry officials will meet Monday 2nd February to finalise the EU position on public support for coal power plants abroad. WWF demands that the EU stops financing this ...

Soot emissions from power plants rose nearly 20 percent above average when enforcement stalled during the shutdown seven years ago. During the last government shutdown, air pollution from coal plants ...

Data centers’ hunger for electricity is prompting some states to keep their coal-burning power plants from closing — while DC relaxes air pollution limits. The Trump administration is allowing coal ...

When the U.S. government shut down in late 2018, it furloughed nearly 600 Environmental Protection Agency pollution inspectors for more than a month. Those workers had to stop their work of monitoring ...