Connecticut's last coal-fired power plant, Bridgeport Harbor Station Unit 3, closed four and a half years ago. Since then, the Millstone nuclear-power station in Waterford has done the main work of ...
Not long ago, the phrase “clean coal” seemed like an oxymoron. Coal-fired power plants emit a witch’s brew of air pollutants that, unless it is removed with scrubbers, tarnishes the air, creates acid ...
Coal remains the backbone of China’s power system and industry, while oil and natural gas are critical for transport, petrochemicals, and grid stability.
Across coal country, the same toxic sludge and rust-colored water that once symbolized the end of an industry is starting to look like the beginning of something else. Buried in coal ash ponds, mine ...
First, let’s be clear: there is no systemic energy crisis in the United States. The facts tell a story of progress showing the U.S. produces more energy than it consumes and remains the world’s top ...