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February 2020
In 2010, coal-generated 45 percent of the nation’s electricity with 317 gigawatts of coal-fired generating capacity—30 percent of the generating fleet. Last...
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February 2020
Germany will pay utility companies billions of euros to speed up the shutdown of their coal-fired power plants as part of the...
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September 2019
U.S. coal plants are closing due to low natural gas prices, state mandates, and federal subsidies for renewable energy, mainly solar power...
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August 2019
As the United States is reducing its coal-fired electricity, Asian countries are increasing their generation from coal. In 2018, the United States...
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August 2019
Lawmakers in Ohio have chosen to rescue two existing nuclear plants and two existing coal plants in lieu of mandates on renewable...
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July 2019
Kenny Stein, IER's Policy Director, joins the show to discuss the recent Affordable Clean Energy (ACE) rule from the Trump administration's EPA...