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  • February 2020
    Japan Is Building Coal Fired Power Plants...

    Japan plans to build as many as 22 new coal-fired power plants at 17 different sites in the next five years despite...

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  • February 2020
    Oil Production from U.S.-Managed Lands and Waters...

    In fiscal year 2019, oil production from U.S.-managed lands and waters topped a record 1 billion barrels due to technological advances and...

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  • February 2020
    U.S. Coal-Fired Power Plants Continue to Retire

    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 Its Utilities to Phase...

    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. Closes Coal Plants as the Developing...

    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
    Asian Countries Are Growing Their Economies With...

    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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