coal

black and white photo of a coal-fired power plant with two tall smokestacks releasing large plumes of smoke into the sky

PDTillman/Wikimedia Commons

July 20, 2018

Coal Bailout: Low on Benefits, but High on Costs

Mike Jacobs
Senior Energy Analyst

Photo: Peabody Energy

July 5, 2018

Black Lung Resurgence: Without Action, Taxpayers Will Foot the Medical Bills

Jeremy Richardson
Former Contributor

April 10, 2018

Department of Energy Releases Bogus Study to Prop Up Coal Plants

Jeremy Richardson
Former Contributor

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)

March 16, 2018

Black Lung, Abandoned Mines, Struggling Communities—And No Leadership

Jeremy Richardson
Former Contributor

CSIRO/Wikimedia Commons

February 12, 2018

The Truth about Coal, in Under Three Minutes

Jeremy Richardson
Former Contributor

February 8, 2018

Making the Leap from Coal to What Could Be: New Mexico’s Energy Future

Julie McNamara
Senior Energy Analyst

Getty Images/iStockphoto

January 26, 2018

Despite Rhetoric, Coal Jobs Not Set to Increase in the Future

Jeremy Richardson
Former Contributor

The Roxboro Power Plant. Photo credit: Sanjay Suchak.

November 27, 2017

I’m About to Testify at the EPA. Here’s What I Have to Say….

Jeremy Richardson
Former Contributor

Rushlan Dashinsky/iStockphoto

October 12, 2017

Pruitt Puts Coal Before Children

Derrick Z. Jackson
Fellow

October 10, 2017

What’s the Real Story on the Future of Coal?

Jeremy Richardson
Former Contributor

Photo: Sanjay Suchak (used with permission)

October 10, 2017

This Is What It’s Like to Live Near a Coal Plant in North Carolina

Jeremy Richardson
Former Contributor

Photo: JC Kibbey/UCS

October 10, 2017

How A Coal Plant in Michigan Became an Insurance HQ

Jeremy Richardson
Former Contributor

Where are the jobs? Not where they used to be. Think renewables, not coal. (UCS analysis, based on DOE 2017)

June 27, 2017

Solar and Wind vs. Coal: Who’s the Biggest Job Creator in Your State?

John Rogers
Energy Campaign Analytic Lead

Photo: Wikimedia

June 26, 2017

A Real Chance to Help Coal Communities—If We Fight for It

Jeremy Richardson
Former Contributor

Photo: Michael Vadon/Wikimedia

June 22, 2017

7 Things We Expect to See in Rick Perry’s Unnecessary and Biased Grid Study

Steve Clemmer
Director of Energy Research & Analysis

June 2, 2017

Coal’s Days Are Numbered—So Where Will the Electrons Come From?

John Rogers
Energy Campaign Analytic Lead

Photo: Tammy Anthony Baker/Wikimedia Commons

March 16, 2017

Budget Proposal Throws Coal Communities under the Bus

Jeremy Richardson
Former Contributor

Photo: Ryan/CC BY (Flickr)

March 7, 2017

Real Help for Coal Miners Requires Real Solutions

Jeremy Richardson
Former Contributor

Jared M. Dort / Wayne National Forest

September 9, 2016

Congress Can and Should Act to Support Coal Communities

Jeremy Richardson
Former Contributor

August 23, 2016

Peak Oil, Peak Coal, Peak Deforestation, Peak Emissions…. and Why They’re Not Nearly Enough

Doug Boucher
Former Contributor

July 11, 2016

Renewable Energy to Surpass Coal and Nuclear by 2030: 7 Key Takeaways from EIA’s Annual Energy Outlook 2016

Steve Clemmer
Director of Energy Research & Analysis

April 18, 2016

New Analysis: Renewables and Efficiency Key to Economic and Public Health Benefits in Michigan

Sam Gomberg
Senior Analyst

February 9, 2016

Will Congress Act to Protect Coal Mining Communities?

Jeremy Richardson
Former Contributor

February 5, 2016

King Coal's Stages of Grief: Acceptance Reaches the Coalfields

Jeremy Richardson
Former Contributor

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