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Following an order from President Donald Trump, the Environmental Protection Agency gave dozens of coal plants an extra two years to comply with its latest Clean Air Act policies. Some of them are in Oklahoma.

National energy data show the country is winding down coal generation and replacing it with renewables.

Renewable wind and solar energy, along with a booming natural gas industry, continue to win the battle over coal in Texas.As The Huntsville Tribune…

Texas has approved the closure of two more major coal-powered energy plants, reports The Houston Chronicle. The news will mean the layoffs of over 800…

Two weeks ago, the coal industry got a bit of good news when former Texas governor and current U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry suggested that failing…

A new rule enacted by Donald Trump’s EPA will allow coal plants to increase the amount of pollution they pump into the atmosphere, reports The Texas…

Last week, Secretary of Energy Rick Perry announced a federal plan to subsidize coal and nuclear plants, reports Texas Monthly. The move surprised many…

The future of coal as a power source in Colorado is waning quickly, reports The Denver Post. Over the past decade, Xcel Energy Colorado has shuttered a…

Environmental regulations and commitments to address global warming are certainly not on terra firma. The Trump administration has vowed to ease...

Despite Republican efforts to bring back coal as a fuel source, a new report by the Brookings Institution says coal-fired power plants will continue to…