Coal isn’t disappearing. Its use globally hit a record last year. Since the turn of the century, coal demand has doubled.

More efficient, more flexible and lower-emission coal plants are the future. With the United States the home to the world’s largest coal reserves, it would be energy policy malpractice not to make ...

Core Natural Resources, which operates the West Elk Mine in the North Fork Valley, expects increased demand and thanked Trump ...

Nine years ago, the U.S. Department of Interior issued a moratorium on new coal mines or expansions. Trump has now lifted ...

Coal consumption for electricity has been in a steady decline since at least 2008 as cheaper natural gas and renewable energy sources gained a share of the supply. Coal plants generated only 15 % of ...

The U.S. is opening its first new Wyoming coal mine in decades to extract both coal and critical rare earth metals, inching the country closer to the Trump administration’s energy independence goals.

The Department of the Interior announced Tuesday it has approved a mining plan modification for the Rosebud Mine in Montana.

The Department of the Interior has approved a major expansion of the Rosebud Mine in Rosebud and Treasure counties, Montana, ...

More than 200 coal miners in Wyoming County have been laid off as of Friday, August 1, 2025, after a verifiable source ...

In 2001, according to the Energy Information Administration, the burning of coal accounted for 51 percent of U.S. electricity generation; by 2023, that number was 16 percent.

“We will rapidly expedite leases for coal mining on federal lands and we’ll streamline permitting, we will end the government bias against coal, and we’re going to unlock the sweeping authorities of ...