Friday’s global climate protests put the gap between activists and many of the world leaders preparing to meet in New York City next week into stark focus.
West Virginia employees of coal operator Blackjewel LLC have received their final paychecks more than two months after the company declared bankruptcy.
Some politicians and business leaders say that climate change presents a binary choice between preserving jobs or the environment. But a lot of working-class people don't see it that way.
The representatives announced plans to introduce legislation to protect coal-fired power plants from any proposed carbon tax by requiring the approval of the General Assembly to join the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative or similar programs.
After a contentious summer rally between environmentalists and union workers, the Richmond Planning Commission voted unanimously to keep coal in Richmond.
One of the dirtiest coal plants in Illinois will close within the next two years, the latest sign that the lung-damaging, climate- changing source of electricity is on the way out in the United States.
Russians living in the town of Kiselyovsk have one thing to ask from Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. They’re desperately seeking asylum in the country, and they’re asking for it based on an environmental emergency.
An agreement could be in place to shutter the E.D. Edwards coal power plant in Peoria County that has been subject to a lawsuit by environmental groups since 2013.
The decline in coal has led two major mines to shut down for the first time since operations exploded 40 years ago in what's become the top coal-producing region in the U.S.
Kristina Marusic is the recipient of a Michelle Madoff Award of Environmental Excellence for her reporting on environmental health and justice in Western Pennsylvania
Covering Climate Now is an admirable, much-needed effort putting our planet front and center—but let's not overlook decades of strong journalism from the beat's pioneers.
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