U.S. power producers emitted over 304 million metric tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) from power generation over the first two ...

Jacob Vilcek used to be able to see the three smokestacks of the former Homer City Power plant reaching to the sky from his backyard off Power Plant Road. Those stacks came down Saturday, though one ...

On January 15, a group of utility companies wrote a letter to Lee Zeldin, then president-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to lead ...

An enduring spell of low wind speeds across Texas has forced the state's power firms to increase generation from fossil fuels to record highs so far in 2025, potentially leading power firms to shorten ...

Six and a half out of seven structures came toppling down Saturday morning as crews imploded four smokestacks and three ...

Texas senators propose laws that would hobble electricity generation even though natural gas can’t meet the grid’s electricity demand.

Texas could lose the most clean energy investment and jobs of any state if the Texas Legislature and the U.S. Congress turn ...

The utility has demolition underway at the Henry W. Pirkey Power Plant in Hallsville in preparation for converting the idled lignite-fueled facility to natural gas fuel. The scheduled demolitions have ...

Indeed, Texas is about as favorable an environment ... operating – and already built and paid for – coal, nuclear, or natural gas power plant and replacing it with wind and solar.

Interior Secretary Doug Burgum in an interview with Bloomberg News on Monday at the CERAWeek conference in Houston, Texas, said retired coal-fired power plants in the U.S. should be restarted as ...

Texas widened its lead as the country ... The decline of coal power may be the least surprising part of the 2024 data. Coal-fired power plants continue to close, largely because they are more ...

CORSICANA, Texas, March 18, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE ... By revisiting these regulations, we believe that the EPA aims to prevent premature coal-fired power plant ("Coal Plant”) closures and per President ...