Coal

Highlights from the first week of the 2018 United Nations climate summit in Poland.

• By Kate Wheeling

Will it be enough to save coal jobs?

• By Francie Diep

Corporations with large carbon footprints tend to undermine global efforts to solve the climate crisis, according to climate advocates.

• By Kate Wheeling

The low number is part of a steep and steady drop that's been ongoing since 2007.

• By Francie Diep

Coal miners from Poland's Pniowek coal mine carry a painting of Saint Barbara on Barbórka, their annual day of tribute to Barbara, from the mine to their local church on December 4th, 2018, in Pawlowice, near Wodzislaw Slaski, Poland.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

The global climate summit kicked off in Poland over the weekend, with climate leaders stressing the need for urgent action.

• By Kate Wheeling

A new report assesses the greenhouse gas emissions attributable to coal, oil, and gas on public lands.

• By Francie Diep

New research suggests that corporations pollute more when there aren't local papers to hold them accountable.

• By Sophie Yeo

If we are to address legitimate concerns about workers who are left behind by a global economy, then shutting down borders and blaming foreigners is not a solution.

• By Tom Hansell

Police officers look on as Greenpeace activists hang from ropes after unfurling a banner outside the German embassy in a protest against coal on October 8th, 2018, in London, England.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

The Trump administration is doing the opposite of what a new report says is needed to keep global climate change to a minimum.

• By Emma Sarappo

Concerns arose before Hurricane Florence made landfall about the piles of toxic waste from coal-burning power plants in the storm's path.

• By Rebecca Worby

The protesters have occupied a community of tree houses for six years to oppose a nearby coal mine.

• By Emily Moon

The Trump administration gives FEMA funds to ICE, the number of migrant children in custody soars, and Scott Pruitt courts a coal job.

• By Rebecca Worby

The Environmental Protection Agency published on Tuesday a proposed rule to replace Obama-era proposed regulations on coal power plants.

• By Francie Diep

An excerpt from William T. Vollmann's new book.

• By William T. Vollmann

A three-judge panel ruled that the Trump administration does not have to account for the climate change impacts of its federal coal program.

• By Kate Wheeling

Officials from the tribe worry about the economic impacts of closing the Navajo Generating Station, but water conservationists are pushing for the region to move on.

• By Debra Utacia Krol

A federal judge in California blocked the city of Oakland's attempt to prevent the shipment of coal through a proposed cargo terminal.

• By Kate Wheeling

As the Trump administration attempts to roll back regulations on coal ash ponds, a new report highlights the dangers posed by storing toxic waste next to rivers.

• By Kate Wheeling

In 2012, Little Village residents helped shut down a coal plant. Now, a redevelopment company plans to build a distribution center in its place, bringing more dirty trucks to the neighborhood.

• By Sophie Yeo

Coal emits more carbon than any other fuel source.

• By Candace Butera

Not that much, one new study finds.

• By Francie Diep

The mining company also said that, given the Trump administration's plans to abandon the Paris Agreement, it will reconsider its relationship with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.

• By Kate Wheeling