China has unveiled an experimental technology that could radically change how coal is used for power generation — by converting it directly into electricity without burning it in the traditional sense ...

Coal is infamously bad for the environment, leading to the rise of alternative energy sources, but what if you could get ...

A Michigan power plant that has consumed coal in a roaring furnace to generate electricity since the early 1960s was supposed to retire last year. Instead, it’s been kept running for months, on the ...

Coal-burning power plants released more mercury last year, according to an analysis by The Times. It reverses a downward trend of emissions of a metal that interferes with brain development. Plant ...