TVA defies Trump and votes to shut down two aging coal-fired power plants

Volkswagen is shutting down two coal-fired power stations at its main plant in Wolfsburg, Germany and has declined offers to sell them to cut down the company's carbon dioxide emissions, Chief Executive Herbert Diess said on Friday......»»

The announcement comes six days after the utility co-operative announced it would close coal-fired power plants in Colorado and New Mexico......»»

Missouri-based Commercial Liability Partners has acquired a pair of retired coal-fired power plants in Southwest Ohio with an eye on demolishing them and repurposing the sites. Terms of the deal for the J.M. Stuart Station and Killen Station facil.....»»

Greta Thunberg Meltdown Imminent? China To Unleash Tsunami Of Mega-Polluting Coal-Fired Power Plants In recent mo.....»»

The plant has been a mainstay of Arizona's power production for years, but environmental concerns and, more importantly, cheaper alternatives have shuttered one of the biggest coal-fired plants in the West......»»

The U.S. EPA on Monday issued a proposed rule that would relax Obama-era restrictions on wastewater from coal-fired power plants. This won't save the industry, even if it stands up to the expected........»»

Some corporate debt investors say they’re now turning their back against utility companies reliant on coal-fired power plants as the risks around rapid climate change come to the fore......»»

There's a crisis brewing in the Western states as utilities are replacing coal-fired electric power plants with natural gas. CNBC's Scott Cohn reports......»»

Norfolk Southern Corporation (NYSE: NSC) could be forced to pay millions of dollars for breaching a contract to ship coal to coal-fired power plants, a jury determined last week. read more.....»»

There was a time not long ago when climate change was something only coal-fired power plants or oil companies needed to think about. But it’s suddenly hitting the screen for companies that have no direct activity related to fossil fuels. The pres.....»»

GE has filed documents with the California Energy Commission to shut down and demolish a 10-year old gas-fired electricity generating plant. Such plants normally have a life span of around 30 years......»»

Trump administration rolls back Obama rule target.....»»

The Trump administration is close to completing one of its biggest rollbacks of environmental rules......»»

Former EPA chief Scott Pruitt has registered as an energy lobbyist in Indiana as fossil fuels interests there are fighting the proposed closure of several coal-fired power plants......»»

A group that has helped organize weekly student protests in Germany against climate change is calling for the country's phase-out of coal-fired power plants to be sped up......»»

One of the largest coal-fired power plants in the West will close this year as planned after a Navajo Nation company ended its long-shot bid Friday to acquire it......»»

U.S. electric utilities are expected to shut hundreds more of their coal-fired power generators in the coming years, extending a long trend away from coal and toward natural gas that has cast a pall over the mining industry......»»

U.S. electric utilities are expected to shut hundreds more of their coal-fired power generators in the coming years, extending a long trend away from coal and toward natural gas that has cast a pall over the mining industry......»»

Trump administration officials are making plans .....»»

Shares of Peabody Energy and Arch Coal spiked on reports President Donald Trump will use executive powers to prevent the closure of coal and nuclear power plants......»»