Mercury pollution from coal plants has been tied to serious neurological problems, especially in children and babies ...

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and Great River Energy are testing a new coal-drying technology that could dramatically reduce the emissions of lignite-burning power plants. The project was ...

The move appeared to undercut the Make America Healthy Again movement led by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a onetime campaigner ...

The Oxbow Mine. Sounds like something out of an old western, but it’s really the next step in maintaining an uninterrupted stream of electricity for your homes and businesses. A dynamic DeSoto Parish ...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is preparing to strip back tighter mercury emission limits for coal-fired power plants, proposing a return to weaker 2012 standards that the agency says would ...

North Dakota runs on affordable, reliable energy. From farms and ranches to oilfields and small towns, that foundation is built on lignite coal. It not only keeps the lights on, it fuels local ...

If coal mining conjures up images of dark holes and blackened-face miners, you're not scratching the surface of East Texas mining. Seven mines extract lignite coal in six East Texas counties Rusk, ...

Poor lignite fuel quality had plagued the Red Hills Power Plant since it began operation eight years ago. The solution: real-time measurement of coal properties that has allowed Red Hills Mine to ...

Balkan Insight has discovered that one of Kosovo’s biggest firms is being forced to import lignite from Malaysia and Indonesia, despite estimates that the newly independent country sits on the world’s ...

The utility claims that current market conditions are not ideal for the project, which has been under consideration since 2012. The power station was meant to replace existing lignite capacity, and ...