Environmentalists file five petitions in Court claiming that twp proposed coal power plants will harm Georgia's air and water.

A 2-1 decision from the Public Service Commission capping the amount of money invested in constructing a coal plant in Kemper County will likely sink the project altogether.

Welcome to the new R-Squared! Our goals here are to provide a place to engage in respectful and thoughtful debate about the very important issue of energy. I thought it might be a good idea to summarize my positions on a wide variety of energy issues. Here I will attempt to ...

New tech can extract more energy from high moisture coal while simultaneously reducing emissions of mercury, sulfur dioxide, and nitrogen oxides.

Big Coal by Jeff Goodell is a book I have had on my reading list for a long time, but I only got around to reading it during my recent trip to Europe.

As we continue to develop biomass as a renewable source of energy, it is important to keep the cost of energy in mind, because this has a very strong influence on the choices governments and individuals will make. I sometimes hear people ask "Why are we still using dirty coal?" ...

The U.S., that is, in total fossil fuel resources. At least those were the findings of the Congressional Research Service in a report they just released:U.S. Fossil Fuel Resources: Terminology, Reporting, and SummaryThe primary reason is our huge coal reserves. While we are 12th ...

According to the EPA, they are putting together a new rule set that would reduce the amount of metal waste dumped into water supplies.

A study suggests that by 2030, more jobs will be available in the energy field if governments make the switch to renewables. If they stick to coal, the number of jobs will drop by half a million.

Politicians are battling over whether to continue using coal as the primary energy provider or to give more power to natural gas.