Lawsuits are inevitable, but an environmental lawyer explains why the EPA’s new power plant regulations are on solid ground.

Public goods like clean air and a stable climate demand more democratic planning, not less.

Freight trains carrying coal pose a health risk to communities living near rail lines, according to new research.

While some countries are more likely than others to sign an international agreement to phase out fossil fuels, measures to tackle fossil fuel demand by adding a higher carbon price are essential.

Cement and fossil fuel production has reached unprecedented levels, with most of the emission growth traceable to a relatively small number of companies.

Large parts of Appalachia’s forests, once owned by coal companies, now make money for investors by storing carbon. But the results bring few jobs or sizable investments for residents.

Professor Francesca Dominici details decades-old Harvard roots of latest findings showing particles from coal-fired power plants deadliest.

The longest-running study of its kind reviewed death records in the path of pollution from coal-fired power plants. The numbers are staggering − but also falling fast as US coal plants close.

Clashes at a huge coal mine were the latest episode in a long struggle.