A new study finds that the health benefits from cutting coal use in power generation could pay for the costs. But environmental justice concerns remain.

If just a third of the wind and solar projects proposed in Texas became reality, it could eliminate the state's remaining coal plants and their emissions.

More than one million deaths worldwide were attributable to the burning of fossil fuels in 2017. Coal accounted for more than half of those deaths.

Air pollution from electricity generation led to 16,000 early deaths in the US in 2014, research finds. And there are disparities in impact by race and location.

Carbon capture technologies could actually produce more carbon dioxide than they suck up. Focusing on renewables is a better solution, researchers say.

A new tool can spot contamination from coal fly ash. "Our hope is that this new tracer...will help us provide greater protection to communities at risk."

Moving from coal to natural gas could help save a lot of water, but moving to renewables would use just a fraction of the water we use today for power.

Changing the 2015 Coal Ash Rule risks contaminating water across the country with arsenic, selenium, hexavalent chromium, preliminary findings show.

A new study shows the dire effects of air pollution during pregnancy.

Quantum dots could make a great antioxidant to treat people who've had brain injuries, heart attacks, or strokes.