Coal

Eight decades of boom and bust ends in bust and leaves land dry.

We hear from a retired West Virginia miner and another just starting his career.

Though jobs have fallen to their lowest level in 118 years, there is hope that coal production will come back.

Don't call it a comeback (maybe)

Germany's coal country could support a far-right party.

Businesses and entire industries are trying to figure out what the election results mean for them.

Candidates debate how to bring jobs back to a local port facility.

Renewable energy just overtook coal as the world’s largest source of electricity capacity, but the U.S. still lags. Why is that, and what will it take to bring the U.S. into line with the rest of the world? CORRECTION (Oct. 27, 2016): This story’s headline was updated to reflect that renewable energy is the largest source […]

They are getting out of huge liabilities for cleaning up their mine sites because of a loophole