Federal lawmakers are calling for Florida leaders to take swift action to control water pollution after a Tampa Bay Times investigation revealed that a mass die-off of starving manatees in the Indian River Lagoon was the result of a broader crisis.

The White House announced an executive order that could lead to some federally protected lands in Washington State to be consumed for the return of coal mining production.

The moves include loosening environmental rules, but it is unclear how much they can help reverse the sharp decline in coal power over the last two decades.

President Trump is expected to sign an executive order on Tuesday aimed at reversing policies that transitioned the country away from coal production and aimed at boosting America's "beautiful clean coal industry," the White House says.

The U.S. Interior Department said Wednesday $13 million in grants are being disbursed to reclaim abandoned mine lands in an effort to revitalize coal communities.

President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Tuesday to expand the mining and use of coal ... and soil and water pollution from coal and coal ash (what's left after it's burned) will ...

has touted the bill as a move to relieve industries from housing construction to coal mining of bureaucratic barriers. Environmental groups have lambasted the bill as potentially opening the state’s water resources to pollution, threatening the ...

A ruling by the Illinois Pollution Control Board disallowing NRG Generation’s request  for leniency handling the two coal ash ponds and the “grassy field” which contains coal ash deposits at its

The median age of the retired plants is 56 years and as coal plants age, maintenance costs also rise, subsequently pushing up generation costs. In addition to these costs, any uni