More Coal Capacity Closed In 2018 Than First 3 Years Of Obama Admin

Last week, the Sierra Club announced the latest U.S. coal plant to close: FirstEnergy’s Pleasants Power Station in West Virginia. It’s No. 268 in a long line of U.S. coal plants that have shut down since 2010, and among several to suspend operations this month. The ... Read more

After Generations Working In Coal, Young West Virginians Are Finding Jobs In Solar

Above Photo: Solar Holler founder Dan Conant, foreground, looks on at the beginning of a solar roof installation in Lewisburg, West Virginia. Jason Margolis Tanner Lee Swiger graduated from high school in Wayne County, West Virginia this spring. His father and ... Read more

Navajo Solar Plant To Replace Coal Plant

Above Photo: From apnews.com FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — A giant array of solar panels near the famed sandstone buttes of Monument Valley has begun producing electricity for the Navajo Nation at a time when the tribe is bracing for the loss of hundreds of jobs from the impending closure of a nearby ... Read more

Rover Pipeline: Climate Disaster Equal To 42 Coal Plants

Above Photo: From priceofoil.org In the wake of damaging spills and Trump’s Paris pullout, study shows the fracked gas project will cause as much climate pollution as 42 coal plants As controversy swirls around a string of spills and air and water violations caused by Energy Transfer ... Read more