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Coal plant forced to stay open due to emergency order isn’t even running

In the US, the economics of coal power generation are marginal at best, and a large number of coal plants […]

On Wednesday, the Trump administration announced that a large collection of tech companies had signed on to what it’s calling […]

Skip to content Coal makes a bit of a comeback, if only by accident. Solar panels have gotten so cheap […]

Today’s executive order takes a different route to propping up coal: artificially inflating demand. “The Secretary of War, in coordination […]

On Tuesday, US Secretary of Energy Chris Wright issued a now familiar order: because of a supposed energy emergency, a […]

Skip to content Over the course of 2025, electricity demand has gradually declined. Worries about the US grid’s ability to […]

Skip to content Half of a year of data shows that the solar boom is not slowing down. On Tuesday, […]

Under those circumstances, the rest of the difference will be made up for with fossil fuels. Running counter to recent […]

As President Donald Trump signed a slew of executive orders Tuesday aimed at keeping coal power alive in the United […]

Skip to content Utility-scale solar generation is up by over 30% amid future uncertainties. The Energy Information Agency has now […]