May 9, 2017, 3:20pm Business
Four states are suing over the Trump administration's decision to restart the sale of coal leases on federal lands. Read story
April 3, 2017, 9:54am Nation & World
The Interior Department is scrapping an Obama-era rule aimed at ensuring that coal companies don’t shortchange taxpayers on huge volumes of coal extracted from public lands, primarily in the West. Read story
March 29, 2017, 3:19pm Business
The largest U.S. electric company sued 30 international and domestic insurance companies Wednesday, saying they should cover part of the utility’s multibillion-dollar cleanup costs in the Carolinas for toxic byproducts left from decades of burning coal to generate power. Read story
March 16, 2017, 6:07pm Business
A Cowlitz County judge will decide this month whether three environmental groups can intervene in a lawsuit brought against the state by developers of a coal-export terminal in southwest Washington. Read story
January 26, 2017, 6:00am Business
Portland General Electric’s agreement to close its only coal-fired power plant won praise seven years ago as an environmental victory with national implications in the fight against air pollution and climate change. Read story
January 12, 2017, 4:30pm Business
U.S. officials said Wednesday that a yearlong review shows coal sales from public lands need to be modernized to deal with climate change and give taxpayers a fair return, but it’s uncertain whether the incoming Trump administration will follow through. Read story
January 9, 2017, 1:16pm Nation & World
An overloaded coal truck rumbles down from the steel factory and hits a bump, sending chunks of its black cargo skittering and click-clicking along the asphalt. Waiting by the roadside, a farmer swaddled in thick, cotton-padded winter clothing scrambles into onrushing traffic to pick up the pieces. Read story
January 3, 2017, 5:40pm Business
Washington’s outgoing public lands commissioner said Tuesday he is refusing to allow the state’s aquatic lands to be used for a major coal-export terminal along the Columbia River. But the company behind the proposal insisted the decision would have no effect on its plans. Read story
December 28, 2016, 9:27am Business
A BNSF Railway railcar loaded with coal partially derailed in a Vancouver neighborhood around 1 a.m. Wednesday morning. Read story
December 19, 2016, 9:16am Nation & World
The Obama administration on Monday set final rules designed to reduce the environmental impact of coal mining on the nation's streams, a long-anticipated move that met quick resistance from Republicans who vowed to overturn it under President-elect Donald Trump. Read story
