On the other hand, fossil fuel advocates are applauding the act, which President Donald Trump signed into law on July 4.

Greenhouse gas emissions from the electricity industry already have declined because economic considerations have led utility companies to start turning away from coal.

Scientists and environmentalists say such a decision harms human health and the environment, and is unnecessary.

WASHINGTON — Power plants in the United States are burning coal more often to generate electricity, reversing the growing use of natural gas and threatening to increase domestic emissions of ...

U.S. greenhouse gas emissions fell 2.1 percent last year almost entirely because of a sharp drop in coal consumption, according to the Rhodium Group, a private data research firm.

Duke Energy recently proposed replacing two aging coal units with natural gas plants. New proposal could be pathway to keep ...

Natural gas may contribute to climate change as much as coal, a study says. Climate-warming greenhouse gasses from natural gas could be as damaging as those from coal, according to a new analysis.

Louisiana is the latest state to redefine natural gas as green energy under a new law the Republican governor signed this ...

Even for some people steeped in the arcane technicalities of the climate issue, this was a new term. Basically, it is a yardstick for measuring the volume of greenhouse gases that a nation emits per ...

And switching from coal to natural gas for energy production does reduce the total greenhouse effect on a scale of 100 years, the standard scientists use in calculations like these.

Xcel Energy-Colorado, the first electric utility in the country to set a goal of being carbon-free, said Wednesday that it will up the ante by pledging to cut its greenhouse-gas emissions 85% by 2030.

Colorado’s electricity sector can cut greenhouse gasses by 98.5% by 2040, new analysis says Goals can be reached by using wind and solar power, Colorado Energy Office reports ...