coal-fired power plants

Representatives from German industry, environmental groups and unions met on Tuesday, June 26, 2018, in Berlin to discuss how and when the country can stop using coal to generate electricity.

Germany will likely miss its goal of cutting emissions by 40 per cent by 2020, the country's environment minister said on Monday, June 18, 2018, an embarrassing admission for a government that wants to lead the charge on limiting climate change.

President Donald Trump removed climate change from the list of worldwide threats menacing the United States on Monday, December 18, 2017, a shift that underscores the long-term ramifications of the "America first" world view he laid out in his new National Security Strategy.

The White House has postponed a May 9, 2017, meeting to discuss whether the U.S. should withdraw from the landmark international climate deal struck in Paris under the Obama administration.

"We need reliable, affordable and abundant energy," Zinke said at a ceremony last week marking the end of the coal moratorium.

Environmental groups to go to court to fight an executive order from President Donald Trump that eliminates many restrictions on fossil fuel production and would roll back plans to curb global warming

President Donald Trump will sign an executive order on March 28 that will suspend, rescind, or flag for review measures that were part of former President Barack Obama's plan to curb global warming.