Communities in Colorado that once relied on coal are exploring a bold new chapter — one that could keep their towns powered and their economies thriving. Former coal towns are now eyeing an ...

Centralia, Pennsylvania, once a thriving coal town, was slowly erased by an underground fire ignited in 1962. Decades of ...

Climate change is not just changing our atmosphere, it is changing the fabric of many rural towns nationwide. As the United States has moved to renewable sources of energy, it has strained the coal ...

At its peak, the Homer City power plant employed hundreds of people and could deploy enough to power 2 million homes. As the ...

HAYDEN, Colo. — For decades, Dallas Robinson’s family excavation company developed coal mines and power plants in the rugged, fossil-fuel-rich region of northwest Colorado. It was a good business to ...