Coal often contains significant quantities of sulphur in mineral and organic forms, which on combustion yield sulphur dioxide and other pollutants linked to acid rain and respiratory illness.

India's coal consumption is set to hit 1.6 billion tonnes by 2030, prompting the need for clear market-oriented pricing ...

Microwave-assisted coal processing harnesses electromagnetic energy in the microwave band to induce rapid, volumetric heating within coal seams. By converting microwave radiation into thermal energy ...

The Tennessee Valley Authority is touting a newly operational treatment plan to reduce its land footprint for dealing with coal ash at its six-decade-old, coal-fired Gallatin Fossil power plant in ...

The closure in January 2016 of one of Pittsburgh's biggest coal-processing plants led to immediate and lasting declines in emissions of fossil fuel-related air pollutants. These in turn were linked to ...

The closure in January 2016 of one of Pittsburgh's biggest coal-processing plants led to immediate and lasting declines in emissions of fossil fuel-related air pollutants. These in turn were linked to ...

Pittsburgh, in its founding, was blessed and cursed with two abundant natural resources: free-flowing rivers and a nearby coal seam. Their presence made the city’s 20th-century status as a coal-fired, ...

Grist is a nonprofit, independent media organization dedicated to telling stories of climate solutions and a just future. Pittsburgh, in its founding, was blessed and cursed with two abundant natural ...