With the cost of heating oil and natural gas prone to spikes, some are deciding coal is worth the trouble.

With the cost of heating oil and natural gas prone to spikes, some homeowners deciding coal is worth the trouble.

With the cost of heating oil and natural gas prone to spikes, some homeowners deciding coal is worth the trouble.

Officials weighing federal applications by utilities to build new coal-fired power plants cannot consider their greenhouse gas output, the head of the Environmental Protection Agency ruled.

Dynegy, a major owner of coal-burning power plants, has agreed to tell investors more about how global warming could affect its business, the New York State attorney general said.

Investors have lost their appetite for industrial commodities for the moment.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Arch Coal Inc. said Friday its second-quarter profit tripled on soaring global prices and tighter coal supplies, easily beating Wall Street expectations.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Coal producer Peabody Energy Corp said on Wednesday its second-quarter profit more than doubled, easily beating Wall Street forecasts, as soaring global demand drove prices higher.

Both opponents of coal use and the company that wants to build the plant said it was the first time a court decision had linked carbon dioxide to an air pollution permit.

Why Jim Rogers says going green can save the energy business.