WASHINGTON, DC—Today, Greenpeace joined public health advocates and communities all around the country in welcoming the EPA’s first-ever limits on mercury emissions from coal and oil-fired power plants. The Mercury and Air Toxics...

A few weeks ago we asked people to submit a video that would knock the halo off the head of the coal industry; to expose all parts of the life cycle of coal, from mountaintop removal to toxic emissions; to inspire people to join the...

Starting today, we can begin to breathe, eat, and drink a bit easier. The EPA begins enforcement of the Mercury and Air Toxics standard, a 20-year-old mandate that set limits on mercury emissions from coal and oil-fired power plants.

A team of Greenpeace activists hanging from an elevated platform begin a second day painting a message on the smokestack of the Fisk coal-fired power plant in Chicago, Illinois. The activists were getting their "Quit Coal" message...

Today, Michigan State University students and community members marched and rallied with climate activist Tim DeChristopher at the steps of Michigan State’s Hannah Administration Building, eagerly awaiting an announcement from the...

The Chattanooga Times Free Press recently ran a story about a new study that compares the number of jobs promised by coal-fired power plants to the actual jobs brought to a community where one is built. For the study, analysts looked...