Coal’s prospects are turning brighter By EPN Staff Key Points U.S. coal plants had 124 million short tons of coal on-site as of June 2025—about 93 days of fuel. The EIA projects “days of burn” will remai... Read more Wyoming eyes a 10x surge in electricity demand By EPN staff Wyoming will host a data center that could end up using 10 times as much energy as the state spends to power the homes of its half a million residents. Ener... Read more Colorado’s coal plant closure plans face EPA challenge By EPN Staff The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency challenged Colorado’s plans to close the state’s remaining six coal-fired power plants by 2031 over concerns about ... Read more Rare earth minerals: The peril and promise of coal ash By EPN Staff A recent study led by researchers at the University of Texas estimates the coal ash stored around the United States contains 11 million tons of rare earth elements worth app... Read more Citing costs, EPA moves to unwind Biden-era rules By EPN Staff The Environmental Protection Agency recently proposed rescinding certain Biden-era regulations on emissions from fossil fuel-fired power plants. The proposals, which aim t... Read more Conservatives shouldn’t fight to defund coal By Thomas Aiello Market forces work: coal used for domestic electricity generation has declined steadily for almost two decades. This decline has also been fueled by efforts by Democratic pol... Read more New discoveries underscore the importance of U.S. natural gas By EPN Staff The U.S. continues to find new recoverable reserves of natural gas, boosting available supply and further cementing the fuel source’s importance to electricity generation, indust... Read more Exclusive: Trump admin touts energy security, opportunity for workforce, states By EPN Staff This is the third part of a three-part series from EPN’s exclusive interview with U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright. When Presi... Read more Exclusive: Energy secretary pledges to work with states, restore common sense By EPN Staff This is the first part of a three-part series from EPN’s exclusive interview with U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright. U.S. Energ... Read more Lessons learned: How electric grids withstood bitter cold in 2025 By EPN Staff Domestic power systems performed well during January’s cold weather without major issues in either the natural gas or electric systems, according to a joint review from the Feder... Read more 1 2 Subscribe to West Virginia MOST VIEWED 1 The U.S. can be an AI leader with good energy policies 2 Colorado’s coal plant closure plans face EPA challenge 3 EIA: Computing’s energy needs are outpacing all other commercial uses 4 Arizona’s declining groundwater problem DONATE
Wyoming eyes a 10x surge in electricity demand By EPN staff Wyoming will host a data center that could end up using 10 times as much energy as the state spends to power the homes of its half a million residents. Ener... Read more Colorado’s coal plant closure plans face EPA challenge By EPN Staff The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency challenged Colorado’s plans to close the state’s remaining six coal-fired power plants by 2031 over concerns about ... Read more Rare earth minerals: The peril and promise of coal ash By EPN Staff A recent study led by researchers at the University of Texas estimates the coal ash stored around the United States contains 11 million tons of rare earth elements worth app... Read more Citing costs, EPA moves to unwind Biden-era rules By EPN Staff The Environmental Protection Agency recently proposed rescinding certain Biden-era regulations on emissions from fossil fuel-fired power plants. The proposals, which aim t... Read more Conservatives shouldn’t fight to defund coal By Thomas Aiello Market forces work: coal used for domestic electricity generation has declined steadily for almost two decades. This decline has also been fueled by efforts by Democratic pol... Read more New discoveries underscore the importance of U.S. natural gas By EPN Staff The U.S. continues to find new recoverable reserves of natural gas, boosting available supply and further cementing the fuel source’s importance to electricity generation, indust... Read more Exclusive: Trump admin touts energy security, opportunity for workforce, states By EPN Staff This is the third part of a three-part series from EPN’s exclusive interview with U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright. When Presi... Read more Exclusive: Energy secretary pledges to work with states, restore common sense By EPN Staff This is the first part of a three-part series from EPN’s exclusive interview with U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright. U.S. Energ... Read more Lessons learned: How electric grids withstood bitter cold in 2025 By EPN Staff Domestic power systems performed well during January’s cold weather without major issues in either the natural gas or electric systems, according to a joint review from the Feder... Read more 1 2 Subscribe to West Virginia MOST VIEWED 1 The U.S. can be an AI leader with good energy policies 2 Colorado’s coal plant closure plans face EPA challenge 3 EIA: Computing’s energy needs are outpacing all other commercial uses 4 Arizona’s declining groundwater problem DONATE
Colorado’s coal plant closure plans face EPA challenge By EPN Staff The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency challenged Colorado’s plans to close the state’s remaining six coal-fired power plants by 2031 over concerns about ... Read more Rare earth minerals: The peril and promise of coal ash By EPN Staff A recent study led by researchers at the University of Texas estimates the coal ash stored around the United States contains 11 million tons of rare earth elements worth app... Read more Citing costs, EPA moves to unwind Biden-era rules By EPN Staff The Environmental Protection Agency recently proposed rescinding certain Biden-era regulations on emissions from fossil fuel-fired power plants. The proposals, which aim t... Read more Conservatives shouldn’t fight to defund coal By Thomas Aiello Market forces work: coal used for domestic electricity generation has declined steadily for almost two decades. This decline has also been fueled by efforts by Democratic pol... Read more New discoveries underscore the importance of U.S. natural gas By EPN Staff The U.S. continues to find new recoverable reserves of natural gas, boosting available supply and further cementing the fuel source’s importance to electricity generation, indust... Read more Exclusive: Trump admin touts energy security, opportunity for workforce, states By EPN Staff This is the third part of a three-part series from EPN’s exclusive interview with U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright. When Presi... Read more Exclusive: Energy secretary pledges to work with states, restore common sense By EPN Staff This is the first part of a three-part series from EPN’s exclusive interview with U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright. U.S. Energ... Read more Lessons learned: How electric grids withstood bitter cold in 2025 By EPN Staff Domestic power systems performed well during January’s cold weather without major issues in either the natural gas or electric systems, according to a joint review from the Feder... Read more 1 2 Subscribe to West Virginia MOST VIEWED 1 The U.S. can be an AI leader with good energy policies 2 Colorado’s coal plant closure plans face EPA challenge 3 EIA: Computing’s energy needs are outpacing all other commercial uses 4 Arizona’s declining groundwater problem DONATE
Rare earth minerals: The peril and promise of coal ash By EPN Staff A recent study led by researchers at the University of Texas estimates the coal ash stored around the United States contains 11 million tons of rare earth elements worth app... Read more Citing costs, EPA moves to unwind Biden-era rules By EPN Staff The Environmental Protection Agency recently proposed rescinding certain Biden-era regulations on emissions from fossil fuel-fired power plants. The proposals, which aim t... Read more Conservatives shouldn’t fight to defund coal By Thomas Aiello Market forces work: coal used for domestic electricity generation has declined steadily for almost two decades. This decline has also been fueled by efforts by Democratic pol... Read more New discoveries underscore the importance of U.S. natural gas By EPN Staff The U.S. continues to find new recoverable reserves of natural gas, boosting available supply and further cementing the fuel source’s importance to electricity generation, indust... Read more Exclusive: Trump admin touts energy security, opportunity for workforce, states By EPN Staff This is the third part of a three-part series from EPN’s exclusive interview with U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright. When Presi... Read more Exclusive: Energy secretary pledges to work with states, restore common sense By EPN Staff This is the first part of a three-part series from EPN’s exclusive interview with U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright. U.S. Energ... Read more Lessons learned: How electric grids withstood bitter cold in 2025 By EPN Staff Domestic power systems performed well during January’s cold weather without major issues in either the natural gas or electric systems, according to a joint review from the Feder... Read more 1 2 Subscribe to West Virginia
Citing costs, EPA moves to unwind Biden-era rules By EPN Staff The Environmental Protection Agency recently proposed rescinding certain Biden-era regulations on emissions from fossil fuel-fired power plants. The proposals, which aim t... Read more Conservatives shouldn’t fight to defund coal By Thomas Aiello Market forces work: coal used for domestic electricity generation has declined steadily for almost two decades. This decline has also been fueled by efforts by Democratic pol... Read more New discoveries underscore the importance of U.S. natural gas By EPN Staff The U.S. continues to find new recoverable reserves of natural gas, boosting available supply and further cementing the fuel source’s importance to electricity generation, indust... Read more Exclusive: Trump admin touts energy security, opportunity for workforce, states By EPN Staff This is the third part of a three-part series from EPN’s exclusive interview with U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright. When Presi... Read more Exclusive: Energy secretary pledges to work with states, restore common sense By EPN Staff This is the first part of a three-part series from EPN’s exclusive interview with U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright. U.S. Energ... Read more Lessons learned: How electric grids withstood bitter cold in 2025 By EPN Staff Domestic power systems performed well during January’s cold weather without major issues in either the natural gas or electric systems, according to a joint review from the Feder... Read more 1 2 Subscribe to West Virginia
Conservatives shouldn’t fight to defund coal By Thomas Aiello Market forces work: coal used for domestic electricity generation has declined steadily for almost two decades. This decline has also been fueled by efforts by Democratic pol... Read more New discoveries underscore the importance of U.S. natural gas By EPN Staff The U.S. continues to find new recoverable reserves of natural gas, boosting available supply and further cementing the fuel source’s importance to electricity generation, indust... Read more Exclusive: Trump admin touts energy security, opportunity for workforce, states By EPN Staff This is the third part of a three-part series from EPN’s exclusive interview with U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright. When Presi... Read more Exclusive: Energy secretary pledges to work with states, restore common sense By EPN Staff This is the first part of a three-part series from EPN’s exclusive interview with U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright. U.S. Energ... Read more Lessons learned: How electric grids withstood bitter cold in 2025 By EPN Staff Domestic power systems performed well during January’s cold weather without major issues in either the natural gas or electric systems, according to a joint review from the Feder... Read more 1 2 Subscribe to West Virginia
New discoveries underscore the importance of U.S. natural gas By EPN Staff The U.S. continues to find new recoverable reserves of natural gas, boosting available supply and further cementing the fuel source’s importance to electricity generation, indust... Read more Exclusive: Trump admin touts energy security, opportunity for workforce, states By EPN Staff This is the third part of a three-part series from EPN’s exclusive interview with U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright. When Presi... Read more Exclusive: Energy secretary pledges to work with states, restore common sense By EPN Staff This is the first part of a three-part series from EPN’s exclusive interview with U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright. U.S. Energ... Read more Lessons learned: How electric grids withstood bitter cold in 2025 By EPN Staff Domestic power systems performed well during January’s cold weather without major issues in either the natural gas or electric systems, according to a joint review from the Feder... Read more 1 2 Subscribe to West Virginia
Exclusive: Trump admin touts energy security, opportunity for workforce, states By EPN Staff This is the third part of a three-part series from EPN’s exclusive interview with U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright. When Presi... Read more Exclusive: Energy secretary pledges to work with states, restore common sense By EPN Staff This is the first part of a three-part series from EPN’s exclusive interview with U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright. U.S. Energ... Read more Lessons learned: How electric grids withstood bitter cold in 2025 By EPN Staff Domestic power systems performed well during January’s cold weather without major issues in either the natural gas or electric systems, according to a joint review from the Feder... Read more 1 2 Subscribe to West Virginia
Exclusive: Energy secretary pledges to work with states, restore common sense By EPN Staff This is the first part of a three-part series from EPN’s exclusive interview with U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright. U.S. Energ... Read more Lessons learned: How electric grids withstood bitter cold in 2025 By EPN Staff Domestic power systems performed well during January’s cold weather without major issues in either the natural gas or electric systems, according to a joint review from the Feder... Read more 1 2 Subscribe to West Virginia
Lessons learned: How electric grids withstood bitter cold in 2025 By EPN Staff Domestic power systems performed well during January’s cold weather without major issues in either the natural gas or electric systems, according to a joint review from the Feder... Read more 1 2 Subscribe to West Virginia
