For years proponents of green energy have argued that the slow, inefficient permitting process in the United States significantly hinders the transition to clean sources of electricity.

President Donald Trump has made the raw materials of modern life a pillar of U.S. foreign policy.

President Donald Trump's return to office could bring some temporary relief to the beleaguered U.S. coal industry.

The Supreme Court has allowed a Biden administration rule aimed at limiting planet-warming pollution from coal-fired power plants to remain in place as legal challenges play out.

President Joe Biden is turning to a Cold War-era law to boost production of lithium and other minerals used to power electric vehicles.