In remarks tied to the UN week, Trump repeated the argument that Europe—and specifically Germany—turned back to traditional fuels after pursuing renewables, casting it as proof that rapid green ...

Germany should consider a pause on shutting down its remaining coal power plants until new gas-fired stations are ready to ...

Germany is vowing to turn its back on coal power generation, announcing a plan to close all of its 38 coal-fired plants within 19 years. Stories in the Los Angeles Times and elsewhere reported that a ...

Uniper SE agreed to sell its Datteln 4 coal-fired power plant in Germany to the Czech Republic’s ResInvest Group AS.

German Economy Minister Katherina Reiche on Monday urged a change of course in the country's phase-out of fossil fuels, ...

US President Donald Trump has launched a push to revive coal energy in the United States, wrongly citing Germany as a model for returning to the fossil fuel. Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order ...

BERLIN (AP) — Hundreds of climate activists called an end to their protest Sunday inside one of Germany’s biggest open-pit mines after police repeatedly ordered them to leave, citing life-threatening ...

SPREMBERG, Germany (Reuters) - A German far-right party is using a simple message to attract voters in a mining region threatened by government plans to phase out coal: jobs are more important than ...

In the drab coal-mining towns of the Ruhr and the Saar, the mood was as grey as the fall weather that lay over the countryside in a chill and foggy blanket. The roll of muffled drums echoed through ...

LONDON/FRANKFURT (Reuters) - To reach its strict climate targets and fulfill Chancellor Angela Merkel's nuclear exit plans, Germany needs to avoid coal and build a stack of gas power plants to secure ...