Top 7 Renewable Energy Sources
Most nations rely on fossil fuels for the majority of their energy, but clean renewable energy is becoming increasingly important as the world faces the threat of global warming and the realization that fossil fuels will eventually run out or become too expensive to retrieve.

An Export in Solid Supply
A reorganization of the global coal trade is making the United States a major exporter for the first time in years, and driving up prices of the one fossil fuel the nation has in abundance.

U.S. shelves rural loans for coal plants
The federal government is suspending a major loan program for coal-fired power plants in rural communities, saying climate change and construction costs make the loans too risky.