While rates have been on the rise, the Hoosier state is burning less coal for electricity. Coal accounted for 65 percent of the fuel used for electricity in 2016, down from 85 percent in 2007.

The study finds cheap natural gas and declining power demand are driving coal and nuclear power plant closures.

While coal advocates praise the move, it introduces "uncertainty" for the state's electric utilities.

Trump's executive order reverses an array of Obama-era climate policies.

Activists were concerned with the brevity of Gov. Holcomb's comments on energy and environment issues.

President-elect Donald Trump promised to revive the U.S. coal industry, but many industry experts are skeptical.

Maryland environmental officials filed a petition Wednesday asking the EPA to crack down on 19 coal plants in Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia.

The Knox County Planning Commission voted this week to give Sunrise Coal permission for the $5 million project on rural land it owns near the town of Bruceville.

Five coal plants in Indiana ranked in the top 100 for both toxic and greenhouse gas pollution — more than any other state.

A new study asks what would happen if coal workers were retrained to produce a different type of energy