A major coal company had plans to save one of the West's largest coal plants from closing. It just needed help from the Trump administration.

President Trump likes to talk about how his administration is promoting energy dominance. A quick look at the statistics suggest he's not wrong. America is a global energy behemoth.

In 2016, many Nevada greens were enthusiastic about the idea of restructuring the Silver State's power market. This fall, when the proposal appears on the ballot for a second time, many will be actively working to defeat it.

For Cape Wind, the much-maligned offshore wind farm once proposed for Massachusetts' Nantucket Sound, the beginning of the end arrived in 2010, when the project's developer signed a contract to sell its electricity.

States can claim some success in decarbonizing the power sector. As for limiting tailpipe emissions? They've barely managed to move the needle.