Mary Cunningham is a reporter for CBS MoneyWatch. Before joining the business and finance vertical, she worked at "60 Minutes," CBSNews.com and CBS News 24/7 as part of the CBS News Associate Program.

The US relies on a complex grid of generation sources (and types) and distribution lines to support its power needs.

U.S. production of coal has continued to decline since peaking in 2008, according to a report from the U.S. Energy Information Administration. The EIA–on the same day earlier this month when President ...

Increasing renewable energy may not reduce the use of fossil fuels in the United States, according to a new study . Increasing renewable energy may not reduce the use of fossil fuels in the United ...

The increasing energy consumption of artificial intelligence is driving new research and investment into clean energy sources, particularly tidal energy. Tidal energy offers a constant and reliable ...

President Donald Trump blasted green tax breaks and windmills in a rant about his signature budget package moving through Congress, tacking onto his longstanding criticism of the turbines even as they ...

An oil pumping jack and wind turbines in a field in Nolan, Texas, in April 2025. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images) How we did this Pew Research Center conducted this study to understand Americans’ views on ...

BWX Technologies Inc announced it has installed all the equipment required for the production of Uranium Nitride TRISO fuel for advanced reactors at its Technology Centre in Lynchburg, Virginia. The ...