Coal in the News

27Apr

Virginia Coal Communities Saved from Costly Plan

Via The Roanoke Times: Childress is the president of the Virginia Coal and Energy Alliance based in Lebanon. Many Americans have already forgotten about the Clean Power Plan (CPP), the Obama administration’s signature effort to reduce carbon emissions from the nation’s power plants. But not the nation’s coal communities. They’ve lived with this regulation as […]
24Apr

Coal Important for Toledo and Nation

Via The Toledo Blade: Everyone has their routine, something they do automatically, every day, without thinking twice. For many, it’s turning on the lights, charging our phones, brewing coffee, perhaps turning on the laptop or TV, then driving to work in our cars and trucks, where we grind out most of our day until we […]
24Apr

Poll Shows Mining’s Environmental Accomplishments Unknown to American Voters

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The vast majority of American voters are unaware of the environmental and technological advancements of today’s mining industry according to new polling, suggesting mining’s legacy skews perceptions. A new poll by Morning Consult for the National Mining Association (NMA) shows less than 10 percent of voters could assess the scale of emissions […]
20Apr

Pruitt: EPA No Longer About Killing Off Coal

Via The Washington Examiner: The Environmental Protection Agency is no longer about “regulating an entire industry out of business,” EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt said Thursday, visiting a large coal-fired power plant in Missouri that likely would have been forced to close under the Obama EPA’s climate plan. The visit was part of a tour of […]
20Apr

EPA Administrator Brings Back-to-Basics Agenda to Missouri Power Plant

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt visited the Thomas Hill Energy Center in Clifton Hill, Mo. today to discuss EPA’s Back-to-Basics agenda, which aims to refocus the agency on its core mission of protecting the environment through sensible regulations developed in cooperation with state, local and tribal partners. Administrator Pruitt spoke with more than […]
19Apr

EPA May Rewrite Obama-Era Regulation That Shut Down Coal Plants

Via The Daily Caller:  The Trump administration asked a federal court to delay oral arguments so it can review a costly Obama-era regulation limiting mercury and other pollutants from power plants. The Department of Justice notified all parties involved in the lawsuit over the mercury, or MATS, rule Tuesday they would ask the court to […]
19Apr

Coal’s Colossal Comeback

Via Townhall: Buried in an otherwise-humdrum jobs report was the jaw-dropping pronouncement by the Department of Labor that mining jobs in America were up by 11,000 in March. Since the low point in October 2016, and following years of painful layoffs in the mining industry, the mining sector has added 35,000 jobs. What a turnaround. […]
14Apr

EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt: ‘War On Coal Is Done’

Via The Wheeling News-Register: To the delight of dozens of miners at the CNX Coal Resources Harvey Mine, Thursday, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt declared an end to the “regulatory assault” on their industry. Pruitt, appointed by President Donald Trump to head the EPA in the post-Obama administration era, spoke briefly at the Pennsylvania […]
14Apr

Trump’s Coal Push Grinds into High Gear

Via The Washington Examiner: The Trump administration could call Thursday “National Coal Day.” Several Cabinet officials are spreading out to push clean coal, coal power plants and coal mining. The activities got started Wednesday afternoon when Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke met with Native American leaders to brainstorm ways the Trump administration can help prevent one […]
14Apr

Good Riddance to Obama’s Job-killing ‘Clean Power Plan’

Via The Delco Times: It made for colorful news this week — President Trump announcing a halt to the Obama administration’s massive “Clean Power Plan.” Pundits immediately leapt to criticize the president, saying that canceling the plan would mean more costs and more “pollution” for America’s consumers. Such fear-mongering is simply incorrect, though, and demonstrates […]