Coal in the News

13Apr

EPA Launches New Agenda in Coal Country

Via The Washington Examiner: Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt joined the coal industry in Pennsylvania Thursday to launch what he called the agency’s “Back-to-Basics” agenda, in which Washington gets out of the way of states’ natural resources development. “What better way to launch EPA’s Back-to-Basics agenda than visiting the hard-working coal miners who help […]
13Apr

NMA Hails Pruitt’s Support for Coal

WASHINGTON, D.C. – National Mining Association (NMA) president and CEO Hal Quinn issued the following statement regarding EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt’s visit today at the Harvey Mine and training complex in Pennsylvania: “It’s encouraging to hear a senior government official recognize the contribution that America’s coal resources, the world’s largest, make to our nation’s economy […]
04Apr

Big Coal Starts Hiring, Opening Plants, ‘Through the Roof’

Via The Washington Examiner: West Virginia coal industry executive Mike Grose knows fake news when he sees it. And the headlines claiming that President Trump’s new executive order to dismantle clean power rules won’t revive mining employment were Exhibit A. “It’s growing, a lot better than it ever was,” said Grose, owner of Superior and […]
04Apr

Coal Should Be Part Of Energy Mix Given National Clean Power Plan Rollback

Via WIBW News: A pro-coal attorney and former member of the Missouri Public Service Commission sees the rollback of the Clean Power Plan by President Donald Trump as a positive. “Coal plants that were slated to close within the next three to four years will remain open,” said Terry Jarrett. “Coal will now be able […]
03Apr

The Climate Yawns

Via The Wall Street Journal: The oddest criticism of Donald Trump’s climate action this week was the claim, mentioned almost triumphantly by every news source, that it would save few coal jobs. The economic and technological forces, especially the flood of low-carbon natural gas from fracking, are just too powerful. Then why, if you’re a […]
03Apr

Trump’s Rollback of Coal Rules Electrifies Wyoming Workers

Via The Observer-Reporter: This hardscrabble Wyoming city of about 30,000 people proclaims itself the “Energy Capital of the Nation” on the mayor’s blue blazer and even the parking ticket payment boxes. Nearby are some of the world’s largest open-pit mines, where dump trucks the size of houses haul out more than 40 percent of the […]