21Jul

Keep Americans Employed and Safe with Abundant Coal

July 21, 2016 Recent headlines remind us that we no longer live in a secure world, if we ever did. Whether it is economic security or national security, the mood of the country suggests Americans today have less of both. So it’s understandable that GOP conventioneers would seize on jobs and safety as twin themes […]
19Jul

Ohio Coal Industry Crushed

Via the Mansfield News Journal: For decades, Ohio has proudly mined the coal that fuels America. Coal still generates more than a third of U.S. electricity — more than any other single power source last year — and provides thousands of good jobs for states like Ohio. Unfortunately, Ohio’s coal industry is now facing an […]
18Jul

Aimless Agency Crushes Wyoming’s Coal Industry

Via the Casper Star-Tribune: For decades, Wyoming has proudly mined the coal that fuels America. Coal still generates more than a third of U.S. electricity – more than any other single power source last year – and provides thousands of good jobs for states like Wyoming. Unfortunately, Wyoming’s coal industry is now facing an all-out […]
15Jul

Emerging Technology-based Consensus May Help Clear the Air

Via The Hill: Is it possible in this contentious political year that there may be some energy and environment policies on which Republicans, Democrats, environmental groups and a major coal producer like Cloud Peak Energy can agree? Both Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton have acknowledged that affordable fossil energy will be part of our energy […]
14Jul

OP-ED: Wyoming Coal Industry Crushed by SPR Rule

Via The Cody Enterprise: For decades, Wyoming has proudly mined the coal that fuels America. Coal still generates more than a third of U.S. electricity – more than any other single power source last year – and provides thousands of good jobs for states like Wyoming. Unfortunately, Wyoming’s coal industry is now facing an all-out […]
12Jul

Clean Power Plan Would Devastate the Trades

Via The Mesabi Daily News: Over the course of the past many months, we have watched the developments of the MPCA regarding the clean power plan. Our organization has evolved into a highly specialized trade craft that mainly works in the fossil fuel industry. The Clean Power Plan, as written, will decimate our industry, period. […]
12Jul

Lost Production Equals Lost Employment from the Clean Power Plan

July 13, 2016 The administration has long blamed coal’s troubles on the marketplace, not on its regulations. In congressional hearings, all the president’s men and women discount the impact of the Clean Power Plan on jobs, coal communities and the grid – even as they claim credit for regulating coal out of the grid when […]
11Jul

SPR is Bad News for Kentucky Coal Miners

Via the Louisville Courier-Journal: As most of us understand, Kentucky’s economy is powered by coal. The low-cost, reliable electricity that coal provides our commonwealth benefits every Kentuckian. Coal gives us a huge competitive advantage over other states that pay more for electricity and allows us to keep and attract good jobs. As it interconnects with […]
11Jul

SPR is Bad News for KY Coal Miners

As most of us understand, Kentucky’s economy is powered by coal. The low-cost, reliable electricity that coal provides our commonwealth benefits every Kentuckian. Coal gives us a huge competitive advantage over other states that pay more for electricity and allows us to keep and attract good jobs. As it interconnects with every facet of our […]
08Jul

EPA Reg Shutters FOUR TIMES More Coal Power Than Agency Initially Predicted

Via The Daily Caller:  The Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) initial projections on coal power vastly underestimated how much coal-fired power would be shuttered by its mercury regulation, according to federal data. Actual capacity retirements from coal-fired power plants were more than four times greater than EPA initially projected. Newly-released Energy Department data shows 20 gigawatts […]