11Mar

The “Most Critical” Technology

Just a week ago, (and what a week it has been) International Energy Agency Director Fatih Birol testified before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee. Asked what technology is most essential to tackling emissions, he didn’t mince words. “If I had to pick one technology as the most critical, if I had a magic […]
10Mar

Pennsylvania Should Take the Lead on Advanced Energy Technologies

Via The Pennsylvania Capital Star-Tribune: Like much of the United States, Pennsylvania is moving toward a low-carbon energy future. That effort will likely be defined by a pivot to renewable sources of power. Surprisingly, the most important breakthroughs for achieving lower emissions in the years ahead may not come from wind turbines and solar panels […]
05Mar

Energy Legislation that Puts Innovation First

For the first time in more than a decade, the U.S. may be getting closer to passing comprehensive energy legislation. Earlier this week, the Senate voted 84-3 to start debate of an energy package introduced by senators Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) and Joe Manchin (D-WV). The legislation, S. 2657, the American Energy Innovation Act, has drawn […]
05Mar

Senate Energy Package Recognizes American Mining is Essential to All Aspects of American Energy

The National Mining Association (NMA) applauded the Senate’s “American Energy Innovation Act,” introduced today, which includes important steps to address the nation’s alarming mineral import reliance and to increase the nation’s development and deployment of essential carbon capture technologies. “Mining has never been more important to all of our energy needs,” said Rich Nolan, NMA […]
02Mar

Opinion: America’s Economy Demands Full-time Electricity

Via The Centre Daily Times: Thanks to the production of baseload electricity from a diverse mix of power plants, households are benefiting from cheap and reliable electrical energy. This is especially true in states with coal and nuclear plants, where an abundance of dispatchable power means assured electricity for businesses and better prices for the […]
27Feb

NMA Applauds Interior Decision to Resume Coal Leasing

The National Mining Association (NMA) today issued the following statement from Rich Nolan, NMA President & CEO, applauding the Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Land Management (BLM) for concluding its final environmental assessment and finding no significant impact that would impede processing applications for new coal leases on federal land. “Efforts under the Obama […]
20Feb

Guidance to Get Going

It’s not every day when a notice from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is cause for excitement. Yesterday was one of those rare exceptions. The IRS finally issued guidance on the 45Q carbon capture tax credits. It was guidance the energy industry has been anticipating for two years, ever since Congress passed bipartisan legislation creating […]
19Feb

America Blessed with an Extraordinary Opportunity

Via Fosters.com: If you had to capture the remarkable changes in U.S. energy production in one word, that word would be “technology.” From technological advances driving the shale revolution in oil and natural gas to dramatic declines in the cost of solar and wind power to the design of advanced reactors for nuclear power to […]