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Obama Kept His Promise, 83,000 Coal Jobs Lost And 400 Mines Shuttered

Via The Daily Caller: This Labor Day, America has 83,000 fewer coal jobs and 400 coal mines than it did when Barack Obama was elected in 2008, showing that the president has followed through on his pledge to “bankrupt” the coal industry. A 2015 study found the coal industry lost 50,000 jobs from 2008 to 2012 during Obama’s first term. During Obama’s […]

EPA, Enviros Shut Down Two Colorado Coal Plants And Put More Out Of Work

Via The Daily Caller: Two Colorado coal plants and one mine will be shut down as part of an effort by federal and state regulators and environmentalists to improve visibility at national parks and other areas of the state. Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association, a rural cooperative utility, will shutter its 100 megawatt Nucla Station […]

Let’s Use More Coal, Open More Coal-fired Power Plants

Via The Livingston Daily: Our current administrations agenda to protect the environment is superseding the needs of the people. We have been burdened with overzealous regulations by the Environmental Protection Agency and this has forced many of our coal fired power plants to be shut down and ruined the majority of the industry. We have […]

The ‘War On Coal’ Unexpectedly Hits A Washington Town Struggling To Get By

Via The Daily Caller:  LONGVIEW, Wash. — In the morning, the industrial site nestled along the Columbia River is eerily quiet. Lori Black is one of the first employees to arrive most days. She knows the site well, has worked there for 12 years. Five years ago, Millennium Bulk Terminals acquired the 540-acre site. Officials […]

Congress Should Bar Stream Rule

Via The Wheeling News-Register: When Barack Obama became president, more than half the electricity generated in the United States came from coal-fired power plants. Coal was the most economical means of providing electricity. Now, electricity from gas costs about the same as that from coal. Only about 40 percent of the nation’s power comes from […]

Why a Smart Energy Policy Can Include Coal

Via Power Engineering International:  A pulverized coal plant in the US is an example of how combining the right operational model with best-in-class technologies can produce affordable, reliable and secure power with the lowest possible environmental impact, write Robert Giglio and Steve Nelson Longview Power’s 770 MWe coal power plant in West Virginia Credit: Longview […]

How to Make the Next Labor Day Better than this One

August 31, 2016 Like Christmas with no gifts, this is Labor Day with no good jobs – at least not for the near record number of jobless Americans who want them. Average hourly wages have barely budged since the recession ended four years ago. So this week count on the administration to airbrush its record […]

N.C. Policy Makers, Regulators Attack EPA’s Clean Power Plan

Via The Charlotte Business Journal: The Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan, requiring states to achieve 30% reductions in carbon emissions, did not get much love at the Carolinas Federal and State Policy Briefing sponsored by E4 Carolinas. Congressman Richard Hudson (R-N.C.) lamented the “bias at the EPA that you can’t trust these state regulators.” N.C. […]

Stream Rule Frustrates Wyoming Regulators

Via The Casper Star-Tribune: Officials at the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality are frustrated by a proposed federal rule that they say could cost the state more than $1 million a year in lost revenue and $500,000 in implementation. The stream protection rule, developed by the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM), would […]

Industry Has Future, Regulations Stand in Way

Via The Southern Illinoisan:  Coal executives visiting with The Southern Illinoisan’s editorial board on Wednesday said they are confident the industry, despite the challenges facing it, will have a future in the region for decades to come. Joshua Carter, the vice president and chief operating officer for Knight Hawk Coal, noted that his company has […]