Coal in the News

20Mar

US Labor Secretary Tours North Antelope Rochelle Coal Mine

Via The Gillette News Record: U.S. Secretary of Labor Alexander Acosta is in Wyoming to tour some of the Cowboy State’s largest industries, hosted by U.S. Sen. Mike Enzi, R-Wyoming. Monday morning, the pair took a tour of Peabody Energy Corp.’s North Antelope Rochelle coal mine south of Gillette. Enzi said after the tour that […]
19Mar

“The Surprisingly Sustainable Case for Coal”

Via The World Coal Association: Amid a fuel that is so often miscast as a Hollywood villain, I’d like to briefly lay out what I would call the surprisingly sustainable case for coal… with three key observations. First Observation: The story of global energy is not one of good versus evil.  It is a tale […]
18Mar

Coal’s Decline Could Mean More Power Shortages

Via The Washington Examiner: As the need for electricity to power the nation’s digital economy grows, coal is no longer playing a primary role, and that’s problematic, because it undergirds the electric grid and is the most reliable source of energy. Without coal plants that supply base-load power on demand, large parts of the United […]
12Mar

Can Colorado Go Completely Green?

Via The Gazette: The clean energy movement got a big jumpstart recently with the unveiling of the “Green New Deal.” And even as critics took aim at the plan’s broad agenda and massive price tag, individual states started announcing similar goals. Colorado in particular has moved to the fore, thanks to Gov. Jared Polis’ goal […]
11Mar

Coal Miners Gather at Capitol to Celebrate Passage of Bills

Via West Virginia MetroNews Coal miners gathered outside the Senate chamber Saturday morning to celebrate passage of two bills aimed at boosting the state’s coal industry. One bill offers severance tax incentives for companies to expand production. The other offers a phased severance tax break to steam coal, which hasn’t rebounded as well as metallurgical […]
08Mar

Don’t Take Fuel Diversity for Granted

Via The Tribune-Democrat: As U.S. production of liquefied natural gas continues to surge, America is poised to become the world’s third largest LNG exporter, trailing only Australia and the Middle East state of Qatar. Already, huge benefits from LNG commerce are playing out around the world. Growth in LNG exports is reducing our nation’s trade […]
04Mar

Rick Perry Warns Energy Grid Faces ‘Major Test’ in Coming Polar Vortex

Via The Washington Examiner: Energy Secretary Rick Perry warned Thursday that a polar vortex descending on the U.S. in the first half of March will be a major test for the nation’s electricity grid from Montana all the way to his home state of Texas. “This is going to be a really deep, deep polar […]
27Feb

Deep Freeze a Chilling Reminder We Still Need Coal, Nuclear Energy

Via The Duluth News Tribune: The stunning cold that swept the northern United States recently — and slammed Minnesota and the Midwest, in particular — was eye-opening for many Americans. It reminded us just how dependent we are on modern infrastructure for our survival. Nature is not always kind, and the depth of these Arctic […]
25Feb

Coal Power Still Gets NH Through Coldest Days of the Year

Via The New Hampshire Union Leader: New Hampshire will soon be home to the only coal-fired power plants left in New England, and the owner of those power plants says they will be burning coal for the foreseeable future. That’s not good news for environmental groups like the Conservation Law Foundation and Sierra Club, who’d […]