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15Mar

Perry Says He’s ‘Thrown a Lot of Jello at the Wall,’ on Coal, Nuclear Closures

Via The Houston Chronicle: Energy Secretary Rick Perry said Wednesday the Trump administration continues to look at steps to stop coal and nuclear power plants from closing. More than a year after Perry was shot down by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on a proposal to increase wholesale power rates for those plants, the former […]
  • On March 15, 2019
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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 […]
  • On March 12, 2019
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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 […]
  • On March 11, 2019
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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 […]
  • On March 8, 2019
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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 […]
  • On March 4, 2019
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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 […]
  • On February 27, 2019
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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 […]
  • On February 25, 2019
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21Feb

The Green New Deal’s Impossible Electric Grid

Via The Wall Street Journal: The Democrats’ Green New Deal calls for a fully renewable electric power grid. Regardless of the economic or political challenges of bringing this about, it is likely technologically impossible. An electric power grid involves second-by-second balancing between generated supply and consumer demand. In the case of a sudden imbalance—such as […]
  • On February 21, 2019
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15Feb

Arch Coal Announces New Mine in Barbour County

Via 12WBOY: Arch Coal announced Thursday that it has started developing a new longwall mine in Barbour County. The mine, which will be called Leer South, will be in the same 200 million ton reserve base that Arch’s current Leer mine, in Taylor County, is in. Arch officials estimate that, each year, the new mine will […]
  • On February 15, 2019
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15Feb

Trump Administration Approves 2 Coal Mining Projects in Utah

Via The Olympian: The Trump administration on Thursday announced the approval of two coal mining projects in southern Utah, including one nestled between two national parks in the state’s red rock region. The U.S. Department of the Interior announced the mining projects in a news release Thursday, declaring “the war on coal is over,” touting […]
  • On February 15, 2019
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