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06Dec

Opinion: The Lights Could Go Out This Winter if We Close More Coal and Nuclear Power Plants

Via MarketWatch: It’s been an early start to winter this year across much of the Central and Eastern United States. And plunging temperatures have highlighted a surprising fact: Not only are natural-gas prices soaring, but fuel stockpiles have dipped to unusually low levels. It’s a somewhat unexpected turn of events — since the United States […]
  • On December 6, 2018
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28Nov

Consol’s Pa. Coal Complex Setting Production Records but Keeping Focus on Safety

Via S&P Global Intelligence: Despite an ongoing secular decline in domestic consumption, Consol Energy Inc. is set to post a record coal production year from its three-mine complex in Pennsylvania, a sprawling underground mining operation several times larger than the island of Manhattan. The company has not only survived but thrived during an overall decrease in U.S. coal demand […]
  • On November 28, 2018
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20Nov

Coal Plants May Get A Lifeline in New Senate Bill

Via The Daily Caller: A Senate bill introduced Monday would expand a federal loan program to cover coal plants that meet efficiency and emissions standards. Republican Sen. Todd Young of Indiana introduced the Reinvigorating American Energy Infrastructure Act to make coal plants eligible to receive federal loans under the Department of Energy’s loan program for fossil fuel, […]
  • On November 20, 2018
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20Nov

Coal and Energy Alliance Presents Awards

Via Southwest Virginia Today: Eleven awards of excellence were presented to Southwest Virginia coal companies during the Virginia Coal and Energy Alliance’s 47th annual Fall Meeting and “Excellence In Mining Awards,” Monday bat the Russell County Government Center in Lebanon. Awards presented included those for AML enhancement, best active surface mine, best completed surface mine, […]
  • On November 20, 2018
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19Nov

Global Coal Demand Increased In 2017

Via Forbes: Even with the Paris climate accords signed in late-2015, global coal demand in 2017 rose for the first time in two years, as reported by the Paris-based International Energy Agency during its annual World Energy Outlook release week. We energy-saturated Westerners, of course, have a hard time understanding this. We should know, however, that any anti-coal policy that we impose is […]
  • On November 19, 2018
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16Nov

Trump is Keeping his Promises to Forgotten Coal Communities

Via The Lexington Herald-Leader: On inauguration day, President Donald J. Trump promised America that “the forgotten men and women of our country will be forgotten no longer.” In few areas was that promise better fulfilled than for American coal miners. Before the president took office, eight years of the “War on Coal” had taken its […]
  • On November 16, 2018
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15Nov

We Shouldn’t Turn Our Backs on Coal Power

Via The Eastern New Mexico News: We’re now getting an idea of just how expensive shutting down coal plants can be. A study by IHS Markit, an energy research firm, shows that higher electricity prices resulting from a loss of fuel diversity, due in large part to the shutdown of coal plants, could lead to […]
  • On November 15, 2018
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13Nov

Coal Ash Recycling Reaches Record 64 Percent Amid Shifting Production and Use Patterns

Via The American Coal Ash Association: Sixty-four percent of the coal ash produced during 2017 was recycled – establishing a new record and marking the third consecutive year that more than half of the coal ash produced in the United States was beneficially used rather than disposed. “The trend for coal ash beneficial use continues […]
  • On November 13, 2018
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05Nov

Energy Blend: Trapper Mine ‘good neighbor’ to Moffat County

Via The Craig Daily Press: Trapper Mine is a good neighbor, and it has the award to prove it. The Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement in August awarded Trapper Mine the Good Neighbor Award, which is given to mines for outstanding commitment and innovative in mining and reclamation practices. It is an award […]
  • On November 5, 2018
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02Nov

Coal’s Comeback

Via The Bluefield Daily Telegraph: Coal is making a comeback in southern West Virginia and Southwest Virginia. In fact, hundreds of miners will soon be returning to work in Mercer, McDowell and Tazewell counties. The active coal operations, and the new workers they are hiring, will provide a boost to the region’s economy. Bluestone Resources, a […]
  • On November 2, 2018
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