Coal in the News

25Mar

Coal Industry Worth Supporting During Coronavirus Outbreak

Via The Mercury: As the COVID-19 crisis wreaks havoc on nearly every part of the nation’s energy sector, now is not the time for partisan fights over which industries and energy sources deserve government support. Yet, that’s exactly what’s happening. The coal industry is asking for relief to weather the coronavirus pandemic. But the usual […]
20Mar

America’s Mining Industry Deserves Strategic Support to Weather the Storm

Via RealClearEnergy: The challenge facing the nation is arguably without precedent. The health crisis posed by COVID-19 must be our first priority, but we must also in tandem tend to the economic upheaval wrought by the virus and the steps that must be taken to combat it. Every industry will feel the impacts of this […]
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

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 […]
24Feb

The Case for U.S. Leadership on Advanced Coal Technology

Via The Morning Journal: While it can feel like the world is in the midst of an energy transition — where one source of energy is replaced by another — that’s not what’s happening. Instead of transition, we’re in a period of addition. The growing use of wind and solar power is actually coming on […]
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 […]
19Feb

Coal Still Has a Promising Future

Via The Casper Star-Tribune: Public concern over global warming has cast much-needed attention on efforts to curtail carbon dioxide emissions from the burning of fossil fuels. As the most carbon-rich fuel, coal is right between the crosshairs. But substantial global warming won’t be avoided unless coal-rich countries – especially China and India – reduce greenhouse-gas […]
18Feb

The Case for U.S. Leadership on Advanced Coal Technology

Via The Casper Star Tribune: While it can feel like the world is in the midst of an energy transition — where one source of energy is replaced by another — that’s not what’s happening. Instead of transition, we’re in a period of addition. The growing use of wind and solar power is actually coming […]