Coal in the News

06Oct

National Mining Welcomes Repeal of the Costly Power Plan

National Mining Association (NMA) President and CEO Hal Quinn today issued this statement following reports of the administration’s plans to repeal the Clean Power Plan: “As reported, Administrator Pruitt will signal a decisive break with past policies that have used regulation of doubtful legality to circumvent the will of Congress, usurp States’ authority and raise […]
06Oct

Two Power Plays Show Leadership

October 6, 2017 After eight years of federal regulations weighing heavily on coal, we have now had eight months of reasonable federal regulatory relief. And Trump’s critics are crying foul. In the past week, two bold attempts to bring energy policy back towards the neutral zone have been greeted with near hysteria. First, Secretary Perry’s […]
05Oct

eport: EPA to Propose Elimination of Obama’s Clean Power Plan

Via Breitbart.com: According to a document obtained by Reuters, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will propose to eliminate Obama’s infamous environmental Clean Power Plan (CPP) regulation. The report, if confirmed, would signal the Trump’s administrations’ first step towards eliminating Obama’s environment rule intended to curb power plants’ carbon emissions. The EPA document, which was distributed to […]
04Oct

Rick Perry Urges FERC Protect Coal, Nuclear Power Plants

Via The Washington Examiner: Energy Secretary Rick Perry prodded the nation’s grid regulator on Friday to pick up the pace on an administration proposal to ensure nuclear and coal power plants are adequately compensated for the resilience they offer the power grid. Perry sent the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission a proposed rule on that matter […]
03Oct

Trump’s Path to Global Coal Dominance Picks up at UN

Via The Washington Examiner: The Trump administration may gain an ally at the United Nations for its pro-fossil fuel agenda to build cleaner coal power plants globally. President Trump often touts his support for clean coal technology, and even though he is withdrawing the U.S. from the Paris climate change agreement, his administration still wants […]
02Oct

Trump and the End of Obama’s Bitter ‘War on Coal’

Via The Hill: What a difference presidential leadership can make, for good or ill, for an industry’s fortunes. Before he was elected president, Barack Obama promised to bankrupt coal companies, and after eight years of his administration’s anti-energy policies, that pledge turned out to be one of the few promises he kept. Obama imposed regulations limiting coal […]
28Sep

Energy Supply for Our Citizens Must Transcend Politics

Via The Morning Consult: The number of coal and nuclear power plants that have closed in recent years could power tens of millions of homes. In April, Energy Secretary Rick Perry asked for a report on whether continued closures pose a threat, and whether the markets are adequately compensating the resilience benefits these “baseload” or […]
27Sep

Advancing Coal Technologies

September 27, 2017 From all the news coverage it’s getting, National Clean Energy Week appears to be a carefully kept secret, trumped by NFL protests, a Senate primary and Puerto Rico’s dystopia. That’s a pity. Exciting things are happening in clean energy technologies and the global market they serve. Renewables understandably get star billing in […]
27Sep

Attitude Shift from US Government Gives Coal Sector Hope

Via Platts: The US coal industry has hope for its future where a year ago there was not any, according to Bill Raney, President of the West Virginia Coal Association. Speaking Tuesday at the S&P Global Platts Coal Marketing Days Conference in Pittsburgh, attendees highlighted the improved relationship with the federal government, rather than any major policy […]
25Sep

Warmed Again by Coal

Via The Washington Times: Gentlemen, start your thermostats. Ladies, too. The Obama war on coal, which cost Hillary Clinton the vote in once-reliably Democratic West Virginia, is over. Maybe the war on nuclear energy, too. Americans might soon heat their homes without choosing between the warmth and food and medicine. It’s not quite a “so […]