Coal in the News

10Jul

North Dakota Coal Industry is Alive and Well

Via The Star Tribune: The chimneys of Coal Creek Station, North Dakota’s largest power plant, tower 60 stories over the prairie. Nearby, an excavator that looks like a giant crane looms over a big coal mine. The mine feeds the plant owned by Maple Grove-based Great River Energy, which churns out electricity for hundreds of […]
08Jul

Sturdiness of America’s Power Grid is a Key Issue

Via The Newark Advocate: Americans have been exceptionally fortunate in recent decades to enjoy robust power generation to heat their homes, refrigerate their food, and deliver clean drinking water. Unlike many countries, the United States maintains affordable, non-stop, 24/7 electricity. It’s an impressive feat in a nation of 325 million that continues to add more […]
07Jul

Perry: Coal-fired Power Plants Important in U.S. Future

Via The Herald & Review: U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry said Thursday that coal-fired power plants are important for the country’s future, and he suggested that energy supply will spark demand. After touring a coal-fired power plant, Perry was asked about the economics of coal when natural gas is far cheaper. West Virginia currently has […]
06Jul

Perry Says Coal-Fired Power Plants Important in US Future

Via U.S. News & World Report:  After touring one of the few recently built coal-fired power plants in the U.S., Energy Secretary Rick Perry says they’re important for the country’s future. Perry says a stable baseload of electricity is important and this technology provides “the ability to deliver a secure, economical and environmentally good source […]
06Jul

National View: Perry Right to Find out if U.S. on Track to Meet Future Power Needs

Via The Duluth News Tribune: Americans have been exceptionally fortunate in recent decades to enjoy robust power generation to heat their homes, refrigerate their food, and deliver clean drinking water. Unlike many countries, the United States maintains affordable, nonstop, 24/7 electricity. It’s an impressive feat in a nation of 325 million that continues to add […]
05Jul

Don’t Count Out Coal Yet

Via U.S. News & World Report:  The coal industry has faced headwinds for the past decade. Burdensome regulations and competition from cheap natural gas have taken their toll. Conventional wisdom now suggests the sun is setting on the U.S. coal industry, but the assumptions driving that thinking are far from certainties. Energy experts point to […]
04Jul

Column: Death of Coal Has Been Greatly Exaggerated

Via The Columbus Dispatch: The decline of basic industries that provide good jobs for the middle class rightfully disturbs most Americans. Bad enough that they’re disappearing, but worse when these industries are being buried alive. You wouldn’t know it from much of what you read these days, but the U.S. coal industry isn’t dead and […]
03Jul

Coal Still Provides Opportunities for American Job Creation and Consumer Choice

Via RealClearEnergy: President Trump’s executive order scaling back Obama-era initiatives such as the Clean Power Plan, along with other environmental regulations, was received with the expected pomp from liberals and conservatives alike. But it doesn’t take a bleeding heart to see the writing on the wall: while the coal industry may have been given new […]
02Jul

Coal Industry Says Stability is Good News

Via West Virginia MetroNews: A new report foresees stabilization of West Virginia’s coal industry over the next 15 or so years, but then a period of production decline to below 80 million tons after 2030. That’s actually not such bad news, say leaders of the West Virginia Coal Association. That kind of prediction means coal remains a vital and […]