Coal in the News

03Apr

The Climate Yawns

Via The Wall Street Journal: The oddest criticism of Donald Trump’s climate action this week was the claim, mentioned almost triumphantly by every news source, that it would save few coal jobs. The economic and technological forces, especially the flood of low-carbon natural gas from fracking, are just too powerful. Then why, if you’re a […]
03Apr

Trump’s Rollback of Coal Rules Electrifies Wyoming Workers

Via The Observer-Reporter: This hardscrabble Wyoming city of about 30,000 people proclaims itself the “Energy Capital of the Nation” on the mayor’s blue blazer and even the parking ticket payment boxes. Nearby are some of the world’s largest open-pit mines, where dump trucks the size of houses haul out more than 40 percent of the […]
31Mar

How President Trump Avoided a Catastrophe in the Coalfields.

Via The Williamson Daily News:  Many Americans have already forgotten about the Clean Power Plan (CPP), the Obama administration’s signature effort to reduce carbon emissions from the nation’s power plants. But not the nation’s coal communities. They’ve lived with this regulation as an ever-present threat even after its implementation was stayed by a federal court. […]
31Mar

Trump Isn’t Saving the Coal Industry. He’s Letting it Compete.

Via The Hill: President Trump this week signed the American Energy Independence Executive Order, an action being used by allies and critics alike to rally their bases, particularly when it comes to the re-examination of the Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan. But while one side predicts environmental Armageddon, and the other cheers for an industry’s […]
31Mar

U.S. Can Have a Viable Coal Industry

Via The Charleston Gazette-Mail: Yes, President Donald Trump throws a lot of punches via his ever-present Twitter account. But he’s landed some good jabs lately against critics of America’s coal industry. And while some argue the president is raising expectations too high, no one really expects him to return coal to its glory days, at […]
30Mar

Colorado Coal Communities Saved from Costly Power Plan

Via The Craig Daily Press: Many Americans have already forgotten about the Clean Power Plan (CPP), the Obama administration’s signature effort to reduce carbon emissions from the nation’s power plants — but not the nation’s coal communities. They’ve lived with this regulation as an ever-present threat even after its implementation was stayed by a federal […]
30Mar

Jarrett: Overturning Clean Power Plan Means Breathing Room For Struggling U.S. Economy

Via The Roanoke Times: It made for colorful news this week — President Trump announcing a halt to the Obama Administration’s massive “Clean Power Plan” (CPP). Pundits immediately leapt to criticize the president, saying that canceling the CPP would mean more costs and more “pollution” for America’s consumers. Such fear-mongering is simply incorrect, though, and […]
30Mar

Navajos Celebrate End of Obama’s Job-Killing Energy Policies

Via Brietbart: Former President Barack Obama’s efforts to shut down the coal industry in the United States have threatened the well-being of generations of coal plant and mine workers, including those of the Navajo Nation. The Navajo Generating Station and the Kayenta Mine on Navajo land in Arizona has directly and indirectly provided 3,100 jobs […]
29Mar

Trump’s Energy Progress

Via The Wall Street Journal: One area where President Trump is notching early victories is unleashing American energy, which for years has been held hostage to progressive climate obsessions. On Tuesday Mr. Trump signed an executive order to rescind many of the Obama Administration’s energy directives, and he deserves credit for ending punitive policies that […]
29Mar

Clean Power Plan’s Cancellation Means Trump is Saving Jobs

Via The Washington Examiner: The nation’s media went predictably ballistic Tuesday when President Trump formally canceled President Barack Obama’s “Clean Power Plan.” News programs rolled out various talking heads to announce a climate armageddon—now that the president has halted the EPA’s quest to clamp down on carbon dioxide emissions from the nation’s power plants. Completely […]