Coal in the News

19Jan

The Power Grids Are Not OK

Via RealClearEnergy: Despite ongoing insistence that the fuel security, balance and reliability offered by coal can be easily replaced, mounting evidence points to just the opposite. In states and grids across the U.S., blackouts, near-misses and troubling warnings have become all too common. California suffered rolling blackouts this summer, Texas has stumbled from one near-miss […]
04Jan

WV Coal: Back to the Future

Via The West Virginia Gazette: The recent announcement that Mylan, now Viatris, will shutter its Morgantown manufacturing facility and eliminate 1,500 jobs in the process leaves us all with an inexplicable empty feeling and sense of hopelessness. It serves as a brutal realization that longstanding state businesses can be “here today, gone tomorrow” due to […]
17Nov

Biden’s ‘Build Back Better’ Begins with American Mining

Via Inside Sources: As President-elect Biden and Vice President-elect Harris line up their priorities for the coming four years, much of their agenda rests on a foundation provided by the nation’s nearly 600,000 miners — miners and a mining industry ready to do their part to help drive America’s post-pandemic recovery. From infrastructure to affordable, […]
16Sep

The Pivot Away From Baseload Power Is Coming With Unacceptable Costs

Via Inside Sources: There is an electricity reliability and affordability crisis unfolding in the United States. Rolling blackouts in California are the latest, alarming warning of its widespread arrival. Even before Californians found themselves facing the colossal challenge of a new round of devastating forest fires, they have been dealing for weeks with what some […]
14Sep

U.S. Labor Secretary Tours W.Va. Mine

Via WSAZ: Coal miners in West Virginia got a visit from the Trump administration Wednesday. U.S. Secretary of Labor Eugene Scalia spent time in Grafton and Bridgeport to talk about mine safety and the importance of coal mining to the nation’s economy. Secretary Scalia toured the Leer Mine Complex, which is operated by Arch Resources […]
14Sep

Banks: States Should Attach Value to Coal

Via The Roanoke Times: Coal plants are providing a stable and secure supply of electricity in many parts of the United States. This “baseload” power from coal, an often forgotten workhorse of electricity generation, accounts for about 25% of the nation’s generating capacity. As a former communicator for the National Coal Association and other fossil-fuel […]
09Sep

RGGI Will Not Benefit Pennsylvania

Via The Patriot-News: Gov. Tom Wolf is unlawfully scheming to circumvent the Pennsylvania General Assembly and, by his own estimates, impose a $2.36 billion tax on fossil fuel fired electric generation plants in Pennsylvania over the next 10 years. Governor Wolf’s goal is for Pennsylvania to join the 10-state Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) – […]
08Sep

Letter: Department of Energy Innovations Prime North Dakota Energy Industry for Growth

Via The Bismarck Tribune: North Dakota is a land of almost limitless potential due to its abundant natural resources. As the nation’s number six overall energy producer, and the second-largest crude oil producer in the nation, North Dakota depends on robust oil, gas, and coal industries to maintain a healthy economy. The Trump administration’s policies […]
30Jul

It’s Time to Sunset Federal Tax Credits for Wind and Solar

Via Inside Sources: A decade ago, more than 50 percent of the electricity consumed in the United States came from coal-fired generating plants.  But by 2016, coal’s No. 1 status had been replaced by natural gas. At the same time, the deployment of renewable energy sources has grown dramatically in recent years and now accounts […]