China’s Abundance Agenda

China continues to chart its own energy path, positioning the industrial giant remarkably well for the age of electrification and the voracious energy appetite of AI. While the West was tearing down baseload generation in favor of the promise of renewable energy – leading to mounting reliability concerns and a European energy crisis following Russia’s […]

On August 27, 2025
China, Clyde Russell, coal, energy addition, renewable energy, Reuters, solar power, wind power, Xi Jinping

25Jul

U.S. Miners Make American Life Possible

As the U.S. labor market cools and employment gains slow, the mining industry continues to provide extraordinary career opportunities about which most Americans know very little. When asked to describe a day in the life of a miner, most think of pickaxes and canaries instead of the remotely-operated machinery, artificial intelligence and other innovations that […]

On July 25, 2023
affordability, coal, electric vehicles, electricity grid, employment, energy, energy transition, grid reliability, infrastructure, metallurgical coal, mining, renewable energy, solar power, steel, technology, transmission lines, transportation infrastructure, wind power

19Jul

Meeting Global Demand

How important is American coal to the global energy mix? Consider that in 2022 U.S. coal exports went to 71 countries and U.S. coal played a critical role in helping Europe pivot away from Russian energy, filling yawning supply gaps during the worst energy crisis since the 1970s. The U.S. exported 84.8 million short tons […]

On July 19, 2023
Brazil, coal exports, coking coal, energy security, Europe, Germany, India, infrastructure, Japan, metallurgical coal, Railroads, renewable energy, Russia, solar power, South Korea, steel, supply chain, the Netherlands, urbanization, wind power