Price Spikes and Renewed Urgency to Maintain Fuel Optionality

On Monday, U.S. natural gas prices surged above $8 per million British thermal units, four times what they were before the pandemic, and a level not seen since 2008. With energy-driven inflation front-of-mind for voters and a deepening risk to the economy, the arrival of a painfully expensive new natural gas normal is only heightening […]

On April 20, 2022
electricity prices, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), fuel diversity, Holman Jenkins, National Mining Association (NMA), natural gas, Rich Nolan, The Washington Examiner, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), Wall Street Journal

03Jun

Ending the Abuse of Section 401 Permitting

Global demand for coal remains strong. In fact, coal remains the world’s leading fuel for electricity generation and hundreds of new plants – particularly in Asia – are either planned or already under construction. But despite the world’s largest coal reserves, relatively little American coal is making it into a booming Asian market. The problem […]

On June 3, 2020
Andrew Wheeler, Asia, Clean Water Act, coal exports, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), infrastructure, John Barrasso, Katie Sweeney, Millennium Bulk Terminal, National Mining Association (NMA), Rich Nolan, The Washington Examiner