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20Aug

Natural Gas Prices are Rising. Can Coal Soften the Blow?

America’s natural gas abundance – an economic and industrial boon – has also now become a deeply concerning consumer vulnerability. Gas is the leading fuel for electricity generation, heating and manufacturing, and the U.S. has now also become the world’s largest liquified natural gas (LNG) exporter with U.S. LNG export capacity set to double by […]
24Jul

The AI Power Surge is Here and Coal is Essential to Meeting It

Big tech’s scramble to deploy ever-larger data centers to serve AI has become the electricity elephant in the room. Across the country, power demand is soaring, and data centers with the energy needs of entire cities – and even states – are driving the surge. Meeting this new demand will require new generation but also […]
16Jul

A Groundbreaking Sign of the Times

Last week, the nation’s eyes were on the groundbreaking of Ramaco Resources’ Brook Mine in northeastern Wyoming, the first new coal mine in the state in 50 years and the first new U.S. rare earth mine in 70 years. Standing shoulder to shoulder with Energy Secretary Chris Wright and the Wyoming delegation, Ramaco’s CEO Randy […]
02Jul

Happy American Energy Independence Day

Energy abundance. Energy security. Energy independence. As we approach July 4th, our Independence Day, it’s worth taking a moment to recognize the leap forward the One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) provides to boosting American energy production and reversing the damaging legacy left by the prior administration. In the closing months of the Biden administration, the […]
11Mar

Burgum and Wright Look to Coal Power

How can the U.S. win the AI arms race with China and preserve reliable and affordable power for all Americans? Secretary of the Interior and Chair of the Energy Dominance Council, Doug Burgum, had a clear answer: use the coal fleet. In a TV interview with Bloomberg News (watch the clip below), Burgum said the […]
18Dec

NERC’s Christmas Present: Majority of the Nation Faces Blackout Risks

This should be the nail in the coffin of the Biden administration’s unworkable and downright dangerous regulatory policy undermining the nation’s power supply. According to new analysis from the North American Electric Reliability Corp. (NERC), more than half of the nation faces blackout risks over the next decade due to capacity shortfalls. While these findings […]