Coal

Potential Change To Biden’s Power Plant Scheme Would Make Bad Idea Even Worse, Grid Experts Warn

The Biden administration is reportedly contemplating moving up the timeline for part of its plan to alter the American power…

1 month ago

Appellate Court Blows Up Obama Moratorium On Coal Leasing

A federal appeals court ruled Wednesday to essentially axe an Obama-era rule that prohibited new leasing for coal mining on…

2 months ago

Blue City Vowed To Go Green, But Can’t Bring Itself To Shutter Key Coal Plant

Austin, Texas, is struggling to close a coal-fired power plant that its city council ordered shut down years ago, The…

7 months ago

Biden EPA Proposes New ‘Wastewater’ Regulations To Kill Off Coal Plants

The Biden administration proposed new rules that would impose stricter limits on the wastewater produced by coal-fired power plants, although…

1 year ago

Worldwide Coal Use Set To Hit An All-Time High Due To Energy Crisis

Global coal consumption will reach an all-time record by the end of 2022 as shortages of natural gas have driven…

1 year ago

West Virginia’s Other Senator Just Saved Its Coal Industry

West Virginia’s Other Senator Just Saved Its Coal Industry Jack McEvoy on August 11, 2022 Republican Sen. Shelley Moore Capito…

2 years ago

Coal Plants Are Being Kept Online To Prevent Blackouts As Green Transition Falters

Coal plants in four states are keeping their plants online in order to prevent blackouts as the slowed expansion of…

2 years ago

‘Egregious’: Coal Industry Leaders Condemn Manchin-Backed Climate Bill

The West Virginia Coal Association and several other state coal groups blasted Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia for…

2 years ago

‘Got Suckered’: Manchin Handing EPA Ability to Circumvent SCOTUS, Throttle Coal Industry

The new reconciliation bill backed by Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia contains funding provisions that could allow the Environmental…

2 years ago

Biden’s EPA Will Use New Regulations To Bury Coal Industry

President Joe Biden’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is placing new emissions regulations on coal plants to shut down the nation’s…

2 years ago

‘Coal’s Rebound’: US Emissions Spiked In 2021 Despite Biden Green Pledges

Greenhouse gas emissions in the U.S. surged in 2021, even as President Joe Biden pursued an aggressive environmental agenda to…

2 years ago

Global Coal Power Set For All-Time High In ‘Worrying Sign,’ Top Energy Group Says

Global coal power generation could hit an all-time high due to increased production at plants in China, India and the…

2 years ago

China Credits Increased Coal Production For Recent Economic Boost

The Chinese government credited recent energy “policy measures,” including increased coal production, for the increased manufacturing activity boosting its economy.…

2 years ago

China Ramps Up Coal Production Despite Its Climate Promises

The Chinese government ordered its domestic coal suppliers to ramp up production and rubber-stamped approvals for new mines as the…

3 years ago

Manchin Throws A Wrench Into Democrats’ Climate Plans — Again

Democratic West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin denied that a carbon tax was on the table Tuesday after lawmakers reportedly resurrected…

3 years ago