Coal has few friends around the world, but China isn’t giving up on the world’s most polluting power-plant fuel just yet. European nations from the U.K. to the Netherlands and Germany Continue Reading
Coal-fired power plants are retreating from the market in at least two big ways. One is hard to miss: Many plants are closing. The other is more subtle: Remaining plants Continue Reading
Weekly US coal train loadings averaged 74.5 trains/day in the week ended February 28, up 1.3 trains/day from the previous week, Surface Transportation Board data showed Monday. From the year-ago Continue Reading
U.S. coal use plunged more than 13% in 2019, the most in 65 years, as power plants shut down across the country. That’s poised to happen again this year. Total Continue Reading
Weakening spot natural gas prices pulled down Southwest Power Pool wholesale power prices nearly 31% year on year in February, as wind generation continued to displace coal-fired power for a Continue Reading
In the past three months, regulators appointed by President Donald Trump have disrupted ambitious plans to combat climate change in electric grids serving 85 million people in the U.S., from Continue Reading
British hedge fund billionaire Chris Hohn has launched a campaign to persuade central banks to starve hundreds of planned coal-fired power plants around the world of finance, aiming to block Continue Reading
Trump administration resuming coal leasing on public lands The Trump administration announced on Wednesday that it will be resuming coal leasing on public lands, angering conservationists. The Bureau of Land Continue Reading
US coal-fired power generation totaled 72.6 TWh in December, down 4.1% from November, US Energy Information Administration data said late Wednesday. The generation declined 25.1% from the year-ago month, the Continue Reading
BNSF Railway saw a decrease in coal volumes and revenue in 2019, primarily as the result of lower natural gas prices and adverse weather conditions, the company reported Monday. Receive Continue Reading
