The indicted, and now deceased, natural gas pioneer was a primary funder of the Sierra Club’s anti-coal campaign. by Richard Martin March 3, 2016 Aubrey McClendon, the former Chesapeake Energy Continue Reading
The vast coal seams beneath the Northern Plains have fueled boasts by industry representatives and elected officials of enough coal in domestic reserves to power the U.S. for centuries. But Continue Reading
Coal fell to just 27.6% of US utility-scale power generation in December, and the spread between it and natural gas-fired generation widened to 616 basis points, the largest yet seen, Continue Reading
Note: Other includes pipeline, other waterway, Great Lakes barge, tidewater pier, and coastal ports. Intermodal transit uses multiple modes of delivery. Data for 2015 are preliminary. U.S. electric power generators Continue Reading
The US coal industry has entered a “new chapter” as mounting stockpiles and plummeting natural gas prices have turned the page to a leaner, more consolidated industry, a panel of Continue Reading
A driver loads coal for sale onto a truck from a coal dump site at the Borodinsky opencast colliery near the Siberian town of Borodino, east of Krasnoyarsk, Russia October Continue Reading
Demand for thermal coal is declining, a trend that appears to be “irreversible.” That is the conclusion from Goldman Sachs, which published a new report on the global coal and Continue Reading
U.S power generation from coal fell to the lowest monthly level in 35 years in November 2015 as generators switched to cleaner and cheaper natural gas, according to federal data. Continue Reading
The start to 2016 has not brought any reported contract coal deals out of the US Illinois Basin, as utilities are largely out of the market and producers are reeling Continue Reading
Not even bankruptcy is stemming the U.S. coal glut. Production at coal miners that declared bankruptcy in the past four years rose 3 percent on average, through the third quarter, Continue Reading
