Coal consumption in 2016 could drop to 636 million st: analyst
As El Nino continues to moderate weather conditions across much of the US, the effects could reduce coal burn as low as 636 million st in 2016 with Central Appalachia Continue Reading
Climate deal may be terminal for coal, but death will be lingering: Russell
It’s tempting to take the champagne-fueled view that the historic global climate agreement reached in Paris signals the death of coal, but even if the dirty fuel is terminal, it Continue Reading
In Asia, King Coal Hard to Dethrone
The Philippines is set to open 23 coal-fired power plants over the next five years to meet rising electricity demand, illustrating the challenge climate-talk negotiators face in crafting a deal Continue Reading
Former Massey executive found guilty of conspiracy in West Virginia mine blast
Former Massey Energy Chief Executive Don Blankenship was found guilty in federal court on Thursday of conspiring to violate safety standards at the Upper Big Branch mine, the site of Continue Reading
Natgas overtakes coal as top U.S. power source in September
The price in relation to gallons of gas is displayed on a pump at a natural gas station in San Diego, California November 3, 2015. Natural gas surpassed coal in Continue Reading
Coal generation falls more than most US utilities had forecast: RETAC survey
Utilities are burning less coal than they previously expected, a survey the US Surface Transportation Board conducted shows. During a Rail Energy Transportation Advisory Committee hearing Tuesday in Washington, committee Continue Reading
Ukraine seeks imports of anthracite coal as shortages loom
Ukraine is seeking extra imports of anthracite coal from South Africa and other sources on looming shortages after supplies from Russia and territories controlled by pro-Russian separatists in Donetsk and Continue Reading
Coal Miners Feel the Burn
Coal-mining companies whose stock prices have tumbled could use some friends. Instead, they have become the target of campaigners hoping to cast the sector as the new Big Tobacco. With Continue Reading
Report: Senators voting against EPA rules received more coal industry cash
Legislators opposing new Environmental Protection Agency efforts to mitigate climate change have received large sums of cash from the coal industry, according to an analysis released Thursday by Maplight , an independent research group that tracks the influence of money in politics. Maplight’s analysis compared coal industry donations to two groups of senators: those who recently voted to block new EPA regulations designed to limit greenhouse gas and carbon emissions, and those who voted to leave the rules intact. The group of senators who opposed the EPA rules “received, on average, 17 times as much money ($75,802) from the coal mining industry compared to senators voting against them ($4,464)” over the six year period beginning in April 2009 and ending in March of this year, Maplight said in a statement. EPA rules mandate that states cut power-plant emissions by 32 percent , compared to 2005 levels, by the year […]
British economy stepping away from coal
British energy secretary says coal-fired power will come to an end by the middle of the next decade. UPI/Stephen Shaver LONDON, Nov. 18 (UPI) — Joining other major world economies, the British government announced plans to phase coal out of its energy portfolio within the next decade. "It cannot be satisfactory for an advanced economy like the U.K .to be relying on polluting, carbon intensive 50-year-old coal-fired power stations," British Energy and Climate Change Secretary Amber Rudd said in a statement. Rudd said the government would start restricting the reliance on coal-fired power by 2023 and close all coal-fired power stations by 2025. A federal plan in the United States calls for a 32 percent reduction in emissions of carbon dioxide, a potent greenhouse gas, by 2030. State governments under the plan are called on to outline their own agendas. New York’s government was praised for setting a gold […]