Category Archives for Policy
Coal is one of America’s Greatest National Treasures
By Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) Wyoming is America’s largest coal producing state, mining close to 40 percent of the coal consumed by our nation every year. Common estimates give Wyoming close to 145 billion tons of recoverable coal and 1.4 … Continue reading
Spring Issue of the American Coal Magazine Now Available
WASHINGTON, DC. – The Spring 2017 issue of the American Coal magazine has been shipped and is now available. It has also been sent in a convenient email “flip-book” format suitable for your hand-held devices. The new issue features articles from … Continue reading
If You are a SAHM, You Should Support Coal
A stay-at-home mom explains why others like her should be at the forefront of defending the coal industry.
EPA chief: US needs coal to protect electric grid
The head of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) argued Wednesday that using coal for electricity is necessary for the reliability of the electric grid. Speaking on Fox Business’s “Varney & Co.,” Scott Pruitt warned of the problems of relying too … Continue reading
Senior policy adviser tells coal sector EPA is here to help
By Taylor Kuykendall A coal sector that has spent much of the past eight years criticizing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency under the Obama administration welcomed an official with the Trump administration at an industry event May 4. EPA Senior … Continue reading
Some good news for local economies battered by the War on Coal
Bluefield Daily Telgraph (Apr 11, 2017) It is a common idea among many Americans that coal as a major industrial fuel is dead, or at least dying, and cleaner fuels, like wind and solar energy, and natural gas, are taking … Continue reading
Early Q1’17 data suggests coal bounce continued for three straight quarters
By Taylor Kuykendall SNL (Tuesday, April 11, 2017) An early sample of 100 coal mines reporting first-quarter jobs and production data suggests the upward trend in production and employment continued through the first three months of the year. An earlier S&P … Continue reading
China Rejects North Korean Coal Shipments After Missile Test and U.S. Pressure
BY BETHANY ALLEN-EBRAHIMIAN (APRIL 11, 2017) China is turning back shipments of North Korean coal from its ports, a sign of Beijing’s growing concern over the nuclear weapons capability of its wayward neighbor. On April 7, Chinese trading firms received orders … Continue reading
Trump’s coal push grinds into high gear
By John Siciliano Washington Examiner The Trump administration could call Thursday “National Coal Day.” Several Cabinet officials are spreading out to push clean coal, coal power plants and coal mining. The activities got started Wednesday afternoon when Interior Secretary Ryan … Continue reading
Met Coal Surges Past $300 Toward Record on Australia Outages
By Ben Sharples and Perry Williams Bloomberg (April 10, 2017) Spot metallurgical coal is heading for a record after surging above $300 a metric ton amid supply curbs from Australia, the world’s biggest exporter of the commodity used to make … Continue reading