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Trump’s Appointments to TVA Board Include former Armstrong Coal Executive
New York (September 19, 2017) – President Trump has announced his picks to fill out the Tennessee Valley Authority board of directors. The slate includes a coal executive and a leader at Oak Ridge National Lab. The one nominee from Tennessee is … Continue reading
American Coal Council Statement on DOE Report on Electric Markets and Reliability
WASHINGTON, DC (August 24, 2017) – The Department of Energy staff report to Secretary Rick Perry provides a comprehensive view of the evolution and current status of the U.S. electricity marketplace and offers some important policy considerations to support grid … Continue reading
The left’s misleading green jobs claims: Renewable energy workers produce relatively little power
By H. Sterling Burnett Washington Examiner One of the main reasons President Trump pulled the United States out of the Paris climate agreement is the treaty is a “bad deal for America.” Among many other problems, it would cost a significant number of jobs. … Continue reading
Real Energy Expert Destroys John Oliver’s Ignorant, Profanity-Laced Rant About Coal
By Rich Trzuzpec Brietbart Last month, HBO funnyman John Oliver spent an episode of his show Last Week Tonight delivering a profanity-laced rant demonizing coal, coal-energy advocates, and presidents of the United States who don coal-miner hard-hats. He did so following the … Continue reading
U.S. coal exports soar, in boost to Trump energy agenda, data shows
By Timothy Gardner and Nina Chestney WASHINGTON/LONDON (Reuters) – U.S. coal exports have jumped more than 60 percent this year due to soaring demand from Europe and Asia, according to a Reuters review of government data, allowing President Donald Trump’s administration to … Continue reading
New Climate “Hero” China Building Hundreds of Coal Plants
By William F. Jasper The New American The People’s Republic of China, the undisputed Pollution King of the world, is ramping … Continue reading
Coal projected to be US’ top generating fuel in 2017: EIA
Houston (Platts)– Coal is projected to provide the majority of US power generation in 2017, retaking the crown from natural gas, according to the US Energy Information Administration’s monthly Short Term Energy Outlook released Tuesday. The agency projects coal will … Continue reading
Whitewashing the Impact of Regulations on Coal
By Dan Byers US Chamber of Commerce The War on Coal is well and truly over, but a peculiar debate over its impact lingers on. Revisionist history is central to this debate, with some folks now suggesting that the coal … Continue reading
New GE Innovation Center to Showcase latest Technologies of Coal-fired Steam Power Plants
By Diarmaid Williams International Digital Editor KING GEORGE, VA. (COAL AGE) —GE Power (NYSE: GE) today announced plans to convert its 242 MW coal-fired Birchwood Power facility in King George, Virginia, US into a Steam Plant Services Innovation Center. … Continue reading
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