01Sep

The ‘War On Coal’ Unexpectedly Hits A Washington Town Struggling To Get By

Via The Daily Caller:  LONGVIEW, Wash. — In the morning, the industrial site nestled along the Columbia River is eerily quiet. Lori Black is one of the first employees to arrive most days. She knows the site well, has worked there for 12 years. Five years ago, Millennium Bulk Terminals acquired the 540-acre site. Officials […]
31Aug

Congress Should Bar Stream Rule

Via The Wheeling News-Register: When Barack Obama became president, more than half the electricity generated in the United States came from coal-fired power plants. Coal was the most economical means of providing electricity. Now, electricity from gas costs about the same as that from coal. Only about 40 percent of the nation’s power comes from […]
31Aug

Why a Smart Energy Policy Can Include Coal

Via Power Engineering International:  A pulverized coal plant in the US is an example of how combining the right operational model with best-in-class technologies can produce affordable, reliable and secure power with the lowest possible environmental impact, write Robert Giglio and Steve Nelson Longview Power’s 770 MWe coal power plant in West Virginia Credit: Longview […]
31Aug

How to Make the Next Labor Day Better than this One

August 31, 2016 Like Christmas with no gifts, this is Labor Day with no good jobs – at least not for the near record number of jobless Americans who want them. Average hourly wages have barely budged since the recession ended four years ago. So this week count on the administration to airbrush its record […]
29Aug

N.C. Policy Makers, Regulators Attack EPA’s Clean Power Plan

Via The Charlotte Business Journal: The Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan, requiring states to achieve 30% reductions in carbon emissions, did not get much love at the Carolinas Federal and State Policy Briefing sponsored by E4 Carolinas. Congressman Richard Hudson (R-N.C.) lamented the “bias at the EPA that you can’t trust these state regulators.” N.C. […]
29Aug

Stream Rule Frustrates Wyoming Regulators

Via The Casper Star-Tribune: Officials at the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality are frustrated by a proposed federal rule that they say could cost the state more than $1 million a year in lost revenue and $500,000 in implementation. The stream protection rule, developed by the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM), would […]
26Aug

Industry Has Future, Regulations Stand in Way

Via The Southern Illinoisan:  Coal executives visiting with The Southern Illinoisan’s editorial board on Wednesday said they are confident the industry, despite the challenges facing it, will have a future in the region for decades to come. Joshua Carter, the vice president and chief operating officer for Knight Hawk Coal, noted that his company has […]
25Aug

Warnings of Rate Hikes as Oregon Becomes 1st State to Kill Coal

Via Fox News: The massive coal-fired plant in Boardman, Ore., is just four years away from being shut down for good – at that point, Oregon coal production will be no more, after the state became the first in the nation to completely ban coal power. The mandate, signed into law earlier this year, was […]
24Aug

Why Voters May Soon Be Angry Over Energy

August 24, 2016 As the campaign gets underway in earnest, an always intriguing exercise for those keeping score at home will be to hear how the candidates address pocketbook issues. These are the ones – not national security, the national debt, lousy cable TV offerings, etc. – that are upper most in the minds of […]