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A Much-Needed Study of Our Electrical Grid is Coming Soon

Via The Washington Examiner: The dependability of our energy supply is essential to our way of life. Many, especially those who lived through the energy crisis of the 1970s, understand this well when it comes to vehicle fuels like gasoline. But the public often doesn’t think about the reliability of our nation’s electrical supply, even […]

Why Coal is Number One

Via The Washington Times: Quick: what was the number one source of electricity production in the U.S. during the first half of 2017? If you answered renewable energy, you are wrong by a mile. If you answered natural gas, you were wrong by a tiny amount. According to the Energy Information Administration (EIA), which tracks […]

These States Couldn’t Dig the Mining Industry More Right Now

Via The Wall Street Journal: The three fastest-growing states are reaping rewards from the recently revitalized mining sector. Mining was the driving force behind growth in Texas, West Virginia and New Mexico, which grew 3.9%, 3% and 2.8%, respectively — the fastest rates of any states — in the first quarter. Just a year earlier, […]

Coal Is Number One

Via The Spectator: Quick: what was the number one source of electricity production in the U.S. during the first half of 2017? If you answered renewable energy, you are wrong by a mile. If you answered natural gas, you were wrong by a tiny amount. According to the Energy Information Administration, which tracks energy use […]

U.S. Coal Exports Soar, in Boost to Trump Energy Agenda, Data Show

Via The St. Louis Post-Dispatch: 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 claim that efforts to revive the battered industry are working. The increased shipments came as the European […]

Coal’s Benefits: Seen Only When Gone

July 26, 2017 The front-page story in Sunday’s Washington Post was a despairing look at the human cost of “the collapse of the coal industry.”  “Disabled and Disdained” is an example of a growing interest by both broadcast and print media in the social destruction left in the wake of a vanishing industry and the […]

Reliable, Affordable Electricity Is Vital to America

Via The Morning Consult: Remember the last time you lost power at home. Even if you went without electricity for only for a few minutes, it was an inconvenience, right? Now, imagine it is the coldest stretch in years. What happens if the electricity goes out for days at a time during this brutal cold? […]

Good News: Workers Being Called Back

Via The Bluefield Daily Telegraph: In another sign of life for the coal industry, Komatsu Mining Corp. (formerly Joy Global) has called back 65 workers and will hire 15 more due to a “uptick in work in the mining industry.” The workers were called back on the job last week. The new workers that will be hired […]

Let’s Take the Lead in Clean Coal

Via The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw from the Paris climate accord has drawn criticism, but if there’s a silver lining, it may be that his renewed focus on coal could spur technological advances leading to both a cleaner environment and safer power generation for millions of people around the world. Roughly […]

Trump Delivering: Coal Industry Alive and Well

Via OneNewsNow: Luke Popovich, vice president of communications for the National Mining Association, says the death of coal has been greatly exaggerated. “I think a lot of the major media on the coasts – and I’m talking about the most influential, big dailies – don’t like Donald Trump,” says Popovich. “Donald Trump likes coal, so they don’t […]