Coal in the News

08Jun

American Indians Rally to Save Arizona Coal Plant, Saying Hundreds Will Lose Jobs

Via The Salt Lake Tribune: More than 300 people who say their livelihoods depend on a coal-fired plant on a sprawling American Indian reservation rallied in Phoenix Wednesday to request a 90-day delay in steps being taken to shutter it by 2019. Demonstrators — including miners who extract the coal that fires the plant, plant […]
07Jun

Troubles in Texas, California Highlight Concerns Over America’s Baseload Power

Via The Morning Consult: The Eastern United States is probably breathing a sigh of relief that summer is finally here. In part, that’s because early 2018 saw a particularly brutal stretch of winter. But it wasn’t just a “bomb cyclone” that chilled millions of homes this past winter. It was the prospect of brownouts and […]
06Jun

Trump Moves to Safeguard Coal Plants

Via The Roanoke Times: Jarrett has served on both the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) and the Missouri Public Service Commission. Part of what makes the United States’ standard of living so high is access to affordable, reliable electricity. Thanks to a robust infrastructure of power generating stations, cities across the nation can […]
06Jun

Trump Administration Aims to Take Coal High-tech

Via The Williamson Daily News: Coal is in the news again, thanks to the Trump Administration. But this time there’s a new wrinkle. The administration is aiming for a high-tech approach that could appeal to climate change activists looking to secure realistic reductions in carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. The Department of Energy (DOE) has announced […]
06Jun

Arizona Miners to Rally at Capitol for Power Plant Future

Via The Lexington Herald-Leader: Hundreds of miners and their relatives will join leaders from the Navajo Nation, the Hopi Tribe and the United Mine Workers to rally at the state Capitol to keep open the coal-fired Navajo Generating Station, which provides power to pump water from the Colorado River to cities, tribes and farmers in […]
04Jun

Trump Administration Taking Prudent Steps to Keep the Lights On

Via Marketwatch.com: President Donald Trump seems to have given his more passionate critics new ammunition last week with his announcement that the Department of Energy will be stepping in to preserve reliable, affordable baseload power from key coal and nuclear plants. Opponents are sharpening their knives, but after the fuss and tumble subsides, it will become clear […]
04Jun

Trump Acts to Keep America Running with Crisis Power

Via Lifezette: Coal has been in the news a lot during President Donald Trump’s first term. And in some ways, it’s the quintessential lightning rod issue for criticism of the president. But what environmental activists fail to grasp is that coal continues to undergird much of America’s power grid. The coal debate will only intensify […]
04Jun

Why Shipping Coal to Asia Makes Ecological Sense

Via TDN.com: It may seem counterintuitive, but building the proposed coal-exporting shipping terminal, Millennium Bulk Terminals-Longview facility, can reduce global greenhouse gases by making U.S. coal readily available to Asia. The state Department of Ecology’s final environmental impact statement for the Millennium coal export facility validates this point. Unfortunately, the details were buried in the […]
31May

NERC: ERCOT, CAISO Face Summer Reliability Concerns

Via RTO Insider: NERC said Wednesday its annual summer reliability assessment indicates ERCOT and CAISO will face operational challenges and potential reliability concerns this summer, thanks to the two ISOs’ respective loss of baseload generation and lack of fuel assurance. According to the agency’s summer assessment, ERCOT faces a generation shortfall “due in part” to […]
14May

‘Who Turned Off the Lights?’

Via The Washington Times: Is anyone paying any attention to the crisis that is going on in our electric power markets? Over the past six months at least four major nuclear power plants have been slated for shutdown, including the last one in operation in California. Meanwhile, dozens of coal plants have been shuttered as […]