Coal in the News

20Apr

EPA Administrator Brings Back-to-Basics Agenda to Missouri Power Plant

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt visited the Thomas Hill Energy Center in Clifton Hill, Mo. today to discuss EPA’s Back-to-Basics agenda, which aims to refocus the agency on its core mission of protecting the environment through sensible regulations developed in cooperation with state, local and tribal partners. Administrator Pruitt spoke with more than […]
19Apr

EPA May Rewrite Obama-Era Regulation That Shut Down Coal Plants

Via The Daily Caller:  The Trump administration asked a federal court to delay oral arguments so it can review a costly Obama-era regulation limiting mercury and other pollutants from power plants. The Department of Justice notified all parties involved in the lawsuit over the mercury, or MATS, rule Tuesday they would ask the court to […]
19Apr

Coal’s Colossal Comeback

Via Townhall: Buried in an otherwise-humdrum jobs report was the jaw-dropping pronouncement by the Department of Labor that mining jobs in America were up by 11,000 in March. Since the low point in October 2016, and following years of painful layoffs in the mining industry, the mining sector has added 35,000 jobs. What a turnaround. […]
14Apr

EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt: ‘War On Coal Is Done’

Via The Wheeling News-Register: To the delight of dozens of miners at the CNX Coal Resources Harvey Mine, Thursday, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt declared an end to the “regulatory assault” on their industry. Pruitt, appointed by President Donald Trump to head the EPA in the post-Obama administration era, spoke briefly at the Pennsylvania […]
14Apr

Trump’s Coal Push Grinds into High Gear

Via The 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 Zinke met with Native American leaders to brainstorm ways the Trump administration can help prevent one […]
14Apr

Good Riddance to Obama’s Job-killing ‘Clean Power Plan’

Via The Delco Times: It made for colorful news this week — President Trump announcing a halt to the Obama administration’s massive “Clean Power Plan.” Pundits immediately leapt to criticize the president, saying that canceling the plan would mean more costs and more “pollution” for America’s consumers. Such fear-mongering is simply incorrect, though, and demonstrates […]
13Apr

EPA Launches New Agenda in Coal Country

Via The Washington Examiner: Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt joined the coal industry in Pennsylvania Thursday to launch what he called the agency’s “Back-to-Basics” agenda, in which Washington gets out of the way of states’ natural resources development. “What better way to launch EPA’s Back-to-Basics agenda than visiting the hard-working coal miners who help […]
13Apr

NMA Hails Pruitt’s Support for Coal

WASHINGTON, D.C. – National Mining Association (NMA) president and CEO Hal Quinn issued the following statement regarding EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt’s visit today at the Harvey Mine and training complex in Pennsylvania: “It’s encouraging to hear a senior government official recognize the contribution that America’s coal resources, the world’s largest, make to our nation’s economy […]
04Apr

Big Coal Starts Hiring, Opening Plants, ‘Through the Roof’

Via The Washington Examiner: West Virginia coal industry executive Mike Grose knows fake news when he sees it. And the headlines claiming that President Trump’s new executive order to dismantle clean power rules won’t revive mining employment were Exhibit A. “It’s growing, a lot better than it ever was,” said Grose, owner of Superior and […]
04Apr

Coal Should Be Part Of Energy Mix Given National Clean Power Plan Rollback

Via WIBW News: A pro-coal attorney and former member of the Missouri Public Service Commission sees the rollback of the Clean Power Plan by President Donald Trump as a positive. “Coal plants that were slated to close within the next three to four years will remain open,” said Terry Jarrett. “Coal will now be able […]