Daily Telegraph: There is No Such Thing as Affordable Renewable Energy

Guest essay by Eric Worrall Awareness is slowly permeating through the media that renewables inevitably lead to higher electricity prices – and that the Australian energy grid is in deep…

Trump White House Chief Economic Advisor Declares War on Coal

Guest essay by Eric Worrall h/t Breitbart – White House National Economic Council director Gary Cohn has just re-opened the US Government’s war on coal. Gary Cohn Relaunches War on…

Clean Coal: Carbon Capture and Enhanced Oil Recovery

Guest post by David Middleton THE 240MWE FACILITY IS THE LARGEST POST-COMBUSTION CARBON CAPTURE PROJECT IN THE WORLD WASHINGTON, D.C. — Secretary of Energy Rick Perry took part in a…

The Resurgence of the American Coal Industry, Part Deux: An Unexpected Ally

Coal’s Unexpected Ally: Natural Gas Guest post by David Middleton I concluded my previous coal post, The Resurgence of the American Coal Industry, with the following: The U.S. coal industry is…

The Resurgence of the American Coal Industry

Guest post by David Middleton America’s Biggest Coal Miner Is Joining the Comeback Under Trump by Tim Loh April 3, 2017, 4:28 PM CDT April 4, 2017, 1:14 PM CDT…

The Shame of Chinese Coal

I note much discussion around a recent WUWT post entitled “China: USA is “Selfish” for Wanting to Burn Coal“. It featured the Chinese telling us that we are “selfish” to…

The silver-tongued liars’ playbook for coal

Coal ash scare stories are the latest tactic in their long war on coal-fueled electricity generation Guest essay by Paul Driessen Foreword: People routinely accept risks of dying from activities…

Happiness: Coal CEO Celebrates Trump Repeal of Unfair Anti-Coal Rule

Guest essay by Eric Worrall On Thursday President Trump liberated coal miners from the shackles of an Obama rule many in the industry believe was designed to destroy the coal…

Troubled Coal Policies

Guest essay by David Archibald The last remaining credible mainstream media organisation is the Wall Street Journal. But when an article in the WSJ begins by calling carbon dioxide “a…

The EPA Caves on Coal?

EPA to Withdraw Coal Killing Clean Air Act Requirements WUWT reader Greg Staff writes: It looks like the EPA is seeing the writing on the wall. The scuttlebut here is…

BP: Indonesia's Coal Consumption has Doubled Since 2010

Guest essay by Eric Worrall h/t JoNova – According to BP, Indonesia’s coal consumption has doubled since 2010, promoting coal to be the largest source of Indonesian energy. Indonesia’s coal…

China Announces a Massive 20% Increase in Coal – by 2020

Guest essay by Eric Worrall China has unveiled a crash plan to increase coal capacity and usage by 20% over the next 3 years. China Doubles Down on Coal Despite…

The Global Price of Coal has Done a Hockey Stick

Guest essay by Eric Worrall Coal, particularly “coking coal” used for smelting steel, has staged a tremendous comeback in the last few months, thanks to a large scale Chinese buying…

Federal Judge Orders EPA to Factor Lost Coal Jobs into Clean Air Act Enforcement

Guest post by David Middleton ABC News Key points: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency must begin evaluating how many power plants and coal mining jobs are lost because of air…

Green Nightmare: War On Coal Can’t Stop Fuel’s Enduring Demand

You know the war on coal isn’t working when it’s up more than 50 percent this year. “The strength in coal is amazing,” said Trevor Sikorski, an analyst at Energy Aspects…

Guardian Hails Chinese Economic Problems as "Peak Coal"

Guest essay by Eric Worrall The Guardian is celebrating that according to official figures, Chinese coal consumption fell in 2014. But is this fall in consumption structural, or is it…

Oh Noes!!! "Crocodiles and Palm Trees in the Arctic? New Report Suggests Yes."

“It’s the most dire prediction yet”!!! Guest post by David Middleton Featured image borrowed from here.   By Marianne Lavelle PUBLISHED MAY 23, 2016 In even the bleakest climate change…

Britain joins the shift from coal, taking us away from the climate nightmare

By Larry Kummer. From the Fabius Maximus website. Summary: Burning coal contributes to pollution (many kinds) and is a major driver of anthropogenic climate change. Last month we looked at…

The Great Green Game: China to Supply Paris Agreement Sanctioned Coal Power to Europe?

Guest essay by Eric Worrall h/t JoNova – in a hilarious twist of climate politics, China looks like it is positioning itself, to flood Europe with desperately needed cheap coal…

Good news! Coal bankruptcies point to a better future for our climate

  By Larry Kummer. From the Fabius Maximus website. Summary: The bankruptcy of the world’s largest non-government-owned coal company illustrates one of the two big weaknesses in the nightmarish climate…

New hybrid system design could cut coal-plant emissions in half

Combining gasification with fuel-cell technology could boost efficiency of coal-powered plants From MIT: CAMBRIDGE, MA — Most of the world’s nations have agreed to make substantial reductions in their greenhouse…

RCP 8.5: The "Mother of all" Junk Climate Science

Guest post by David Middleton Featured image borrowed from here. Nearly every catastrophic global warming doomsday scenario, particularity those involving icecap failures and Noah-size sea level rises are based on…

"Green" Queensland approves Massive Carmichael Coal Mine

Guest essay by Eric Worrall Australian Greens are furious that the government of the Australian State of Queensland, which has made a big show of their environmental concern, has just…

Japan Plans to meet Paris Commitments, by Building Coal Plants

Guest essay by Eric Worrall Japan, which hilariously defined investment in high efficiency coal plants as “climate finance“, now plans to meet Paris commitments, by building even more coal plants.…