Coal Demand and Prices Surge… As Do U.S. Coal Exports!

Guest post by David Middleton Coal prices are on the rise again. With benchmark rates in Australia up over 30 percent since July — approaching the $100/t mark that prevailed…

Hillary Clinton: Threatening Coal Jobs was a Mistake

Guest essay by Eric Worrall According to her book “What happened”, Hillary Clinton’s biggest regret was joking about putting coal miners out of business because climate. Hillary Clinton: Here’s the…

Top Electric Grid Regulator Will Make Keeping Coal Plants Online One Of His Main Goals

Energy From The Daily Caller Michael Bastasch 3:06 PM 08/14/2017 Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Chairman Neil Chatterjee said he would look for ways to “properly compensate” coal plants for…

'Coal plants keep closing on Trump's watch'… And why it doesn't matter to the Resurgence of the American Coal Industry!

Guest post by David Middleton Over the past 10 months or so, articles like this have been a “dime-a-dozen”… ENERGY TRANSITIONS Coal plants keep closing on Trump’s watch Benjamin Storrow,…

Coal is #1… again.

Guest post by David Middleton Politics and Energy Coal Is Number One STEPHEN MOORE July 28, 2017, 12:05 am Before Donald Trump came along, it was left for dead. Quick:…

The Resurgence of the American Coal Industry. Part Trois: Going Dutch!

Guest post by David Middleton If President Obama was the “war on coal,” President Trump might just be the post-war “Marshall Plan”… U.S. Coal Finds Footing In European Markets By…

Forget Paris: 1600 New Coal Power Plants Built Around The World

From the NYT 1,600 new coal-fired power plants are planned or under construction in 62 countries. When China halted plans for more than 100 new coal-fired power plants this year,…

"The Answer to What's Actually Killing Coal" Is "Not Even Wrong"

Guest post by David Middleton From Inverse via Real Clear Energy: The Answer to What’s Actually Killing Coal is Hopeful and Depressing The real cause of the decline of coal…

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…