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Trump administration proposes easing rules on coal pollution
WTTV CBS4Indy
The new proposals — the latest in a series of regulatory breaks granted by the administration for the sagging U.S. coal industry and for electric utilities ...

Bob Murray: The last coal baron?
E&E News
"Bob was a larger-than-life CEO who in many ways personified the coal industry. Passionate, tough, loud and bullheaded, not the type to be running ...

Wyoming lawmakers toy with overhauling utility commission to buoy coal
ABC FOX Montana
But as Wyoming's coal industry wobbles, lawmakers are itching to prepare for an impending wave of coal-fired power plant retirements.

Russia Leverages Coal In Regional Shadow War
OilPrice.com
Russia's restrictions are negatively affecting Kazakhstan's economy, especially its coal industry and, in particular, coal exports to Ukraine. According to ...

US eyes exports of coal, LNG to Africa
Energy Voice
US President Donald Trump has spoken in support of the domestic coal industry, which is in an increasingly dire position. Trump's support of coal ...

Metallurgical Coal Company, Aspire Mining's Action-Packed September Quarter 2019
Kalkine Media (blog)
Leadership Changes: On 25 October 2019, the company welcomed the new COO, Mr Sam Bowles, a veteran coal mining executive, who has been ...

Seriti Resources grows its coal portfolio even further
Mining Review
Black-owned and controlled coal mining company Seriti Resources has concluded an acquisition agreement with South32 to acquire South 32's ...

EPA to Relax Coal Ash Storage Rules as Obama's 'War on Coal' Rolled Back
The Epoch Times
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced on Monday that it will relax regulations on how coal-fired power plants dispose of so-called ...

Rules for coal-fired power plants draw mixed reaction
NWAOnline
WASHINGTON -- The Trump administration accelerated the pace of its environmental rollbacks for the country's coal-fired power plants Monday, ...

Legislators Look For Answers With Impending Coal Plant Closures
Wyoming Public Media
Rocky Mountain Power not only operates four coal plants in Wyoming, but also consumes four percent of the state's coal and employs 688 people at ...

Australia's South32 exits South Africa thermal coal business
Nasdaq
Australia's South32 Ltd said on Wednesday it would sell its South Africa thermal coal business to Seriti Resources and two trusts for 100 million rand ...

Column: China's seaborne coal imports slide in October, but not by enough
Reuters UK
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - China's seaborne coal imports slumped 19% in October from September, but the world's biggest buyer of the polluting fuel is ...

IRS Expected to Issue Multipart Carbon Capture Clarity This Year
Morning Consult
9, 2018, enactment of the enhanced and extended 45Q carbon sequestration tax credit — a critical incentive for the nascent domestic carbon capture, ...