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$1.2B coal-to-liquids plant planned for Mason County
Parkersburg News

The facility will serve a vital role, Chris Hamilton, senior vice president of the West Virginia Coal Association, said. “For decades, we've been looking at ...

Thousands call for climate action, target German coal mine
Daily Mail

Friday's protest took place near the site of one of Germany's biggest lignite coal mines. The mine has become a focus of environmental protests in ...

Amid urgent climate warnings, EPA gives coal a reprieve
Boston Herald

By ELLEN KNICKMEYER. WASHINGTON (AP) — Amid scientists' increasingly urgent warnings, the Trump administration ordered a sweeping ...

Peabody, Arch joint venture creates a coal juggernaut, controlling two-thirds of Powder River Basin ...
STLtoday.com

The two largest coal companies in the U.S. — both headquartered in the St. Louis area — announced a landmark deal Wednesday that would unite ...

South Korean firm wins mining leases for long-delayed Australian coal project
Reuters

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - An Australian state on Friday granted mining leases for a coal mine controlled by Korea Resources Corp (KORES), clearing ...

Daniel Turner: Yes, the war on coal is real. But hurting our energy industry now does not help the ...
Fox News

The plan is welcome news for the coal industry which has suffered years of political targeting. Green groups like The Sierra Club have demonized coal ...

Peabody-Arch deal: Coal plant lifeline or exit strategy?
E&E News

The joint venture between Peabody Energy Corp. and Arch Coal Inc. announced this week will create America's biggest coal company, but it may not ...

Rocky Mountain Power discusses future energy production, Sierra Club calls forcoal plant ...
fox13now.com

A group of people from the Sierra Club showed up to the meeting to voice their concerns over Rocky Mountain Power's use of coal plants.

At congressional hearing, witnesses urge quicker response to black lung
Charleston Gazette-Mail

The disease, also called coal workers' pneumoconiosis, is caused by inhaling coal and silica dust both at underground and surface mines.

Gazette-Mail editorial: Trump EPA rollbacks won't help WV
Charleston Gazette-Mail

The Trump administration is again looking to help out its coal baron backers by completing a rollback of President Barack Obama's 2015 Clean Power ...

Clean Power Plan replacement applauded as 'crucial victory'
Bluefield Daily Telegraph

WASHINGTON, D.C. — An Obama Administration plan that state leaders say hurt the coal industry is being replaced, and the move is applauded as a ...

Coal Heritage Festival honors sacrifice and celebrates history
WDTV

MARION COUNTY, W. Va. (WDTV) - Fairmont celebrated West Virginia's history with their coal heritage festival. The festival included many local ...

EPA Chief discusses impact of new measure on power plants across Arkansas
KAIT

In fact, the coal industry saw near-record numbers of plant closings in 2018. Many noted competition from cheaper natural gas and renewables as the ...

The Latest: EPA chief expects new coal-fired plants to open
Daily Mail

Environmental Protection Agency chief Andrew Wheeler says he expects that increase in coal plants as a result of the repeal of the Obama-era Clean ...

IN DECLINE BUT STILL KEEPING (SOME) LIGHTS ON: THE US COALINDUSTRY
Daily Mail

Coal production held steady at around 1,000 million tons a year from 2000 to 2012, but since then it has fallen by about a quarter. In 2018 it was 755 ...

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