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Activists form human chain demanding exit from coal mining
Bluefield Daily Telegraph

Protesters were campaigning to save Luetzerath from being bulldozed to make way for a coal mine. Malte Krudewig.

Governor reactivates West Virginia Public Energy Authority
WCHS-TV8

Jeff Allen, Charlie Burd, Chris Hamilton and Jeff Herholdt were appointed as new membership of the authority. “In this country today, whether it be coal ...

Steve Earle pays tribute to coal miners and his late son in Twin Cities concert
Minneapolis Star Tribune

Steve Earle pays tribute to coal miners and his late son in Twin Cities concert. +. By Neal Justin , Star Tribune August 08, 2021 - 2:15 PM. See more of ...

ABC News: Warrior Met Coal miners strike for months for better benefits - UMWA
UMWA

ABC News' Elwyn Lopez reports on divisions in the tight-knit town of Brookwood, Alabama, where mine workers are in their fourth month of strikes ...

Coal power is dirty but it gets us through the summer
Korea JoongAng Daily

“When carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) technology is fully developed, we're not going to have a problem with using coal and nuclear ...

Gov. Justice appoints former WV Coal Association head to Public Service Commission
Charleston Gazette-Mail

Raney was appointed to the commission panel Monday, according to the West Virginia Secretary of State website. His six-year term will expire June 30, ...

Alpha Metallurgical Lifts 2021 Coal Shipment Guidance -- Commodity Comment
MarketWatch

By Robb M. Stewart. Alpha Metallurgical Resources Inc. raised its target for coal shipments this year despite second-quarter sales easing from the first ...

US push for green energy could strand $68 billion in coal, gas assets – report
MINING.com

Recent pollution control investments in the coal fleet may be unrecoverable, S&P reports, and new combined-cycle gas plants built in the Midwest over ...

W.Va. PSC approves another Appalachian Power rate increase
Bluefield Daily Telegraph

... to comply with federal environmental regulations at three coal-fired generating plants in West ... Contact Charles Owens at cowens@bdtonline.com.

Wyoming coal production seeing modest bump after dismal 2020
Casper Star-Tribune Online

... million tons in the first half of 2021, or about 35% of the basin's overall production, according to the federal Mine Safety and Health Administration.

Wyoming coal production seeing modest bump after dismal 2020
Casper Star-Tribune Online

... million tons in the first half of 2021, or about 35% of the basin's overall production, according to the federal Mine Safety and Health Administration.

Canada blocks proposed Rocky Mountain coal mine on environmental grounds
Creamer Media's Mining Weekly

OTTAWA - Canada on Friday formally blocked a proposal to build a steelmaking coal mine in the Rocky Mountains of Alberta, citing what it said would ...

Podcast Looks At Alternatives For Coal Decline In Wyoming
West Virginia Public Broadcasting

Carbon Valley podcast host Cooper McKim (right) looking at carbon sequestration efforts in Wyoming. Wyoming traditionally has more coal production ...

The Surprisingly Stunning Afterlives of Old Coal Plants
Bloomberg

While some opponents of the coal industry might want to see these fossil fuel relics flattened and sent to the dump, there are efforts to redevelop and ...

China Will Restart Coal Mines Including in Xinjiang as Power Demand Surges
Bloomberg

The decision comes as China seeks to tame thermal coal prices that have jumped about a third this year and hit a record in May amid supply disruptions ...

US coal exports reach two-year high in June: Census
S&P Global

Thermal coal accounted for 3.25 million mt and met coal 3.86 million mt of US coal exported in June, a year on year increase of 78.7% and 65.2%, ...

Japan's J-Power, Schlumberger eye hydrogen from coal
Argus Media

J-Power and Schlumberger have started a basic study on building a plant that will produce CO2-free hydrogen using coal gasification technology.

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