Feature Stories
It’s Time to Be Honest About Fossil Fuels’ Role in Energy Transition
November 18, 2021
The global energy crisis has hit U.S. shores: Fuel prices are rising, and a global supply shortage of natural gas is driving up the cost of heat and electricity as winter approaches. The Biden administration, worried that rising energy prices
Coal Must Remain in U.S. Energy Mix
November 18, 2021
During a meeting of world leaders this month who traveled in their private jets to Glasgow, Scotland, to discuss how they could save the climate, U.S. Climate Envoy John Kerry boldly proclaimed that, within eight years, coal no longer would
Chris Hamilton: West Virginia Coal Will Help Rebuild America’s Infrastructure
November 17, 2021
As our nation moves forward to implement the trillion dollar bipartisan infrastructure legislation to update and modernize America’s roads, bridges and other critical infrastructure, West Virginia coal will once again be called upon to provide the energy that will create
The Last-minute Coal Demand that Almost Sunk the Glasgow Climate Deal
November 16, 2021
In a room behind the plenary hall at COP26 in Glasgow, the four biggest greenhouse gas emitters on the planet sat in a circle on Saturday evening and brokered a last minute deal to weaken a global pact to phase
Premier Doug Ford’s Hopes for Ontario’s Electric Vehicle Industry Hinge on Mining Its Ring of Fire
November 9, 2021
Premier Doug Ford’s government is touting Ontario as a future electric vehicle manufacturing hub, and linking that to a fresh push for a huge mining development in the northern part of the province. Ford’s Progressive Conservatives want to lure the
From Atop the Coal Industry, Peabody and Arch Embrace Different Directions
November 8, 2021
Peabody Energy and Arch Resources are lumped together atop the coal industry and headquartered just miles apart, but their fortunes are quickly diverging. The two biggest coal companies in the U.S., both based in the St. Louis area, are charting
David Dodson: November is Wyoming’s Last Chance to Save Coal
November 2, 2021
If coal export advocates are serious about preserving jobs and building a bridge to a post-coal economy, then our politicians need to cut a deal, a green deal, and do it right away. The fastest and simplest way to both
‘King Coal’ Roars Back
October 29, 2021
Although many don’t want you to know it, rebounding economies and the terrible global energy crisis have put coal at the top of the chain again. President Biden’s energy-climate policies have apparently been more friendly to coal than those of
Construction Underway on Wyoming Innovation Center’s Coal-to-Products Facility in Campbell County
October 25, 2021
Construction on a large-scale facility that will be home to technology developers in coal-to-products research is well underway in Campbell County. Officials broke ground in June on the Wyoming Innovation Center (WyIC), located in the heart of the Powder River
Proposed Coal Mine Tests UK Climate Efforts Ahead of UN Meeting
October 25, 2021
In the patchwork of hills, lakes and sea that makes up England’s northwest corner, most people see beauty. Dave Cradduck sees broken dreams. The coal mine where Cradduck once worked has long closed. The chemical factory that employed thousands is
