Feature Stories
Rich Nolan: EV Ambitions Need American Mining
May 20, 2022
In the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, electric vehicles (EVs) have emerged as a critical answer to energy insecurity. EVs offer an important tool to disentangle the U.S. from the geopolitics of the oil barrel and to insulate American
Keeping Coal Relevant: University of Wyoming Leads the Way
May 9, 2022
To say the coal industry faces challenges is an understatement. Coal-fired power plants are being retired around the globe as efforts to decarbonize the world’s power supply have intensified due to climate change concerns. That’s a problem for people working
Biden Order to Boost Mining May Not have Quick Payoff
May 2, 2022
President Joe Biden is turning to a Cold War-era law to boost production of lithium and other minerals used to power electric vehicles, but experts say the move by itself is unlikely to ensure the robust domestic mining Biden seeks
U.S. Mining Industry Concerned Biden Can’t Separate China from Made in America
April 18, 2022
One of the biggest pillars of the Biden administration stresses “Made in America” as a way to remove U.S. reliance on other countries for critical needs, but it’s proving very difficult to cut China entirely out of the picture. Experts
If We Want More Renewables, We’re Going to Need a Lot More Mining First
April 7, 2022
From day one of his presidency, Joe Biden has been waging war on domestic oil, natural gas, and coal. Now he is making it more difficult for U.S. companies to mine key minerals, making his own climate goals become even
Chris Hamilton: West Virginia Senate Banking Bill Essential to Fight Woke Capitalists
March 30, 2022
President Joe Biden and his liberal allies have not hidden their desire to use any means necessary to enact their radical Green New Deal social agenda. Biden has nominated a slew of agency appointees who have openly said they would
Coal Makes a Comeback After Energy Crunch Puts the Squeeze on Climate Change Agenda
March 29, 2022
Moscow’s war against Ukraine coupled with record increases in energy prices was a recipe for a global comeback in coal, upending climate change plans around the world. From the U.S. and Europe to India and China, the appetite for more
Rich Nolan: American Mineral Supply Chains for 21st Century Energy Security
March 25, 2022
As energy markets are turned upside down by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, a new narrative is emerging about energy security in the 21st century. The story goes, break reliance on oil and gas and the United States can finally defang
Daniel Horowitz: The War on Coal and Natural Gas Destroys Americans and Empowers China
March 24, 2022
Oil is king when it comes to energy policy, but coal and natural gas are just as important. In the case of all three fossil fuels, Western governments have engaged in an all-out war on exploration, production, and generation, banned
Ukraine Crisis Must Force Development Finance World to Rethink Energy and Mining
March 21, 2022
Development finance institutions (DFIs), including the United States Development Finance Corporation (DFC), need to revisit their energy and mining policies for a multitude of reasons, the most immediately prominent being the Russian invasion of Ukraine. DFI is an umbrella term
