Electricity Generation: Coal’s Share down in 2009, Lowest since 1978
In the electricity-generation market of 2009, coal generation had only a 44 .6 percent share, 3.6 percentage points lower than in 2008 and the lowest level since 1978 when it represented 44.2 percent...
View ArticleReality Check: Obama’s Clean Coal Claims
According to White House energy adviser Heather Zichal, the Obama administration still sees a future for coal. She also said that the administration wasn’t “singing ‘Kumbaya’” with the natural gas...
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Reality Check: Obama's Clean Coal Claims
According to White House energy adviser Heather Zichal, the Obama administration still sees a future for coal. She also said that the administration wasn’t “singing ‘Kumbaya’” with the natural gas...
View ArticleElectricity Generation: Coal’s Share down in 2009, Lowest since 1978
In the electricity-generation market of 2009, coal generation had only a 44 .6 percent share, 3.6 percentage points lower than in 2008 and the lowest level since 1978 when it represented 44.2 percent...
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Reality Check: Obama's Clean Coal Claims
According to White House energy adviser Heather Zichal, the Obama administration still sees a future for coal. She also said that the administration wasn’t “singing ‘Kumbaya'” with the natural gas...
View ArticleLargest North Dakota Coal Plant to Close in 2022
North Dakota’s largest coal-fired power plant, Coal Creek, is scheduled to close in 2022 after four decades of providing power. The power plant originally designed to operate as base load power had to...
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China Sits Pretty on Energy While Developed Nations Rely on Importing Its Goods
China has pledged to peak its carbon dioxide emissions by 2030 and to reach net zero by 2060—ten years later than the developed countries of the world, who plan to reach net zero no later than 2050....
View ArticleHawaii Retires Its Sole Coal Plant for a Giant Battery Powered By Oil
In 2015, Hawaii became the first US state to mandate a full transition to renewable energy by 2045 as Governor David Ige signed legislation to that effect. As a result, the island of Oahu which gets 16...
View ArticleEPA’s “Good Neighbor” Rule Increases the Cost of Electricity for Consumers
The Biden administration announced tougher limits on emissions from power plants, factories and other industrial facilities that cross state boundaries. The new standards, announced by the...
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China Will Burn More Coal As It Supplies “Green Energy” Technologies to the...
China needs electricity to fuel its manufacturing industry, including producing electric vehicles and their batteries, and coal will be the primary fuel used to generate that electricity. Expanding...
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