The EPA has for the first time proposed rules that would impose standards on wastewater released from coal plants, including contaminated water that has seeped through coal ash and water drained from coal ash […]
March 28, 2023 Data source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Annual Coal Report, and the U.S. Census Bureau In 2022, 84.8 million short tons (MMst) of coal were exported from the United States, relatively unchanged from […]
March 27, 2023 Data source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Electricity Data Browser Last year, the U.S. electric power sector produced 4,090 million megawatthours (MWh) of electric power. In 2022, generation from renewable sources–wind, solar, hydro, […]
A settlement between environmental groups and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency could for the first time impose regulations on hundreds of coal ash sites nationwide that are not covered by 2015 federal coal ash […]
Reflecting on Coal Industry Woes In 2016, then-presidential candidate and front-runner Hillary Clinton made headlines during a town hall when she promised, “We’re going to put a lot of coal miners and coal companies out […]
In 2023, operators plan to retire 15.6 gigawatts (GW) of electric-generating capacity in the United States, mostly natural gas-fired (6.2 GW) and coal-fired (8.9 GW) power plants, according to our Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory. Coal. Substantial […]
A recent study published in the journal Nature Climate Change found that countries phasing coal out of the electricity sector need to broaden their policy strategy, or else they risk pushing the excess coal supply […]
February 7, 2023 Data source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory, December 2022 In 2023, operators plan to retire 15.6 gigawatts (GW) of electric-generating capacity in the United States, mostly natural gas-fired […]
South African coal producer Seriti Resources has inked a long-term agreement to build the country’s largest wind farm to power its operations. The 155-megawatt (MW), 4 billion rand ($236 million) project by Seriti’s green energy […]
This is the highest ever bids received since the launch of commercial coal mines auction in the year 2020, the ministry said, adding, a “total of six public sector companies had submitted the bids in […]
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