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Coal Bureau Chief in China’s Shanxi Province Sentenced to 19 Years for Graft
The latest corruption scandal involving a Chinese Communist Party official has caused a stir on Chinese social media—because of the light sentence he received for the enormous amount of money ...
May 14, 2018
BY
Frank Fang
China Freezes to Reduce Pollution
A construction worker arrested for lighting a fire to keep warm has become a symbol for China’s netizens ...
December 5, 2017
BY
Frank Fang
Indonesia’s Last Stand for a Coal Industry in Peril
Indonesia's coal industry is trying to grow in a hostile climate. As the world moves to cut carbon ...
February 21, 2017
BY
Tara MacIsaac
Trump Administration Will Have Limited Power to Change Environmental Policy
The power exerted by a U.S. president or Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) administrator is diluted by layers of ...
January 12, 2017
BY
Tara MacIsaac
Is China Delivering on Economic Reform Promises?
Chinese regime leader Xi Jinping wants reform. He wants to reduce overcapacity, corruption, and the reliance on the ...
September 1, 2016
BY
Valentin Schmid
Will 150,000 Coal Workers Be Left Behind in the Move to Solar?
Coal is currently the largest source of electricity in the United States, employing some 150,000 people. That's a ...
August 10, 2016
BY
Tara MacIsaac
King Coal Is Headed to Prison
So long, Don, it's been God-awful to know you. Don Blankenship, who was the King of King Coal, ...
May 16, 2016
BY
Jim Hightower
Coal’s Troubles Should Concern All Americans
Coal, our cheapest and most abundant power source, is in big trouble in the United States.
April 27, 2016
BY
Tom Harris
Peabody’s Bankruptcy Claim Is a Symbol of Coal’s End
The announcement that Peabody Energy, the world's largest non-government coal company, is to file for bankruptcy in the ...
April 17, 2016
BY
John Quiggin
Documentary Review: ‘Catching the Sun’: A Solar Energy Shot of Climate-Change Hope
It's high time we had some good news. We've seen documentaries showing 3-foot flames shooting off kitchen tap ...
March 28, 2016
BY
Mark Jackson
The End of Coal: Good Riddance or Dangerous Gamble?
For many reasons, it is hard to mourn the demise of coal-fired power. But the challenges to replace ...
March 26, 2016
BY
Paul Younger
Demanding Pay, Chinese Miners Protest Over Governor’s Claim
Thousands of Chinese miners who say they have not been paid for months staged a rare protest in ...
March 13, 2016
BY
The Associated Press
Amid Coal Market Struggles, Less Fuel Worth Mining in US
Vast coal seams dozens of feet thick that lie beneath the rolling hills of the Northern Plains once ...
February 23, 2016
BY
The Associated Press
How Should the US Government Help Coal Communities?
As the United States adopts policies to lower greenhouse gas emissions, some communities will benefit from the shift ...
February 17, 2016
BY
Mark Partridge
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Mark Rembert
and
Michael Betz
Coal Executive Demands Tax Break for Industry in Free Fall
The chief executive of one of the nation's largest coal producers, Murray Energy, made an emotional call Wednesday ...
January 27, 2016
BY
The Associated Press
Digging Up a Mountain of Debt
For the first time in more than 30 years, the federal government has decided to hold off on ...
January 20, 2016
BY
Ryan Alexander
Six Energy Records Britain Broke Last Year
Not only was December 2015 the U.K.’s wettest month on record, but it was also exceptionally stormy. Bad ...
January 18, 2016
BY
Grant Wilson
Local Governments in Coal-Rich Chinese Province Can’t Meet Payroll
Nearly 87 percent of county government in Shanxi Province couldn’t pay the salary of their civil servants as ...
December 29, 2015
BY
Frank Fang
The Life and Death of King Coal
The reign of King Coal is a story which is central to fully understanding modern Britain.
December 29, 2015
BY
Ben Curtis
Is ‘Climate Change’ Really Science?
In this article, I question whether what is called “climate change” is consistent with science and social science.
December 2, 2015
BY
Arthur Wiegenfeld
The Keystone XL Pipeline Debate Is Over, but Our Infrastructure Needs Are Not
President Barack Obama's rejection of the Keystone XL pipeline was virtually a foregone conclusion well before he announced ...
November 8, 2015
BY
Mark Barteau
Coal Burns Cleaner When You Add Oat Hulls
Scientists wondered what would happen if you burned biomass in a controlled environment, such as in a power ...
September 30, 2015
BY
Richard Lewis
China Coal Company Fires 100,000
Is this just the beginning?
September 28, 2015
BY
Valentin Schmid
We Are Missing Opportunities to Rein in Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Says OECD Head
Global government policies are not keeping up with low carbon goals.
July 11, 2015
BY
Arleen Richards
Will the EPA’s New Carbon Rules Shut Down the Coal Industry?
Some coal companies believe the White House is waging a "war on coal," through policy and regulation.
June 25, 2015
BY
Arleen Richards
Saving Coal Country
Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell recently took the extraordinary step of calling on governors to ignore Washington’s Clean Power ...
April 13, 2015
BY
Richard Martin
Green Energy Jobs Aren’t in Coal Locations
In the four years following the 2008 recession, the coal industry lost more than 49,000 jobs, while the ...
April 8, 2015
BY
Duke University
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