Stories Tagged as
Coal industry
It's economics, not policy, that's hurting the coal industry
by
Andy Uhler
Feb 8, 2021
One energy analyst says "the reality is that the marketplace is attacking coal."
Spain's coal industry is shutting down unprofitable plants
Oct 8, 2020
Spanish energy providers decided that refitting coal plants to reduce carbon emissions and meet EU regulations was too expensive.
Wyoming coal community imagines a new future
by
Cooper McKim
Jun 3, 2019
The threat of coal plant closures is making Kemmerer, Wyoming, think closely about diversification.
Why investing in coal companies may not help the people living in coal country
by
Kai Ryssdal
and Sean McHenry
Jan 11, 2018
When we subsidize coal companies, does that make it back to the people living in coal country? In her reporting for Quartz, economics writer Gwynn Guilford found that the answer may be a loud, resounding “no.” For her article “The 100-year capitalist experiment that keeps Appalachia poor, sick, and stuck on coal,” Guilford reported on the […]
Canceled coal study means less data on health risks of mountaintop removal
by
Jed Kim
Aug 22, 2017
The Interior Department is stopping a two-year study on the health risks of mountaintop-removal coal mining for people who live nearby. The study was looking at the connection between mining waste and reported increases in heart and lung disease, cancer and birth defects. Some see an end run around industry regulation. Industry says there’s not […]
"The grid is in good shape," an Energy Department study draft says
by
Adriene Hill
and Scott Tong
Jul 18, 2017
Are renewable sources reliable? Come down the energy rabbit hole with us.
A former coal miner's take on the declining industry
Jun 23, 2017
It's a small part of Kentucky's economy, but it plays a big role in politics.
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Counting up American coal jobs: What's the real total?
by
Molly Wood
and Scott Tong
Jun 15, 2017
Here are the numbers behind the much-discussed coal industry in the U.S.
Big Coal: an unlikely advocate to stay in the Paris climate agreement
by
Scott Tong
Apr 18, 2017
Senior Trump administration officials cancelled a meeting today to talk about whether the U.S. will stay committed to its emissions targets under the Paris climate agreement. Trump has promised to take the U.S. out of agreement. A surprising group wants America to stay in: coal executives. The nation’s three biggest coal companies would rather the […]
Gillette, Wyoming: Industry and politics in coal country
by
Eliza Mills
and Hayley Hershman
Mar 10, 2017
Under a new administration, this extraction-industry town feels revitalized.