Coal

Coal Company

Second Major U.S. Coal Company in Two Weeks Declares Bankruptcy

Two major U.S. coal companies have declared bankruptcy in the last two weeks, in a dramatic demonstration of the industry’s recent decline.

Coal Mine

Is President Donald Trump Losing His Fight to Save Coal?

The bankruptcy filing from Revelation Energy LLC and its affiliate Blackjewel LLC, the nation's sixth-top coal producing company in 2017, comes amid President D…

Coal Power

South Korea's Official Eximbank Under Pressure to Boycott Coal Financing

On Sunday, Greenpeace Korea shone a laser light on Eximbank's headquarters in Seoul, displaying messages that read: “Stop investing in coal-fired plants” and …

Coal Power

Kenya Tribunal Blocks Coal Power Station

NAIROBI – A Kenyan environmental tribunal has blocked the construction of a coal-fired power station on the country's idyllic Indian Ocean coast, in a move hai…

Oil & Gas Trade

America's Liquefied Natural Gas Boom May be on a Collision Course with Climate Change

The US energy industry is scrambling to build dozens of expensive export terminals that can be used to ship cheap natural gas to China and other fast-growing ec…

Coal Power

Fossil Fuels Continue to Dominate US Energy Consumption

Fossil fuels, including petroleum, natural gas, and coal, have accounted for at least 80% of energy consumption in the U.S. for well over a century, according t…

Clean Coal

G20 Stalls on Fossil Fuel Subsidies Despite Calls for Climate Action

As G20 countries meet for the group’s annual summit in Osaka, the world’s leading economies are failing to phase out wasteful fossil fuel subsidies and host J…

As Coal Fades in the U.S., Natural Gas Becomes the Climate Battleground

America's coal-burning power plants are shutting down at a rapid pace, forcing electric utilities to face the next big climate question: Embrace natural gas, or…

Coal Power

Kenya Halts Lamu Coal Power Project at World Heritage Site

Kenyan judges have halted plans to construct the country's first ever coal-powered plant near the coastal town of Lamu, a Unesco World Heritage Site.

G20 Nations Spending $63.9 Billion Annually On Coal Subsidies

Days before representatives of the G20 meet in Japan, a new report has been published by the Overseas Development Institute, or ODI, which reveals these nations…

Thermal Fuel

How Fuel Availability at Power Plants Moved from Scarcity to Sufficiency

Prices in the spot electricity market have since dropped to unusually low levels, touching 1 per unit this week. Average prices in May, the peak summer month, w…

Thermal Plant

Sealed Thermal Power Plants to Run to Meet Energy Demand

MAHAGENCO’s thermal power generation plants will survive only for two weeks with the currently available 13 million metric tonnes of coal stock.

World Coal Association

WCA works to secure the long-term sustainability of the coal sector, bringing together stakeholders to help the industry respond to the challenges it faces, enc…

Thermal Plant

South Korea Fires Up On Renewables, to Close More Coal Plants

As renewable energy powers up in South Korea, coal-fired generation, long the bedrock of the country's electricity supply, is being tapped to give up room.

Coal Mine

US Renewable Energy Capacity Beats Coal for the First Time

Coal's downward trend has been ongoing since its peak in 2008 and has no end in sight. Coal consumption has dropped by 39 percent to the lowest level in 40 year…