Located in the heart of the Powder River Basin, Gillette is surrounded by 12 coal mines, some of the largest in the country, employing some 5,600 people, according to 2014 data. In a county just shy of 50,000, the mines provide jobs for 1 out of every 10 residents.
Visit http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/can-wyoming-s-biggest-coal-town-create-a-new-future/ to view the full article online.
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Non-thermal plasma is showing great promise in solving the coal plant exhaust dilemma. EPA based test protocol indicated that non-thermal plasma carbon conversion (C2) now is extracting 75% of the carbon dioxide, SOx, NOx and CO out of the plant effluent. The surprising statistic is that the parasitic draw for this operation is less than 4%. Based on these testing results, the University of Iowa College of business ran up assessment of the cost per performance of the equipment and found that the period of investment payback is less than four years. The same study indicates a strong financial advantage to installing carbon conversion equipment over converting coal plants to natural gas.
Visit http://www.environmentalleader.com/2016/04/14/want-clean-coal-try-this-idea/ to view the full article online.
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A March 28, 2016 Missoulian article titled, "GEORGE OCHENSKI: New solar jobs far outpace coal" recently caught my attention as the author goes to great lengths to disparage coal-fueled electricity and to compare the relative competitive capabilities of coal vs. solar, the construction of new solar generation capacity, and the job-producing abilities of the coal and solar industries.
Since the author opened up the door on comparing the two industries, it is worthwhile to walk through that door and comment on a few of his claims in the article. Visit http://www.coalblog.org/2016/04/02/fact-check-missoulian-new-solar-jobs-far-outpace-coal/ to view the full article online.
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Most of the world’s nations have agreed to make substantial reductions in their greenhouse gas emissions, but achieving these goals is still a considerable technological, economic, and political challenge. The International Energy Agency has projected that, even with the new agreements in place, global coal-fired power generation will increase over the next few decades. Finding a cleaner way of using that coal could be a significant step toward achieving carbon-emissions reductions while meeting the needs of a growing and increasingly industrialized world population.
Visit http://www.coalblog.org/2016/04/04/hybrid-system-could-cut-coal-plant-emissions-in-half/ to view the full article online.
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On any given Friday morning, Tom Watko arrives at the food pantry in Whitesburg, Kentucky, to pack boxes of canned vegetables and frozen chicken legs for the residents already waiting in line outside the door.
The Letcher County Food Pantry, a non-profit that was established with money from a legal settlement after a mining disaster 40 years ago, is one of the few places in the central Appalachian county attracting customers. Whitesburg has become the poster child for the war on coal. Visit http://www.foxnews.com/us/2016/04/08/with-collapse-coal-industry-central-appalachian-towns-struggle-to-survive.html to view the full article online.
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Monthly trading volumes for US thermal coal futures on the CME Group exchange increased in March, according to CME Group data issued Thursday.
The Central Appalachia rail (CSX) futures contract traded 987 times in March, up 112.3% from 465 trades in February. Year-ago trading volumes were not available. Visit http://www.platts.com/latest-news/coal/houston/trading-volumes-for-us-thermal-coal-futures-move-21275513 to view the full article online.
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Intercontinental Exchange on Monday (April 4) launched a new U.S. coal futures contract, and corresponding futures options contract, for Illinois Basin coal, the first coal futures contract for the U.S. market since October 2014.
The futures contract will be financially-settled against a monthly average of Platts daily physical market price assessments for 11,800 Btu/lb Illinois Basin coal. Visit http://www.coalblog.org/2016/04/07/ice-launches-platts-based-coal-futures-contract-for-ilb/ to view the full article online.
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Timetric's 'Coal Mining in the US to 2020' report comprehensively covers US reserves of coal by states and proximate analysis of US coal versus coal produced by other major countries, the historic and forecast data on coal production and production split by grade, type, production by state and basin, coal prices, historic and forecast coal consumption and by type and exports, exports by country and by major ports.
The report also includes factors affecting demand for coal, profiles of major coal producing companies and information on the active, exploration and development coal projects. Visit http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/coal-mining-in-the-us-to-2020-300251180.html to view the full article online.
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It’s been a rough stretch for Climate Armageddon religionists and totalitarians.
Real World science, climate and weather events just don’t support their manmade cataclysm narrative. The horrid consequences of anti-fossil fuel energy policies are increasingly in the news. And despite campaigns by the $1.5-trillion-per-year government-industry-activist-scientific Climate Crisis Consortium, Americans consistently rank global warming at the very bottom of their serious concerns. Visit http://www.coalblog.org/2016/04/04/prosecuting-climate-chaos-skeptics-with-rico/ to view the full article online.
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Coal company’s filing includes most of U.S. activities, excludes Australian operations
The bankruptcy of St. Louis-based Peabody Energy Corp. came after similar filings by Arch Coal Inc., Alpha Natural Resources Inc., Patriot Coal Corp. and Walter Energy Inc., all of which have recently sought chapter 11 protection. Visit http://www.wsj.com/articles/peabody-energy-files-for-chapter-11-protection-from-creditors-1460533760 to view the full article online. |
Environmentalists say navy sonar hurts whales, but ignore impacts of offshore wind farms
Between January 9 and February 4 this year, 29 sperm whales got stranded and died on English, German and Dutch beaches. Environmentalists and the news media offered multiple explanations – except the most obvious and likely one: offshore wind farms. Visit http://www.coalblog.org/2016/04/03/are-wind-turbines-killing-whales/ to view the full article online.
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Environmentalists wield powerful Endangered Species Act to kill jobs, impoverish families
The abuse of environmentalist power to hurt people never stops. "Another one gone," began the Lost Coast Outpost’s report in late January. A.A. "Red" Emmerson, chairman of Sierra Pacific Industries, announced the permanent closure of its sawmill on Samoa Peninsula in Arcata, California – with the loss of 123 crew member jobs (and over 100 secondary jobs that depended on sawmill employment). Regulatory burdens and reduced allowable harvests from federal forests are the primary reasons for the closure, Emmerson said. Visit http://www.coalblog.org/2016/04/03/the-big-green-job-killing-machine/ to view the full article online.
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