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Reviving coal: A central pillar of Trump’s energy policy

October 03, 2025 -

On Monday, the Trump administration announced a sweeping initiative aimed at revitalizing the U.S. coal industry. The Department of Energy (DOE) allocated $625 million in federal funding for coal plant upgrades and modernization, while the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) opened 13.1 million acres of federal land for coal mining. This coordinated effort underscores the administration’s commitment to bolstering coal as a crucial component of America’s energy ...

Massive energy and power crunch coming soon as U.S. coal producers have already sold their coal inventories for 2022

November 03, 2021 -

But that's not going to be a good thing, either.

Trump as the president worked to revive the coal mining industry because even though fewer and fewer power plants utilize the fossil fuel domestically, there is a massive global market for coal in the developing world. China and India, for instance, have voracious appetites for coal as most of their power plants coming online burn coal to generate power (and they do that because coal is far cheaper than natural gas and ...

Canadian town to repurpose flooded coal mines for geothermal energy production

November 26, 2025 -

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The alchemy of water and rock

The science that makes this possible is as elegant as it is effective, a beautiful synergy between geology and simple physics. Imagine those vast, empty mine shafts, some descending hundreds of feet below the surface, now filled with water. This underground reservoir is not a stagnant pool but a massive, natural thermal battery. The earth’s crust acts as a superb insulator, maintaining a remarkably ...

Trump signs executive orders to revitalize coal industry, boosting energy security

April 10, 2025 -

On Tuesday, April 8, President Donald Trump signed a series of executive orders aimed at revitalizing the coal industry, a move that he claims will enhance national security and economic stability. The orders, which include a two-year exemption from stringent environmental regulations for certain coal-fired power plants, are part of Trump's broader strategy to reverse the decline of coal and reassert America's energy dominance.A strategic move to ...

Emergency orders keep Indiana COAL plants operating, as federal energy policy pivots

January 02, 2026 -

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The heart of story lies in the quiet towns of Wheatfield and Warrick County, Indiana. There, the Energy Department’s December 23 directive landed like a late-hour script change for utilities Northern Indiana Public Service Co. (NIPSCO) and CenterPoint Energy. The utilities had prepared to shutter NIPSCO’s two units at the Schahfer station and CenterPoint’s F.B. Culley Unit 2, moves reviewed and approved by the regional grid manager, ...

Trump Energy Department pushes $100M coal plant revival amid grid reliability concerns

November 05, 2025 -

The Trump administration is making a decisive move to revive America's coal industry, allocating up to $100 million in federal funding to refurbish and modernize existing coal power plants. The Department of Energy (DOE) announced the initiative on Friday, Oct. 31, framing it as a necessary step to bolster grid reliability after years of regulatory pressure under the Biden and Obama administrations.

DOE Secretary Chris Wright emphasized the urgency, ...

Trump’s bold coal revival: A key pillar of a diversified energy strategy

March 20, 2025 -

In a decisive move to strengthen America’s energy independence and economic resilience, President Donald Trump has announced a sweeping directive to revitalize domestic coal production, heralding it as “BEAUTIFUL, CLEAN COAL.” This announcement, made via Truth Social on March 18, marks a strategic shift toward a diversified energy strategy that prioritizes American resources, including coal and fossil fuels, as essential components of a robust and reliable ...

DISMANTLING ENERGY: Biden administration to halt future coal leasing in Powder River Basin

May 23, 2024 -

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announced on May 16 its plan to ban future leasing in this area. The Powder River Basin produced about 43 percent of U.S. coal in 2019, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

The BLM's final plan, considering various options including maintaining current levels or limiting future leasing, chose the “no leasing” proposal. This decision means "no BLM-administered coal [will be] available for leasing within the planning ...

Federal data shows WIND and SOLAR energy overtaking coal for the first time

July 07, 2023 -

The federal figures showed that wind and solar sources produced a combined 252 terawatt hours (TWh) of electricity in the first five months of 2023, compared with coal's output of 249 TWh.

This marks the first time that renewable energy has outperformed coal without including hydroelectric power in the count.

The milestone is a result of the continuing decline of coal usage in America, as coal facilities have closed and are replaced by renewable energy and natural ...

Poland digging itself out of energy crisis with COAL, not solar or wind

October 19, 2022 -

Like many other First World countries that fell for the "renewable" energy scam, Poland has quickly come to the realization that, without Russian gas and oil, it will soon be lights out and a very dark winter.

Wind and solar power are just not going to cut it, said Police Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, who announced this week to the government's territorial administration that coal is now being imported from all around the world into Polish ports.

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Duke Energy pours dangerous levels of arsenic-containing coal ash into Dan River

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Tuesday, March 25, 2014 by: Jonathan Benson, staff writerTags: Duke Energy, coal ash, Dan River

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EPA repeals stricter mercury caps on coal plants, pitting energy costs against public health

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In a move celebrated by energy advocates and condemned by environmental groups, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has repealed tightened limits on mercury and toxic emissions from coal-fired power plants. The decision, announced on February 20, rolls back 2024 amendments to the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards and represents a significant victory for the Trump administration’s pro-fossil fuel agenda. The agency argues the reversal will save hundreds ...

Australia’s green energy shift triggers blackout warnings as coal plant closures outpace grid stability

December 01, 2025 -

Australia’s rush to replace reliable coal-fired power with volatile renewable energy is setting the stage for potential nationwide blackouts, according to a sobering new government report. The Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) warns that the planned closure of the nation’s largest coal plant, Eraring in New South Wales, could create critical gaps in grid stability as early as 2027, leaving millions of households and businesses vulnerable to power ...

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If you really love your skin, it’s time to start looking at the ingredients listed on those product labels. Even if your skin care products claim to be all-natural, it’s not uncommon to find harmful ingredients in “organic” soaps, lotions, deodorants and fragrances. Many of these chemicals don’t just damage your skin, they also pose risks to your whole Read More

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Coal ash holds $8.4 billion in rare earth minerals, offering path to U.S. energy independence

March 21, 2025 -

Researchers at the University of Texas at Austin have uncovered an $8.4 billion fortune in rare earth elements (REEs) hidden within America’s coal ash deposits. These minerals, essential for manufacturing batteries, solar panels, and high-tech equipment, could reduce U.S. reliance on foreign suppliers and reshape the nation’s energy future.

The findings, published this week, reveal that coal byproducts — long dismissed as mere pollutants — contain ...

China continues to rely on coal while pushing expensive renewable energy and EVs on America

May 09, 2024 -

In 2023, China's total emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) from coal-fired power generation hit 5.56 billion metric tons, an all-time high that was nearly six percent greater than the previous record set in 2022.

At the same time, China is aggressively promoting renewable energy and electric vehicles in the United States.Gotion in Michigan

A case in point is Gotion, Inc., a company with ties to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), which is poised to establish an electric ...

Wyoming’s Brook Mine set to provide both coal and rare earth elements, bolstering U.S. energy independence

July 16, 2025 -

A new mine in Wyoming is poised to transform U.S. energy independence not just by supplying coal, but by extracting rare earth elements critical for advanced technologies, from fighter jets to wind turbines.

Energy Secretary Chris Wright lauded Ramaco Resources' Brook Mine near Sheridan during a ribbon-cutting ceremony on July 11. The mine is the Equality State's first new coal operation in nearly 50 years, and is also the country's first discovery ...

GM spokesperson Kristin Zimmerman admits 95% of “clean” energy to charge electric cars comes from COAL

February 07, 2021 -

During a recent unveiling of the new Chevy Volt, Zimmerman demonstrated for the media how the supposedly "green" vehicle is simply plugged into a power source for energy. And this power source, at least in Michigan, is mostly burned coal.

A man in a suit pulled out the giant plug (watch below) and waved it in front of the cameras, prompting laughter from the press, before inserting it into the Volt. A journalist then walks up to Zimmerman to ask her about the power ...

COAL WAR: Biden locks up federal lands from coal mining, shuts down remaining coal-fired power generation fleet

May 30, 2024 -

The Bureau of Land Management has just released a new series of regulations that have the clear intent of locking up millions of acres of federal land from coal mining and drilling for oil and natural gas, as well as shutting down the nation's remaining coal-fired power generation fleet.

The new set of rules effectively makes it impossible for utilities to continue to operate coal-fired power plants without investing in new, largely unproven commercial and highly expensive, ...

Falling water levels on Rhine River making it difficult for Germany to source coal amid energy crisis

July 20, 2022 -

According to reports, Germany is finding it increasingly difficult to source coal now that the Rhine River is at its lowest level since 2007 for this time of year. The Rhine, by the way, handles "an enormous amount of supplies for Europe," one report explains, "including fuel and coal."

The global supply chain is already in shambles, and now this: a main transportation route that is no longer as usable as it once was. Coupled with bottlenecked rail, spiking diesel prices ...