Coal and nuclear power are both dying, falling victim to natural gas and renewable energy. Trump used to blame the Democrats, and especially “Obama’s war on coal.” He used to take the position that removing subsidies for renewable power would be sufficient to bring a renaissance to the coal industry. But despite his efforts, coal plants have just kept closing.
New research from North Carolina State University and the University of Colorado Boulder has shown that declining natural gas prices were primarily responsible for the significant reduction in US coal use for power generation over the past decade, putting to rest (for the moment) the mythical “War on Coal.”
Sometimes it’s hard to see that progress is taking place, but when it comes to getting electricity from coal, progress is indeed happening and the pace is accelerating.
FirstEnergy, a large utility company in America’s heartland, has withdrawn a plan that would have forced rate payers to subsidize an aging coal fired generating station in West Virginia — a small victory on the road toward renewable energy.
America had 1.2 million green jobs open in Q1 2015, according to Ecotech Institute. Here’s why that tally could be a bad thing for the clean energy economy.
Originally published on IEEFA. By Karl Cates Judging by press coverage both mainstream and marginal, there’s one epic fight—and pretty much one epic fight only—going on in America’s utility-energy industry: The “war on coal.” A Google News search today turns up 6,160 articles that use that exact phrase, which has … [continued]
Chicago has gone coal-free at all public buildings while cutting costs on ratepayer electricity bills through a unique power supply deal with Constellation.
74% of likely voters in 11 swing states support EPA regulation of power plant emissions and say climate change denial is a losing political position.
