While domestic coal consumption is at its lowest in the last 40 years, U.S. coal exports are at a record high. Yes, more than half of all coal plants in the U.S. have closed in the last ten years, but we …
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The Most Powerful Force Working Against Coal Isn’t Concern for Your Health
From this article on the death of coal-fired power plants: (Singapore-based) OCBC Bank, South-east Asia’s second-largest lender, said two Vietnamese coal-fired power plants will be the last it finances as it increases funding for renewable projects. “We won’t do any new …
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From The American Energy Society: INVESTMENT IN OIL AND GAS SET TO SOAR
So as to bring 2GreenEnergy readers the latest and best thinking on the world energy market and its implications on our civilization’s ultimate sustainability, I subscribe to a few paid publications and quote them liberally in our blog posts here. …
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When It Comes to Environmental Destruction, Private Jets Offer Plenty of Bang for your Buck
A great deal of cleverness has gone into our present-day assault on the environment, as some of the decisions made by the Trump administration do double- or even triple-duty. Here’s a great example: tax reform that has allowed individuals and companies …
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A Look at the “War on Coal”
Markey is a bright guy with a progressive posture, and his argument here on the war against coal is an interesting way to look at it. Hey, when you’re in politics, perhaps it’s the only way to look at it. …
More Coal Plants Running Unprofitably Every Day
From the American Energy Society: The state of the global coal sector, by the numbers:
Coal Concern Faces Delisting from NYSE
When the coal market crashed a few years ago, three of the four large coal concerns in Wyoming laid off huge percentages of their workforces, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and survived via reorganization, leaving Cloud Peal Energy alone in …
Trump Digs Coal
One day soon we may come to revile Trump for reasons even greater than what he’s doing to the environment. Treason comes immediately to mind. In any case, a second report just showed 2018 as having the highest carbon emissions …
Coal In Europe “On Terminal Decline”–But What About the Rate?
Here’s an extremely detailed report on coal-fired power plants in Europe. The graphic on the left happens to be the annual stats (2016) associated with Germany’s RWE, the company overall most harmful to health, according to modelling – with the …
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Coal Going Away, Not So Grammar
According to this article: The U.S. is on track this year to “easily exceed” a previous annual record of 14.7 gigawatts in coal retirements, dropping 15.4 gigawatts of capacity, according to a recent report from the Institute for Energy Economics …
