Coal Industry News
A collection of Coal latest news, analysis and best practices from top business influencers and the world's most trustworthy sources.
E.P.A. Plans to Loosen Mercury Rules for Coal Plants, Documents Show
The Environmental Protection Agency plans this week to loosen restrictions on coal-burning power plants, allowing them to emit more hazardous pollutants including mercury, a powerful neurotoxin that can impair babies' brain development, internal…
Playing Checkers': Trump's Bid to Revive Coal Is Nonsensical
Donald Trump has been a major supporter of the coal industry since he entered American politics and donned a hard hat at his “Trump Digs Coal” rally in 2016. It's been part of his attempt to build an image as a populist, and he's…
Whitehaven Coal 1H Net Profit A$69 Million, Down 31% On-Year
Dow Jones Newswires is a market-moving financial and business news source, used by wealth managers, institutional investors and fintech platforms around the world to identify trading and investing opportunities, strengthen advisor-client…
U.S. Coal Markets Quiet As Winter Weather Roils Natural Gas Markets
After rallying to close 2025, US coal prices held mostly flat in January, restrained by high inventories and low demand in the first two weeks of the year. The S&P Global Market Indicative Power Forecast anticipates 36.5 GW of coal plant…
A defunct synagogue, reminder of a once-proud community, collapses in Pennsylvania's coal region
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... An abandoned synagogue in Pennsylvania's coal region, which until the early 2000s had served Jewish residents of Mahanoy City for more than 80 years, collapsed late Thursday night, officials and neighbors…
India eases curbs on Chinese equipment imports for power, coal as projects delayed: sources
India has begun easing its restrictions on buying Chinese equipment after a deadly 2020 border clash, allowing state-run power and coal companies to start limited imports as shortages and project delays mount, two government…
Trump Administration orders J.H. Campbell coal-fired power plant to remain open for 90 more days
WEST OLIVE, Mich. — A coal-fired power plant in West Olive, Mich., will remain open for at least another 90 days, despite plans to have it decommissioned in May of 2025. United States Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary of Energy Chris…
College Graduates Are Down But Not Out in the Job Market
The percentage of unemployed Americans with four-year college degrees hit a record in January, at 36.6% of those 25 and older.1 In part this is because people with college degrees make up a much larger share of the US labor force than they used to…
Miner Glencore to give $2bn to shareholders despite profit slump
Glencore is to give $2bn (£1.47bn) to shareholders after a turbulent year in which profits slumped and talks collapsed over a blockbuster $260bn merger with the fellow mining company Rio Tinto. The FTSE 100 company announced the payout on…
Daily on Energy: EPA sued over Endangerment Finding, Potomac clean-up controversy, and Pritzker embraces nuclear
In other news, Energy Secretary Chris Wright is in Paris this week, where he accused countries that prioritize net-zero goals by phasing out fossil fuels of committing “economic suicide.” Keep reading to see what else the energy…
Trump's economic interventions spark free-market debate within the party of Reagan
President Trump recently ordered the Department of Defense to prioritize coal energy over other forms of energy, leaning into a personal brand of “Trump capitalism” that is testing decades of GOP free-market orthodoxy. Blue-collar…
Climate groups sue Trump administration over EPA's bombshell deregulation decision
Climate activist groups sued President Donald Trump 's administration on Wednesday in an effort to block officials from undercutting environmental regulations. The lawsuit targets the Environmental Protection Agency's decision to revoke an…
Climate disinformation, the Atlas Network and Dr Karl
The scourge of AI-slopaganda, viral disinformation campaigns, and online attacks against individuals and institutions is going to get far worse before it gets better. That is how it feels after watching the latest round of public hearings on the…
SMC unit puts in lowest bid for Meralco deal
MANILA: A unit of San Miguel Corp might bag a 200MW supply deal with Manila Electric Co (Meralco) after it submitted the lowest offer at a recent bidding. In a statement, Meralco said six power generation companies took part in the auction. Sual…
Why Repealing the Endangerment Finding Is a Triumph for Science, Jobs, and American Families
We are at a historic turning point. The Environmental Protection Agency, under Administrator Lee Zeldin and with the full support of President Donald Trump, has formally rescinded Obama's 2009 Greenhouse Gas Endangerment Finding. Obama told us that…
Receive a Daily briefing on Coal Industry News
Get Started