Politics WV Senate President says his signature bill will ‘protect’ coal companies. But the industry itself initially didn’t want it. The Senate President's SB 1 would create a state-run bonding company to provide insurance to coal companies in West Virginia.
Politics www.alleghenyfront.org After the Murray Energy bankruptcy, what's the future of coal? Bob Murray, CEO of Murray Energy, gave President Trump an 'action plan' to save coal. So now what?
Top Story ohiovalleyresource.org Ohio-based coal giant Murray Energy declares bankruptcy Murray Energy, the nation's largest underground coal mining company, became the ninth coal company to go bankrupt during the Trump administration.
Top Story www.nytimes.com Jeff Nesbit: Bailing out the coal industry will hurt consumers President Trump wants to subsidize money-losing coal and nuclear plants under the fiction that they are essential to national security.
Politics Coal-reliant Philippines struggles to power up clean energy Renewable energy costs are falling around the globe, but the Philippines, up to now, has shown few signs of moving away from coal.
Causes FERC rejected Perry's plan, but coal and nuclear are still asking for bailouts Perry's directive to subsidize coal and nuclear plants is an egregious example of this political cronyism.
Politics insideclimatenews.org US regulators reject Trump's 'multi-billion-dollar bailout' for coal plants The plan would have given a big subsidy to the coal industry. FERC, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, is asking power grid operators what's needed instead.
