coal
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Wyoming funds carbon capture research in hopes of preserving its coal industry
“>U.S. EIA spot prices for natural gas As Colorado transitions away from coal to renewable energy, neighboring Wyoming is investing in research and technology that officials hope will preserve its coal industry while also meeting carbon emission reduction goals. Colorado is open to deploying such a technology, but not to extend the life of existing coal plants,…
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Polis to congressional panel: Climate change is ‘an existential threat’
BOULDER ? Colorado Gov. Jared Polis told a congressional climate-change committee’s field hearing Thursday that he considers global warming to be “existential threat to our security, our health, our economy, our public lands and eco-systems and our very way of life.” Polis was the lead speaker in a morning of testimony taken at the University…
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Utilities in Colorado, elsewhere speed up closure of coal-fired power plants despite Trump’s coal push
Just last summer, Northern Indiana Public Service Co. planned to retire two of its five remaining coal-fired power plants by 2023. Now, it plans to do away with all of them over the next decade, and buy more solar and wind power instead. The Midwestern utility’s decision is part of a broader shift among American…
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$5M in claims filed against Colorado coal company in Montana
BILLINGS, Mont. – County governments, the family of a fallen miner and dentists are among those in Montana trying to collect more than $5 million from a Colorado coal company that’s working through bankruptcy proceedings. The Billings Gazette reports that Douglas County-based Westmoreland Coal Co., which owns three mines in the state, declared bankruptcy in…
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US coal consumption drops to lowest level since 1979
WASHINGTON – Americans are consuming less coal in 2018 than at any time since Jimmy Carter’s presidency, a federal report said Tuesday, as cheap natural gas and other rival sources of energy frustrate the Trump administration’s pledges to revive the U.S. coal industry. A report by the U.S. Energy Information Administration projected Tuesday that 2018…
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Colorado coal company files for bankruptcy protection
By Matt Volz, Associated Press One of the oldest coal companies in the U.S., headquartered in Colorado, filed for bankruptcy protection Tuesday to deal with more than $1.4 billion in debt amid declining demand for the fuel. Westmoreland Coal Co., based in the Meridian business park in north Douglas County, filed for voluntary Chapter 11…
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Coal debate: A northwestern Colorado town is caught in the middle
CRAIG – To find KS Kreations in downtown Craig, just follow the smell. Chocolate chips oozing out of a fresh baked cookie the size of your face. A raspberry bubbling inside a crumble. An Ultimate Grilled Cheese sizzling on the griddle. Their aromas waft out of the door into the street, luring in hungry passersby.…
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Rescue bid ends for huge western coal plant
By Felicia Fonseca, Associated Press FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. – Two companies that were negotiating to take over a coal-fired power plant on the Arizona-Utah line ended the effort Thursday, saying the challenges were too great. The Navajo Generating Station near Page and Lake Powell is one of the largest coal plants in the western United States.…
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Xcel, other utilities reluctant to invest in coal, despite Trump’s efforts
Power utilities are expressing little interest in the Trump administration’s bid to help keep their coal plants alive, remaining committed to providing energy from cleaner and cheaper sources such as natural gas, wind, and solar. And that includes Xcel Energy, Colorado’s largest power supplier. The Environmental Protection Agency proposed a rule Aug. 21 to replace…
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Trump’s EPA releases plan gutting Obama’s climate rule targeting coal
The Trump administration on Tuesday unveiled a proposal to replace the Clean Power Plan, former President Barack Obama’s signature initiative to combat climate change, with a narrower rule more friendly to industry. The Environmental Protection Agency introduced its proposal, renamed the “Affordable Clean Energy Rule,” Tuesday morning. President Donald Trump is expected to tout it…