Category Archives: General Information

Insightful letter to the editor from Hal Quinn, President and CEO of the National Mining Association.

https://www.wsj.com/article_email/old-king-coal-may-rightly-be-merry-again-1503859332-lMyQjAxMTA3MjI4NzgyNTc3Wj/

Coal is on the rebound! Some excerpts:

“The National Mining Association reports, “From the 2^nd quarter of 2016 to the same period this year, coal production rose almost 17 percent.” The biggest jump has been in the production of steel-making metallurgical coal from Central Appalachia, where 57 mines have opened (or reopened) in the last fiscal year.”

“The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) estimates that coal will move slightly back ahead of natural gas this year as the leading energy source for electricity generation (coal 32%, natural gas 31%).”

“Coal exports are on the rise, up 60% for the first five months of this year compared with the same period last year, according to EIA.  European leaders may publicly denounce the Trump administration for pulling out of the Paris Climate Accord, but down at the loading docks massive amounts of coal are coming onshore.”

http://wvmetronews.com/2017/08/25/coals-comeback/

Tony Clark, good friend and former colleague, has written an excellent article about why the DOE grid reliability study is so important.

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/a-much-needed-study-of-our-electrical-grid-is-coming-soon/article/2629821

See my new article on Lifezette, posted today!

http://www.lifezette.com/polizette/increased-u-s-reliance-on-natural-gas-poses-grave-security-risk/

http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/opinion/national-view/4293375-national-view-perry-right-find-out-if-us-track-meet-future-power-needs

Check out my new op-ed on Grid Reliability in the Cody Enterprise!

Interesting quote from Warren Buffet on tax credits for renewable energy: “We get a tax credit if we build lots of wind farms. That’s the only reason to build them. They don’t make sense without the tax credit.”

http://www.realclearenergy.org/articles/2017/06/25/wind_powers_future_in_us_could_be_thwarted_by_grassroots_opposition_110238.html?utm_source=RCP+Carl+Cannon%27s+Morning+Note&utm_campaign=67847ee9e0-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2016_11_11&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_a4db5f2336-67847ee9e0-83905005

Here is my latest article. Thanks to Laura Ingraham!

https://www.lifezette.com/polizette/why-you-should-be-skeptical-of-global-warming-alarmists/

John Hinderaker’s take…http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2017/05/europes-climate-delusion.php

http://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/in-coal-country-signing-bonuses-and-pay-raises-are-back/ar-BBACMCY?li=AA4Zjn&ocid=spartanntp

Great article by Brendan Kirby!

https://www.lifezette.com/polizette/experts-dismiss-paris-hysteria-market-likely-reduce-u-s-emissions/

http://dailycaller.com/2017/05/30/new-law-could-declare-nuclear-reactors-to-be-green-energy-to-save-them/

Dependability of U.S. Electrical Grid Deserves Greater Scrutiny

Listen to the podcast of my interview with Lars Larson! It begins at 1:34. https://soundcloud.com/the-lars-larson-podcast/lars-larson-national-podcast-051017

Is Global Warming a Myth?

Idaho Lab Plans New Uses for NuScale SMR

http://www.iea.org/newsroom/news/2017/march/iea-finds-co2-emissions-flat-for-third-straight-year-even-as-global-economy-grew.html?

Confidential: How to Hide the Pause

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2017/05/07/epa-dismisses-half-of-its-scientific-advisers-on-key-board-citing-clean-break-with-obama-administration/?tid=ss_tw&utm_term=.ca87bdf481dc