In the news today…
Coal:
- Bloomberg and Mining.com reports commodities groups are sounding the alarm as a potential railway strike threatens to cripple transportation of vital goods from food and lumber to coal.
- Argus reports global coal production and consumption is unlikely to have reached a peak yet, with geopolitical upheaval set to push overall demand and seaborne trade higher in the years ahead.
Energy:
- E&E Climatewire reports EPA is asking outside experts to weigh in on how it can write protective and legally sturdy rules to tackle power plant carbon pollution.
- Axios reports coal prices are soaring as the global energy crisis forces power providers worldwide to boost usage of the carbon-laden mineral.
Minerals:
- Inside EPA reports the Biden administration’s consideration of increased domestic mining of critical minerals is drawing competing arguments from environmental groups, which want stricter regulations, and the uranium mining sector, which warns any additional costs or burdens on the domestic supply of uranium could worsen a growing supply-chain crisis.
- Nevada Current reports a group of conservationists are seeking to get a tiny rare Nevada spring snail listed as an endangered or threatened species, arguing that the species is threatened by a planned lithium mine in Thacker Pass.