Energy / Coal

Jun 15, 2010 at 08:57 | Darrell Delamaide

Governments and industry will have to step up the pace if they want to meet the declared goal of large-scale deployment of carbon capture and sequestration for coal-fired power plants…

May 21, 2010 at 08:40 | Darrell Delamaide

Amid probes of last month’s deep coal mining accident in West Virginia, hundreds of coal miners demonstrated in the state capital of Charleston against an attempt by federal officials to…

May 06, 2010 at 11:12 | Michael Economides

India is hungry for coal and domestically there is neither the quantity nor the quality to feed the country’s needs. The situation is exacerbated because coal consumption has soared in…

Apr 27, 2010 at 11:32 | Darrell Delamaide

Clean coal is likely to remain a chimera rather than a real solution to carbon emissions, a new study suggests, because the much-touted process of carbon capture and sequestration simply…

Apr 14, 2010 at 19:00 | Darrell Delamaide

Under the shadow of the West Virginia coal mine disaster earlier this month, a congressional hearing Wednesday on the future of coal in a “new energy age” seemed at times…

Mar 26, 2010 at 17:16 | Dave Forest

Attention international coal industry. There's a new kid on the block. The nation of India. India is emerging as a major re-shaping force for the global coal market. With in-country…

Dec 30, 2009 at 14:42 | Editorial Dept

Is the term “clean coal” an oxymoron?  That’s a hot question for politicians, the energy industry and environmentalists, alike.  While the words seem intuitively clear, the meaning of the term,…

Sep 23, 2009 at 17:55 | Editorial Dept

Over recent years, as oil prices have surged exponentially, we’ve witnesses a renewed interest in coal as a readily available, reliably abundant and relatively inexpensive source of energy. These benefits…