"Kentucky Is Buying Other States’ Coal Instead Of Its Own"
"Kentucky may be the nation’s third-leading coal producer, but over the years it has increasingly turned to other states to supply coal for its power plants."
Source: McClatchy, 01/11/2016
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"Oil Plunge Sparks Calls For Congress To Act"
"As the price of oil plunges to its lowest point in 12 years — and threatens to drag the broader U.S. economy down with it — lawmakers say Congress should consider helping teetering energy companies with policy fixes beyond the decision to lift the oil-export ban."
Source: The Hill, 01/11/2016
"Company Behind Methane Leak Is Ordered to Offset the Climate Damage"
"California governor’s state-of-emergency declaration includes requirement that gas utility pay to fully mitigate the leak's emissions of methane."
Source: InsideClimate News, 01/11/2016
"U.S. Coal Production Dropped to 30-Year Low in 2015"
"Coal production in the U.S. has dropped to its lowest level in 30 years thanks in part to low natural gas prices and climate policies encouraging utilities to switch to natural gas to generate electricity."
Source: Climate Central, 01/11/2016
"TransCanada to Sue U.S. for Blocking Keystone XL Pipeline"
"TransCanada said on Wednesday that it would seek $15 billion in damages over the Obama administration’s decision to cancel the company’s Keystone XL pipeline project."
Source: NY Times, 01/07/2016
"Oil Prices Decline More Than 5 Percent as Stockpiles Increase"
"Oil prices plunged again on Wednesday by more than 5 percent as investors paid more attention to signs that global stockpiles are growing than to increasing instability in the Middle East and North Africa."
Source: NY Times, 01/07/2016
Solar Stoves Could Save 4 Million Lives a Year
"Cooking with energy from the sun -- a technique featured last month in an episode of "Top Chef" -- could soon put a major dent in what some experts call the world's greatest environmental health issue."
Source: Huffington Post, 01/06/2016
"Big Questions for N.J. on Crude Oil Exports"
"After the oil industry won a victory by persuading Congress to end a 40-year-old ban on the export of crude, it is far from clear what the impact will be on oil-filled tanker trains traveling through New Jersey."
Source: Bergen Record, 01/06/2016
"British Coal, the End of a Mining Industry"
"Yorkshire, United Kingdom - Coal miners at Yorkshire’s Kellingley Colliery, the only remaining deep-pit coal mine in Britain, worked their last shift on Friday December 18, bringing to an end hundreds of years of underground coal mining in the UK."
Source: Aljazeera, 01/06/2016
"2016: When Climate Activists Aim to Halt Federal Coal Leases"
"Environmentalists say that leasing public land for fossil fuel production is one of the Obama administration's biggest carbon-polluting programs."
Source: InsideClimate News, 01/05/2016
