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Renee Shaw and her guests discuss energy policy. Scheduled guests: Tyler White, president of the Kentucky Coal Association; Tom FitzGerald, director of the Kentucky Resources Council; Bill Barr, co-founder and managing partner of BlackRidge Resource Partners and chair of the Kentucky Oil and Gas Association’s government affairs committee; and...
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Sturdiness of America’s power grid a key issue for energy study
Americans have been exceptionally fortunate in recent decades to enjoy robust power generation to heat their homes, refrigerate their food, and deliver clean drinking water. Unlike many countries, the...
Trump has returned hope to coal industry, communities
For the Kentucky Coal Association, the election of President Donald Trump gave us hope. Instead of vilifying coal like President Barack Obama did, the Trump administration recognizes that coal is...
John Oliver sued by coal CEO claiming ‘character assassination’
John Oliver — and a giant squirrel — made the king of coal seriously angry. Robert Murray, the CEO of one of America’s largest coal companies, filed a defamation...
Don’t be so quick to dismiss Trump’s coal mining initiative
ACOSTA, PA. — On a warm June morning, a large crowd gathered in the lush, gentle folds of the Allegheny Mountains to hear President Donald Trump live on video....
Coal Country generates close to 50K jobs under Trump: Murray Energy CEO
Watch the latest video at video.foxbusiness.com President Trump promised to revive the coal industry while on the campaign trail and his efforts are falling into place. For the first...
Leave energy studies to the Energy Department
Despite all the attention paid to the convulsive political change President Trump has brought to Washington, relatively little attention has been focused on a very significant policy shift. For...
Unfair to coal industry
Publication of the Associated Press article, “Ex-coal mining CEO asks Trump to resist punishing coal exec,” is another example of the Herald-Leader negatively impacting perception of the coal industry....
A New Coal Mine Is Opening To Fuel The US Steel Industry
A new coal mine is opening up in western Pennsylvania, signaling a small reversal of fortune for the beleaguered coal industry. The Acosta Deep coal mine will create 70...
Bill would change the way coal mines are inspected in Kentucky
Via wymt.com HAZARD, Ky. (WYMT) – House Bill 384 would change the way coal mines are inspected in Kentucky. The bill calls for fewer mine safety inspections than years...
