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DOE Secretary Wright: Coal is Critical to Meeting Energy Demand
Caught in the Headlines
Institute for Energy Research
President Trump and his Energy Secretary, Chris Wright, want U.S. utilities to continue operating coal plants to help meet growing electricity demand, avoid blackouts, and keep the United States from deindustrializing as Germany has done with its energy transition to wind and solar power. ...
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Power demand from data centers could be boon for coal miners
News Flash
Pittsburgh Business Times
One sector that could end up benefiting with the increase in demand for power from AI anddata centers is the coal industry, where coal-fired power plants in the U.S. have been challengedover the past decade by the rise of cheap natural gas and environmental regulations. ...
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Halfway Between Kyoto and 2050
Zero Carbon Is a Highly Unlikely Outcome
Fraser Institute
This essay evaluates past carbon emission reduction and the feasibility of eliminating fossil fuels to achieve net-zero carbon by 2050. Despite international agreements, government spending and regulations, and technological advancements, global fossil fuel consumption surged by 55 percent between 1997 and 2023. And the share of fossil fuels in global energy consumption has only decreased ...
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Coal Is One of the Biggest Winners from Trump Victory
Barron's - MSN
Trump’s victory could extend the life of coal plants for years, because he plans to throw out the Biden administration’s environmental rules on the fossil fuel. Despite pledges by several countries to use less coal, it has stuck around, and global coal demand even rose to a record level last year—largely because of increased use ...
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Breathe a Little Easier: Why America’s Air is Among the Cleanest in the World
Institute for Energy Research
Breathe a Little Easier is part of our ongoing effort to explain the role that energy has played in improving human living standards over the past two centuries. This project examines trends in air quality in the U.S. in order to push back at the doom-and-gloom narratives that dominate so much of our thinking about energy ...
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Arctic Weather Blast to Put Strain on Europe’s Energy Systems
Bloomberg
A blast of Arctic air will bring icy temperatures and low wind speeds to Europe over the next week, putting pressure on energy systems already struggling with depleted natural gas inventories. ...
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