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The Great Coal Comeback?

President Donald Trump and the Republican Congress are giving coal a chance for a comeback by rolling back burdensome regulations, approving coal projects, and repealing green energy subsidies. While headlines often predict coal’s inevitable demise, coal remains a significant energy source and a vital part of electricity production throughout the world. …

Why Climate Activists’ Push for Renewable Energy May Backfire

Renewables such as wind and solar are intermittent and largely unpredictable energy sources, with rapid swings in output from one minute to the next. This creates major challenges for operators of the nation’s electricity grid, because supply must equal demand, and the supply “curve” in a given area never tracks the output from intermittent renewable …