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New environmental regulations likely mean a shift away from coal to renewables and natural gas. But some say a significant reduction in coal-generated electricity would threaten this nation with brownouts and blackouts. Inside Energy investigates that claim.
The Chinese government has promised to remedy some of the consequences of burning coal. In a joint press conference with President Obama on Friday, Chinese President Xi Jinping announced a plan to put a country-wide price on carbon emissions, starting in 2017.
Oil workers can go from making six-figures to nothing, overnight. In that type of boom and bust economy, financial planning is tough.
As part of a series of listening sessions held across the country, representatives from the Bureau of Land Management recently came to Gillette, Wyo., to meet with residents about the agency’s federal coal program. The meeting quickly turned into an impassioned discussion about the future of the coal industry. Janice Schneider, with the Department of the Interior, said the agency was looking for comments on “how the Bureau of Land Management can best manage its coal resources.” The other issue was whether or not the BLM should charge coal companies higher royalties for coal mined on federal land. Independent studies have found that coal companies may not be charged enough for federal coal.
The EPA has released proposed federal rules to limit methane emissions.
Energy storage is expensive and experimental. When will it be worth it? The answers are ‘stored’ in this story by Leigh Paterson.
So, what exactly is inertia? And what role does it play in electricity generation? We answer these questions, with help from a giraffe, a llama, a hamster and an elephant.
Coal has long been the bedrock of our electric grid. Could environmental regulations threaten the reliability of that system? Inside Energy’s Leigh Paterson reports in our latest installment of Blackout: Reinventing the Grid.
Prairie Public News Radio Oil train derails then goes up in flames near small North Dakota town.
