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by David Roberts, via Grist As I wrote in my last post — and have been writing for years — coal is on the decline in the U.S. The biggest driver of this trend is the current low cost of natural gas from fracking, but it also has to do with increasing competition from renewables, [...]
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The biggest reason for the decline in greenhouse gas emissions in the US over the past couple years is the replacement of dirty coal with natural gas to generate electricity. But this will not last if the fracking that has unlocked ... Read Post

Coal exports, a favorite topic at Wonkblog, have become a hot environmental issue. Coal use is shrinking in the United States, due to cheap natural gas. So coal companies are now building export terminals in the Pacific Northwest to... Read Post

South Africa exported 5.17 million tonnes of coal from the Richards Bay Coal Terminal in April. ||| South Africa exported 5.17 million tonnes of coal from the Richards Bay Coal Terminal in April, down from 6.24 million tonnes the pr... Read Post