Myth vs. Fact: Have Regulations Limiting Air Pollution from Coal-Fired Power Plants Cost Miners Jobs?
THE MYTH: Regulations limiting air pollution from power plants are the main cause of declining coal production and job losses in the mining industry. THE FACTS: Coal production in the U. S. has been rising steadily, not declining, for years, and most mining jobs are lost to mechanization, not air pollution regulations.

King Coal Has a New Emperor in the East
YubaNet - Coal accounted for a quarter of the world’s primary energy supply in 2006 and supplied nearly a third (32 percent) of all fossil fuel-based energy. Due to its high carbon content, however, coal was responsible for approximately 40 percent of global

Top 7 Renewable Energy Sources
Most nations rely on fossil fuels for the majority of their energy, but clean renewable energy is becoming increasingly important as the world faces the threat of global warming and the realization that fossil fuels will eventually run out or become too expensive to retrieve.

How to Reduce Global Warming
Here are 10 things you can do every day to reduce your energy costs and your use of fossil fuels, which contribute to global warming.

Statement: NET on New Liquid Coal Coalition
According to news reports, several Members of Congress, alongside representatives from the coal and transportation industry, as well as organized labor, will formally announce the creation of the National Coal to Liquids Coalition, whose design is to promote the development of coal-based fuel for the transportation sector.

Fuel oil futures up 4.4% on Shanghai Futures Exchange - China Knowledge Online

Clean Coal: How to Make Rock into Biofuel
Despite a Senate battle leaving out important funding for liquid coal research in the new energy bill, gasification remains an important engineering process to our green future

Top Alternative Fuels
Alternative fuels such as ethanol, natural gas, propane, electricity, hydrogen, biodiesel, methanol and P-Series fuels provide alternatives to fossil fuels that are better for the environment and often better for the economy and your budget.

Rio Tinto poised for exceptional growth
Forbes - Major products are aluminium, copper, diamonds, energy (coal and uranium), gold, industrial minerals (borax, titanium dioxide, salt, talc) and iron ore. Activities span the world but are strongly represented in Australia and North America with

Utahns battle Nevada's plan for coal plant - Salt Lake Tribune

TSX Review of Western Canadian Coal Corp. (WTN, WTN.DB)
CNW Group - TORONTO, Nov. 23 /CNW/ - TSX is reviewing the common shares (Symbol: WTN) and debentures (Symbol: WTN.DB) of Western Canadian Coal Corp. with respect to meeting the continued listing requirements. The Company has been granted 90-days in which to

Shock treatment

Why the economy has absorbed high oil prices fairly easily, and why it may no longer

OIL prices have a special place in economic folklore. The two nastiest global recessions of recent decades were preceded by huge and sudden rises in the price of oil, first in 1973 and then in 1979. These twin spikes, both engineered by the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries limiting its oil shipments, are still the textbook example of an economic “shock”–a sudden change in business conditions. Abrupt increases in the oil price have prompted anxiety about stunted growth ever since.

Higher oil prices hurt the economy because they act like a tax increase. Firms that use oil face higher costs which, if they cannot be passed on in higher prices, might mean that some production becomes unprofitable. Consumers paying more for their petrol and heating oil have less to spend on other things. If they look for higher wages to compensate for a drop in purchasing power, that will only lead to job losses. …

Clean Coal: How to Make Rock into Biofuel
Despite a Senate battle leaving out important funding for liquid coal research in the new energy bill, gasification remains an important engineering process to our green future

Gravity Furnaces

The furnace in the older house is a still working gravity furnace. Not many moving parts in this old furnace. But unlike modern gas furnaces, these coal furnaces are very inefficient. Asbestos was a common covering for the ductwork. Asbestos removal should be done by a certified removal company. The fibers in asbestos are know carcinogens. So, asbestos exposure is a very serious issue.