Pro-Coal Is Pro-Worker, Pro-Trump

President Trump’s resounding electoral victory last year marked a pivotal shift toward embracing American energy dominance and protecting workers whose jobs have been threatened by Democrats’ war on coal. State lawmakers must now do their part to back President Trump’s pro-energy agenda and support energy workers.  Two bills currently moving through the Ohio state legislature, HB 15 and SB 2, have the potential to align the state’s energy policies with those of the President, thereby supporting good-paying jobs at the Ohio Valley Electric Corporation (OVEC) coal plant in Gallia County.  The OVEC plant employs 275 workers directly and another 50…

Manchin Brings Labor Secretary Marty Walsh to Coal Mines

Earlier this week Senator Manchin (D-WV) and Labor Secretary Marty Walsh visited the coal mines in northern West Virginia. This trip provided Secretary Walsh the unique opportunity to go inside the mines and see the hard-working blue-collar men and women the industry supports. Part of his jurisdiction is the Mine Safety Health Administration, so it is important for the Secretary to see the mines for himself. The Inter Mountain reports: Walsh took over the secretary of labor’s job six months ago, and part of his jurisdiction is the Mine Safety Health Administration. The former Boston mayor has a background in construction,…

President Trump Unveils New Policy To Help Coal Workers

Coal miners are a priority under President Donald Trump. That’s the message the Trump administration is delivering, and according to USA Today, the President is keeping his “signature campaign promise to boost the coal industry.” Today, the White House is expected to unveil a new policy called the Affordable Clean Energy (ACE) Rule, which would give states more authority to promote “affordable, clean and reliable energy for all Americans.” In effect, the Trump administration wants to unshackle states from unnecessary regulations. This is a welcome change from the disastrous Obama administration and their war on coal. Under Obama and Biden, 83,000 coal miners lost their…

CEO Warns: Green New Deal Would “Devastate” Steel Industry

When you think of coal, the first thing you think about might be electricity or power plants. While coal is a critical component of the United States’ energy supply, supplying around 30 percent of our energy, coal is about much more than just providing energy. It’s a key input in a host of other industrial processes, the most notable of which is steel. And the steel industry has a warning: if Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez gets her way and passes a “Green New Deal” that shuts down every coal mine in the country, our domestic steel production would collapse. Fox Business reports, “The CEO of…

Australian Locals Fight Back To Save Coal Mine And Thousands Of New Jobs

Eco-protests are doing their best to stall new job opportunities and slow down economic growth across the world. In London, they’ve been gluing themselves to train cars and shutting down the city. In America, we’ve seen protestors sit in trees and violate the law to disrupt the development of needed pipelines. And now in Australia, we’re seeing protesters bussed into a rural town of 3,000 people in order to protest the development of a coal mine that would bring thousands of new jobs to the area. Only this time, the locals fought back. Over the weekend, the “Bob Brown Foundation,”…

What Happens When A Power Plant Shuts Its Doors?

For eco-activist groups, shutting down power plants is the ultimate goal. But what happens when they succeed and a plant in a rural town shuts down? Disaster strikes. The Washington Post this week shed light on this tragic situation, profiling what happened during the past year in Adams County, Ohio, which saw two coal plants shut down last May. Before closing, the plants provided 700 high-paying jobs. The Washington Post explains that the plant closures were devastating. “But in places like Adams County, with a population of about 28,000 and already one of the poorest corners of Ohio, the death of a coal plant also can…