Headline News:
- “US Coal Exports Declined In 2019” • In 2019, US coal exports fell to 93 million short tons, down 20% from the previous year, the Energy Information Administration’s Annual Coal Report says. Steam coal exports were affected by the downturn in global coal demand, dropping 30% in 2019 from 2018. Metallurgical coal was down 12%. [Beckley Register-Herald]
Wyoming coal train (Greg Goebel, Wikimedia Commons)
- “Exxon May Crush Bailout Hopes For Suffering Fracking Companies” • In a remarkable interview on March 26, CEO Scott Sheffield of shale firm Pioneer Natural Resources gave great clarity to why shale companies are unlikely to get bailed out and why the American Petroleum Institute has been touting free markets and opposing bailouts. [EnerCom Inc]
- “‘Misinformation Kills’: The Link Between Climate Denial And Coronavirus Conspiracies” • Misinformation is being spread, scientific warnings are being ignored, and leading Republicans have said that addressing the problem is either too expensive or too difficult. No, this isn’t climate change: This is the new reality of the novel coronavirus. [Grist]
- “Off-The-Radar Renewable Energy Explosion After COVID-19 Dust Settles” • Renewable energy advocates raised the alarm when it became clear that the new $2 trillion stimulus package will not shine so kindly on wind, solar, and other clean tech. But the groundwork for a low carbon revolution was laid by another stimulus bill, passed 11 years ago. [CleanTechnica]
- “Trump’s Dangerous War On Science” • Long before the onset of the COVID 19 pandemic, the world knew that Donald Trump plays fast and loose with science. In his approach to the subject, Trump is following in the footsteps of autocrats of the past. Will the result be similarly disastrous for the US, and for the rest of the world as well? [The Globalist]
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