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Nobody who has read the Charleston Gazette-Mail’s editorial page over the last quarter-century needs a weatherman to tell them which way its wind blows.
The Gazette-Mail has spent a generation editorializing against the men and women who mine West Virginia coal, against the companies that employ them, against the communities those paychecks keep alive. The hostility is the house style. So when the editorial board rushed into print with a gleeful little eulogy headlined "Coal takes another blow as solar surges," the only surprise was how badly the board fumbled its own case. It refuted itself inside its own column and apparently hoped nobody would read that far.
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Chris Hamilton, President, West Virginia Coal Association
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Nobody who has read this newspaper's editorial page over the last quarter-century needs a weatherman to tell them which way its wind blows. The Gazette-Mail has spent a generation editorializing against the men and women who mine West Virginia coal, against the companies that employ them, against the communities those paychecks keep alive. The hostility is the house style. So when the editorial board rushed into print with a gleeful little eulogy headlined "Coal takes another blow as solar surges," the only surprise was how badly the board fumbled its own case. It refuted itself inside its own column and apparently hoped nobody would read that far.
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A Response to Julie McNamara and the Union of Concerned Scientists
By Chris Hamilton | President, West Virginia Coal Association
Julie McNamara of the Union of Concerned Scientists published a column this week arguing that coal-fired power is expensive and unreliable, and that the Trump administration is doing ratepayers a disservice by supporting it. The argument is wrong on both counts. It was wrong before the Department of Energy announced $850 million in new coal investment on June 4th — including two brand-new coal-fired power plants, one in West Virginia and one in Alaska, the first new American coal plants since 2013. It is wrong now. And it will remain wrong for as long as the American economy keeps moving in the direction it is moving: more energy-intensive, more technology-dependent, and far more unforgiving of the kind of intermittent, weather-dependent power that McNamara would have us bet our future on.
Two claims. Two chances to get it right. McNamara missed both.
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Charleston, W.Va. — America’s Coal Associations joined together to applaud President Donald J. Trump’s announcement of approximately $700 million in federal investment to strengthen America’s coal fleet, open up export opportunities for western producers and jump start the next generation of coal fired power facilities in West Virginia and Alaska.
The initiative, led by the U.S. National Energy Dominance Council and U.S. Department of Energy includes $185 million in grant funding to support new coal generation projects in West Virginia and Alaska. The plan also directs $425 million to upgrade 13 existing coal-fired power plants nationwide which in turn supports 42 coal mining operations in multiple states and $75 million to enhance coal export infrastructure in Oakland, California.
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The West Virginia Coal Association today applauded President Donald J. Trump’s announcement of approximately $700 million in federal investment to strengthen America’s coal fleet, including funding for a new coal-fired power plant in West Virginia.
The initiative, led by the U.S. Department of Energy and supported through the Defense Production Act, includes $185 million in grant funding to support new coal generation projects, with West Virginia selected as a key site for new development. The plan also directs $425 million to upgrade 13 existing coal-fired power plants nationwide and $75 million to enhance coal export infrastructure.
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