On April 9, 2025, President Trump announced a slew of executive actions seeking to bolster the coal industry. One of the three executive orders is directly targeted at procedures to increase coal mining and production, which...more
Welcome to our third issue of Currents 2025. Again, thank you for reading! Power Plays and Fueling Tension: Trade War Ripples Through North American Energy Markets - President Trump's pursuit of U.S. energy dominance,...more
Welcome to our second issue of Currents 2025, our energy e-newsletter. Energy Demand Rises with Growth of Data Centers - In recent years, significantly higher electricity demands have been forecasted with the growth of...more
Coal production and mining jobs over the past half-century have been influenced by several factors, principally demand from the utility sector, technological breakthroughs in natural gas production, railroad deregulation, and...more
Cancelled Teck Oil Sands Project Underscores Global Climate-Energy Policy Tension - "The Frontier project became the latest casualty in oil-producing countries with robust environmental movements agitating to cut...more
On January 20, 2017, businessman Donald J. Trump was sworn in as the 45th President of the United States following a contentious and unconventional 2016 presidential election. Republicans also successfully maintained control...more