BROUILLETTE TOURS LAMBERT’S POINT COAL TERMINAL

BROUILLETTE TOURS LAMBERT’S POINT COAL TERMINAL

This week, U.S. Secretary of Energy Dan Brouillette toured Norfolk Southern’s Lambert’s Point Coal Terminal in Norfolk, Virginia, and met with Norfolk Southern employees. Lambert’s Point is a major coal export hub, as more than one-third of America’s coal exports leave from the site. During the visit, Brouillette highlighted the importance of coal in America’s […]

Opinion: Coal from Hampton Roads serves nation’s interests

Norfolk and Newport News are synonymous with American naval power and national security. Since the late 19th Century, Virginia has built and deployed the ships that provided the naval supremacy to win two world wars and keep our nation safe to this day. But along the coast of the James River, there is another, less […]

US East Coast thermal coal exports rise in August: Census

Thermal coal exports out of the US East Coast rose slightly in August to 719,518 mt, from 716,435 mt in July, despite exports out of Norfolk, Virginia, falling to a four-month low, according to US Census Bureau data. Exports from the Baltimore Census district increased to 508,626 mt in August, up from 415,065 mt in […]

Gianforte Presses to Expand Montana Coal Exports

Congressman Greg Gianforte (R-Mont.) yesterday spoke on the House floor criticizing the state of Washington for its efforts to shut down exports of Montana coal. “Montana should be able to sell its coal overseas. Washington state is preventing construction of coal export terminals, effectively shutting down exports of Montana coal, and unconstitutionally interfering with interstate […]

Europe targets US coal in election-year trade staredown

Transatlantic relations could reach a new low next month as the European Union readies tariffs on billions of dollars of American exports aimed at politically important industries for President Donald Trump and his Republican allies in Congress. The EU has asked the World Trade Organization to give it the green light to place levies on $11.2-billion of […]

Efforts To Boost Coal Exports Progress

The House Revenue Committee went back and forth over a bill that looks to incentivize coal exports, voting 5 to 3 to move the bill forward. House Bill 231, Coal Severance Tax Exemption – Canadian and Mexican Ports, is one of three bills with the goal of boosting exports this session along with the Wyoming Coal Marketing […]

U.S. energy secretary hopes Mexico, Canada will help export American coal

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Energy Secretary Dan Brouillette said on Friday that Canada and Mexico could help export U.S. coal to Asia to get around the blocking of shipments by West Coast states concerned about the impact of the fuel on climate change. Brouillette said he expects the two U.S. neighbors will offer opportunities to […]

Shifting seaborne coal demand challenges US

Atlantic basin thermal coal exports will continue to be challenged this year as western Europe moves away from coal-fired generation and imports. Industry executives speaking at the Coaltrans USA conference in Miami, Florida, last week painted a picture of shifting demand, ample supply and price disparities that seaborne market participants as a whole are grappling […]

Coal export battle hinges on commerce clause (E&E News)

A pair of energy-producing states may face ideological challenges in their quest for a high court review of Washington state’s blockade against the last major coal export project on the West Coast. Wyoming and Montana argued in a Supreme Court petition yesterday that Washington regulators violated constitutional protections on interstate commerce when they denied a Clean Water […]

Wyoming, Montana seek Supreme Court ruling on coal exports (KDWN)

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Wyoming and Montana asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday to rule on Washington State’s denial of a permit for a port facility that could boost U.S. coal exports. The coal-producing Rocky Mountain states argue the denial violates the Commerce Clause of the U.S. Constitution, which prohibits states from impeding trade […]