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US coal exports drop 7% YOY in Q4’20; China emerges among top importers U.S. coal shipments to some of the country’s top importers increased significantly in the fourth quarter of 2020, with China recording a triple-digit uptick amid its escalating trade dispute with Australia. Total U.S. coal exports during the three-month period fell 7.3% year over year to 17.4 million tonnes from 18.8 Mt, according to an analysis by S&P Global Market Intelligence. Compared to the previous quarter, the U....

Blog Blog Blog Blog 22 Feb, 2021 Author Robert Vergara U.S. coal shipments to some of the countrys top importers increased significantly in the fourth quarter of 2020, with China recording a triple-digit uptick amid its escalating trade dispute with Australia. Total U.S. coal exports during the three-month period fell 7.3% year over year to 17.4 million tonnes from 18.8 Mt, according to an analysis by S&P Global Market Intelligence. Compared to the ...

An Air of Permanent Mourning The polarization between city and country is an old story, but now it is entrenched in the upstate communities that were sacrificed to provide water to the downstate metropolis. Luc Sante Share This is the third installment in a four-part series on the reservoirs of upstate New York. Constructed to supply water to New York City, these feats of engineering exemplify the social compact that undergirds ambitious public infrastructures even as they intensify divisions b...

The Ottawa Herald Arrests  • 6:37 a.m. Monday, 305 S. Main St., Ottawa, Michael Runnells, 31, Williamsburg, was arrested on a Franklin County warrant for a probation violation.  • 9:55 p.m. Monday, 400 W. Franklin St., Pomona, Taylor Larsh, 30, Pomona, was arrested on a Franklin County warrant for a probation violation.  • 5:42 p.m. Monday, 3700 block of Interstate 35, Eric Sifuentes-Rivera, 35, Oklahoma City, was arrested and released on a notice to appear for driving with no licen...

Nevada County welcomes new year baby one day late, and a week early By Rebecca ONeil | Staff Writer Grace Nelson entered labor on New Year’s Day, but Nevada County’s first baby did not arrive until Jan. 2. Grace and her husband Daniel Nelson welcomed their third child — John Benjamin Nelson, 9 pounds, 1 ounce — on Saturday at Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital. Grace Nelson said after a year like 2020, she hopes her baby’s birth — a week earlier than scheduled — serves the community ...

Source: Justin Merriman/Getty Images News via Getty Images While coal has taken a backseat to other fossil fuels in the 2020 presidential campaign, the first debate raised a big question: Will another coal plant ever be built in the United States? "Nobodys going to build another coal-fired power plant in America," Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden said during the first debate Sept. 29. "Theyre going to move to renewable energy." President Donald Trump, who has eased off mentions of a ...