Before the emergence of oil and gas, there was coal.  Cheap and plentiful coal powered the Industrial Revolution in Europe…

  In a recent cover story for Wired, Charles C. Mann writes that coal produces more than 40 percent of…

  The benchmark Case-Shiller housing index for January showed the largest year over year growth in U.S. home prices since…

  Changes in the global supply and demand for energy have effected changes in the physical coal market.  Global demand…

The landscape for the U.S. energy markets has changed substantially over the past few years. The market is experiencing rising consumer and industrial demand from emerging markets while new technologies are opening up resources.