The Trump administration is celebrating the first shipment of American coal from Pennsylvania to Ukraine. The coal will be delivered to Ukraine’s national utility, Centrenergo. Energy Secretary Rick Perry said, “This shipment will boost both of our country’s economies by supporting jobs in the coal and transportation industries. The department…
Image by Andrew Butko Ukraine no longer wants to rely on Russian gas or coal from the pro-Russian separatist occupied areas of East Ukraine, Donetsk and Luhansk. In the long-run, Ukraine will be stronger and more energy-independent; however, in the short-run, the country could experience energy shortages and blackouts, although…
In spite of the conflict in East Ukraine that has taken 10,000 lives, the Ukrainian government in Kyiv has continued to trade in coal with the separatist East, even while they kill each other. It is an arrangement with the devil of sorts, where Ukraine needs the specialized coal for…