Bill Gates’ renunciation this week of his past climate doomsaying has drawn a lot of attention and a wide range of responses. President Trump posted on social media: “I (WE) just won the War on the Climate Change Hoax.” A prominent climate doomsayer reacted by saying: “Bill Gates doesn’t have any expertise in climate science.”
Gates wrote that he still believes that “climate change” is a “very important problem” and it will have “serious consequences.” It’s just that he now believes those consequences won’t be catastrophic and people will be able to thrive in most places. The focus on emissions and temperature change should shift to “improving lives,” he wrote. But he nevertheless added that: “Every tenth of a degree of heating that we prevent is hugely beneficial because a stable climate makes it easier to improve.
Gates also stated: “I know that some climate advocates will disagree with me, call me a hypocrite because of my own carbon footprint (which I fully offset with legitimate carbon credits), or see this as a sneaky way of arguing that we shouldn’t take climate change seriously.”
While Gates is certainly a climate hypocrite (even with whatever dubious climate credits he purchased), that’s not really his problem.
I went back and watched his climate alarmism coming out party at his 2010 TED Talk, titled “Innovating to Zero!” in which he recited the climate mantra about emissions causing warming, cited an Al Gore book, arrogantly dismissed climate skeptics and called for zero emissions by 2050.
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CORESafety TV (November 2025): What You Should Know About CORESafety's New Module 10
Welcome to the November 2025 edition of CORESafety TV, brought to you by the National Mining Association (NMA).
Recently, the NMA developed an updated version of CORESafety, the legacy safety and health management system (SHMS) for our member companies.
CORESafety TV is now featuring an overview of each of the ten (10) new modules that comprise the system.
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Why the World's Coal Addiction Won't End Anytime Soon
While many countries around the globe pledge to transition away from fossil fuels to renewable alternatives, the use of coal for power generation has once again risen. Several governments have committed to cutting coal production and use over the coming decades, due to its reputation as the “dirtiest fossil fuel”. Coal is being increasingly replaced with less-polluting fossil fuels, such as natural gas, as countries gradually expand their renewable energy sectors to transition towards green energy. However, it seems that despite big promises and heavy investment in alternative energy sources, coal use remains high.
Global coal use rose to a record high in 2024, which will likely have a negative impact on global warming. For several years, governments worldwide have been introducing policies aimed at reducing coal use to help tackle climate change. While the contribution of coal for electricity production fell as the global renewable energy capacity increased, the overall increase in power demand led to more coal being used for power last year, according to the recently published annual State of Climate Action report.
In 2024, global coal demand rose by 1.5 percent compared to 2023, to reach an all-time high of 8.79 billion tonnes. The increase was driven mainly by emerging economies in Asia, particularly China and India. China’s demand rose by 82 million tonnes (Mt), or 1.7 percent, while India’s use grew by 45 Mt, or 4 percent. Indonesia and Vietnam also experienced a rise in coal demand. Meanwhile, the European Union saw a decrease in coal use by 40 Mt, or 11 percent, while the United States saw a 14 Mt, or 4 percent, reduction, as many coal plants were retired and renewable energy capacity grew.
As countries in Europe and North America decrease their dependence on coal, other regions, principally Asia, are expected to continue relying heavily on coal for years to come. China, India, and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries contributed around 77 percent of the 2024 global coal demand.
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WV Coal Association Vows and Others Vow to Revive Coal Industry and Put Miners Back to Work
The West Virginia Coal Association held a joint press conference with many local leaders to ensure we get our coal mines up and running and workers back to work.
They also say to push back against outrageous electric utility bills that have hit Southern West Virginia like never before.
According to Senator Brian Helton (R-Fayette), with our coal-fired plants not being used, the Public Service Commission recommends 69% generation capacity out of those plants.
“Unfortunately, because of renewable energy credits (wind and solar), these subsidized intermittent forms of energy are distorting the market and incentivizing the utility companies not to run the coal-fired plants up to their capacity,” Helton said.
The West Virginia Coal Association saw the importance of convening this coal forum.
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Reliability is a "Five-Alarm Fire"
Rising electricity prices and their impact on the economy and ballot box have become front page issues. However, the nation’s teetering grid reliability is the crisis we must not ignore. With power demand surging, and utilities struggling to get new infrastructure and dispatchable generation onto the grid, alarm over the state of the nation’s power supply is as high as ever.
Last week, Jim Robb, president of the North American Electricity Reliability Corp., the nation’s reliability watchdog, called the nation’s grid reliability a “five-alarm fire.” Robb, addressing at a Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) technical conference, said that while reliability appears strong on paper today, an increasing number of small-scale events and near misses are reinforcing how tenuous the situation has become.
Robb cited dwindling resource adequacy, extreme weather, interdependency with the overstretched natural gas system, huge new power demand and challenges to site and permit needed infrastructure, among other issues, as driving concern. His remarks were echoed by several FERC commissioners, including David Rosner, who said, “I see our grid as needing every single megawatt, every single electron and every single molecule we can get to meet demand on those peak days and peak hours.”
Peak demand – both in the summer and winter months – continues to push grids across the country to their very limits. Just a few weeks ago, former FERC Chairman Mark Christie warned, “The reliability threat is not on the future horizon. It is actually here now.”
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