The push to abandon coal made selling the mines difficult. So companies chose to extend their life.

Analyzing the short- and long-term effects of oil prices, and the investment impact on the sectors, subsectors and key stocks.

A former Swedish prime minister called nuclear energy “obsolete”, and the present U.S. president apparently has similar thoughts about coal.

After a bumper 2013, the green energy space has seen modest trading so far this year due to valuation concerns.

Most coal related stocks have not had the best of times the past few years! ACI, BTU, CLF ​(just to mention a few) are down over 85% from their highs.

The thing about any debt-funded Ponzi scheme is that it is like a great white: it has to keep moving, or else it dies.