You do not want to miss this episode of the LIVE Energy Realities Podcast on LinkedIn, X, and YouTube. David Blackmon, Tammy Nemeth, Irina Slav, and Stu Turley host a wild topic that we secretly had on our Bingo Cards: "Is the War on Coal Dead?" With the world needing more power, we are seeing a shift toward more coal use worldwide. What kind of realignment is happening? - Make sure you stop by and ask the team questions as they are from the U.S., Bulgaria, Canada, or the UK.

Highlights of the Podcast

00:11 – Introduction

02:26 – Coal's Resilience Amid Energy Transition

05:20 – Coal's Role in Global Energy Supply

10:00 – Germany’s Energy Crisis & Global Coal Plant Expansion

13:40 – U.S. Power Grid & ERCOT’s Energy Shortfall

18:00 – China’s Record Coal Expansion in 2024

23:00 – Energy Transition: Myth vs. Reality

30:10 – U.S. LNG Exports & Trade Strategy

35:30 - DOGE: Reuters Paid Millions by DoD for ‘Large Scale Social Deception’

37:18 - Diamondback in Talks to Buy Permian Producer Double Eagle

38:02 - Exclusive: India’s NTPC plans to spend $62 billion on 30 GW of nuclear power, sources say

38:33 - Trump, Zeldin, Looking to Challenge the EPA’s Ability to Regulate Plant Food as a Pollutant

42:37 - Google says US is facing a power capacity crisis in AI race against China

44:07 - Why upstream companies might break their capital discipline rules

49:10 - ERCOT’s latest projections show potential problems for Texas power grid by 2027

53:11 - Trump to boost U.S. offshore oil and gas with new energy dominance council

55:00 – Final Thoughts: The Future of Energy Policy