Coal consumption and production have sharply declined in recent years in the U.S., despite political support. Reasons … are mostly unfavorable economic conditions for coal, including competition from natural gas and renewables in the power … sector, as well as an aging coal- fired power plant fleet. The U.S. Energy Information Administration as well as most models …

analyse the effect of both, coal and oil on economic growth between 1900 and 2015, exploiting variation at the level of … European NUTS2 and NUTS3 regions. We show that the reversal of fortune of coal regions resulted from the second energy … transition. Specifically, an "oil invasion" in the early 1960s turned regional coal abundance from a blessing into a curse. Human …

-IO estimates of the number of jobs indirectly related to the energy production industry of coal, peat, and oil shale. These …

relevant for coal regions. This paper draws on the experiences of past and ongoing transition policies, exploring their … effectiveness and transferability. The challenges of structural change in coal regions are complex and region-specific, spanning … experiences, a typology is suggested and applied to five coal regions in Germany, Romania, Poland and the Czech Republic. It …