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We thought coal was "everything," but today coal use is at an all-time high

According to the International Energy Agency, the world produced more electricity from coal in 2021 than ever before.

By 2023, total coal consumption - for power generation, steel production and other industrial purposes - is expected to rise nearly 2 percent to a record high.

Why? Because it's cheap: According to an April 1 Bank of America report, thermal coal burned in power plants is one of the cheapest sources of fuel "on the planet."

ECB tries to save EU economy - central bank will be flexible in reinvesting PEPP program

The pandemic has left persistent vulnerabilities in the eurozone economy that contribute to the uneven normalization of our monetary policy among different countries, the ECB said. The ECB has instructed Eurosystem committees and ECB services to accelerate the development of a new mechanism to combat fragmentation. Why it matters. Rising

Price for oil price cap yet to be determined, head of European Commission

"The EU is ready in principle to go to the oil price cap," von der Leyen added. Earlier, the head of the U.S. Treasury Yellen said that the U.S. is not against the purchase of oil by India above the price cap. The WSJ also reported citing sources

U.S. officials forced to roll back plan to limit Russian oil prices - Bloomberg

India and China - Russia's most important trading partners - will not participate, Bloomberg sources said. The price cap plan is still alive after all. However, the price cap will be higher than previously thought. Earlier, U.S. Treasury Secretary Yellen said the price ceiling could be in the range

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