CONSOL Energy
NYSE: CEIX8Greenwashing / Harmful· ProvisionalOne of the largest US thermal coal producers, operating the Pennsylvania Mining Complex and a coal export terminal, with corporate heritage dating to 1864.
Why it's on ClimateTicker
CONSOL Energy is a large-scale US thermal coal producer whose core business — mining and exporting coal for power generation — is a direct source of greenhouse gas emissions and contributes materially to climate change. The company has no SBTi-validated targets, no CDP disclosure on record, and no credible net-zero pathway. Any climate-adjacent claims (e.g., 'carbon management' via its CONSOL Innovations unit) are marginal relative to its primary fossil-fuel business, and should be treated as peripheral at best and greenwashing at worst.
Controversy & Greenwashing Watch
CONSOL's January 2025 all-stock merger with Arch Resources to form Core Natural Resources creates a larger combined coal producer with over 25 Mtpa of thermal coal output, deepening rather than reducing its fossil-fuel exposure.source ↗
CONSOL agreed to pay $3 million to settle DOJ/EPA claims of repeated illegal pollutant discharges into streams near the Bailey coal mining complex in southwestern Pennsylvania.source ↗
CONSOL PA Coal Co LLC received a $71,450 state civil penalty from the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection for environmental violations at its Greene County facility.source ↗
CONSOL paid a $5.5 million civil penalty and committed ~$200 million in pollution controls for hundreds of chloride discharge violations across six West Virginia mines.source ↗
Mining discharges from CONSOL's Blacksville No. 2 Mine were linked by investigators to a toxic golden algae bloom that killed fish, mussels, and salamanders in Dunkard Creek; CONSOL paid $500,000 to the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources.source ↗
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