Feature Stories
Good News for W. Va. Economies Battered by War on Coal
April 17, 2017
It is a common idea among many Americans that coal as a major industrial fuel is dead, or at least dying, and cleaner fuels, like wind and solar energy, and natural gas, are taking over. There is some truth there;
EPA Asked to Invalidate ‘Endangerment Finding’ in Obama’s Climate Agenda
April 17, 2017
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has received two petitions asking for official review of a regulatory document that served as critical leverage for the Obama administration to issue global warming regulations. Two groups — Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) and the
New Drying Technique Technology Would Make PRB Coal in Wyoming More Valuable
March 31, 2017
New technology can make Wyoming coal burn hotter, potentially helping the-cheap-to-produce Powder River Basin coal become competitive with high quality coal in the east. That’s the promise CBA Environmental made when Powder River Basin coal was used in a demonstration
Jobs and Confidence Return to West Virginia Coal Country
March 29, 2017
Convoys of trucks with over-sized loads are once again a common site in West Virginia. Daytime trips through the state’s interstate highways reveal truck after truck carrying loads of industrial equipment covered in orange hazard flags and signs to alert
With Trump in Office, Coal Mining Town in Kentucky Begins Making Comeback
March 22, 2017
Hazard, Kentucky is one of those small coal-mining towns with one main road snaking through the hollow. Both sides of the road are lined with a handful of retail stores and restaurants. The windows on about half of those stores
Artisans in W. Va. Use Coal Heritage Connections to Honor the Industry
March 17, 2017
The way Carol Dameron sees it, every time someone buys one of her handcrafted necklaces, they’re buying a piece of history. Not just her history. West Virginia’s history. “I think that’s the allure of our jewelry — the fact that
Paul Driessen: The Search for Climate Honesty
March 17, 2017
The Greek philosopher Diogenes reportedly carried an oil lamp during the daytime, the better to help him find an honest man. People everywhere should join Congress and the Trump Administration in search of honest energy and climate policies — as
Ron Hart: Time for Balanced Approach to “Climate Change” Hype
March 8, 2017
Democrats, the self-proclaimed “party for the middle class,” raise the middle-class cost of living by raising energy prices with their regulatory meddling. Regulations cost consumers $1.8 trillion per year, which means higher bills for utilities, gas and transportation for the
Canadian Mining Firm Nautilus Minerals to Use Robots for Deep Sea Mining
March 1, 2017
In 1974, an enormous ship sailed into the waters northeast of Hawaii. The vessel, built by billionaire Howard Hughes, was set to begin mining mineral deposits in the deep sea — or so the world believed. The deep-sea mining venture
Tom Clarke Revives Magnetation Operations on the Western Iron Range in Minnesota
February 24, 2017
Tom Clarke has developed a pattern in recent years: finding shuttered, bankrupt companies, buying them for pennies on the dollar and then restarting them at just the right time. He’s done it with coal mines — from Alabama to British
