Feature Stories
What Does Trump’s Victory Mean for Energy Policy?
November 11, 2016
Real estate mogul Donald Trump has won the presidential election, and that likely means the Obama administration’s global warming agenda will be massively scaled back or scrapped altogether. Trump, a Republican, has promised to cut the EPA, scrap the Paris
Obama’s Clean Power Plan to Cost $479 Billion and Increase Consumer Electric Rates
November 4, 2016
President Barack Obama’s plan to fight global warming will raise energy prices and drag many low-income Americans into “energy poverty,” according to a new study. The so-called Clean Power Plan (CPP) would significantly increase the price of electricity in the
Trump’s Pledge to Revive Coal Mines Resonates in Coal Country
November 4, 2016
There are few better places to understand how Donald Trump could become U.S. president than McDowell County, whose county seat, Welch, straddles the Tug Fork of the Big Sandy River. This corner of Appalachia’s severely depressed coal country has become
Montana Coal Town Fights for Survival
October 28, 2016
In the small city of Colstrip, a one-time “best sports town” in Montana, the football community has become more about political football than the actual sport. The 2,300 residents in Southeast Montana face an uphill battle to keep the city
Clean Coal: A Light in the Coming Energy Void
October 28, 2016
There have been few heroes in this utterly tiresome political silly season. We’re all sick of what Donald Trump is grabbing and what Hillary Clinton is deleting, where Gary Johnson is Aleppo-ing and that Jill Stein even exists. For a
Judge Forces EPA to Count How Many Coal Miners it Forced Out of Work from Regulations
October 28, 2016
A federal judge ruled the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) must study how many coal industry workers have been laid off due to federal environmental regulations. U.S. District Judge John Preston Bailey gave EPA two weeks to come up with a
Bill Raney: Morrisey Praised for Defending W.Va. Coal Miners
October 27, 2016
For the last four years, no one has done more to defend our jobs, our industry and our West Virginia way of life than Patrick Morrisey, as our Attorney General. On behalf of our coal industry, our managers and the
Clean Power Plan Relies on Dirty Climate Science
October 27, 2016
Draconian energy regulatory policies are being premised upon tax-funded climate alarmism promulgated by government agencies we are supposed to trust. The latest and arguably most dangerous example is the Obama administration’s proposed “Clean Power Plan” (CPP). CPP enactment is currently
Rival Mining Teams Competed in First Drilling Contest in 1910
October 11, 2016
The early years of lead and zinc mining in the Tri-State Mining District depended on manpower more than machines. Miners took pride in their skills working a hoist, driving a drill and loading record amounts of ore. In July 1910,
San Xavier-area Mine Now a University of Arizona Teaching Lab for Mining Students
October 11, 2016
The San Xavier Mine at Mineral Hill is one of the oldest working mines in the Sierrita Mountains. The geology of the mine site consists of heavy faulting and fissures with a composition of limestone, quartzite and gypsum beds overlain
