Feature Stories
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
Former Coal Miner Opens Restaurant in Zeigler Illinois After Being Laid Off
April 19, 2016
Ken Knusta has wanted to operate his own restaurant for several years. After all, it was his dream. After getting laid off as a coal miner, he had the opportunity to move forward on that dream. Knusta, owner of Route
Edwin Drake Drilled the First Oil Well in Pennsylvania in 1859
April 12, 2016
The history of the oil business as we know it began in 1859 in Pennsylvania, thanks to Edwin L. Drake, a career railroad conductor who devised a way to drill a practical oil well. Before Drake sank his first well
The U.S.-Canada Conflict Over Gas Market Share to Heat Up in 2017
March 16, 2016
U.S. gas drillers battered by the lowest prices in 17 years have found another release valve for their output: Canada. Over the past five years, the shale boom that unlocked vast supplies of natural gas across North America has tripled
Obama Grants $500 Million to Green Climate Fund Despite Congress’s Disapproval
March 11, 2016
The Obama administration made its first installment in a $3 billion payment plan to help poor countries limit carbon emissions output, but some are calling the Monday move nothing more than a political ploy. The $500 million installment to the
Coal Power Plant Retirements Surge Amid Changing Energy Industry
March 10, 2016
U.S. utilities retired power plants that generated nearly 18 gigawatts of electricity last year, with coal-fired plants taking more than 80 percent of the hit, according to an update from the Energy Information Administration on Tuesday. The loss in coal
Study Finds that Nobody Cares About Climate Change in 2016 Election
February 24, 2016
Frustrated that nobody seems to care about climate change, “the country’s biggest individual political donor during the 2014 election cycle,” has pledged even more in 2016. Tom Steyer spent nearly $75 million in the 2014 midterms, reports Politico. He intends
Killing Coal: The Obama Administration’s Intentional Assault On an Industry
January 26, 2016
By now, most people are aware of President Obama’s 2008 campaign promise to bankrupt the coal industry — which he acknowledged would “necessarily” cause electricity to skyrocket. Seven years later, that is a campaign promise he is keeping. Since moving
Anthracite Heritage Foundation in Pa. Prepares for First Installment of Miners Memorial
January 12, 2016
Expect Donald Sanderson to mine your family’s history. He’s been asking people he meets in town, on vacation and anywhere he goes, “Was there a miner in your family?” Knowing the history of anthracite mining in Northeastern Pennsylvania, Sanderson is
Mosaic Shoots for Wingate Phosphate Mine Expansion in Florida by Spring
January 5, 2016
Mosaic Co., world’s largest manufacturer of phosphate-based chemical fertilizers, expects to be approved to begin digging up 3,700 acres of East Manatee County farmland next summer. The acreage, an extension of mining operations at the company’s 11,000-acre Wingate Creek phosphate
