Feature Stories
21 Years of Failure: Obama Gets Weak UN Global Warming Treaty Despite Years of Politicking
December 16, 2015
President Barack Obama’s administration has spent years working behind the scenes to build international support for a global agreement to cut carbon dioxide emissions, but the Paris climate deal is essentially a step backward in the fight against global warming.
Rostraver Exhibit in Pa. Marks Mine Disaster Amid Effort to Start Museum
December 9, 2015
The nondescript hillside along the Youghiogheny River where more than 239 coal miners were entombed in Pennsylvania’s worst mining disaster is hallowed ground that should be preserved, family members of those who died there say. “The biggest mine explosion in
Inside the World’s Richest Diamond Mine, Debswana’s Jwaneng Mine in Africa
December 8, 2015
Debswana’s Jwaneng mine is a giant cauldron of pale dust, 2 kilometers across at its widest point and patrolled by colossal 300-tonne trucks that labor up the terraced slopes. The operation, owned as a joint venture between De Beers and
Climate Change and Its Likely Impact are Proving Slower and Less Harmful
December 4, 2015
In February President Obama said, a little carelessly, that climate change is a greater threat than terrorism. Next week he will be in Paris, a city terrorized yet again by mass murderers, for a summit with other world leaders on
Top Scientists Debunk Global Warming Arguments Ahead of United Nations Climate Summit
December 1, 2015
A panel of prominent scientists debunked one of the most popular global warming arguments ahead of a major United Nations climate summit to take place in Paris. The scientists slammed policies to reduce carbon dioxide emissions as “nonsense,” and they
University of Alaska’s Mining Program Takes Students Underground
November 24, 2015
Entering an underground mine means leaving behind the topside world, its trees and natural light, and going into a dark, dirty environment with the potential for danger. Going ever farther into the earth, the entrance portal shrinks to a sunlit
Clinton Tries to Buy Coal Country Votes With $30 Billion Welfare Plan
November 20, 2015
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton just put out a $30 billion plan to “revitalize” coal communities where people are losing their jobs due to federal regulations and increased competition from natural gas. The former secretary of state still wants to
Wisconsin Rep. Sensenbrenner: Obama’s Clean Power Plan is Bad Deal for America
November 19, 2015
In 2009, President Obama turned his attention from his campaign victory to a carefully crafted legislative wish list, handed to him by liberal lobbyists and the radical base of the Democratic Party. Among their top priorities were extreme carbon-trading schemes
Pulitzer Prize Winner Composer Julia Wolfe Returns to Pa. for Her Famous Piece ‘Anthracite Fields’
November 18, 2015
A Pulitzer Prize-winning composer returned to the region that helped shape her now-famous piece of music. Julia Wolfe, a native to Montgomeryville, took a tour of the Lackawanna Coal Mine, gave a speech at the Anthracite Heritage Museum, and presented
Coal Miners in W. Va. Forced to Leave State for Work
November 18, 2015
When coal mines lay miners off many men and women are left to choose do they leave the area? It’s no secret. There’s been a sharp decline in the coal industry over the past couple of years. And regardless of
