Feature Stories
Will EPA Regulations Collide and Create Energy Crisis?
June 16, 2015
EPA plans to tighten ozone standards and regulate carbon dioxide emissions could end up causing huge problems for states caught in the crossfire, according to an analysis by the free-market Institute for Energy Research. The Obama administration is about to
Klondike Miners in Yukon Uncover Evolutionary Treasure, First Ancient Western Camel Bones in Decade
June 16, 2015
Miners working the Klondike have uncovered an evolutionary treasure that one paleontologist says is as precious as gold. Three fossils recovered from a gold mine outside of Dawson City, Yukon, in 2008, are the first Western Camel bones found in
Mine Backers for Colowyo Mine in Colorado Show Up in Force
June 12, 2015
Gene Adamak bent over a table in a hall at the Moffat County Fairgrounds Wednesday and put his thoughts to paper, writing like his and the region’s livelihood depended on it. What concerns Adamak is a Colowyo Mine environmental review
Barrick Gold Sees Growth in Nevada After Reset
June 9, 2015
Jamie Sokalsky has spent most of his tenure as Barrick Gold Corp.’s chief executive officer retrenching and fighting fires. Now that the smoke is starting to clear, he’s refocusing on opportunities for growth. The world’s biggest gold producer plans to
Amerikohl Mining President John Stilley: Let States Opt-out of EPA’s Clean Air Rule
June 5, 2015
Pennsylvania’s utilities, coal companies, employees and ratepayers are bracing for the publication of EPA’s final rule on greenhouse gas emissions set for this summer. On behalf of my 120 employees and their families, I am hopeful that the EPA will
Smoke Eaters Team Up with Bluefield State College to Host Mine Rescue Team Competition
June 2, 2015
Say good-bye to carbide lamps and canaries. The 21st Century has arrived in the underground coal industry, and mine rescue teams are incorporating more technologically advanced practices into their competitions in order to prepare for a world where real-time responses
Attempting to Rein in the EPA
May 22, 2015
Dare to reform the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and you are sure to be attacked. It’s as certain as death, taxes or EPA regulatory overreach. Case in point: Rep. Sam Johnson (R-Texas) recently introduced a bill to address egregious EPA
Economist Robert Pindyck: Climate Policy Models Are ‘Useless’
May 19, 2015
Models used to craft climate models are “close to useless” when it comes to crafting policies to combat global warming, according to a recent paper published by the National Bureau of Economic Research. Economist Robert Pindyck writes that integrated assessment
Obama Administration Offers $35 Million in Grants to Coal Miners Out of Work from EPA Regulations
May 19, 2015
Thousands of coal miners and coal-fired power plant workers have been laid off since President Obama took office, in part due to federal regulations. Now Obama is atoning for putting these Americans out of work by them $35 million in
Rep. Tim Couch: Obama Administration, Not Surface Mining, is Real Threat to Kentucky
May 12, 2015
I recently saw the story about an anti-coal group releasing information about how surface mining is allegedly putting some communities at risk. As someone who has called the coalfields of Eastern Kentucky home my entire life, a coal miner for
