Feature Stories
EPA Inspector General Finds No Bias in Assessment of Alaska’s Bristol Bay Watershed
January 15, 2016
Government investigators looking into the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) rejection of the Pebble Mine project found 25 months of missing emails from the account of an employee who allegedly played a major role in derailing a crucial Alaska mine project.
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
The Most Absurd 2015 EPA Power-Grabs of Dubious Legality
January 5, 2016
The EPA has made a lot of power grabs of dubious legality over the last year, from forcing unpopular regulations through over the objections of Congress to illegally using social media to promote Obama’s policies. So without further ado, here
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
The Last King of Coal Bob Murray Makes His Stand
December 30, 2015
At 75, Robert E. Murray may be the last of the old-time coal barons. He’s not about to go quietly. At a time when the U.S. coal industry is beset on all sides — by environmentalists, by regulators, by the
Naicatchewenin First Nation’s in Canada Casts Its Nets at New Gold Mine
December 18, 2015
Gilbert Smith spent most of his career working away from Naicatchewenin First Nation (Northwest Bay) to feed his family of six. His path led him across the north fighting forest fires, through the mills in Fort Frances and International Falls.
Tim Bradner: Alaska Coal has Vital Role to Play in Production of Cleaner Energy
December 16, 2015
I’m contemplating a lump of coal. Not the one that may be in my stocking Christmas morning (really, Santa, I’ve been good), but one that is nonetheless jam-packed with energy and deserves a bit more respect than it has been
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.
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
