Feature Stories
Minnesota’s Iron Mining Industry Slump Begins to Affect Service Companies
December 4, 2015
Three years ago, Mitch Robertson showed a reporter around his booming steel fabrication business here, with sparks flying and machines clanking and business as brisk as it had ever been. In late 2012, the price of iron ore was over
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
Not Even Democrats Believe EPA on Viability of Clean Coal Technology
November 13, 2015
The Environmental Protection Agency is under fire again for touting the viability of carbon capture technology for coal-fired power plants, but this time it’s coming from a prominent Democratic senator. “Forcing new coal-fired plants to meet standards when experts know
Coal Miner from Indiana Invents Safety Device Intended to Save Time in Emergency Medical Situations
October 20, 2015
A coal miner from Sullivan County has invented a safety device intended to save time in emergency medical situations. In machinery that looms 30 feet above the strip mines of southwestern Indiana, machine operators sometimes have a health emergency that
Power Plants Take New Look at Carbon Capture and Storage
October 9, 2015
The Obama administration’s push to cut greenhouse gas pollution from power plants by nearly a third over the next 15 years has the energy industry taking another look at carbon capture and storage techniques. Known as CCS, the process of
