Feature Stories
North Dakota’s Kevin Cramer: Standing Up Against EPA Overreach Benefits All Americans
July 1, 2015
As the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency plunges headlong into remaking the very fabric of American electricity generation, it is reassuring to know voices of reason continue to challenge the Agency’s reckless plans. Later this summer, EPA is expected to issue
CONSOL Energy’s Hager and Industry Veterans to Form Collegiate Mine Rescue Association
June 30, 2015
Don Hager knows that not all of the students he trains on Virginia Tech’s mine rescue team will follow his career path into a coal mine, especially as that industry lays off workers. Those who do, though, could become the
Rio Tinto Kennecott Launches Five-year $100 Million Rehabilitation Plan in Utah
June 26, 2015
The view of the southwestern Salt Lake Valley will be undergoing a major facelift over the next few years — a $100 million facelift. Rio Tinto Kennecott has launched a five-year project that is aimed at rehabilitating and enhancing the
Illinois Town Honors Coal Miners Killed in 1922 Herrin Strike Massacre
June 23, 2015
Nearly a century after literally burying its violent past, a southern Illinois community is belatedly coming to terms with one of the nation’s deadliest labor conflicts, an episode in which some victims were paraded down city streets and humiliated before
Clean Coal Research Projects Face Hurdles Amid Government Policies
June 22, 2015
In September 2001, researchers with CONSOL Energy Inc. and the U.S. Department of Energy began work on the virtually unknown practice of storing carbon dioxide underground. Over the course of the next 12 years, researchers spent at least $13 million
Federal Judges Denies States Lawsuit Over New Carbon Rules
June 16, 2015
A federal appeals court tossed out a lawsuit brought by about a dozen states and a coal company against the EPA’s upcoming carbon dioxide regulations for coal-fired power plants. A panel of three federal judges rules it was too early
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
