Reliance on coal leads to discovery of 300-million-year old ‘Chinese Pompeii’

Note how this report of a paleobotanical finding is tinged with modern energy politics. Continue reading Reliance on coal leads to discovery of 300-million-year old ‘Chinese Pompeii’

Video: Ohio Rep. probes Obama Interior Dept. scheme to lie about coal industry job losses

Rep. Bill Johnson (R-Ohio) questioned the Secretary of the Interior, Ken Salazar, to find out what he knew about his department telling contractors to lie about job loss estimates from his proposed rewrite of the Stream Buffer Zone Rule. This proposed rewrite could cost almost 30,000 direct and indirect coal jobs. Continue reading Video: Ohio Rep. probes Obama Interior Dept. scheme to lie about coal industry job losses