Odds and ends from around the Web
An AP story you won't see in the Wheeling "newspapers"
From the AP: "Feeling the Heat: Earth in July Was Hottest Month on Record"
Earth just keeps getting hotter. July was the planet's warmest month on record, smashing old marks, U.S. weather officials said.
West Virginia . . .
Posted in: climate changejoe manchinpatrick morrisey
Funding community programs to fight heroin
Blame (but no praise) for the White House
Earlier in the week the federal government announced grants for community programs to combat the increased use of heroin. As reported by WTRF and a number of other West Virginia media outlets:
The White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) granted additional funding for West Virginia’s designated High Intensity . . .
I'll ask again -- which side are you on, Intelligencer?
I have argued (most recently here) that the Intelligencer is not pro-coal, it's pro-coal owner. Pro-coal would mean that you cared about coal miners as something more than troops in the "war on coal." Being pro-coal owner places emphasis on maximizing profits regardless of what happens to the workers. Here is a screen shot of . . .
Posted in: umwwar on coalwheeling intelligencer
Murray Energy's Columbian coal purchase - some additional information
Worker's rights?
Here is Casey Junkins take on Murray Energy's purchase of a Columbian coal company from Goldman Sachs in this morning's Intelligencer:
Even though the coal will be mined in South America, a West Virginia Coal Association official believes Murray Energy Corp.'s purchase of Colombia Natural Resources will benefit local . . .
Posted in: murray energywheeling intelligencer
A personal note -- the joy of air travel
(AP photo of BWI)
Skip this if you saw it on the news or if it's likely to cause a horrible flashback of one of your own similar travel experiences.
I was scheduled to fly into Pittsburgh's airport around noon on Saturday. My Southwest connecting flight had gotten me to BWI (Baltimore) on time and our . . .
Posted in: air travelrant
Natural gas and the clean power plan
More "fair and balanced" front-page news from the Intelligencer
Are we sure Robert Murray (or one of his assistants) isn't writing the front-page stories and editorials for the Intelligencer?
The title for Saturday's anti-Obama, pro-coal-owner editorial in the Intelligencer was "Stop Obama Power Grab." Regular readers of Wheeling "newspapers" probably know that . . .
They're out to get us, but "we let them get away with it"-- Myer mails in another column
Saturday's Michael Myer column, "We Let Them Get Away With It," is ostensibly about Senator Capito's bill to limit the EPA actions on coal but it's just another predictable attack on liberals with the usual suspects and the same lack of developed arguments.
The column's targets include the president and . . .
Posted in: liberalsmichael myerobamawar on coal
