Morrisey watch 9
Attorney General Patrick Morrisey has decided not to run for governor. A change of mind? As this blog has noted at least 8 times previously, he had been running for something for over a year now. And even up until last week, as the Charleston Gazette notes, he acted like a candidate:
Just a week ago, Morrisey said he was . . .
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Follow the money
A couple of articles from the financial world on coal and climate change
While doing research on the future of coal and climate change, I came across a number of articles that look at them from a bottom-line perspective. It's hard to read these articles from financial publications and not come away with the feeling that climate change is real regardless of what local politicians, coal operators, and the . . .
Posted in: climate changeinvestment in coal
"Restoring Trust" and "Black Vs. Blue"
Monday's editorial page
I will confess that this morning's lead editorial in the Intelligencer surprised me. "Restoring Trust Of Police Officers" deals with the problems in the Cleveland police department and the mistrust it has created among its citizenry. The editorial uses the recent shooting of a 12-year-old and the killing of two unarmed suspects . . .
Posted in: intelligencer editorialracism
As predicted, the court throws out AG's suit against the EPA
Publicity is good for Morissey's gubernatorial run, however
On Tuesday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit tossed out the lawsuit brought by 15 coal states led by WV's AG Patrick Morissey and Murray Energy against the EPA's Clean Power Plan:
The Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia threw out a lawsuit that challenged the Environmental Protection Agency’s . . .
Posted in: epaintelligencermorrisey
The Intelligencer revisits the fracking report
EPA blamed for not supporting Intelligencer's exaggerated headline and story
What happened:
- Last week the EPA announced the results of its study of fracking and the water supply. On Friday local reporter Casey Junkins summarized the report in a front page story, "EPA: Fracking No Water Threat," suggesting that the results were conclusive. On the other hand, a number of media reports about the . . .
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Following the EPA fracking report
America's mass media let us down
The EPA's report on fracking came out at the end of last week and most of the news reports suggested that the EPA had concluded that fracking was not a threat to our drinking water. Here, for example, is the original AP article. On Friday, the Intelligencer chose not to run the original AP article and instead featured a front page article . . .
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Jeb Bush to speak to coal barons
Let's see if this gets any coverage in the national media. From the Guardian:
Jeb Bush will convene next week with a clutch of coal mining barons and reliable Republican party donors who have paid at least $7,500 each to huddle in secret with the presidential hopeful at a golfing and fly-fishing retreat in a hidden-away . . .
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