Intelligencer edits global warming out of today's front page AP report
Here's a section of today's front page Intelligencer article from the Associated Press on Republican efforts to "rein in" the EPA:
The rules are among a host of regulations that majority Republicans have targeted for repeal or delay as they confront President Barack Obama on a second-term priority: his . . .
A surprise -- a good article on the coal layoffs in the Sunday News-Register
Local reporter Ian Hicks covered with sufficient detail and evidence the ramifications of the recent local coal layoffs. The article brought together a number of related stories including the recent WVU study. I especially liked that he looked at additional sources beyond simply relying on Murray Coal - especially for the number of outside . . .
Posted in: coalwheeling news-register
The Saturday Myer column
Column uses only seven of the ten Republican words -- "under" wins
That didn't take long (please see previous post). Mike Myer weighed in this morning with "Four States Hold Key on Coal." While the column was more about strategy ("here's what we should do about this" -- I like the assumption that . . .
Posted in: michael myerwar on coal
Talking about coal
Republicans vs. Democrats
Here is an interesting study of language usage related to coal by a group of data scientists:
It’s easy to say that coal carries political weight in America, but who actually talks about “coal” in Washington — and why? Using a huge trove of the public statements of members of Congress, we crunched the data from 2010 through . . .
Posted in: republicans vs. democratswar on coal
Blood on the Mountain
New documentary about coal and West Virginia premieres
The Sierra Club, the AFL-CIO, and Earthjustice hosted the world premier of Blood on the Mountain at the Workers Unite! Film Festival last night. Here is a description of the film from the film's website:
“Blood on the Mountain” is a searing investigation into the economic and environmental injustices that have resulted from . . .
Just make it up -- what to do when you have no evidence for your case
The Intelligencer on Obamacare
Today's attack on Obamacare by the Wheeling "newspapers" begins:
Mark this one down in your amazing-but-true book: Liberals in Congress admit they made a mistake on Obamacare.
With an introductory sentence like that you would expect to read the names of some of these liberals and then why they now . . .
Posted in: intelligencerliberalsobamacare
Making Sense?
Michael Myer on energy
Myer criticizes U.S. energy policy for not making sense
The Michael Myer column,"U.S. Energy Policy Makes No Sense," begins by taking us back 40 years:
More than one-fourth of the oil we use in this country comes from other nations. We import nearly twice as much as we did in 1973-74, when the Arab oil embargo . . .
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