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Search Results for: "war on coal"
The Real “War on Coal”
By Peter Galuszka Over in West Virginia, some things never seem to change. Families of the 29 miners killed on April 5, 2010 at Massey Energy’s Upper Big Branch are asking a federal judge to lift her gag order so … Continue reading
Posted in Business and Economy, Children and Families, Consumer Protection, Courts and law, Crime, Corrections and Law Enforcement, Disasters and Disaster Preparedness, Energy, Environment, Federal issues, Infrastructure, Insurance, Labor and Workforce, Land use & Development, Media, Money in politics, Politics, Regulations and Government Oversight, Uncategorized
Drinking Water and the “War on Coal”
By Peter Galuszka It’s curious against whom the “War on Coal” really is. You might ask the 300,000 residents of Charleston, W.Va. who are being trucked emergency bottles of water because the spill of a toxic chemical used to help … Continue reading
Facts, Reality and the “War On Coal”
By Peter Galuszka Now that the Obama Administration is finally getting ready to set long-overdue regulations on limiting carbon dioxide at new coal-fired electricity plants, Big Coal and its allies are again beating the “War On Coal” drums. The rules, … Continue reading
Posted in Business and Economy, Energy, Environment, Labor and Workforce, Media, Money in politics, Politics
Tagged University of Virginia
Dissecting Obama’s “War on Coal”
By Peter Galuszka During elections a few months ago, headlines, blog sites and televisions screens were crowded with news about the “War on Coal” being waged by President Barack Obama and his EPA chief. Coal firms were laying off thousands … Continue reading
Celanese: The “War on Coal” Versus Reality
By Peter Galuszka The “War on Coal” has marched on Giles County and the propaganda is flying. Yet the problem is a bit more complicated. The latest skirmish involves a Celanese Acetate plant that makes products for cigarette filters and … Continue reading
Square Peg, Meet Round Hole
by James A. Bacon I love it when The New York Times tries to explain to its liberal and progressive readers what makes Republicans tick. Viewing the world through their woke lens of intersectional oppression, an article published yesterday concludes … Continue reading
The Virginia War On Fossil Fuels
by Steve Haner First published in the Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star Feb. 26 then distributed by the Thomas Jefferson Institute for Public Policy. The lesson of the Texas grid collapse is not just about electricity. Imagine the week Texans would have … Continue reading
Posted in Business and Economy, Economic development, Energy, Environment, General Assembly
Tagged Stephen D. Haner
How Greeniacs Destroy the Environment
by Paul Driessen The US Supreme Court recently ruled 7-2 to reverse a lower court ruling invalidating a permit for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline, which will bring West Virginia natural gas to Virginia and North Carolina, for home heating, factory power, … Continue reading
Upper Big Branch: Ten Years After
By Peter Galuszka This week is the tenth anniversary of one of the worst coal mine disasters in recent U.S. history. The massive explosion at the Upper Big Branch at Montcoal, W.Va. on the afternoon of April 5, 2010 killed … Continue reading
Trump Nixes Clean Power Plan, Gas and Solar Still Rule
President Trump has never hidden his dislike of his predecessor’s Clean Power Plan, which would have required the 50 states to order their electric utilities to curtail carbon dioxide emissions in the cause of combating global warming. Nine months into … Continue reading
“Blood on the Mountain”
Jeff Thomas, author of “Virginia Politics & Government in a New Century” and podcaster, interviews former Bacon’s Rebellion contributor Peter Galuszka about the “war on coal” and the Upper Big Branch mine disaster in West Virginia. Peter also appears as a … Continue reading
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Alpha Natural Resources: Running Wrong
By Peter Galuszka Four years ago, coal titan Alpha Natural Resources, one of Virginia’s biggest political donors, was riding high. It was spending $7.1 billion to buy Massey Energy, a renegade coal firm based in Richmond that had compiled an … Continue reading
Posted in Business and Economy, Courts and law, Crime, Corrections and Law Enforcement, Demographics, Disasters and Disaster Preparedness, Economic development, Energy, Environment, Federal issues, Government Finance, Health Care, Housing, Infrastructure, Insurance, Labor and Workforce, Land use & Development, Media, Money in politics, Planning, Politics, Poverty & income gap, Property rights, Public safety & health, Regulations and Government Oversight, Science & Technology, Social Services and Entitlements, Taxes
Capitalism Triumphs Again!
By Peter Galuszka If there were any questions about just how capitalism has failed, one need look no farther than Wise County, where, this week, hundreds, if not thousands, of people will line up for free medical care. The event … Continue reading
Posted in Business and Economy, Consumer Protection, Demographics, Disasters and Disaster Preparedness, Economic development, Energy, Environment, Government Finance, Health Care, Insurance, Labor and Workforce, Media, Money in politics, Politics, Poverty & income gap, Public safety & health
Tagged University of Virginia
What's the Deal with Dominion and Coal Ash?
By Peter Galuszka So what’s the deal with dumping coal ash and Dominion Virginia Power? A story in the Associated Press that is getting wide attention suggests that the utility may be consolidating five coal ash dumping ponds at its … Continue reading
What’s the Deal with Dominion and Coal Ash?
By Peter Galuszka So what’s the deal with dumping coal ash and Dominion Virginia Power? A story in the Associated Press that is getting wide attention suggests that the utility may be consolidating five coal ash dumping ponds at its … Continue reading
