Coal company Alpha Natural Resources, announced yesterday it is closing eight mines starting immediately. Of the eight mines targeted for closure there are four in West Virginia, three in Virginia and one in Pennsylvania. Layoffs associated with the closures will be 1200 workers. The job casualties represent about 10% of the company’s workforce. Of the 1200, there will be an initial 400 workers sent packing …READ MORE
How much is “going green” costing the red, white and blue taxpayers? There’s probably not a soul on Earth that can answer that question with any fair degree of accuracy. We all know the Solyndra debacle will cost the taxpayers a bundle. Estimates range between $300- $500 million, depending on who you ask. Consider this, too. Deroy Murdock, in a piece at the National Review …READ MORE
On Tuesday, a federal appeals court slapped EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson and told her to back off, when it struck down the Obama administration’s “good neighbor” pollution rule. The “good neighbor” rule is designed to address pollution produced by a plant in one state that gets carried by the wind and settles in another state. It is a messy case because there are multiple states …READ MORE
Grab some body bags because Obama and the EPA storm-troopers have won another battle. PBS Coals Inc. and its affiliate, RoxCoal Inc., sent 225 workers packing Friday, dropping its workforce to 795 employees, as reported by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Lynn Shanks, the company’s CEO, pointed the finger at the EPA, “…the escalating costs and uncertainty generated by recently advanced EPA regulations and interpretations have created …READ MORE