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George Korson, the coal country's storyteller
George Korson was born in Ukraine in 1899 and emigrated with his family to Brooklyn in 1906. Despite this, Korson always thought of Wilkes-Barre, where he and his family moved in the early 1910s, as his hometown. Newspapers played a big role in…
Coal company's $1 billion lawsuit against Oakland dismissed
A coal company's attempt to sue Oakland for $1 billion dollars fell flat this week after a federal judge ruled that the case didn't belong in his courtroom. On Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Benjamin Beaton, who serves in the Western District of…
Oakland Coal Terminal Lawsuit Dismissed by Federal Judge
Oakland has dodged a potential financial catastrophe after a federal judge in Kentucky threw out a $1 billion lawsuit accusing the city of driving a coal export company into bankruptcy. The dismissal closes out, at least for now, one of the most…
Coal India ramps up supplies in September as power demand rises
State-run Coal India (CIL) augmented supplies by 12.5 per cent Y-o-Y to 61.20 million tonnes (mt) in September amid higher coal burn by thermal power plants (TPPs) to meet rising power demand. The mining behemoth said that supplies to the Power…
A complete list of the first three classes ofLuzerne County Arts & Entertainment Hall of Fame inductees
• The Badlees —The roots rock band that went national with songs like “Fear of Falling” and “Angeline Is Coming Home.” The band was nothing short of a sensation in rural Pennsylvania, and the band members…
How China Managed the Oil Shock
Since what the International Energy Agency called “the largest supply disruption in the history of the global oil market” arrived in February, China—the world's largest crude oil importer, with more than 90 percent of these…
The Iran war is making Australia's gas industry richer
The war in the Middle East is delivering a huge windfall for Australian gas exporters, as new figures suggest soaring prices could add $23 billion to their combined revenue this year and reverse what was expected to be a period of decline. One-off…
From Nanticoke to Hollywood, Nick Adams became a star in the 'Rebel' generation
The actor who would be known to audiences worldwide as Nick Adams was born as Nicholas Aloysius Adamshock in 1931 in the Hanover section of Nanticoke. The son of a coal miner, Adams grew up in extreme poverty in a company house, and spent much of…
Bangladesh is another data point on how coal is filling in for gas this year
At TCT, we've talked a fair amount about generating fuel affordability in emerging markets, because this is and always will be a key reason that coal stays in the power mix. And we mentioned earlier this year that Vietnam appears to be changing its…
Black unemployment rises sharply to 7% as economists point to Trump policies
The Black unemployment rate has risen yet again under the second Trump presidency after initially seeing modest declines, according to the latest U.S. jobs report. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the jobless rate for Black…
Power demand overshoots government's projection by 3.3% in April-August
In April-August 2023, actual energy requirement was 0.75% higher than the CEA's projection, while the deviation was 1.8% during the corresponding period in 2022. The divergence assumes significance as generation companies and power system operators…
A Forty-Two-Year-Old Man Checks the Score of a High School Football Game
You don't have to do this. In fact, it would be a whole lot better for you if you didn't do this. You have absolutely no connection to that place or the people who live there anymore. None of your family members have children who are on the high…
Beyond the Byline: Oh, what a night it again will be
KINGSTON — Four years and counting. On Saturday, Oct. 3, the Luzerne County Arts & Entertainment Hall of Fame will induct its fourth class — another remarkable group that will join the members of the first three classes in what truly…
From Wilkes-Barre's Little Theatre to 'Poltergeist': The prolific career of James Karen
Born in the Wyoming Valley in 1923, James Karen was introduced to films just as synchronized sound was moving into the mainstream. He would go to the movie theater with his father Joe, an illiterate coal mining immigrant from Russia, to read the…
Is a 'fantasy' now driving Australia's power reliability outlook?
In the chaos and complexity of energy in Australia, one topic has always cut through the noise: blackouts. Or, more precisely, the need to avoid blackouts at seemingly any cost, so untenable are the political consequences. It is for this reason…
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