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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…
LETTER: America's future
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... President Trump's America is becoming a nation increasingly isolated from the world it once helped lead. His reckless use of tariffs is turning longtime allies into adversaries, raising costs for American…
TV tonight: Strictly shakes up movie week!
Camera, action! For the first time in Strictly history, all the contestants will get their closeup in movie week. It's also the first elimination of the series, with the result being announced on Sunday at 7.10pm. Before then, the dancers take us…
A tropical island drought may raise the price of your sneakers
Long-submerged houses are exposed after prolonged drought lowers the water level of Karian Dam, in Lebak, Banten province, Indonesia, in July. (Photograph by Tatan Syuflana/AP) What could 2026 do to make the fossil-fuel supply crisis emanating from…
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…
Celebrating the geological importance of Wren's Nest in Dudley
Nestled in the heart of the Black Country is an internationally important geological site and a landscape 428 million years in the making. Wren's Nest National Nature Reserve in Dudley is home to millions of fossils in its limestone-rich rocks and…
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…
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…
Overlooked stories of Aberfan to be told as 60th anniversary of tragedy marked
As the 60th anniversary of the Aberfan disaster approaches there are many events scheduled to mark the tragic day in Wales' history. The Silent Volunteer is a moving exploration of one of the most significant events in Welsh history and will call…
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