Appalachian Coal Fights for Survival on Shale Boom: Commodities
Coal mining in Appalachia has survived deadly explosions, the Great Depression and the country’s largest armed insurrection since the Civil War. The latest threat is booming shale-gas production. U.S. power utilities are favoring natural gas, which is trading at its cheapest in a decade as hydraulic fracturing opens up previously inaccessible reserves. Consumption of coal … Read more
New Years Eve Earthquake in Ohio believed to be a result of Fracking
Won-Young Kim, a research professor of Seismology Geology at Columbia University who is advising the state of Ohio on the New Year’s Eve 4.0 magnitude earthquake near Youngstown, Ohio, said on Jan. 3 that circumstantial evidence suggests a link between the earthquake and high-pressure well activity. Kim believes that the recent earthquake did not occur naturally … Read more
