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Friday, November 12, 2010

Frackers move from gas to oil, raising U.S. output

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Advances in the old technology of hydraulic fracturing, which have opened up vast reserves of natural gas, have also turned around "the...

Safety awards to Massey and Transocean questioned after recent coal and oil disasters

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Both Massey Energy and Transocean were faulted for safety shortcomings in their respective coal and oil disasters this spring, but both als...

'Sarah Palin's Alaska' is more about state's beauty than Republican's political future

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UPDATE, Dec. 9: After watching the first eight shows, David Firestone of The New York Times writes a column that is mainly about the show as...

Climatologists gird for scrutiny by GOP skeptics

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Climate scientists say they are more prepared than ever to defend their work if a Republican-controlled House amps up skepticism of global w...

Many Miss. schools lack good speech therapists

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Almost half of Mississippi's 152 school districts don't have a staff member fully qualified to help students with speech-related pro...
Thursday, November 11, 2010

Small Western papers win for investigative, explanatory reporting in Inland Press contest

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The Inland Press Association has announced the winners of its 2010 newsroom contest. The association  contests are co-sponsored and judged ...

Commission proposed deep spending cuts for farm programs

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On Wednesday, the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility announced a plan for $3.8 trillion in spending cuts by 2020, including $3 bi...

Votes for farm subsidies weren't enough to save Democratic lawmakers, subsidy skeptics note

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Support for continued farm subsidies in the 2008 Farm Bill wasn't enough to save many rural Democratic representatives in last week'...

MSHA announces public hearings for proposed black lung rule

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The U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration has announced six public hearings for discussion of the Obama administration's proposal ...

Cause of recently discovered abnormalities in Alaskan birds is unknown

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Researchers with the U.S. Geological Survey  have discovered a population of birds in Alaska with potentially significant beak abnormalities...
Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Publisher John M. McClelland is remembered for devotion to his home state

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Publisher John M. McClelland Jr. (Photo, left, in 1975),  owner of a small regional newspaper chain, died Oct. 30, at the age of 95. Crosscu...

Western Ky. zoning board approves permit for Muslim worship center

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In September, we reported that an open records request from the Courier-Journal showed a Mayfield, Ky., zoning board had been pressured int...

EPA issues emissions rules for oil and gas industry

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On Tuesday, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued its final rules requiring oil and gas facilities and some electronic manufactur...

Halliburton and Cabot Oil & Gas feel effects of hydraulic fracturing

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency subpoenaed Halliburton for information about its hydraulic fracturing formula after the company ...

Deer-automobile collisions expected to peak in November

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Drivers around the country should be especially cautious in the coming weeks as it's peak season for deer-automobile collisions. "C...
Tuesday, November 09, 2010

Rural Ky. paper's use of open records and shoe leather helps lead to indictment of sheriff

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A Kentucky sheriff has been indicted by a special grand jury appointed in part because a local newspaper kept reporting on problems in the s...
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EPA sued over 15% ethanol-in-gasoline rule

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A coalition of farm, food and petroleum industry groups has sued the Obama administration in an attempt to block its approval of higher leve...

PNC Bank to stop lending to mountaintop removal mining companies

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The top financier of mountaintop removal coal mining announced Monday it would stop lending for projects that use the controversial mining t...

Report finds shortcomings in monitoring stimulus funding for broadband

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A report released Monday by the Department of Commerce 's Office of the Inspector General calls for more oversight of federal stimulus p...

In spite of election claims, Rep. and Dem. governors will work to implement health care reform

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As more Republican governors took control of state governments in last week's election, more states are likely to take a limited, free-m...