Coal comeback? Trump plan would breathe new life into aging power plants Ledyard King, USA Today, June 19, 2019 Aging coal-fired power plants would get a new lease on life under the industry-friendly proposal known as the Affordable Clean Energy (ACE) Rule, under the initial rule unveiled in August.  Presented as a change to the decades-old Clean Air Act, the … read more

ConocoPhillips picks up another oil prospect west of Prudhoe Bay Elizabeth Harball, KTOO, June 17, 2019 ConocoPhillips today announced it intends to buy 21,000 acres from Caelus Natural Resources, which includes the Nuna oil discovery. State documents show Nuna previously was estimated to contain between 75 million and 100 million barrels of oil. But ConocoPhillips said it will spend the … read more

No fix Craig Medred, June 17, 2019 A Pew Research survey out at the start of the month found the citizenry ranking “made-up news” one of the country’s  greatest problems, and they expect journalists to fix it. “Indeed, more Americans view made-up news as a very big problem for the country than identify terrorism, illegal immigration, racism and sexism that … read more