Cars, trucks, marching bands and floats all paid homage to the area’s coal mining heritage at Saturday’s annual King Coal Parade in Carmichaels. It was the close of the 70th annual King Coal Festival, which began the Saturday before and continued throughout the week with baby contests, a ...
The jewel of Russell’s Smith’s antique coal and gas stove collection is an 1887 Germer coal stove, made in Erie and considered the “Cadillac” of stoves back in the day, with decorative medallions of the manufacturer's three daughters across the front. His collection of about 20 antique ...
There can be little doubt that coal has been good for us. There also can be little doubt that coal has been bad for us. Coal was vital in fueling all the machinery that came to the fore two centuries ago during the Industrial Revolution. Coal played a role in changing how everyone lived ...
The days of coal’s supremacy are dwindling There can be little doubt that coal has been good for us. There also can be little doubt that coal has been bad for us. Coal was vital in fueling all the machinery that came to the fore two centuries ago during the Industrial Revolution. Coal ...
Coal, an energy source that once heated numerous homes across Western Pennsylvania, remains abundant underground. But it continues to lose prominence on the energy grid. Solar and wind power have surpassed coal as sources of electricity generation, according to the U.S. Energy Information ...
In a recent weekly newsletter, Washington & Jefferson College’s Center for Energy Policy & Management reported on two disparate and interesting energy matters. The first was electrifying news that came out of the U.S. Department of the Treasury: American consumers who ...
