NewsPronto

 
Men's Weekly

.

USA Conversation

The Conversation USA

The Conversation USA

Inside the coal industry's rhetorical playbook

  • Written by Steve Schwarze, Professor, The University of Montana
imageA political sign in West Virginia reflects the claim that the Obama administration, by developing policies to reduce carbon emission, was waging a campaign against the industry. Vicki Smith/AP Photo

If citizens have heard anything about the upheaval in the U.S. coal industry, it is probably the insistence that President Obama and the EPA have waged...

Read more: Inside the coal industry's rhetorical playbook

More Articles ...

  1. How speeding up payments to small businesses creates jobs
  2. Chicago 1969: When Black Panthers aligned with Confederate-flag-wielding, working-class whites
  3. Static electricity's tiny sparks
  4. Is Google's eagerness to answer questions promoting more falsehood online?
  5. Does nonpartisan journalism have a future?
  6. Want to challenge Trump on immigration? Try a strategy from the antebellum South
  7. How ride-hailing apps like Uber continue cab industry's history of racial discrimination
  8. Why is it so hard to close the racial health gap in the US?
  9. Five reasons why the North Dakota pipeline fight will continue in 2017
  10. The challenge facing libraries in an era of fake news
  11. Attackers can make it impossible to dial 911
  12. Is hunting moral? A philosopher unpacks the question
  13. New study: Did America's growing diversity make voters more xenophobic?
  14. Dengue virus antibodies may worsen a Zika infection
  15. The factories of the past are turning into the data centers of the future
  16. How does a US president settle on his science policy?
  17. How the Berlin Christmas market terror attack affects Chancellor Merkel and Europe
  18. Momentum grows for ocean preserves. How well do they work?
  19. Does a healthy diet have to come at a hefty price?
  20. Sexuality in the time of Trump
  21. Trump's immigration policies will pick up where Obama's left off
  22. Will Obama's offshore drilling ban be Trumped?
  23. Can't keep your New Year's resolutions - try being kind to yourself
  24. Finding trust and understanding in autonomous technologies
  25. How to get ready for the economic recession coming in 2017
  26. As Republicans ready to dismantle ACA, insurers likely to bolt
  27. 'The 120 Days of Sodom' – counterculture classic or porn war pariah?
  28. Thirteen ways to keep free radicals away, and why it's so important
  29. Single-sex schools: Could they harm your child?
  30. Why academics consulting with industry on health care may be an idea whose time has come
  31. More online shopping means more delivery trucks. Are cities ready?
  32. Assassination of the Russian ambassador a big loss for Turkey
  33. Does being wealthy make you more charitable?
  34. Why you'd have to eat 64 cans of green beans per day - every day - to get too much BPA
  35. Obstacle avoidance: The challenge for drone package delivery
  36. Tell a different story about Santa this holiday season
  37. Are Brazilians Latinos? What their identity struggle tells us about race in America
  38. Why you can’t fry eggs (or testicles) with a cellphone
  39. Could Hulu and Google upend the TV industry in 2017?
  40. Trump is not a European-style populist. That’s our problem
  41. How ancient wisdom can help managers give their employees better feedback
  42. A sacred light in the darkness: Winter solstice illuminations at Spanish missions
  43. High rates of medical student depression: What do they say about our health system?
  44. Rating, ranking and recommending: Three R's for the internet age
  45. Brick-and-mortar retailers should nix deep discounts to make most of jittery shopping season
  46. Policy uncertainty discourages innovation and hurts the environment
  47. Obama administration's big science and tech innovation: Socially engaged policy
  48. Another reason to exercise every day during the holidays
  49. Can legal activist Scott Pruitt undo clean air and water protections as head of EPA?
  50. Why children believe (or not) that Santa Claus exists