Politics www.nytimes.com Suriname could be latest big oil find as industry cuts cost The small South American country has become a hot prospect for oil companies looking to produce fossil fuels while spending less.
Causes www.propublica.org The coal industry extracted a steep price from West Virginia. Now natural gas is leading the state down the same path “It’s déjà vu for the people who sat here 130 years ago and gave away our coal wealth to big out-of-state companies,” one state senator said. “That’s what we’re about to do again.”