A friend who works for a Chinese manufacturer tells me that industry in China has ground to a halt over the coronavirus outbreak. Even factories and businesses far from Hubei Province cannot operate, as the supply chain of parts and materials is, for now, non-operational. The whole nation of the People’s Republic of China is
One chilly day in October, President Donald Trump boarded Air Force One and flew to Pennsylvania to hail one of the state’s most important industries — not coal, but natural gas. Trump spoke at an industry event of the “astonishing increase” in shale gas production. The Appalachian region has spearheaded a historic expansion, turning the