Health impact of coal

Roddy Scheer

Coal combustion plants account for more than half of Americans’ electric power generation. According to Coal’s Assault on Human Health, a report by the non-profit Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR), coal combustion releases mercury, nitrogen oxides, sulfur dioxide and other substances known to be hazardous to human health.

Strong effort by Barbery lifts VMI baseball to series win, 2-1

Chris Graham

Freshman Brandon Barbery shut out the North Florida Ospreys over six innings in his collegiate debut, and Ray Lopez continued his sizzling opening weekend by driving in the eventual winning run as the VMI Keydets defeated UNF, 2-1, in the finale of the three-game, season-opening series Sunday in Jacksonville, Fla.