The wild and not-so-wonderful drug problem plaguing West Virginia's coal mining sector is getting a lot of attention this week.

Roughly two-thirds of global nickel production goes to make stainless steel, and China produces and consumes the majority.

In his book, “Ethical Oil: The Case for Canada’s Oil Sands,” popular Canadian Conservative pundit and media personality Ezra Levant discusses how Canada’s vast reserves in bitumen oil sands is the favorable option to oil produced from nations with undemocratic regimes.