Teachers sat in the control room of a giant piece of coal mining machinery Wednesday, getting an up-close view of North Dakota’s lignite industry.
They were part of a group of more than 100 teachers from the region who toured North Dakota’s coal country through a teachers' seminar sponsored by the Lignite Energy Council.
Read more at http://bismarcktribune.com/news/state-and-regional/teachers-get-up-close-view-of-coal-industry/article_9858c027-8b5e-5562-8625-9a79dd562835.html.
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