Maybe it has something to do with the hardhat

Tom  Tiffany protects himself from the facts.

Public Deserves Results, Not Petty Blame.  (News from Bob Jauch, 8/4/2014)

He's Tom Terrific, greatest hero ever to Gogebic Taconite LLC.  Instead of joining us in a bi-partisan effort to promote a solution to a problem our Republican colleague Senator Tom Tiffany has issued a rambling and misinformed partisan diatribe that attacks my colleagues and I of being part of the “liberal left war on coal” and accuses my colleagues of “Madison double talk” because their effort to improve the transportation of coal is somehow a violation of their environmental record. 

Senator Tiffany’s column demonstrates complete ignorance of the real problem when he blames the Obama administration, along with its allies in the Wisconsin Legislature , for using the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as attack dogs in the war on coal that is leading to coal shortages along t he Mississippi. Apparently, he is so desperate to vent his partisan hostility that he fails to understand that the problem is due to transportation backlog and not a failure to produce enough coal. 

Other mining posts:
In other words, Kevin, people don't want to live near a frac sand mining operation.  (8/7/2014) 
UPDATED: Scott Walker continues his "Thank You for Your Contributions" tour.  (8/3/2014)
What a mere $8,000 will buy you in the Scott Walker House of Favors,  (3/30/2014)
Frac sand mining and property values: Homeowners vs. landowners.  (3/30/2014)
Nevertheless, transparency would have been in the general pubic's best interest.  (3/15/2014)
Wisconsin Towns Association has second thoughts about that "gentler" frac sand mining regulation bill. (3/4/014)
Scott Walker likely to support Tom Tiffany's new mining bill.  (2/27/2014)
The vision of Trempealeau County as one big mining operation -- nipped in the bud.  (2/20/2014)
Glenwood City Council members defeat their recall challengers by a hair.  (12/18/2013)
Wyoming's Republican Governor has a message for Wisconsin mining industry's "Tom Terrific".  (11/24/2013)
The mining industry's "Tom Terrific" gets pushback from his Republican colleagues.  (11/18/2013)
In so many words: Dear Sen. Tiffany, Your bill sucks, Sincerely, Pepin County Board.  (11/13/2013)
Follow the Gogebic money.  (11/7/2013)
Sand mine industry leaders put our minds at ease.  (11/5/2013) 
Scott Walker donor promises jobs, permanence for Independence and Whitehall residents.  (10/29/2013) 
Sen. Tom Tiffany's sand mine bill a hot potato.  (10/28/2013) 
Another Walker campaign donor for SB349.  (10/25/2013)
Expensive to the Tune of $430,505.49 (as of June 30, 2013).  (10/25/2013) 
The Nipper Chronicles: The frac sand mining masters speak.  (10/18/2013)
Things aren't so tranquil in Glenwood City Wisconsin lately  (10/10/2013)