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(Mar)  Archive - April, 2002  (May)

 News Links Relevant to OVEC Issues

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4-30
NPR - Real Audio
Strip Mining Regulations (WV Public Radio Story aired on NPR Morning Edition)
4-30
New Proposal to Aid Mountaintop Mining
4-30
Interior Dept. Mulls Mining Rules
4-30
Endangered species expert speaks at Marshall today
4-29
DEP denies Massey's permit request
4-28
Draft Rule to Let Mines Dump in Streams
4-28
Mining layoffs result from slow market, officials say
4-27
State to monitor valley fills as before; Change in rules won't affect state, agency official says
4-27
Numbers illustrate trucking issue: Wayne is top in crashes but not in coal production
4-27
Senate panel to hold hearings on fill rule; Toilets, junk cars could go into fills
4-27
Coal truck recommendations may come mid-July, chairman says
4-27
EPA wants cleanup plan for dioxin: Highly toxic chemical has seeped into Kanawha
4-27
Massey: DEP lawsuit overdue 
4-26
EPA Would Allow Mine Dumping in Waterways
4-26
Martin Coal fined $110,000 for slurry spill in 2000
4-26
Valley fill rule blasted; Official says change will make regulations agree
4-26
Bush administration plan broadens valley fill rule changes; Cars, toilets could be dumped into streams
4-26
EPA Moves to Allow Mine Dumping in Waterways - Post
4-26
Rule Could Let Mine Debris Fill in Valleys and Streams
4-26
Feds May Allow Mining Law Change
4-26
Coal truck panel readies for meetings; Chairman says report not expected before mid-summer
4-26
Miano gets MSHA job
4-26
Feds fine Massey $110,000 for slurry spill in Kentucky
4-25
Dioxin seep discovered at Nitro plant
4-25
Battle for black lung benefits only starting
4-25
Hawks Nest spared view of gas pipeline
4-24
Agency sues Massey over slurry spill; State says firm hasn't learned from mistakes
4-24
DEP regulations go under review
4-24
DEP sues Massey over slurry spill
4-24
Synfuel facilities must test silt levels
4-24
W.Va. files suit against Massey for slurry spill
4-23
Agency suspends three Massey permits; Company officials say action by state not unexpected
4-23
Environment could be key: Issue may shape
2nd District race
4-23
State suspends permits for 3 Massey operations
4-23
IRS ruling allows transfer of lucrative synfuel credits
4-23

Hechler out of office, but still in eye of public; Marshall adjunct professor being honored for service within Truman administration

4-22
Dominion drops Upshur plant
4-21
Bush Policies Have Been Good to Energy Industry
4-21
The Selling of an Energy Policy
4-21
Key Senate races could become interest group battles
4-20
No timetable set for coal truck panel; Chairman says group plans
4-20
Campaign $$$: Backing the winner
4-20
W.Va. coalfield residents in constant danger from trucks
4-20
Truck safety panel meets for first time
4-19
WV Public Radio - Windows Media Audio
Study links coal-fired power plants to premature deaths
4-19
WV Public Radio - Windows Media Audio
Longwall mining
4-19
Mining report may be released in August; Combing findings could take longer, official says
4-19
Coal-hauling industry broke state law instead of trying to change it 
4-18
Real Audio - NPR
Senate Kills ANWR Drilling Proposal (This NPR audio story includes a truly outrageous quote by Alaskan Senator Frank Murkowski)
4-18
Coping with tragedy: A family that knows the value of mining grapples with a coal truck death
4-18
Poca plant not similar to Cheshire
4-18
DEP: Still ignoring OSM
4-18
Study Sees 6,000 Deaths From Power Plants
4-18
Study Says 8 Utilities' Pollution Causes Premature Deaths
4-18
Michigan Governor to Offer Energy Research Plan
4-18
Mason Countians see blue smoke; Gavin pollution hasn't caused health problems, they say
4-17
Widows trek calls attention to black-lung benefits
4-17
Massey alleges union influences administration; CEO says state regulatory action exceeds reason
4-17
Massey draws protesters : Miners' union says coal firm has negative safety record
4-17
Oops! Mine Study Examines Wrong County: When Mountaintop Removal Is A Foregone Conclusion
4-17
Obliteration Blues: Activists Speak Out
4-17
GOP Greens Vs. The White House: Republicans Urge Bush To Preserve The Clean Water Act
4-17
Just Make It Legal: From 'Waste' to 'Fill'
4-17
Happy Earth Day From George W. Bush: Will He Gut The Clean Water Act?
4-17
AEP to buy town hurt by pollution; Clouds of sulfuric gas force residents to sell
4-17
Mingo eyes mountaintop mine site for airport
4-17
Truck dangers overblown, Massey chief says
4-17
Black-lung widow completes D.C. trek
4-17
Weight of truck in accident a mystery
4-17
Effort to repair coal camp houses aims to stabilize communities
4-16
Enviros boycott DEP advisory panel
4-16
More studies of overweight coal truck issue not warranted
4-16
Wyoming man killed in coal truck collision
4-16
Black lung widow completes walk to capital
4-16
Massey CEO alleges union influences state; Overweight trucks, slurry spills come up at meeting
4-16
Massey shareholders to vote on severance rule
4-14
The White House, Activists are Clashing Over Mountaintop Mining
4-14
Bush pushes mountaintop removal mining
4-14
The Steep Cost of Cleaner, Cheaper Coal: White House supports mountaintop mining. Foes call it a "disaster."
4-14
Mine panel pick criticized; Unions, safety advocates protest Bush's nomination of Massey executive
4-14
DEP still needs to hire inspectors, OSM says
4-13
W.Va., Ky. must get tough against stream polluters
4-13
$56.6 million: State regains money
4-12
Town deals with latest slurry spill
4-12
State cites coal firm over slurry spill
4-12
Clean money: Stop river of cash
4-12
Miner killed in roof fall in Wayne County
4-12
Mine study mistakenly used wrong county's info
4-12
Energy task force issues first report on West Virginia's future strategy
4-11
Slurry strikes Tug again; Massey blamed for spill
killing fish, closing water plants
4-11
Oops!: Mine study examines wrong county
4-11
Massey Energy reports coal slurry spill in Tug River
4-11
Gallons of Waste Spill Into Streams
4-11
Wise cant duck coal truck issue
4-11
Massey exec picked for safety board duty
4-10
135,000 gallons of coal waste spilled into streams
4-10
Clean water rules fight goes to court
4-10
Coal companies agree to settle: Workers' Comp settlements now total $56.6 million
4-10
Board backs coal firm closure
4-10
Coal trucks: Billions in repairs, upgrades
4-10
McDowell-Wyoming group targets flooding, prevention
4-10
Board upholds Massey suspension
4-10
Comp settlements worth $8.4 million
4-9
Truck promise debated: Man says Tomblin promised
to fix citations for illegal loads
4-9
Subsidence: Ridiculous rule overturned
4-9
Marfork Coal fined for leak
4-9
Massey PR director terminated
4-8
Coal mine leak probably permanent
4-8
Changing coal: Public ownership may
alter nature of the industry
4-8
Coal ads invading W.Va. Public Radio
4-8
DEP agrees to fix mine runoff regulation
4-8
Water collected in Boone mine blows out hill
4-7
Fish & Wildlife memo on valley fills ignored
4-7
Weight bill would kill mines, broker says
4-7
Bridge upgrades would cost millions, study says
4-7
Obliterating Clean Water
4-6
Corps of Engineers must realize that only fools bury streams
4-6
UMW blasts truck safety work group'
4-6
Truck safety panel won't find any quick fix, chairman says
4-5
Why not coal-hauling branch lines?
4-5
Task force picks a surprise; Officials say they wanted to keep study of coal trucks apolitical
4-4
Some counties cut coal trucks slack, DOH says
4-4
EPA nerd' is WVU graduate
4-4
Clean-stream policy a dirty word to some
4-4
Coal haulers told to obey subpoenas:
McGraw suspects anti-trust violation
4-4
Underground coal operators suffer setback:
Mining under homes illegal, judge says
4-3
Massey financial outlook reduced: Negative report due to company's high mining costs
4-3
DEP should rewrite pollution limits, justice suggests;
EPA's Blackwater assessment ridiculed
4-3
Truckers thought it OK to exceed limit
4-2
Rewrite the rules: Winning at any cost
4-1
Court to hear stream case

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