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(Sep) Archive - October, 2002 (Nov)

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10-31	LA Times: Costly House Race Set in Land of Poverty; Candidates' spending in West Virginia may be a record; Bush plans a campaign stop
10-31	Patriots For Peace Plan Protest
10-31	Group to assemble for peace during Bush visit
10-31	EU's Prodi says he's banking on a hydrogen future (while US and WV "leaders" refuse to face future, remain fossil fuel fools)
10-31	In Kentucky: Ex-utility lobbyist to oversee regulators; Official was deputy boss at environmental agency (Sound familiar?)
10-30	Windmill opponentsc (Aired 10/20 on WV Public Radio)
10-30	Health care industry leads increased contributions to legislative campaigns (Aired 10/28 on WV Public Radio)
10-30	Poverty rates high in rural areas; McDowell County has sixth lowest median income (So much for the "Billion-Dollar Coalfields")
10-30	Officials to study mine maps; New technology would assist in accurate mapping (Didn't they do that after the Massey Mega-sludge Mess?)
10-30	Campaigns: Giving welfare to politicians makes less sense every election (Hey Daily Mail democracy shouldn't look like $. Fat Cat special interests have us over the financial barrel. Public financing of elections could help return democracy to the people.)
10-30	Anker Coal files for bankruptcy
10-30	200 mines at high risk of flooding; 47 in W.Va., MSHA says
10-30	Advocate: Allegations only an excuse
10-30	Hechler: Voter can tell Amores Tuesday his coal truck opinion is wrong
10-30	In Kentucky: LG&E plans to build Trimble County plant; Coal-burning facility could be ready by 2008
10-30	Aid sought in finding old mines to prevent accidents
10-30	Plaques are ads for mine machines (Scroll down to last letter)
10-29	Feds approve change to valley fill rules; Fills to be built from bottom up under regulations
10-29	Committee examining tax; Tax is used to fund reclamation of abandoned mines
10-29	Campaign giving has increased; Health-care interests led higher funding of ’02 primary races
10-29	Self-funding makes up 22 percent of contributions so far
10-29	Sale of Pittston's West Virginia coal mining operations delayed
10-29	In Kentucky: Town wins fight to keep out coal mine; Activity would reduce groundwater, state agency rules
10-28	Feds to limit valley fill study after complaints
10-28	Government backs off valley fill proposal; State already lookinginto issue, official says
10-28	Scholars, history buffs recall pivotal 1902 strike; Event credited with energizing union movement
10-28	Sculptor: Environmentalists' protest: Sculpture is a monument to history of coal mining (Burl, the point is: yes to honoring miners, but no to glorification of MTR in a public space.)
10-27	Many in W.Va. rely on streams, springs
10-27	The Way It Was: King coal
10-27	Iron man: Tracing a Dunbar man's trek from coal mine welder to artisan of wrought-iron handiwork
10-27	Environmental Champion Wellstone Dies in Plane Crash
10-26	Mine safety advocate under fire
10-26	Toothless: DEP slow to take action
10-26	Wellstone dies in plane crash; Coal miners loose key ally
10-26	A Strong, Clear Voice
10-26	A Lifetime Together, Serving the People
10-26	Paul Wellstone: America Loses A Bold Leader -- Huffington
10-26	Paul Wellstone Lives!
10-26	An Unapologetic Liberal : Senators Mourn 'Fearless Public Servant and Tireless Advocate for Justice'
10-25	Wellstone Killed in Crash, Clouding Fight Over Senate
10-25	Friend to WV environmental groups: Senator Paul Wellstone Killed in Plane Crash
10-25	Coal truck groups at odds with legislator; Candidate tried to deceive voters in letter, activist says
10-25	Coal truck flier flurry on the way; Leaders think issue may have impact on election results
10-25	Quecreek: Why aren't probes open?
10-25	Congressional contest nation's most expensive
10-25	State in wrangle over future of river stream-flow gauges
10-25	Coal truck debate concerns only one thing -- weight limits
10-25	In Kentucky: Land swap could put coal mine near lake
10-25	Cleaning the air
10-25	Senate panel faults Bush efforts to rewrite Clinton environmental regulations
10-25	Bush Administration Rule Would Increase Air Pollution
10-24	Va. company applies to build another wind farm
10-24	Watchdog fails Capito on environment
10-24	Battle resumes over drinking water rule
10-24	PSC approves water buyout; W.Va. stipulates compliance, improvements
10-23	River gauges WV Public Radio
10-23	McGraw reviewing water deal; Attorney general’s office on a ‘fact-gathering’ mission
10-23	Got oil? (Got coal? Time for conservation!)
10-23	FPL plans 600 MW of new wind power across US
10-23	Amores reaffirms stance on coal truck legislation
10-23	Citizen group rates congressmen
10-23	Bill would force rules on floodplains be met; Utilities would be shut off in homes until standards met
10-22	The Clean Water Act at 30
10-22	W.Va. woman named ‘Clean Water Act hero’ for activism (Go Cindy!)
10-22	Proposed flood rules to control runoff have hit another snag
10-22	Miner monument, coal trucks topics amid interims
10-22	Plaque Protest
10-22	Cars blamed in coal truck collisions; Wife of coal hauler shows study of 2001 wreck reports to DOT
10-22	Company was aware of water problems, Quecreek miner testifes
10-22	Miner: Co. Knew of Water Problems
10-22	Trapped Coal Miner and Company Differ
10-22	Miners say boss fretted about safety; Company official denies ignoring Quecreek concerns
10-22	Suit to target EPA on state water rules
10-22	Stakes high for even cleaner coal (As long as there is MTR, there wil never be "clean" coal)
10-22	Arch Coal Reports a Profit
10-21	Coal haulers say numbers prove their case
10-21	Energy Industry's Dirty Little Details About to See Light
10-21	US judge orders release of Cheney energy papers
10-21	State To Probe Penn. Mine Accident
10-21	Logging company requests access road at Blackwater
10-21	Logan Coal Rally Focuses on Politics
10-20	Massey subsidiary has history of problems; Repeated violations date back to purchase of Logan sites in '98
10-19	Election probe given to Feds; Possible violations by Craigo, employee alleges
10-19	Coal Miners, Greens Slam Pollution Proposals
10-19	Effort to Ease Air Rules Decried; Bush Plan Weakens Enforcement, Former EPA Official Says
10-19	Congress OKs Aid for Mine Rescuers
10-19	Some call plan for mine land ridiculous
10-18	The Clean Water Act after 30 years (WV Public Radio)
10-18	Clean Water Act's goals far from being achieved WV Public Radio
10-18	Overweight coal trucks across Appalachia are pitting safety against coal profits
10-18	The evil of access
10-18	White House Key Energy Crony Enron, Tied to Fraud in California
10-18	Judge Tells Cheney to Turn Over Secret Papers by Election Day; Government lawyers say they haven't read all Cheney documents they argued should be kept secret
10-18	Judge Orders White House Papers' Release; Cheney Lawyers to Ask Appeals Court to Keep Energy Task Force Records Secret
10-18	Mining report hits snag; Groups concerned with effort to fix shortfalls in data
10-18	Small mine safety big issue for new federal office
10-18	Low-carbon economy: British minister urges urgent action to cut oil dependency
10-18	Delegate's bridge claim comes under fire
10-18	Campaign donations corrupt
10-18	State to supply minutes of coal statue meetings
10-17	Coal effects still unclear: Environmental, mining officials meet for study
10-17	Firm allowed to mine under river
10-17	Fish Spared In Sludge Release
10-17	Monster trucks: What about enforcement?
10-17	Coal haulers planning to counter 'misinformation'
10-17	Candidate has spent $10 million
10-17	More campaign finance spending reports filed
10-16	Europe Pushes for Renewable Energy
10-16	Peabody to shut down two mines; Suspension of operations puts up to 300 employees out of work
10-16	Coal truck weight limits need teeth
10-15	Coal trucks: At the very least, the state needs better records of weight violations
10-15	Miner statue: Dragline plaque inappropriate
10-15	Falling coal from tipple covers Geo Metro along U.S. 60
10-15	Wealth of ideas offered to help improve Mullens area
10-14	Slow economy dampens coal, power market performance
10-14	Truck citations decline; Fewer tickets handed out since Wise's crackdown on coal haulers earlier
10-14	Coal truck records difficult to analyze
10-14	Coal issue differs in north, south; Some say issue is more political in Southern W.Va
10-14	EU firms join forces to make hydrogen dream work
10-14	Congress may move on energy in 'lameduck' session
10-14	Bad Timing, Bad Luck, Bad Deal ; Allegheny Energy Tries to Survive Its Adventure in Big-Time Trading
10-14	W.Va. must capitalize on increased tourism (Eco-disaster tours?)
10-13	Don't Alter Monument on Heritage of Mining (OK, if the coal industry wants to tell all about the heritage of mining, let's do it! See comments on 10-12 below.)
10-13	Regret: Rotor-topped peaks
10-13	Energy Bill No Closer to Passage ; Competing Interests on and off Hill May Thwart Package
10-13	West Virginia tourism at ‘crossroads’; Officials say state makes best use of its potential, but others doubt it (National exposure about MTR may make some people think twice about touring WV.)
10-13	GOP candidates get cash from legislative committee
10-12	Capitol tribute to mining should tell entire story (Be sure to see readers' comments. Indeed, tell the whole story. For one, we'll need to commemorate the power of organized people and the rise of unions thanks to the brutality of coal barons. The whole story sure will be long: Black lung deaths; flood-related deaths; water pollution; political corruption; ecosystem plunder; air-pollution-related deaths; externalized costs that have left WV one of the poorest states in the nation; etc.)
10-11	Groups squabble over Capitol statue; Design includes mountaintop mining illustration
10-11	Statue's bas-relief raises protest; Environmentalists balk at mountaintop removal panel
10-11	Groups Criticize Statue Base
10-11	Channel 3 TV News: Flood Films
10-11	Candidates want laws for coal trucks enforced; Most don't want to increase weight limits on vehicles
10-11	Fish Return to Kentucky Streams
10-11	Fish, frogs return to fouled streams
10-11	Underwood forms public policy institute
10-10	Flooded Out Film Festival looks to the hills for answers
10-10	Our festival of floods does not result from acts of God
10-10	Statue includes mountaintop removal
10-10	Amid the coal, 18 holes; Old mountaintop removal site new home for golfers (Gee, now for "developing" the other 300,000 or so acres of scalped mountains...)
10-10	Activists passing up coal truck rally in Logan County (See our press release on Press Room pages of website)
10-10	Delegate's night road trips fail to change his mind
10-10	Coal treatment plant allowed to reopen; Cleanup of coal slurry going well, state official says
10-10	W.Va. Coal Mine Opens After Spill
10-10	Slurry spill won’t affect Huntington; Coal mess contained near Logan, says state environmental official
10-10	Fayette commission looks at merits of prohibiting new building in flood-prone areas
10-10	Danger in the mines
10-10	Cut Methane to Combat Pollution, Climate Change
10-10	Bush Linked to Harken Off-the-Books Deal ; President Did Not Profit; White House Says Venture Can't Be Compared to Enron
10-9	DNR Probes Logan Co. Fish Kill
10-9	Overweight Truck Opponents Decline Invite
10-9	Paybacks: Bush Administration Environmental Giveaways
10-9	How Clean Money in Politics Can Help You
10-9	Running Clean in Arizona (The WV Clean Elections Act, if passed, could bring the same good news to WV!)
10-9	Massey apologizes for slurry spill in Logan creek; Spokesman says ‘human error' to blame for spill
10-9	Earlier warnings to be part of flood plan; Improving system expected to take about five years
10-9	Massey spills more coal slurry; 100,000 gallons of pollution empty into river in Logan County
10-9	100,000 gallons of coal slurry spill into streams; Guyandotte River might deliver Massey mess to Huntington area
10-9	Massey subsidiary spills 100,000 gallons of slurry
10-9	Reagent seepage led to fish kill
10-9	NRDC Calls on Bush Administration to Stop Its Attack on Clean Water Act
10-9	Candidates divided on coal trucks; Opinions vary on how to regulate overweight carriers
10-9	Clean Coal Effort Planned (From extraction, to transportation, to combustion, to disposal of the ash, there is no such thing as clean coal.)
10-8	Coal truckers plan rally in Logan for weight increase
10-7	Film fest to remember Ky. coal slurry disaster
10-7	Weakening protections
10-7	Republicans block global warming in US energy bill
10-7	US Energy Secy expects final energy bill this week
10-7	Re-Engineering the Corps
10-7	Baptists say they'll fix 1,000 flood-damaged homes
10-6	Green energy: State's first wind farm takes shape
10-6	German company U.K.'s top polluter; Thames Water buying W.Va. utility
10-6	Jefferson tops air-pollution list for Southeast
10-5	Developer says state has best wind energy potential in East
10-5	Wind power holds promise, developer says; Speaker says wind could supplement energy from coal
10-5	Kill the Energy Bill
10-5	Two killed at power plant
10-5	Fish kill linked to coal facility
10-4	Poison water: Methane production worries
10-4	Area coal rally continues
10-4	Floods: Leader looks back on project
10-4	Follow the Money and the Documents
10-4	Marriott Posts Profit Rise for 3Q (Chain getting tax breaks from synfuel "business")
10-3	Investor rating service downgrades Massey
10-3	Prosecutor looks at fatal wreck reconstruction
10-3	State can’t duck coal truck issue while lives lost
10-3	3,000 dead fish in Slab Fork Creek blamed on mining
10-3	Secret: Cheney hiding names
10-3	Land Use Rivals Greenhouse Gases in Changing Climate (...And, MTR equals large scale deforestation)
10-3	Coal leaders aim to build on economic foundation (Such a nice sand foundation...)
10-3	House approves UMW health care bill
10-2	House OKs bill to guard benefits of miners, widows
10-2	Line approval key to new power plant: McDowell proposal would need line to link customers
10-2	MU engineering professor fills out environmental board
10-1	Accident destroys bright futures: Coal truck driver fined for hauling overweight load
10-1	Undermining Environmental Law
10-1	Fatal crash probe to look at role of coal truck weight
10-1	Conflict: Griles and mine owners

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