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The
Impact of Mountaintop Mining
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5-31
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Massey
subsidiary allowed to operate
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5-31
 
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Foul
water flows in homes; Harlan residents blame coal mine
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5-31
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Mining
study lacks guidance, DEP says
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5-31
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'Obliterated'
is 'Tainted' at WSJ
|
5-31
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Study
Faults Mountaintop Mining Oversight
|
5-31
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Mountaintop
mining report issued; U.S. complies with lawsuit, but
environmentalists not satisfied
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5-31
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Study
Shows Metals in Air Aggravate Asthma and Allergies
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5-31
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Tighter
Regulations Needed in Mountaintop Mining
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5-31
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5-31
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Only
minor changes sought on mountaintop mining
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5-31
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U.S.
seeks to continue mountaintop mining
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5-31
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Federal
report calls for new regulation of mountaintop mining;
environmentalists critical
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5-31
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'Groundhog'
Robot Could Make Mining Safer
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5-31
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Pa.
utility, Jersey cut deal to shut 2 coal-fired plants
|
5-30
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MTR
EIS 
(WV Public Radio)
|
5-30
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Environmentalists
dismayed by mining study
-- Mountaintop
Removal Study Criticized
|
5-30
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Groups
blast mining study's findings; Activists say real purpose is
helping coal companies
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5-30
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Mountaintop
removal damage proved; Bush administration proposes no
concrete limits on new mining permits
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5-30
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Mining
report draws fire, praise; Environmentalist call it 'a new
low'
|
5-30
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Mining
Damage in Appalachia Extensive, U.S. Finds
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5-30
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U.S.
Aims to Streamline Mountaintop Mining Permits
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5-30
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U.S.
proposes new rules on mountaintop mining
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5-30
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Charleston and Beckley TV News Coverage: Strip
Mining Study Environmentalists
dismayed by mining study Strip
mining study released
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5-30
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Report
Seeks Mountaintop Mining Changes (More
Destruction!)
|
5-30
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Federal
report calls for new regulation of mountaintop mining (NOT!)
|
5-30
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In Kentucky Governors' campaign: Energy
secretary campaigns for Fletcher Fletcher
touts state energy plan
|
5-30
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Power
plant promoters still scrape for funding
|
5-30
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Arch
Coal to Buy Vulcan Coal for $364M
|
5-30
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Rescued
Quecreek miners hope to aid coal towns
|
5-30
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Media
giants circle Rotten,
Old-Fashioned Corruption at the FCC
|
5-30
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Logger
to buy chunk of Cheat River Canyon; Wise miffed land was not
sold to state for wildlife refuge
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5-29
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Mountaintop
Removal Mining Leads to Substantial and Irreversible Harm,
Studies Show
|
5-29
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Study
underlines citizens' calls for a ban on mountaintop removal;
Groups say Bush administration ignores science to reward
political cronies
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5-29
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Study
backs mining; Report focuses on lessening impact of removal
process (If you believe the
press release of the Army Corps of Engineers--see the link
below. And, no Bill Raney, the Environmental Impact Statement
is NOT about jobs!)
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5-29
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Link
to the 5,000 page Draft Environmental Impact Statement on
Mountaintop Removal
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5-29
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Agencies
Release Draft Environmental Impact Statement to Improve
Environmental Protection from Coal Mining Impacts ("Further
enhance protection"?! Plu-eeze! The EIS allows coal
companies to go from getting away with destruction to getting
away with even greater destruction! This press release is one of the
bigger loads of doublespeak to come out of the Bush Administration
yet.)
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5-29
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Report
on strip mines expected to be released
|
5-29
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Mining
study due for release today; Report will push to 'streamline'
permits
|
5-29
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Key
U.S. House member opposes coal-dust plan; W.Va. Democrat tries
to block funds
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5-29
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Massey
slurry spills in Logan; Company blames worn-out pipe
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5-29
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Unwise Use: Gale Norton's New Environmentalism
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5-29
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5-29
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Timber
firm to get Cheat Canyon; Company has been criticized for
Blackwater logging
|
5-29
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Half
U.S. Climate Warming Due to Land Use Changes
|
5-28
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Logan
mine (Massey again!) reports slurry spill; System that leaked
must be shut down, agency says
|
5-28
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FCC
Plan to Alter Media Rules Spurs Growing Debate FCC
plan a danger to democracy Ideologically
Broad Coalition Assails F.C.C. Media Plan Big
Media, Big Trouble
TAKE
ACTION!
|
5-28
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Jay
slams new coal-dust regs as dangerous
|
5-28
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U.S.
Steel to sell state mining properties
|
5-28
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Wind
power sees 12 pct world market share in 2020
|
5-28
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Clean
Water Act Diluted by Obsolete Data System
|
5-27
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VanKirk
Readies For Coal Hauling System
|
5-27
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Not
King Coal - Forbes on Blankenship
|
5-27
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U.S.
Report Faults Efforts to Track Water Pollution
|
5-27
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China
Coal Mine Accidents Kill 25, Trap 15
|
5-26
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Appalachian
Erin Brockovich (follow link, scroll down)
Audio story by NPR's Marketplace
|
5-26
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Washington
has failed again on better mine dust testing
|
5-26
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Color-Coded
Choices for New E.P.A. Nominee Whitman
- Bush 'hurt' by environmental decisions
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5-26
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UK's
choice: Teach the poor ... Or preserve protected land
Special
legal status shields UK forest
|
5-25
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Group
protests rally’s agenda
|
5-25
|
Massey
report points out several potential problems
|
5-25
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Voice of America: Coal
Miner's Daughter Wins Goldman Environmental Prize
|
5-25
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Senate
prepares to weigh plan that could boost coal industry (No
matter how means times 'officials' repeat the phrase, there is
no such thing as 'clean coal'!) (KRC supports research in
wind, hydrogen fuel cell and other technologies offering the
promise of more closed-loop, lower impact energy production,
including conversion of waste to hydrogen, but does not
support burning of municipal wastes for power, as was
suggested in the article.)
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5-25
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Mine
panel's expenses lopsided; One member charged the state over
six times more than the other
|
5-25
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The
Senator Votes Nay; Robert Byrd Opposed the Iraq War, and He's
Not About to Yield
|
5-25
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Inevitably,
The Politics Of Terror; Fear Has Become Part Of Washington's
Power Struggle
|
5-25
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Negligence
major cause of coal mine disasters in China
|
5-25
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Global
warming, local action;
Lack
of national effort spurs states
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5-25
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High
expectations were not met
|
5-24
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Outgoing
EPA chief sees fault in key Bush policies
|
5-24
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Future
climate change to be more rapid
|
5-24
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Court
upholds DEP on blasting records
|
5-23
|
Blankenship
Says New Law Will Cost Jobs
|
5-23
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DEP
denies extension on dust-control dome; Coal company's cover
ruptured first in February
|
5-23
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Trout
testimony sways mining board
|
5-23
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McDowell
proposal aims to phase out towns
|
5-23
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Longwall
mine under trout stream gets OK
|
5-23
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Company
with mine convictions gets award
|
5-23
|
Communities
come alive in PBS series
|
5-23
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$2
million awarded to researchers (One
project will study drying coal slurry)
|
5-23
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Air-quality
study alarms Louisvillians; Residents call for action to fight
pollution Mayor
plans effort to reduce pollutants
|
5-23
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Do
wind turbines hurt birds? US
wind power, with tax help, could grow faster
|
5-23
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Whitman's
troubled tenure EPA
Administrator Resigns Leaving
the EPA - Don't Cry for Christie
|
5-23
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Whitman
couldn’t put moderate face on Bush’s extreme agenda
|
5-23
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FCC
Travel Routinely Funded by Industry; Watchdog Group Documents
Regulators' Trips on the Regulated's Nickel
|
5-22
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Voting
machines still up for debate Doubt
cast on paperless, computerized voting machines
|
5-22
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Towns'
futures on table; State disaster board weighs fates of many
flood-prone areas
|
5-22
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Coal company making its third attempt for permit; Official says trout stream deserves special attention
|
5-22
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Activist
(Rick Eades) raises concerns about future water quantity &
quality
|
5-22
|
Mine
workers protest CBS's Appalachian 'hick hunt' Miners
Have A Pickax To Grind With CBS Mine
workers travel to New York to protest hillbilly show
|
5-22
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Ginseng
poaching decried (Yet coal companies
can annihilate ginseng and huge swaths of its habitat!)
|
5-22
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Wind
power costs could equal traditional generation Wind
turbines studied for avian impact Harnessing
the wind
|
5-22
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The
Great Media Gulp
|
5-22
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Sen. Robert Byrd: Americans
deserve to know what government is doing The
Truth Will Emerge
|
5-22
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Kentucky
mining firm may be fined millions Mining
company, 4 employees convicted of safety violations
|
5-22
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Air
tests show cancer risks; Unsafe level of pollutants found in
Louisville Fighting
pollution: A proposal offers strategies for action
|
5-22
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Whitman
Quits as E.P.A. Chief EPA
Chief Whitman to Resign Help
Wanted Why
not name Cheney to head EPA?
|
5-22
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Papers
Show Drive for Campaign Money
|
5-21
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Whitman
Resigns From EPA (Was she
pushed...or was she tired of lying to the American
people?)
|
5-21
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Board
caps Massey executives' severance
|
5-21
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Bush
turns back the mine safety clock on coal dust rules
|
5-21
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Protest
of 'Hillbillies' to greet Viacom folks
|
5-21
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Can
coal fuel shift to hydrogen? Industry is told mineral
needs a 'new face' (From
extraction, to transportation, to burning, to disposal of the
ash, their is no such thing as "clean" coal.)
|
5-21
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Flood
recovery plan will be implemented if funds exist
|
5-21
|
Official:
Synfuel program could boost W.Va. economy
|
5-21
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US
wind power, with tax help, could grow faster
|
5-21
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Watershed
group cleans up Morris Creek
|
5-20
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Massey
chief defends operations (Go
Mary! Go Judy! Go Carolyn!) Hear
the meeting
|
5-20
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The New Yorker: What
Makes Public Television Valuable (Scroll down for a different
review of Razing Appalachia)
|
5-20
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Special
gives biased look at state's coal mining; Documentary skips
details regarding modern practices (Biased
reviewer skips details of the reality of living near
mountaintop removal.)
|
5-20
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Lifting
the Lid on a Streamlining Idea for Mines
|
5-20
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Proposed
coal dust rules would endanger miners
|
5-20
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Mine operators join dust-test plan foes: Industry, union fight a federal safety takeover
|
5-20
|
Court
Restores Finance Law
|
5-20
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Campaign
finance law reinstated -- for now
|
5-19
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INDEPENDENT
LENS Digs Into the Mountaintop Coal Mining Issue: Web
Site Launch for RAZING APPALACHIA
|
5-19
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Coalfield
citizens push for tougher fly ash regulations
|
5-19
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Pa.
Farmers Contend With Mine Damage
|
5-19
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Out
of Energy
|
5-19
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Choosing
wind power or climate hell
|
5-18
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UMW
chief plans to query Massey An
Earlier Press Release
|
5-18
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U.S.
Energy Policy Misses Huge Gains From Improved Efficiency
|
5-18
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Humans
(Deforestation) Are Driving Birds to Extinction, Group Warns;
We Preside Over Mass Extinction (Mountaintop
removal is deforestation on warp speed)
|
5-17
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Old
Memos Detail Link of Money to Influence
|
5-17
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In Kentucky: Pollution
threat rouses students to seek action
|
5-17
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Critical
letter taken off mining Web site; Union had posted objections
to new coal-dust test plan
|
5-17
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MSHA
chief won't drop dust-test plan
|
5-17
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Alaska: State
is touted as the canary in the global warming coal mine
|
5-17
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In Alaska: Coal-bed
gas law trumps local rules
|
5-16
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Group
wants state to get more data from lobbyists
|
5-16
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Out
of limelight, environment resonates as an issue
|
5-16
|
Miners
criticize coal-dust proposal
|
5-16
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GE
has high expectations for wind
|
5-15
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Three
States Aim to Outlaw Eco-Protests
|
5-15
|
Study
cites mine effects in storms; Survey says strip mining
contributes to water runoff
|
5-15
|
Study
examines lobbying W.Va. received a failing grade
|
5-15
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Miners
at risk; Labor Dept. should bury coal-dust proposal
|
5-15
|
Death
Toll from China Coal Mine Blast Rises to 81
|
5-15
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Ky.
Coal Miner Rescued After Entrapment
|
5-15
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Rahall
vows to stop looser coal dust rules
|
5-15
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Documentary
series about rural America starts on PBS
|
5-15
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Chafin:
Synfuel plan could yield W.Va. windfall (Yeah,
that's the ticket...expand a known taxpayer mega-rip-off and
take suggestions from Blankenship, the CEO that even Forbes
Magazine criticizes!)
|
5-14
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Businessman
not digging coal company protest arrest
|
5-14
|
Clear
Creek residents patiently await new system
|
5-14
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63
Killed in China Coal Mine Blast, 23 Missing
|
5-14
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Clean
elections our only hope (Scroll
down)
|
5-14
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Ohio
coal firm takes training in Beckley
|
5-13
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Massey
may be 'on thin ice,' Forbes says
|
5-13
|
Interior
Dept. Ethics Program Probed IG
Probes Interior's Record on Ethics Rules Griles
has got to go!
|
5-13
|
Take
Action! Stop the FCC! F.C.C.
Prepares to Loosen Rules on Media Ownership FCC
Close to Easing Media Caps; Giant firms want to own more
outlets
|
5-13
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The
oil-consumption party is over, author warns
|
5-13
|
UMW
says MSHA absent on 'dangerous' rules hearings
|
5-13
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Rhodell
system faces rust, leak problems
|
5-12
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Official:
Coal key to W.Va. future (Bill
Raney says, "We must nurture our wonderful natural
resources." His form of nurturing? Blast the tops off
forested mountains, bury the streams, annihilate towns and
leave the wasteland for our children.)
|
5-12
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Denise Giardina: Bush
should be impeached and tried for war crimes
|
5-12
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An
Empty Energy Bill
|
5-12
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NRG
adds gas to cut emissions at Massachusetts power plant
|
5-11
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Runoff
'roars' into Rhodell; flooding hits farther north
(The "slate"
is slag, or gob, coal waste.)
|
5-11
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Wise:
Weight limits make roads safer (Wise
sucks up to his big campaign donors.)
|
5-11
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Environmentalists
= Terrorists
|
5-11
|
Give-and-Take
F.C.C. Aims to Redraw Media Map
|
5-11
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Congressman Rahall: Bush-backed
plans would rob miners of vital protections
|
5-11
|
Bird
studies needed before windmills built, agency says
|
5-11
|
Plan
to Harness Power of Manure Draws Interest
|
5-10
|
C-8
exposure
(WV Public Radio)
|
5-10
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Miners
Fight New Federal Proposal on Coal Dust
|
5-10
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Anti-smog measures rejected:
Proposal targeted plant emissions
|
|
5-10
|
Tall
Tales of Appalachia
|
5-9
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Analyst
says plan would mean more carcinogens
|
5-9
|
Federal
official: False information has circulated
|
5-9
|
Storm
over coal dust: Miners protest while MSHA ponders changes to
dust regulations
|
5-9
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Miners
assail dust-test plan; MSHA holds hearing on proposed changes
Miners
Protest Proposed Mine Safety Rule
|
5-9
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Rahall,
UMW want new coal dust rules scrapped
|
5-9
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MSHA
wants to allow a climb in the dust levels? Director:
'Absolutely not'
|
5-9
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Reclamation:
Paying for past sins
|
5-9
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President's
Environment Policy Leaves Kids Behind
|
5-9
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Senate
Considers Clear Skies vs Clean Air Act
|
5-9
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Natural-Gas
Price Will Stoke Coal Consumption, Energy Company CEO Says
|
5-9
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Great
Northern and Kiewit to Develop Linked Coal/Wind Power Project
in Montana
|
5-8
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Agency
approves permit change; Coal operators now can outline their
plans for land
|
5-8
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Massey's
Elk Run Mining is not a good neighbor
|
5-8
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DuPont
to appeal C-8 ruling; Judges' ruling not based on science,
company says
|
5-8
|
State
board considers changes to pollution standards; Environmental
agency opposed to ‘rushed' decision
|
5-8
|
Government,
union clash over coal dust rules; Frequency of air sampling
called into debate
|
5-8
|
Coal
dust proposal draws ire of UMWA
Coal
dust #2
(WV Public Radio)
|
5-8
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Coal
Dust Rules Debated
|
5-8
|
Delaware: Senate
passes environmental felony bill; Bill would allow prison for
officials of companies, if actions hurt people (If
only...)
|
5-8
|
All's
Well That Ends Well?
|
5-8
|
Blame
coal for high taxes
|
5-7
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Bush
speech 'troubling,' Byrd says Explanation
for Bush's Carrier Landing Altered Remarks
by U.S. Senator Robert C. Byrd
|
5-7
|
Chafin
proposes 'coal-to-chemicals' tax credits (Wow!
State Senator Chafin, Massey Energy president Blankenship and Hitler
all in one article!)
|
5-7
|
UMW’s
Roberts to testify on coal dust rule changes; Union
plans rally against measures at Capitol Thursday
|
5-7
|
Filming
the Dark Side of Capitalism in China (Will
Friend of Coal Don Nehlen watch this film to study how the
West Virginia can become more competitive with China?)
|
5-7
|
Congress
should deal with coal tax formula
|
5-7
|
DAMAGED
SILO CITED IN FURLOUGHS FOR 350 IN LETCHER COUNTY
|
5-7
|
Lieberman
Energy Plan Would Slash U.S. Oil Imports (As
long as there is mountaintop removal, there is no such thing
as "clean" coal!)
|
5-7
|
New
study reinforces global warming claims
|
5-7
|
W.Va.
Canyon Focus of Conservationists
|
5-7
|
Europeans
Lagging in Greenhouse Gas Cuts Europe
slips on greenhouse targets
|
5-6
|
Mining
(The Daily Mail won't admit that current mines are also wreaking environmental
havoc. And, their last paragraph makes no sense! Wouldn't a
"coal hater" do more to get the coal messes cleaned
up?)
|
5-6
|
Expert
offers new cleanup plan; Treatment facilities should go into
streams, man says
|
5-6
|
Union
incensed at coal-dust proposal Rally
against the proposal!
|
5-6
|
Coal
company did good deed?
|
5-5
|
Deforestation
leaves Panama praying for rain (Our
microclimates are affected by deforestation, too! Mountaintop
removal equals deforestation on warp speed.)
|
5-5
|
Official
urges redo of mine program; Abandoned mine plan spends more
money in West
|
5-5
|
Coalminer’s
Daughter Turned Activist Wins Top Enviro Prize
|
5-5
|
Take
the 'For Sale' Sign Off the White House Lawn Campaign
Documents Show Depth of Bush Fund-Raising
|
5-5
|
Do
We Need Another Sun Day?
|
5-4
|
WCHS
students keep Web site current, relevant; Seek to raise
awareness about controversial mining practice
|
5-4
|
People
pay high price for Massey (scroll down)
|
5-4
|
Soft
Money Could Return In a Big Way, Experts Say
|
5-4
|
Tribute
in Richlands: Fallen miners memorialized
|
5-4
|
Coal-dust
proposal called 'monstrous'; UMW assails plan for federal
control of testing
|
5-3
|
ENVIRONMENTAL
HEROES
|
5-3
|
Bush
Wages Legal Battle Against Environmental Law Religious
Wrong: A Higher Power Informs the Republican Assault on the
Environment
|
5-3
|
Bush
administration is deaf to 'green' voices
|
5-3
|
Insecurity:
Patriot
II too much Feeling
the Boot Heel of the Patriot Act New
Mexico Stands Against the Patriot Act
|
5-3
|
Study:
Earth warming up faster Kerry
Calls 'Global Warming' Biggest Threat Since Cold War
|
5-3
|
Campaign
finance reform deformed Campaign
Finance Law Is Partly Struck Down U.S.
Court Issues Discordant Ruling on Campaign Law Ellen
Miller: Show Me the Money
|
5-2
|
Five
counties flunk air survey; Kanawha, Cabell among counties
faulted by group
|
5-2
|
Military
targets environmental law; Rahall leads fight against proposal
|
5-2
|
Residents
remember the day the water rose Communities
still recovering from floods
|
5-2
|
Massey
Earnings Down
|
5-2
|
Media
Monopolies Have Muzzled Dissent
|
5-2
|
Cecil Roberts: MSHA’s
rules could lead to more black lung disease
|
5-2
|
Respiratory
Health Group Says U.S. Air Quality Poor
|
5-2
|
Massey
asks employees to write letters to the editor (scroll
down)
|
5-2
|
Massey
Energy posts lower revenue (scroll down)
|
5-2
|
US:
Oil Demand to Jump 50 Percent by 2025 Excerpt:
Coal use will grow only 1.5 percent a year, accounting for a
shrinking share of world energy consumption as it falls from
24 percent to 22 percent by 2025.
|
5-2
|
In Illinois: Power
plants forced to cut smog emissions in half
|
5-2
|
BLM
opens door to Powder River methane
|
5-1
|
Group
criticizes state standards; Environmental study says federal
rules are tougher PDF
Report: Coal Mining and the Clean Water Act
|
5-1
|
Both candidates support renting Magic Island; Jones, Smith say Massey event was appropriate
|
5-1
|
Granny D: Don't Stand in the Way of Our Joy
|
5-1
|
Energy
Bill Passes Senate Committee
|
5-1
|
Coal
firms join 'zero-emissions' effort (What
about zero impact at mining sites?)
|
5-1
|
Workers'
Comp chaos
|
5-1
|
Residents
hope plant will bring jobs
|
5-1
|
How
to Sidestep a Two-Pronged Vampire On
the Trail of the Invisible Leak: Meters That Measure Power Use
|
5-1
|
With
Air Quality Agreement, Hopes but Lingering Questions ;Pact to
Lower Power-Plant Emissions Called 'Positive Step'
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