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6-30	Proposal to have comment time; Coal hauling road plan set for Tuesday
6-30	Dave Cooper: Mountaintop sites are unstable for development
6-30	Storm Over Mass. Windmill Plan
6-30	Not your father's tank of gas: Can a hydrogen-powered future solve America's energy woes? San Diego Mayor Flips Solar Switch on ‘Green’ Municipal Building
6-29	Coal-bed methane abundant in Kentucky shows promise; Product similar to natural gas, can be mined Lookout water!
6-29	Molly Ivins: Little White House lies
6-29	Future Dims for 'Clear Skies' Initiative; GOP Lawmakers, Utilities Aim to Postpone Mercury Emissions Targets Until 2018
6-29	Groups want birds protected from windpower
6-28	Bridges may not qualify, official says; State set to unveil proposal for coal hauling route
6-28	Agency taking comments on proposed rules
6-28	DEP proposes several changes to state environmental rules
6-28	State to unveil proposed coal truck routes
6-28	I.R.S. Reviewing Some Fuel-Tax Credits
6-28	Starting over on dust
6-28	Fines Against Coal Company Anger Families
6-28	Democrats Attack Bush in Forum on Environmental Issues
6-28	TVA Ruling Fails to Settle Clean Air Act Debate
6-28	Why would Kempthorne want to lead the EPA?
6-28	Groups call for review of wind power wildlife impacts
6-27	New Overweight Truck Law Not Ready
6-27	Protecting miners: At least W. Va. congressman is watching MSHA
6-27	Toward One-Party Rule
6-27	Public deserves a real solution to slurry spills
6-27	Monster trucks: Bridges weak link
6-27	Elk Run Coal Co. knew, and disregarded, the need for permits
6-27	No. 2 at E.P.A. Resigns After Being Passed Over Second top official at EPA resigns
6-27	EPA must prove pollution violations before ordering cleanups at power plants, says appeals court
6-27	Gusty Britain is boosting wind power to fight global warming
6-27	Hydrogen fuel hopes get a boost Researchers find new metal combination for cheaper production of hydrogen as fuel
6-27	Deep rocks might ease global warming; or leak?
6-26	Coal, Power Plants Say Bush's Clear Skies Initiative Cost Effective, Critical to Industry
6-26	Wind power set to become world's leading energy source
6-26	Environmentalist group gives Bush an 'F' Environmental group grades Bush's record
6-26	Administration may agree to new coal-dust monitor
6-26	Big Media's Silence
6-26	Rahall: Mine safety agency missing the main point
6-25	Personal attacks on regulators are abusive and unwarranted (The Daily Mail is free to construe our asking for Jarrett's dismissal for failing to do his job as a personal attack. When Jarrett fails to enforce MTR laws, is that a personal attack on our mountain communities? Also, to set the record straight, there were about 100 people at the protest.)
6-25	Elk Run repairing coal dust dome; Sylvester residents say fix is too little, too late for them
6-25	Janet Fout: We need to clean up presidential campaign funding
6-25	IRS questions tax credits to energy company
6-25	U.S. Delaying Disputed Black Lung Rules Bush delays mine-dust standards
6-25	In Kentucky: Campaign debts--Partial public financing was better deal
6-25	Taking public relations lessons from the coal industry, E.P.A. Calls U.S. Cleaner and Greener Than 30 Years Ago Controversy Plagues Positive EPA Report Doctored EPA Environment Report Raises Questions
6-25	Sen. Robert C. Byrd: The Road to Coverup Is the Road to Ruin
6-25	Bush credibility gap - a slow, quiet crumble League of Conservation Voters Slams Bush Record
6-25	Greenpeace activists board coal ship in climate protest
6-25	U.S. and Other Countries Outline Program to Curb Carbon Emissions Too much carbon dioxide? Just pump it underground
6-24	Consol targeted by mining protesters
6-24	Longwall-mining opponents dying to get more attention
6-24	Protesters blast chief of surface mining; Residents claim official fueling harm to environment
6-24	Environmentalists protest mountaintop removal mining
6-24	Environmental protest targets Consol
6-24	Coal activists face off on Broadway
6-24	Boone family anxiously awaits FEMA help as yard disappear
6-24	Pollution: Keep standards high
6-24	EPA Issues Environmental Overview; Critics Describe Report As Overly Politicized
6-24	Bush's choice for EPA job oversaw worsening pollution in Idaho
6-24	Carbon Sequestration Focus of Leadership Forum
6-23	Citizens Are Ready to Fight for Clean Air
6-23	OSM director must go to protect W.Va. mountains
6-23	Plan tries to clean mines; Pa. officials offer companies water to help cleanup
6-23	Company announces closure of W.Va. mine
6-23	Options weighed for water office
6-23	Senate Committee Rebukes FCC
6-22	Global warming denial
6-22	Federal grant for coal impoundment study
6-22	Dynegy: Power Plants Face Tough Summer
6-21	Bush Fries Climate Change Emissions omissions
6-20	Coalfield residents hope to save towns
6-20	Coal truck road regulations due July 1
6-20	Wendell Berry: Small Destructions Add Up
6-20	UMW, Rahall question background of MSHA official
6-20	GOP Senators' Draft Gives States Leeway on Air Rules
6-20	Senate Begins Process to Reverse New F.C.C. Rules on Media Senate Panel Approves Tougher Media Rules
6-20	Global warming 'catastrophe' So what does Bush do? White House cuts global warming from report
6-20	Secretary Abraham Announces University Coal Research Grants for 2003
6-20	As the possible next EPA leader, Kempthorne finds himself in the middle of a political brouhaha
6-20	Mon turns on power plant
6-20	AEP Coal on auction block Arch signs to acquire Triton Coal
6-19	Rahall requests ethics inquiry of MSHA chief
6-19	State industry resumes push to weaken water quality rule
6-19	Coalition Sounds Alarm on Impasse Over Energy Policy Bipartisan group calls for cuts in oil use and emissions
6-19	Senate Panel to Debate FCC Decision
6-19	Report by the E.P.A. Leaves Out Data on Climate Change EPA, White House clash on climate
6-19	Global warming could trigger mass extinction
6-19	White House is searching for replacement for departing Whitman at EPA
6-18	Plant to install controls; Company agrees to settle pollution charges with state
6-18	Union opposes agency's new equipment testing rule
6-18	Pair wishes to save the Appalachian mountain tops
6-18	Coal dust: MSHA proposal unsafe; Lauriski is Exhibit No. 1 in the case against putting coal industry executives in charge of the agency in charge of enforcing mine safety
6-18	Feds to meet about Greenbrier plant study
6-18	Accident kills man repairing gas line on Massey property
6-18	Will new EPA chief be an inside job?
6-18	Robot being tested for use in coal mining
6-18	U.S. Seeks to Reassure Europe on Hydrogen Conference touts the power of hydrogen
6-18	Consol Energy says May coal production down 7 pct
6-17	Mine academy superintendent’s dismissal raises suspicions WV Public Radio
6-17	Coal sludge lingers from Martin County spill; Effects of 2000 slurry disaster likely to remain
6-17	Reclaiming the Media Take Action: Contact Congress
6-17	West Virginia history: From Adenas to Lincoln to coal
6-17	In Canada: Activists hail plan to cut mercury emissions; Ministers say coal-fired power plants produce toxins harmful to children
6-17	McDowell residents plan fight to save flood-ravaged communities
6-16	Mother Jones Interview: A Coal Miner's Daughter
6-16	Family narrowly escapes flooding
6-16	Mudslide makes creek a ‘monster’; Worry, evacuations in Mingo County
6-16	Coal industry faces crisis: Surety bonds are in short supply; costs skyrocket
6-16	Forest's value is in research, not dollars
6-16	Regulate the F.C.C.
6-16	U.S. Seeks Hydrogen Fuel Partnership (Jeremy Rifkin says, "If it turns out that the game plan for the U.S. is to use hydrogen to further the interests of coal and nuclear industry, it's going to backfire politically." And environmentally!)
6-16	Wise DEP appointee's status on hold
6-16	Comp ratios detailed
6-16	China coal mine blast kills 63; About 7,000 people were killed in Chinese mine accidents last year Runaway trams kills 14 Chinese coal miners (Does Friend Of Coal Don Nehlen still want to make WV coal competitive with China's?)
6-16	Rural sojourn takes in houseboat cruise and coal-mining towns
6-15	Fund-Raising Push by Bush Will Put Rivals Far Behind
6-15	MSHA chief pushed coal-dust plan
6-15	A Mighty Wind
6-15	Families take $16 million in buyouts
6-15	Miners awaiting Australia hearing
6-15	Timbering and floods: Answer not clear-cut
6-14	Mountaintop mining at center of controversy; Removal method is focus of today's Flyover Festival Details on Festival
6-14	Blasting accident kills Kentucky coal miner
6-14	Falcon Land cited for slurry leaks
6-14	Campaign finance incidents may earn support for law
6-14	Agency Questions Westar Provision; Executives Called Real Beneficiaries
6-14	Senator gets no encouragement for power plant project
6-14	W.Va. miners stuck in Australia
6-13	DEP reports increase in mine permits
6-13	Molly Ivins: A gust of fresh air
6-13	Battle Brews Over E.P.A. Post as Top Contenders Emerge
6-13	Political cash: Thinly disguised bribery
6-13	Kerry to Unveil Energy Independence Policy
6-13	Moody's cuts Arch Coal ratings
6-13	Throwing green after green: Which nonprofits deserve your dough? (OVEC, of course! And now you can donate online -- see button in sidebar.)
6-13	Powergen launches mini power plant for UK homes
6-12	State to revise regulations on post-mining land use
6-12	Coal Industry Deliberately Puts Planet in Peril
6-12	Greenspan - US should explore nuclear, coal options (Hello? "Clean" coal? Why don't these policy wonks come see mountaintop removal. Why can't they say "efficiency, conservation, and truly clean alternative energy"?)
6-12	German utility to sell off stake in CONSOL mining
6-12	Black lung coughs up more to help Comp
6-11	Oaks losing ground in forests (If logging is ruining the soil, just think what mountaintop removal is doing!)
6-11	Agency chief grilled over office closing; Staton criticizes new environmental secretary's actions
6-11	New Equipment Used In Boone County Mine
6-11	Congressman urges officials to force Raleigh company to pay way home for miners
6-11	Senate Backs Loan Plan For Building Nuclear Plants
6-11	Presidential Hopefuls Push Energy Alternatives, Pan Kyoto
6-11	Greenpeace blasts Aust for pushing coal on SE Asia
6-11	Questions Swirl Regarding Ownership of Pennsylvania's Quecreek Coal Mine
6-11	Wyoming mining could face dramatic future
6-10	Accident at Kentucky surface mine kills man
6-10	Wasted Energy Energy Bill Seeks to Revive Nuclear Power
6-10	Wisconsin: DNR rules target mercury; Proposal aims to cut emissions, make fish safer to eat
6-10	Florida Executive to Take Reins at Allegheny Energy
6-10	UN climate body dampens hope as rejects projects Rich Countries' Greenhouse Gas Emissions Ballooning
6-10	UK shouldn't destroy more of E. Ky. habitat
6-9	Mountaintop Crusade of a Coal Miner's Daughter
6-9	Call to phase out coal Greenpeace tells coal industry to shut up shop
6-9	MSHA suspends agency critic; Official questioned inquiry into slurry spill in Martin Whistle blower put on leave
6-9	Tougher rules needed to stop environmental crisis
6-9	Interior's No. 2 dogged by ethics issues
6-8	From bad to worse
6-8	Pollutants can sicken, cause death
6-8	Residents protest, stop use of fly ash as fill
6-8	New FCC media rules could return monopoly days
6-8	From bad to worse
6-8	Delegate Wants DEP Secretary Rejected
6-8	Let condemnation begin
6-8	Some area miners in bind in Australia: Kentucky, W.Va. workers seek help after losing jobs
6-7	Environment has no friend in Bush
6-7	Utility's Papers Outline Donations to GOP Democrats, Group Seek Probe of GOP, Westar
6-7	House leader rejects DEP appointee Senators under pressure from Staton to reject DEP nominee
6-7	Thin Seam Mining threatens to sue landlord
6-7	Climate gas emissions set to rise after 2010
6-6	House leader seeks to block Wise's DEP nomination
6-6	Mine official placed on suspension (Please support Jack! He has worked tirelessly for miners' and communities safety--so this is how the Bush administration treats him!)
6-6	"Dying for water", world marks environment day Annan: Water woes kill child every 8 seconds UN Urges World to Get Serious About Water Issues U.N.: Water crisis threatens humanity (So, hey West Virginia, let's bury our streams under valley fills...why worry about the future? Big Coal needs more money now!)
6-6	Unions Back Research Plan for Energy (How about the United Mine and Alternative Energy Workers of America!)
6-6	Mass. agency launches push for 'green power' projects
6-6	EPA: Few Fined for Polluting Water
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