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2-29	Coal recovery causes optimism; Company's effort converting slurry watched closely
2-29	Your Hard Work Pays Off! Clean Elections Victory!
2-29	Under Wise, state’s secrecy grew
2-29	Industry wants more say on water rule - Water quality board faces political ax
2-29	Synfuel credits may not do much to cut need for oil
2-29	We're Closer to the Edge Than We Think
2-29	Stephanie R. Timmermeyer: The sky is not falling
2-29	You Can't Duck This Conflict, Mr. Justice
2-29	Get the word on seafood that's safe to consume
2-29	Do tobacco contributions affect tobacco taxation?
2-28	Mining comment periods extended; Hearing scheduled for two proposed mining regulations
2-28	Justice Scalia and Mr. Cheney - Scalia Took Trip Set Up by Lawyer in Two Cases
2-28	Pentagon downplays report identifying climate change as national security threat
2-28	AEP to spend $1.2 billion in W.Va. on pollution control at two plants
2-28	Workers’ Comp revamps rules to cut expenses, help enforcers
2-28	America needs new energy policy
2-28	Mining companies use ‘WMD’ right here (go to page 2)
2-28	'Hydrogen highway' by 2010 says California official - Solar Energy Project to Bring Drinking Water to Rural Tanzania
2-28	Highlighting energy efficiency
2-27	Increase in coal-fired power draws criticism
2-27	New mining rules promised
2-27	UC forum covering state's energy future; Panel discussion focusing on how W.Va. advances (Perhaps some want us to believe our choices are coal, coal or coal)
2-27	Environmental board member says panel ignored; Armbrecht says industry goes to lawmakers instead
2-27	Plan would create eco-terrorism list (So this means Massey Energy, Arch Coal and other companies that blow up mountains and bury streams will be on the list, right?)
2-27	OSM planning hearings on 'buffer zone' rewrite
2-27	Terry Eagle withdraws protest of slurry permit
2-27	Capito co-sponsors Rahall abandoned-mine measure
2-27	Water pollution limits study halted
2-27	MSHA to demote academy chief; he had questioned slurry spill investigation
2-27	Weathering the Crisis - Global warming report warns to defend - Storm over Pentagon climate scenario
2-27	Winslow Green Fund Doubles Returns by Supporting Environment
2-27	Hot Trash-To-Fuel Technology Gathering Steam
2-27	Utilities go after energy measure
2-27	Wind farm to come to Arizona - Penn State scientists use bacteria to turn sewage into electricity
2-26	America's new coal rush; Utilities' dramatic push to build new plants would boost energy security but hurt the environment (What exactly is security--if the air makes you sick, the water makes you sick, your kid can't excel because of mercury poisoning and global warming threatens millions of lives...)
2-26	Jim Hightower: Mountain Massacre (scroll down)
2-26	Massey Energy sets annual shareholder meeting in Charleston
2-26	Board sides with union over votes; If upheld, ruling will allow Wayne mine to organize
2-26	House committee acts to replace water quality board
2-26	MSHA keeps Spadaro, but transfers him to Pa. - Whistle-blower in inquiry of slurry spill is demoted - The Junk Science of George W. Bush
2-26	DEP inspectors question Massey slurry plan
2-26	Public Deserves to Know What's Behind Energy Policy
2-26	Supreme Court Justice Asked to Leave Energy Task Force Case
2-26	EPA Hears Complaints About Mercury Plan
2-26	Pentagon Study Looks at Global Climate - The Pentagon Sounds The Alarm On Global Warming; Why Isn't President Bush Listening? - Natural disaster deaths rise sevenfold
2-26	Official: 'Hydrogen Highway' Realistic
2-26	Sucking energy out of the drain: Microbes in wastewater make a handy household battery
2-26	Conservation Voters Scorecard Marks Partisan Divide
2-26	Diebold, electronic voting and the vast right-wing conspiracy
2-25	Crumbling wall worries residents; Rockslide belies assurances from state, coal officials (Larry Gibson is an OVEC board member) - DEP, coal company begin work on stabilizing mine crack
2-25	Public-private projects bill comes alive
2-25	UK wind power industry says set for rapid growth
2-25	Coal owner wants to correct problems; Chickering says violations resulted from lack of money
2-25	Frist sees 'good chance' Senate to OK energy bill
2-25	National Public Radio: W. Virginia Strip Mining (Click pop-up window to hear audio. Four OVEC members are interviewed)
2-25	Slurry worry: Assess danger beforehand
2-25	Court nixes MSHA’s decision to drop air-quality rule
2-25	Panel clears new black-lung evaluation rule - House panel approves bill to alter black-lung reviews
2-25	Group flunks Capito, Mollohan on environment
2-25	Jackson campaign responds to mine workers' allegation
2-25	Candidates reveal ideas for economic development
2-25	Dramatic Climate Change Could Become Global Security Nightmare - Pentagon Study Describes Rapid, Catastrophic Climate Change - Pentagon-sponsored climate report sparks hullabaloo in Europe
2-25	Firing by MSHA is target of inquiry
2-25	Debate Rages On Oil Output By Saudis In Future
2-25	Switching to Clean Energy Will Help Stop Great Barrier Reef Destruction from Global Warming, says WWF
2-24	MSHA firing probe begins
2-24	Clean elections bill heads to Senate committee (OVEC's Janet Fout is coordinator of Citizens for Clean Elections.)
2-24	Changes In Campaign Financing Proposed
2-24	Critics urge cuts in mercury emissions
2-24	Sierra Club Wants Scalia To Sit Out Task Force Case
2-24	UMW defends endorsement of Manchin
2-24	Fayette lawmaker unhappy with environmentalists (Love and Deem seem to have no knowledge of the web of life, nor do they ask why flooding is increasing in areas where there's mountaintop removal, even though they've had studies presented to them.)
2-24	Supreme Court refuses review of coal mining rules
2-24	Fish Emulsion and the Albatross
2-23	Supreme Court stays out of coal dispute
2-23	Uses and Abuses of Science
2-23	Wilson Creek returning to its natural course ; Restoration in Bullitt aims to counter damage by humans
2-23	Energy Audit Program Is in Jeopardy on Hill
2-23	Great Barrier Reef faces coral destruction
2-23	Kerry Win Would Reshape Trade Policy - Labor
2-23	AEP, Cinergy in shareholder pact on emissions curbs
2-22	Slurry spill threat eclipsed in coal fight; Massey proposal’s safety is unclear
2-22	Mountaintop removal battle intensifying (Click on story or photo to enlarge)
2-22	Synfuel firms continue to cash in on credits (Scroll down and click on story to enlarge)
2-22	Senate Republicans to Push Smaller Bills; Focus Is on Malpractice, Energy Measures
2-22	Now the Pentagon Tells Bush: Climate Change Will Destroy Us; Secret Report Warns of Rioting and Nuclear War; Threat to the World is Greater than Terrorism
2-22	U.S. Senator Criticizes Tennessee Valley Authority for Coal-Plant Pollution
2-22	Appalshop to make film about Spadaro
2-22	Poultry Poop Power a Possibility
2-21	Sneak Preview--Coming in Sunday Gazette Mail: Mountaintop removal battle intensifying
2-21	Coal-burning waste gets another look
2-21	The Power Player
2-21	Solar energy brightens finances in Indiana Township
2-21	Assault on science
2-21	Crashing The Vote
2-20	Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. in The Nation on Jack Spadaro and More: The Junk Science of George W. Bush
2-20	CONTRACT SPORT: What did the Vice-President do for Halliburton?
2-20	Energy sector generous to likely House energy chair - Energy Ally Joe Barton Slated for Top Committee Post
2-20	Cheney's Future is Washington's Current Topic
2-20	One step closer to hydrogen economy?- Kernel of knowledge boosts energy efforts
2-20	AEP agrees to climate change report - Power Giants Agree to Report Climate Emissions to Shareholders
2-20	Panel discusses state’s place in global economy - Dark Side of Free Trade
2-20	SPOT CHECKS MIGHT POINT TO WIDESPREAD PROBLEM
2-20	New EPA samples confirm lead pollution in Chauncey
2-20	Bill Moyers to Leave PBS
2-20	Traditional knowledge 'in peril' - The Social and Cultural Effects of Mountaintop Removal / Valley Fill Coal Mining (pdf dcoument)
2-20	Preeminent Scientists Protest Bush Administration's Misuse of Science - Government bends, hides facts, say scientists; 60 leading researchers, including Nobelists, detail suppression under Bush - Scientific Integrity in Policymaking
2-20	Clear Lies: DOE Secretary Abraham Discusses Coal Technology, R&D with W.V. Miners; Advanced Technology Moves Coal Miners Back to Work - President Bush's Clean Coal Power Initiative Seeks New Round of Technology Improvement from Industry (Coal is dirty when you dig it, dirty when you haul it, and even if you clean up the emissions from burning, there's still the dirty, dirty coal ash to deal with. If coal is so good for homeland security, why are coal companies destroying southern West Virginia? Why is global warming a threat to the entire planet?)
2-20	Geophysicist: Coal plants unwise and irresponsible - Platte group studies coal, environment
2-19	Proposed workers' comp rule criticized for severity; New guideline governs length of health care
2-19	Bush Wins Triple Trifecta as Worst President Ever
2-19	Congressmen Question Industry Role in EPA Mercury Rule-Making
2-19	Board won’t stop Massey slurry pumping, wants study
2-19	Scientists Say Administration Distorts Facts - Bush 'bending science to his political needs'
2-19	Lees: Hike coal, timber, oil, gas taxes
2-19	Synfuels money to bring water
2-19	A Lawmaker's Ex-Aides in the Lobbies
2-19	EPA changes rules to reduce fish kills
2-19	Mercury level leads to alerts at 2 Arizona lakes
2-19	Swiss Study Predicts Scorching Euro Summers - Clean energy a distant dream - Scottish skiing meets global warming
2-19	More funding urged for climate program; Bush plan much improved, but needs follow-up, science panel says - Bush Climate Plan Rated Somewhat Improved - Science delegation takes to microphones to pressure Bush administration - Kerry hailed as ally of the wider world on environment
2-19	Green Groups Sue to Block Drilling in Alaska Reserve
2-19	Kansas wind farm opponents air their concerns
2-19	Whistleblower Alleges Obstruction in Investigation of Coal Slurry Disaster
2-19	Akron fails to meet first soot limits
2-18	DEP says studies were needed; Agency orders Massey coal company to study slurry
2-18	Speak Out Against Mercury Pollution
2-18	MSHA Whistle Blower Looks for Justice
2-18	Panel strengthens water study bill
2-18	Manchin dropped tax hike plan, landowners say
2-18	$373 million deficit
2-18	Ontario wants help from Ottawa in shutting down coal-fired plants
2-18	US likely to limit carbon emissions - AEP - UK C02 emission cuts hit power, offshore sector - Are greenhouse gases drying Africa's dust bowl?
2-18	Alaskan Reserve Drilling Plan Draws Lawsuit
2-18	Crystals Could End Up as the Fuel Tank of the Future
2-18	Vermonters battle over mountaintop wind farms
2-17	Environmental groups push legislative agendas
2-17	Kentucky behind on EPA air report
2-17	Green groups try to track water bills
2-17	Water quality bill altered
2-16	Scientists focus on global warming at Seattle conclave
2-16	RAG to sell U.S. coal mines for $1 billion
2-16	Many states expect pollution increase: W.Va. official agrees with finding in federal survey
2-16	Organizations to lobby at E-Day
2-16	Kentucky needs Web map of slurry impoundment sites
2-16	The Plight of Jack Spadaro and the Kentucky Coal Sludge Disaster Investigation
2-16	Senate Leaders Plan Vote on Energy Bill
2-16	World Bank Under Pressure from Tutu
2-16	Waste coal plant draws praise, criticism
2-16	Rich nations must reduce subsidies
2-16	Tuvalu prepares to disappear under king tides - Carbon Cutters
2-16	Corn-powered progress
2-15	Court to look at water use law in flood case
2-15	Coal suits not on comp board’s agenda
2-15	Power Plant Waste: arsenic, boron, lead, manganese
2-15	Housecleaning needed at DEP
2-15	Lees plan includes layoffs, taxes
2-15	Scientists warn U.S. ignores global warming at its own peril - Britain talks tough to Bush on Kyoto - Global Warming expected to further degrade coral reef systems - Reefs in hot water as climate changes - Tony Blair's Top Scientist Expected to Call for U.S. Action on Climate Change
2-15	The Standard-Benny Political Intelligence Test
2-15	An ill wind blowing?
2-14	Bingaman blasts latest energy bill - Slimmer $14 Bln Energy Bill Unveiled - Senate likely to take up revised energy bill next week
2-14	Pennsylvania DEP secretary bullish on alternative energy
2-14	German firm to sell rest of CONSOL shares
2-14	Miner's death similar to one in June on same boom truck
2-14	Bush air-pollution change opens door to coal-fired plant
2-14	He Ought to Know
2-14	University reactor shows promise for `hydrogen economy' - Scientist at Sandia National Laboratory develop photosynthetic energy production - FPL offers chance to fund 'green' energy - Colorado energy study sees savings from renewables
2-14	Environmental refugees: When the soil dies and the well dries - Soil erosion as big a problem as global warming, say scientists
2-14	Coal-bed methane expansion looming for southern Colo.
2-13	State ranks sixth nationally in federal fossil fuel research (There is no such thing as "clean" coal. Even if the emissions from burning coal are cleaned up, coal's still dirty when you dig it, dirty when you haul, and dirty when use dispose of the ash left from burning it.)
2-14	Utility says air regulation would be costly; State official says rule addresses interstate pollution
2-13	Massey could face fines of up to $40 million; Lawsuit cites water pollution limits
2-13	Rahall introduces measure targeting abandoned mines
2-13	Ky. Gov budgets $7 million for coal; Gasification, methane are targeted (There is no such thing as "clean" coal. Even if the emissions from burning coal are cleaned up, coal's still dirty when you dig it, dirty when you haul, and dirty when use dispose of the ash left from burning it.)
2-13	With feds slow to tackle mercury pollution, state leaders step up - Environmentalists to protest Bush's Harrisburg visit
2-13	Scientists Develop New Hydrogen Reactor - Solar Power Hits Suburbia
2-13	Scalia Still Under Pressure to Recuse Himself - Subsidies trump savings - Alaska energy projects flagged
2-13	Energy crisis 'will limit births'
2-13	Bush Allows Drilling Leases Near Dinosaur Monument
2-13	‘Future of the Planet’ Seeks Creative Approaches to Environmental Problems
2-13	Lawmakers act to preserve endangered night sky
2-13	Forget Kyoto and move on, says World Energy Council
2-12	Cubin rolls out mine-cleanup proposal
2-12	Destruction protection; Rule change favors mining industry over streams
2-12	Rewrite energy bill to keep the lights on
2-12	Energy Bill Still Loaded with Environmental Harm
2-12	State to increase road weight limits; Senate considering bill for rules to police coal haul limit
2-12	DEP replacing bulletin with e-mail
2-12	Justice questions Massey lawsuits
2-12	Officials find source of mine discharges
2-12	Water regulations advance without industry amendments - Panel seeks study on water-quality standards
2-12	Rahall gets Wyoming support for mine cleanup proposal
2-12	Massey company faces suit over blackwater spills; Eastern Kentucky man says waste is fouling stream - Lawsuit alleges coal-slurry dumping in stream
2-12	Patagonia's big melt 'sign of global warming'
2-12	Extinction of Species May Be Harbinger of Much Wider Loss
2-12	Lights on in biggest fuel cell project to date
2-12	Canada could be sustainable within a generation
2-12	Elsewhere: Chinese Coal Mine Explosion Kills 24 - Seven PB members sign anti-coal plant manifesto
2-12	From Explosion To Flood
2-11	Woman says law not solving problems: Panel member says coal trucks sparking many calls
2-11	Republican leaders nominate Barton for energy panel (Aaargh!)
2-11	Utilities in U.S., Canada take new look at coal (...while the planet goes into climate change overdrive...)
2-11	Dow, GM launch largest commercial fuel cell
2-11	Bush Drilling Plan Brings Foes Together - An improbable plan would use Arctic Refuge drilling proceeds to fund transportation projects
2-11	Coal Truck Advisory Committee Meets
2-11	Court considers punishment in Massey spills
2-11	Gas bills breathe fire (While Massey--and other--coal may provide temporary relief for high natural gas prices, it provides no relief for another gas-carbon dioxide-and the catastrophic potential of global warming.)
2-11	Senate Republicans Agree to Slash Stalled Energy Bill - Senators Try to Squeeze Slimmer Energy Bill Through Congress - An Environmental Deficit - Republicans lay aside plan to save energy bill
2-11	The war on poverty: Community's struggle epitomizes Appalachia's plight
2-11	EPA will delay decision on rules for dumping ash; Agency plans to hold meetings in Indiana
2-11	Push for clean energy could include waste coal (and therefore the energy won't be clena)
2-11	Marriott Moves to Profit From Loss in 4th Quarter (Marriott and synfuel--and your tax dollars)
2-11	Greenpeace says Putin playing with planet
2-11	UK firms under scrutiny on species loss
2-11	Bush nominates eco-hostile lobbyist to federal appeals court
2-11	Windmills off Swedish coast are providing unexpected benefit for marine life, scientists say
2-10	Cronies: Republicans at play - Cheney, a Little Tarnished
2-10	Groups seek tighter rules on disposal of coal ash; EPA officials urged to protect drinking water (OVEC is among the groups who have signed on.) - Environmental groups ask EPA to halt coal ash dumping
2-10	‘Bottle Bill’ event planned at Capitol
2-10	Mercury damage 'irreversible'
2-10	Good firms obey the law
2-10	Company to reopen mine near Pineville
2-10	Pollution Is Blamed for Thinner Air at Edge of Atmosphere
2-10	Cloud forests, water source to millions, face risk - Earth's cloud forests threatened
2-10	Curbing coal generation key to CO2 target
2-10	White House reviews how agencies get their facts
2-9	Massey faulted in Sept. strip mine deaths
2-9	Bush Budget Increases Industry-Supported Programs
2-9	Miner health
2-9	WV Coal Association suggestion on coal truck (scroll down to 3rd paragraph)
2-9	Slurry spill not on Bush's watch (Sure, but the cover-up in place of a thorough investigation and the selective levying of the least important violations were.)
2-9	MTBE-lawsuit protection may again derail energy bill
2-9	Scalia Travel Sparks New Questions About Recusals
2-9	Andean biodiversity 'at high risk from climate change'
2-9	Ranchers Use Wind to Generate Electricity - Prof. Yamba Calls for Alternative Sources of Energy in Rural Areas
2-9	The Cost of Campaigning
2-8	Ontario determined to be coal-free
2-8	Steps taken to cut coal dustings At Wisconsin company
2-8	Feds Win Right to War Protesters' Records - Group fights anti-war inquiry
2-8	Energy Voodoo
2-8	Something in the Air
2-8	In Bush's Policies, Business Wins
2-8	Sierra Club May Seek Scalia Recusal in Cheney Case - Cheney faces impropriety claims - Scalia should recuse himself
2-8	Pregnant women get new mercury warning; 1 in 7 newborns may be affected - Mercury damage seen in children of fish eaters - Young Sentinels of Peril
2-7	No energy execs on task force, court told
2-7	W.Va.’s first ’04 mining fatality reported
2-7	Scalia's Blind Eye
2-7	'Energy brokers' block shift to non-polluting electricity
2-7	Mercury Tied to Irreversible Brain Damage - Estimate of Fetuses Exposed to High Mercury Doubles
2-7	COAL SEVERANCE MONEY IS RECOMMENDED AS A REMEDY
2-7	Britain’s big plans for wind power - Chinese region aims big on using wind energy
2-7	Plants give up their secret of splitting water
2-6	Groups want stricter water rules; Suit seeks restored standards for mine waste assessments
2-6	Delbarton man dies in mine accident
2-6	DEP conflicted over pollution from selenium
2-6	Mine reclamation could create jobs windfall for W.Va.
2-6	Most States Expect Pollution to Rise if Regulations Change - Clarity on Clean Air
2-6	Manchin eyes taxing royalties made to big landowners
2-6	Scalia's Trip With Cheney Raises Questions of Impartiality; Scalia Joined Cheney on Flight; Justice's Ride on Air Force Two Adds New Element to Conflict Issue
2-6	Official: Global warming bigger threat than terrorism - Cloud Forest Plants May Not Survive Climate Change
2-6	U.S. TO APPEAL CUT SLURRY SPILL FINE (scroll down)
2-6	Mercury Threat To Fetus Raised ; EPA Revises Risk Estimates - EPA raises estimate of newborns exposed to mercury
2-6	Growing demand for electricity in West puts coal on front burner
2-6	EPA issues draft plans for Guyandotte cleanup
2-6	US Panel Says Hydrogen Car Is 25 Years Down the Road - Report Questions Bush Plan for Hydrogen-Fueled Cars - Experts: Hydrogen economy possible in time - Hydrogen Economy Offers Major Opportunities But Faces Considerable Hurdles
2-6	A plug for solar
2-6	Curbing coal generation key to British CO2 target
2-6	Worries over federal deficit could dim prospects for energy bill - Gas pipeline provisions likely to remain in energy bill
2-5	UMW wants all counties subject to coal truck law
2-5	State holds on to water; Study to determine how much water is being tapped
2-5	Giveaways Weaken Bush Abandoned Mine Lands Proposal - Bush wants more funding for mine cleanup - Measure Aims to Clean Appalachian Mines
2-5	Water-ownership bill OK'd by unanimous Senate Meanwhile, elsewhere...Water Companies Draining U.K. Wetlands, Groups Say
2-5	Token enforcement of Clean Air Act provision smacks of political opportunism
2-5	Rev. Jim Lewis: Fly Me To The Moon And Let Me Play Among The Stars
2-5	Bush Budget Balloons America's Environmental Deficit
2-5	Scientists Report First Sequencing Of Environmental Genome
2-5	Solar Energy Pursuit Gets OK
2-5	Colorado coal industry sees bright future
2-5	Residents question use of 'coal ash'
2-5	How much can Duke afford?
2-4	Mine cleanup bill lets states ignore priority list
2-4	Sarasota Herald-Tribune: Destruction protection--Bush rule change favors mining industry over streams
2-4	World Bank chiefs reject proposals that the Bank stop funding oil and coal projects
2-4	Water company appeals denial of rate increase
2-4	Tauzin Quits Chairmanship, Will Retire From House (Look out! Rep. Joe Barton is likely to take his seat as head of the House Energy and Commerce Committee. For more on Barton, see page 17 of this PDF document.) - Tauzin to Resign As House Energy Chair
2-4	Bush budget - Bush Budget Calls for Oil Drilling in Alaska Refuge - Clean Energy Cuts Shortchange National Goals - Bush Budget Slashes Environment, Agriculture Spending - A delusional budget - Interior Budget Restarts Arctic Oil Drilling Debate - Coalition Decries White House's Energy Efficiency, Renewables Budget Cuts as Penny-Wise, Pound-Foolish - Eco-groups unhappy with plan - Bush proposes 14 percent reduction in endangered species spending
2-4	Descending Into the Pit of Humanity
2-4	Bright Blue Migratory Forest Bird Disappearing (Habitat destruction on steroids=mountaintop removal coal mining.)
2-4	Last summer's heatwave in Europe and tens of thousands of deaths sign of things to come - Pentagon Goes Crazy for Massive Climate Change - Global-warming activists can learn from the anti-smoking campaign - Kyoto Protocol: France, Germany appeal for Russian ratification - UK IPE mulls weather, emissions, power contracts - Canadian billions pledged to fight pollution
2-4	Deficit Spurs GOP To Trim Energy Bill; $24 Billion in Tax Breaks Under Fire
2-4	"Cenfuel": Washington Group International Enters Teaming Agreement For Coal Refining Technology in West Virginia
2-4	Report Hits Out at Failure to Manage Wetlands
2-3	Climate Change Alert (Threat far worse than terrorism, Bush misrepresentations threaten national, global security.)
2-3	War and terror hunt puts environment on hold ("Crucial decisions are coming up that for the sake of the planet must not be avoided.")
2-3	Mine cleanup plan boosts Wyoming funding - Bush budget would raise state reclamation funding; West Virginia to get $8 million more through proposal
2-3	Hackers in West Virginia election? Scare delays bill
2-3	Supporters Call for End to Hunger Strike, Stating Enough Lives Have Been Destroyed by Coal Industry
2-3	Bush Budget Cuts Environmental Funding by 7 Pct - US FY05 Budget Contains More Hydrogen, Coal Funding - US budget boon for defense, caps energy items - Bush's budget boosts spending, deficit - Another Bogus Budget
2-3	Children's Health Panel Red Flags Bush Mercury Plan - Environmentalists Blast EPA Mercury Standards as Too Lax
2-3	Coal research sits on fault-line between environmental, industry interests
2-3	UN agencies to fund coal bed methane search
2-3	Plate glass blamed for billion bird deaths a year (Far exceeding kill at windmills...only habitat destruction--think mountaintop removal-- kills more.)
2-3	Water-guzzling power plants targeted
2-3	European Commission Splits Over Kyoto Protocol
2-2	Lobbying Makes D.C. a Public Relations Capital (Campaign finance reform anyone?)
2-2	Bush Moves to Defuse Environmental Criticism Expect more doublespeak, more linguistic detoxification attempts and, of course more gutting of long-standing environmental laws and rules, for example...EPA rule on mercury gives coal-burners flexibility
2-2	Bush Wants More Research Money for Hydrogen Cars (That is, as long as the hydrogen is derived via coal, rather than clean alternative energy sources.)
2-2	Tourism: West Virginia bonanza
2-2	Retirees in the Rockies Worry on Drilling
2-2	Coasts face rising threat from higher sea water
2-2	Group says mammoth wind farm could make N.D. a world leader
2-2	Calculating the True Costs of 'Filthy Energy'
2-1	Synfuel credits continue to grow - SYNFUEL: Black gold turns green in Raleigh (The green is being sucked out of your wallet, into a few over-stuffed wallets of the coal boys and their pet politicians.)
2-1	2 Democrats Criticize Scalia's Refusal to Quit Cheney Case; Reps. Waxman and Conyers cite the 1995 recusal of a judge with ties to President Clinton
2-1	Energy projects may harm wild, report says - Republicans try to save energy bill - Hot spots for domestic energy development
2-1	$70 billion worth of freshwater resources at risk annually (West Virginia will do well to protect both quantity and quality--water is life!) - Wetland Resources Worth $70 Billion Under Threat-WWF
2-1	Environmentalists Head for the States - States plan own cuts in diesel pollution; Many worry federal rules maybe delayed, weakened
2-1	Wild storms may be result of global warming: experts
2-1	Test of Electronic Balloting System Reveals Major Security Flaws
2-1	Citizen Berry puts thoughts down in 'Papers'
2-1	EPA FORMALIZES "LEAVE OUR CHILDREN BEHIND" MERCURY RULE
2-1	Vote Solar Initiative - Building Partnership Taps Arizona Solar - Solar energy helps ranchers fight drought
2-1	Massey Energy says produced coal revenue up slightly in quarter

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