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3-31	Workers' comp board keeps balance billing
3-31	Critics Blast Bush Proposal to Ease Mining Waste Rule
3-31	Official tells speaker not to make another peep: Woman ordered not to play wildlife recording at meeting
3-31	Stream rule proposals criticized - Photo of Jan (Is Jan a criminal for speaking for the amphibians and birds?) - Miami Herald - Coal company neighbors denounce Bush mining regulatory change - Akron Beacon Journal
3-31	Mountaintop Removal Debated Again - Coalfield residents decry mining practices - Strip-mining plan criticized - Proposal to relax mining rule criticized - Bush Mining Regulatory Change Is Denounced - Bush mining regulatory change denounced by coal company neighbors - Easing of Mine Rule Opposed - Bush mining regulatory change denounced by coal company neighbors - Bush Administration Rule Change Would Bury Streams to Boost Coal Industry
3-31	Environmental Cabinet head orders her agency investigated - Environmental cabinet chief orders inquiry
3-31	Regulator has environmental concerns of Kentucky at heart
3-31	Caught in the squeeze: Bush not helping W.Va.’s hemorrhaging job market
3-31	Both parties criticize Bush mine plan
3-31	Councilman proposes gas well at Civic Center
3-31	Workers’ comp suits against coal companies will continue
3-30	Seminar set on coal-mining deaths
3-30	EPA delays action on stream rules: Judge had rejected federal approval of W.Va. procedures, forcing revision
3-30	State Chamber president’s arguments don’t hold water
3-30	Carbon dioxide levels blow sky high - Coal Will Dig us a Deeper Hole - Australians measure alarming rise in global greenhouse gases
3-29	Utilities plan coal-fired plants: Rising natural gas prices driving up electrical prices
3-29	Who'll stop the mercury rain?
3-29	Comp board to decide whether to continue lawsuits
3-29	Utilities Look to Coal As Gas Prices Rise
3-29	States set example with green power policies
3-29	Greenhouse gas increase claimed - Environment tax can work - UK industry falling foul of clean-up campaign
3-28	Global Warming Accelerating Out of Control - World getting 'literally greener'
3-28	A hopeful view of a vexing world energy situation
3-28	Ken Ward Jr.: What I learned from Judge Haden
3-28	Mountain people deserve better from mining
3-28	The Birth of the Meta-Protest Rally?
3-29	Researchers look into manure-based energy
3-28	Germany raises doubts over EU's Kyoto policy - Canada waging war on climate change
3-28	Coal generating more interest (Global warming and mercury poisoning are generating more interest, too!) - Hopes fly high for coal mixture as breakthrough jet fuel
3-27	Bought and Paid For: Who’s behind the president’s fundraising machine—and what they expect in return (Real campaign finance reform anyone?)
3-27	Mining always has been a double-edged sword for rural parts of East Tennessee
3-27	Federal judge drew attention to strip mining
3-27	Supreme Court Upholds Clean Water Act in Everglades Case
3-27	In Quest for Efficiency, Zero Energy House Generates as Much Power as It Uses
3-27	New Jersey, A New Solar Energy Capital
3-27	EPA Speeds Review Of Its Web Links Policy, Due to 'Extremist' Environmental, Watchdog Nonprofits
3-27	Rail expansion will mean more Wyoming coal sold
3-27	China’s Hunger For Coal Sparks Global Pain & Gain
3-26	"Coal's Role as an Energy Leader in West Virginia" workshops scheduled around state (Wonder if the workshops will explore coal's role in global warming, mercury pollution and coalfield depopulation?)
3-26	It's the Environment, Stupid
3-26	Board alerts legislators about water rule input - Board debates talking to Legislature; Panel says EPA could reject water quality rules
3-26	Provide the market with the industrial sites it demands (Tourism on mountaintop removal sites? Yeah, for the booming eco-disaster reality tour industry.)
3-26	Official praises mine-fire response
3-26	CO2 levels at record high - Melting glaciers: unexpected boost to rising oceans
3-26	Biologist: Plant will endanger waters - Concern over mercury pollution drives opposition to coal-fired plant
3-26	Peabody to sell some of stake in coal partnership
3-26	Coal Miners Sue 3M Over Breathing Masks
3-26	GOP pollster says voters want action on clean water
3-25	He said what a native son should
3-25	State coal taxes already rank high; Some candidates calling for increases to fill budget gaps (Taxes on coal must be higher as long as coal companies are destroying our future by destroying vital streams and forests.)
3-25	GOP Split by Environment Strategy
3-25	The Perfect Storm That's About to Hit: Rising Oil Prices and a Weak Dollar could Shatter the Global Economy - Fuel for trucks -- and change
3-25	Report on Greenbrier Co. logging requested as flooding increases
3-25	New York Times: Charles Haden, 66, U.S. Judge on Strip-Mining Case, Dies
3-25	UMWA to launch campaign - Black lung fairness - Ky. black lung bill apparently dead
3-25	U.S. Will Give Cold Fusion Second Look, After 15 Years
3-25	As natural gas prices rise, U.S. utilities plan more coal-fired plants
3-24	Longtime Friend Remembers Haden - Friends And Colleagues Remember Haden
3-24	Monitors find more polluted streams
3-24	Lost jobs
3-24	EPA leans towards 'cap-and-trade' on mercury
3-24	Bush Administration Anti-Clean Water Policies Threaten the Health of Waters Americans Treasure
3-24	Proposal to Limit Oil and Coal Projects Draws Fire
3-24	KY BLACK-LUNG BILL SENT TO LIKELY DEATH IN PANEL
3-24	Missouri loses money for abandoned mines
3-24	ME bill to require renewable power urged
3-24	BLM clears backlog of WY methane drilling applications
3-24	Coal Hauling Held To The Line
3-23	Logan County community has high cancer rates - Possible Superfund listing doesn't alarm Ravenswood residents
3-23	ID needed for Haden visitation
3-23	UMW plans campaign for Coal Act
3-23	Displaced worker joins AFL-CIO jobs tour
3-23	Climate Debate Gets Its Icon: Mt. Kilimanjaro
3-23	Feds May Stretch Out Mercury Cleanup
3-23	Study: Clean Energy Creates Jobs for U.S. Mid-Atlantic
3-23	Why Scalia Should Duck Out
3-22	Colleagues recall Judge Haden fondly - Haden viewing Tuesday
3-22	W.Va. key state in presidential race
3-22	More coal-fired plants on tap, fueling air fears
3-22	Mad Pork Disease: The Energy Bill - Cheney, energy and Iraq invasion
3-22	More than 1 Million People Protest U.S. Invasion and Occupation of Iraq - Carter Savages Blair and Bush: 'Their War was Based on Lies' - Around the World, Repudiation of Iraq Invasion
3-22	The Ballots are Still Full of Holes
3-22	In China, Miners Pay a High Toll; Coal Fuels Economic Boom, but Costs Many Lives
3-22	UN Urges Russia to Save Climate Plan - Climate change taskforce launches
3-22	World wind power to grow, but boom days over - Big boost for wind energy - Mali Looks to Clean, Renewable Energy to Empower Women
3-22	Eat Lower-Mercury Fish, US Tells Women, Children
3-22	When politics trumps science
3-22	Conservative sportsmen turn against Bush
3-21	Carbon Dioxide Reported at Record Levels
3-21	Judge Charles Haden dies - Judge who ruled against mountaintop mining dies
3-21	Peace vigil honors fallen (Abe Mwaura works for OVEC) War protest
3-21	Global Protests Mark Iraq War Anniversary - Thousands Worldwide Demand Troops Pull Out of Iraq - A Year of War That Made the World a More Dangerous Place - LEXINGTONIANS CRITICIZE WAR, BUSH'S PRESIDENCY - A year of reversals
3-21	Friends of Coal aren't friends of people
3-21	Quid Pro Quack - A Case of Blind Justice Among a Bunch of Friends
3-21	Slicing Up Energy
3-21	Software of Democracy
3-21	Town in Montana Wilderness Is Divided Over Drilling Plan
3-21	Even after rise, the smart money is still on coal (Is it really smart to get some quick dollars now and pay enormous human health and environmental costs later?)
3-21	The Zero Energy House
3-21	Energy industry gets away with murky accounting practices
3-20	Medea Benjamin: A Day For Marching - Day of Reckoning - Vigils mark year of war
3-20	Avian center official defends wind farm
3-20	Whitman Denies Knowing Mercury Study Was Stalled - EU Warns Pregnant Women Over Mercury in Fish - FDA: Some People Should Limit Fish Intake - Limits Urged on Eating Tuna; U.S. Agencies Cite Levels of Mercury - Mercury rule a test for Leavitt
3-20	National Energy Market, Political Trends Foster Manistee Coal Plant; White House move to spur mining, ease air regulation big factors
3-20	Coal Emissions of 13 States Blow in North Carolina's Face
3-20	Justice in a Bind
3-20	Ice age to warming - and back? - Do global warming dangers lie under seas? - Dust bowl caused by ocean highs and lows
3-20	Train derailment sends coal, fuel into Licking tributary
3-20	Small Businesses Win Big with Energy Savings - Wind farm planners protect beetle
3-19	GOP Pollster Warns Bush to Ease Up on Clean Water Act
3-19	Study: Clean energy would create jobs
3-19	Feds recommend kids, some women limit their fish intake
3-19	Rainelle power plant financing gets approval
3-19	Europe at the forefront in research on solar, wave and geothermal energies
3-19	Interior's Weak Ethics
3-19	Scalia's brazen refusal - Scalia Refusing to Take Himself Off Cheney Case - Scalia Won't Sit Out Case On Cheney - Mr. Scalia's Objectivity - Supreme Court Dilemma: Socialize or Not? - Scalia Angrily Defends His Duck Hunt With Cheney
3-19	Workers’ Comp seeks public input on new rule
3-19	State revenues ahead of projections - Revenues ahead, but maybe not for long
3-19	County asks EPA to change status
3-19	N.C. blames Chicago coal plants for pollution - North Carolina Asks E.P.A. to Force Others to Clean Air - N.C. moves against coal-burning polluters
3-19	EU Warns Pregnant Women Over Mercury in Fish
3-19	Ontario Doctors: Closing Coal Plants Could Mean Saving Lives and Money
3-19	Indian expert warns of climate change risks - EU Lawmakers Back Crackdown on Greenhouse Gases - Carbon Trading Comes Online
3-19	Fresh Studies Support New Mass Extinction Theory
3-18	The big business of cross ridge coal mining is costing our region dearly
3-18	Report Faults Agency More Than Top Aide in Lobbying Case
3-18	Bush Packs the Courts with Anti-Environmental Judges
3-18	Doctors, Nurses, Labor, Faith Groups Slam EPA Mercury Plan
3-18	Towards a Low Carbon Economy - EU Lawmakers Back Crackdown on Greenhouse Gases - Government's head still in the sand on climate change
3-17	Inspector General Calls Deputy Secretary's Dealings Troubling but Not Illegal - Ethics office says U.S. Interior official didn't act improperly
3-17	Kerry stakes claim for W.Va. (Our voices are being heard! He talked about a balance between the environment and coal mining in regard to mountaintop removal. He promised his administration would listen more closely to coalfield residents and their concerns about blasting, safety and water pollution.) - The Battle for West Virginia
3-17	Walter Cronkite: Make Global Warming an Issue - Canada's Greenhouse Gas Producers to Start Reporting - An Earth Day Challenge For Multinational Banks - GM could help plants adapt to CO2 warming - Argentine glacier calves with explosive force
3-17	Whose state Chamber of Commerce is this, anyway?
3-17	Spadaro worked to prevent disasters
3-17	Further Study Ordered On Mercury Regulation - E.P.A. May Tighten Its Proposal on Mercury
3-17	Profits fall, debts increase for Massey, report shows
3-17	Free Market Debunked
3-17	Spy Tactics Endanger Political Dissent
3-17	Study: ANWR oil would have little impact
3-17	The new oil - They pooh-pooh wasted methane
3-17	Delay power deregulation, study urges
3-17	Coal Mine Approved for New Zealand National Park
3-16	Mercury Emissions Rule Geared to Benefit Industry, Staffers Say
3-16	Crowd walks out on Penn. DEP in protest of coal ash plans
3-16	DEP official's trip paid for with state money
3-16	W.Va.’s high court upholds crackdown on Massey for spills
3-16	Bush forgot W.Va., Kerry says - Bush Admin. Says Kerry Should Prove Claim - (Kerry needs to know that as long as there is mountaintop removal, there is no such thing as "clean" coal!) - W.Va. likely to draw unusual attention in presidential race - Kerry visit portends close battle for W.Va. - Nation's Direction Prompts Voters' Concern, Poll Finds
3-16	Amos plant may get scrubbers - Worker dies after fall at AEP
3-16	McDowell welcomes prison study
3-16	Damage from Warming Becoming 'Irreversible,' Says New Report - Aviation Policy 'Will Have Huge Global Warming Impact' - Costly gas necessary evil: report - Region struggles on greenhouse emissions goals
3-16	Mercury pollution is turning healthy food toxic
3-16	Technology bottleneck slows mercury cleanup; Bush administration cut power plants slack, but too much?
3-16	Vermont Renewable Energy Program Links Customers, Farms, Environment - Neil Young tour is powered by vegetable oil - Before a Fuel-Cell Deal, Enron Lobbyists Met With Rowland
3-16	One by One, the World Is Becoming a Lonelier Place
3-15	Supreme Court overturns coal ruling; Justices don't find company's rights were violated - Ruling
3-15	Econews Report Moved To New Time On KHSU
3-15	Limiting Mercury Pollution Is Focus of Hot Debate; Industry, Environmentalists Argue Over How and When to Remove Toxic Metal
3-15	Hey, George! The Pentagon's scared, too
3-15	A touch of wind power could go a long way
3-15	Utah residents are fighting construction of a coal-fired power plant
3-14	Metal with a message
3-14	Two victories: Bill to begin addressing WV water quantity and ownership passes on to Governor; Bill to end EQB dies!
3-14	Meetings aim to preserve coal towns
3-14	Cross-training will give PSC officers more power
3-14	Attack threat if world starves - Greenhouse gases "could be halved" - Hollywood disaster film set to turn heat on Bush - Kyoto Protocol: EU paves the way
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