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4-30	Mercury rising; Heavy reliance on coal is boosting mercury levels. How should the US limit emissions from the power industry?
4-30	E.P.A. Will Not Withdraw Its Mercury Plan; EPA Delays Mercury Regulations - EPA Delays Mercury Utility Rule Until March 2005 - A New Twist in the Mercury Controversy
4-30	Bid to Revive Energy Legislation Via Unrelated Bill Fails in Senate - Senate Fails to Resurrect Stalled Energy Bill - Congress Should Pass Consensus Energy-efficiency Measures
4-30	Bush Family Values: Marianne Horinko, high-ranking EPA official, steps down
4-30	Report Predicts Asthma Epidemic from Pollution
4-30	Faircloth: Tax coal to pay Comp
4-30	DEP to keep appeal boards afloat - Two boards can operate
4-30	Coal sees workforce shortage
4-30	Arch Coal expands Kentucky terminal
4-30	Running out of energy to tell the truth
4-30	Industry touts new technologies - Group sues over CBM drilling approval
4-29	Raucous exchanges mark meeting on coal; Spadaro assails white house
4-29	Getting in Bush's Faith; Christian leaders challenge Bush's environmental policy
4-29	BUSH DIVERTING ENVIRO FUNDS INTO FOSSIL FUELS
4-29	Half of nation breathes smog, report shows
4-29	Exhaust harms drivers' hearts
4-29	Automakers putting fuel cell test cars on road
4-29	Glaciers feeding Indian rivers may be wiped out - Rapid Climate Change Linked to Ocean Currents
4-29	Island uses wind, hydrogen to go green - U.S. Hydrogen Highway Paved With Public-Private Research Funds
4-29	Iraq, Terror Divert Focus from Environment - Annan
4-28	State, mine differ on spill's cause; Inspectors say part of wall deliberately cut to stem flood
4-28	A look at testimony in slurry spill investigation
4-28	Beware the fossil fools; The dismissal of climate change by journalistic nincompoops is a danger to us all - Climate issue 'critical' to Blair
4-28	Bush Administration to Court: Cheney Papers Must Be Secret - Cheney's Impact on Energy Policy - Scalia peppers both sides in energy case - High court hears arguments in Cheney energy records case - Bush administration defends secrecy of energy task force - Justices Hear Arguments in Energy Task Force Case
4-28	New Voting Machine, the Same Old Fraud
4-27	Judge grants group injunction; Green Valley's coal refuse permit might be illegal
4-27	Logan cancer rate probed
4-27	MINE SAFETY EXPERT TO SPEAK AT UK (scroll down)
4-27	Low Energy - Cheney Secrecy Case Goes to High Court - A Vision of Power - Cheney disclosure challenge is on tap
4-27	Kerry criticizes Bush over trade - Kerry: Bush Failed to Enforce Trade Pacts
4-27	Environmentalists Revisit Grass-Roots to Oust Bush
4-27	Air pollution rules weak, board to say - Weaker EPA mercury rules could mar New Hampshire plans
4-27	The Biggest Jolt to Power Since Franklin Flew His Kite
4-27	Secretary of Interior touts state's energy potential during Juneau visit
4-27	Beckett unveils energy efficiency plan
4-27	As California enjoys lull in energy storm, it also faces repeat of deregulation debate
4-27	NASA chilly to movie on global warming
4-27	EPA to Look Into Burned Coal Ash Dangers
4-26	Delays blamed on coal production; Several factors play into slower railroad service
4-26	Kerry visit to focus on coal
4-26	Gubernatorial candidates' positions on coal hard to discern
4-26	Democrats battle over non-union coal issue
4-26	West Virginia and the GDP
4-26	Moores Massey connection scary
4-26	Cheney aide now lobbyist on energy - Justices weigh release of energy documents
4-26	Martin County Coal general manager puts on a major spin: Errors flood slurry-spill reports - And now for the spin from the president of the Kentucky Coal association
4-26	State official unable to attend controversial meeting; logging officials deny the unregulated logging industry contributes to flooding
4-26	EPA will review coal ash disposal
4-26	ILLINOIS ASKS U.S. TO RETHINK MERCURY EMISSIONS FOR COAL (As long as there is mountaintop removal, there is no such thing as "clean" coal.)
4-26	Energy Providers Seek Grant as Step to Build Nuclear Plant
4-26	New Allies in the Energy Wars
4-26	Scottish Coal planning 36m wind farm
4-26	Pensioner forced to flee as earth opens up
4-25	Senator, friend lent millions to golf club
4-25	U.S. to Pay Environmental Activists $2M
4-25	Administration Says a `Zone of Autonomy' Justifies Its Secrecy on Energy Task Force
4-25	Nehlen a hit at Sophia Little League
4-25	Changes in climate pose greatest challenge for insurers, say experts from around world - Global Warming Melting Michigans Snow Economy - NASA Curbs Comments on Climate Change Ice Age Disaster Movie
4-25	A Quieter Protest Takes On IMF
4-25	G8 rallies in United States to carry price tag, activists fume
4-25	Central Oregon could be a center of renewable energy - Greenpeace helps Tibetan students set up solar energy unit - Incentives needed to cut energy use
4-25	Environmentalists Challenge Bush's Earth Day Announcement
4-24	Agency considering buffer zone, ownership comments
4-24	Revisiting Love Canal
4-24	Massey downplays mine suits impact; Federal judge predicts upcoming ruling on Nicholas County fill will be narrow
4-24	Horizon of Ashland wants to liquidate; Coal company once known as AEI is in second bankruptcy
4-24	Apocalypse soon
4-24	France Ends 300 Years of Coal Mining
4-24	Energy center hoping to spark education, jobs
4-24	Coal trains crawl along, sidetracking shipments
4-24	Arch Coal's chief exec touts company's growth potential
4-23	Audubon Magazine: Sludge Slinging
4-23	Massey fill started before permit plan complete, judge told - Judge halts continuous update of disputed permit; Ruling on appeal of preliminary injunction due on Monday
4-23	Massey has small first quarter loss
4-23	Covering Up an Environmental Disaster Larger Than Exxon Valdez
4-23	Regulations expand Consol's market; Need for scrubbers will likely increase customer base
4-23	France draws a curtain on coal industry
4-23	DEP study sets baseline for West Virginia air, water quality - W. Va. Report Focuses on Environment
4-23	ON EARTH DAY, EPA PLOTS TO WEAKEN CLEAR AIR LAWS - Bush Hails His Environmental Record on Earth Day
4-23	EPA Coal Ash Disposal
4-23	British Homes Face Devastating Flood Risk
4-22	10 personal actions that can make a difference for the environment
4-22	United States Divided on Earth Day 2004
4-22	National church group says Bush changes are weakening Clean Air Act
4-22	Chauncey area cancers not tied to pollutants, officials say
4-22	Earth Day's biggest challenge yet
4-22	Arch expansion to occur mostly in Ky. and Va.
4-22	Most coal executives' earnings up; Proxies show year tough for coal, good for most leaders
4-22	Earth Day Rally draws local, national critics of how Bush administration handles air, water, forests
4-22	Study finds mandatory caps work better than voluntary programs to limit pollution
4-22	China's soaring coal consumption raises SO2 emission, acid rain
4-21	Arch increasing coal production; Company plans to spend extra $25 million this year - Coal official says stockpiles low; Peabody CEO warns power plants may face problems
4-21	Not Too Hip to Vote
4-21	Clearing the air; EPA official talks for first time about retiring after changes in clean air regulations and enforcement
4-21	Mountaintop mining has risks
4-21	Workers comp in red again
4-21	Schwarzenegger Seeks to Boost Hydrogen-Fueled Cars - Stuart Energy Unveils Next Generation Hydrogen Station - Energy East's RG&E offers wind power option
4-21	Cod retreat from UK as warmer waters lure tuna and sharks - Phytoplankton May Stimulate Uptake Of CO2 - Technology should drive global warming standards, report says - US Keen to Rejoin Global Warming Debate
4-21	Hydrogen research shows promise; UK-led work aims to help turn coal into fuel of future (Barking up the wrong tree here--ideally wind energy would be used to split water into hydrogen and oxygen!)
4-21	Goldman Environmental Awards Celebrate Grassroots Action - Goldman Prize winner Rudolf Amenga-Etego beats back the privatization of Ghana's water supply
4-20	Republicans build toward ad climax; Republican Moore has already spent almost $400,000 (Moore is on Massey Energy's Board of Directors)
4-20	Peabody reports higher revenue
4-20	Churches put their faith in God's Earth; A growing religious environmental movement takes many diverse forms across the country
4-20	Seeding Renewables to Grow Jobs
4-20	Touch-screen voting breakdowns outlined - Bad New Days for Voting Rights
4-20	When the last oil well runs dry
4-20	China's roaring demand for coal exacts steep price in human lives
4-20	EU Hopes Newcomers Will Meet Deadline for CO2 Plans - Some like it hot -- but a robin in the Arctic? - Climate theories run hot and cold
4-20	Massey Energy CEO to Appear on Bloomberg T.V.
4-19	Residents still waiting for mine cleanup; Some say states misusing money set aside for sites
4-19	Fixing The Election
4-19	Energy's answer is blowing in the wind - Stop fossil fuel foolishness - Renewable-energy show seeks to save the planet
4-19	Lawyers, health industry top donors in court race
4-19	Gulf preservationists seeking photos, memoirs of coal camps
4-19	Environmental activist wins $125,000 award
4-19	Warming Climate Disrupts Alaska Natives' Lives
4-19	Tough New Smog Rules Get Long Deadlines
4-19	DEFENDING COAL THROUGHOUT ILLINOIS: DURBIN AND OBAMA SAY BUSH ADMINISTRATION SEEMS TO BE FAVORING WESTERN COAL OVER MIDWEST AND EAST SUPPLIES
4-18	Mountain Partys Giardina doesnt back Nader
4-18	Residents near old mines still await pledged cleanup
4-18	Early voting designed to boost election turnout - Getting Out Every Vote
4-18	Xcel challenged to tap a cleaner way to use coal (As long as there is mountaintop removal, there is no such thing as "cleaner" coal.)
4-18	Fuel-Cell Hype vs. Economic Reality - U.S. risks lagging behind in fuel cell race
4-18	Questionable 'Green' Power--Among the 'clean' options: coal and nuclear
4-18	Alternative energy industry a potential bonanza for West
4-18	Lights Out! The End of the Oil Age - Plan War and the Hubbert Oil Curve
4-17	Coal and Fossil Fuels: The Horse and Buggy of Our Time
4-17	No Vote, No Power
4-17	AEP Sells Coal Operations in Ohio and Kentucky
4-17 ?	Discolored Tug River unexplained
4-17	Peabody buys coal reserves in three counties
4-17	Sierra Club volunteers plan door-to-door talks today; Group concerned about Bush assault on the environment - Sierra Club working to raise public awareness; Sounding alarm on environmental issues harder today, activist says
4-17	King Coal sparks New Zealand mountain protest
4-17	Coal plant shot down
4-16	Coal trucks: The industry promised to comply with the law, and must now do so
4-16	Eleven counties violate air rules - EPA hits Cabell, Wayne for smog - New EPA smog rules don't settle debate; EPA chief vows cleaner air, activists not so sure and could sue - Nearly 1 in 5 US Counties Have Unhealthy Air - EPA - Tough new smog rules set to go into effect after 7-year delay
4-16	Massey CEO again shorted
4-16	One way to kick-start youth vote: environment
4-16	Report shows Smokies 'beginning to die'
4-16	Few fireworks pop at debate
4-16	Officials: Coal burning behind mercury in lakes
4-16	Pork, Sweet and Sour ("...it could turn out to be another in a shamefully long line of "clean coal" boondoggles, which benefit nobody but the coal industry.")
4-16	Judge upholds government's use of obscure 1800s law in charging Greenpeace
4-16	Mountaintop removal coal mining must be stopped to end true forms of environmental terrorism (Larry is an OVEC board member)
4-16	Ontario says coal plans won't jeopardize consumers
4-15	More early voting expected
4-15	EPA requiring smog reductions in 31 states; W.Va. likely has 11 counties failing pollution standards
4-15	Air pollution settlement dollars expected to have ripple effect
4-15	Plan to junk oil, add jobs; New coalition pushes renewables
4-15	Pollution Study Favors Regulation
4-15	Mine drainage puts state rivers on endangered list - Mine runoff threatens area rivers
4-15	Delegate candidates offer ways to fix budget
4-15	Pa. DEP lets 2 companies use sludge in mines - State permits two mines to receive 'biosolids' in reclamation
4-15	Duke Energy says US government to drop clean air case
4-15	States outdo feds in combating global warming
4-15	New Report on Top 100 Electric Companies Shows CO2 Pollution Increasing
4-15	Jeffords' bid to block EPA appointments could have welcome side effects
4-15	Cubin, miners' union join forces on AML
4-15	Northwest called ideal for green power push - Western States Urged to Use Clean Energy - Pa. Lawmakers Debate Clean Energy Sources - Report: Oil Will Cost $51/barrel by 2025
4-15	Birds and bats could doom wind proposal
4-15	Coal may one day power US jets
4-15	Regulators give tentative endorsement to huge coal mine expansion in North Dakota
4-15	India, China to hike coal consumption
4-14	Program will help clean up 10 streams in state; Utility settlement creates funding for water project
4--14	Allegheny, Monongahela rivers placed on endangered list
4-14	Safety, drugs are top issues in local races (OVEC co-organized this event with the Cabell-Huntington Branch of the NAACP)
4-14	Maryland General Assembly Passes Landmark Clean Energy Bill
4-14	Plan approved for development of power plant
4-14	Wind, sun compete against waste coal, trash in renewable energy proposal
4-14	Coal Miners Like Dust Detecting Device
4-14	Spadaro in Bush History Museum
4-14	Mining safety rules get an overhaul; Union and industry go at it over administration moves
4-14	Government Must Fund More Renewables, Says Business Group
4-14	What role will wind power play in our energy future?
4-14	Research: Pig manure can become crude oil - Homeowners warm to tankless water heaters
4-14	Putin's adviser wants Russia to bury Kyoto Protocol
4-13	Lawyers Seek Scrutiny of Coal Waste Permits in West Virginia
4-13	Warning signs not posted for coal trucks; Agency also having problems with new complaints hotline
4-13	Some see homeland security, energy ties; Officials say state has opportunity in natural resources (Global warming and mountain range removal and water pollution and mercury poisoning are good for national security?)
4-13	Judge adds 10 days to order blocking Massey stream fill - Attorney defends stream permits ; Environmental groups fighting valley fill approval
4-13	Natural sounds should be heard
4-13	Clear Skies No More for Millions as Pollution Rule Expands
4-13	Lessons From a Blackout
4-13	Globalization takes its toll
4-13	New Zealand Students Occupy Proposed Coal Mining Site
4-13	Wyoming Governor: Coal-bed water quality must be addressed
4-13	Dairyland Power's Landfill Gas-to-Energy Facility Is Online
4-13	Scotland's coal giant's drive into eco-energy
4-12	New monitor for coal dust shows promise
4-12	Measuring Our Worth
4-12	Manchin doubles entire field in campaign money
4-12	Officials explore energy issue - Western Governors Explore Energy Solutions
4-12	A Progressive Vision For a Divided Country
4-11	Stream burials action surges; Enviro-lawyers seek scrutiny of permits - Mining permits in the bulls-eye - Previous mountaintop removal cases
4-11	Regional stereotypes more than century old
4-11	Blackwater group receives grant
4-11	Kentuckians for the Commonwealth - Janet Tucker's story - Meet one lobbyist who doesn't have it easy
4-11	Greenland Melt May Swamp LA, Other Cities, Study Says
4-11	40 Killed in Russian Coal Mine Blast
4-11	Another Energy Giant Indicted in California Fraud
4-11	Utilities violating Nevada mandate on renewable energy - Pennsylvania Governor Revives Agency to Fund Alternative-Energy Projects
4-10	Hundreds of Animal Species Nearly Extinct, Study Warns
4-10	Warming World Has No Greenland Ice, Less California Rain
4-10	A risk hidden in fish
4-10	Worries remain about coal-fired plants' effect on property values - Buried toxins keep coal mine closed
4-10	Review urged of coal-bed methane production
4-9	Candidate forums
4-9	Courting Big Business: Is the Bush White House using the courts as another way to pay back special interests?
4-9	Europe Leading World Into Age of Wind Energy
4-9	Montana Experts Say Climate Change Underway in Much of Western U.S. - 'Global warming could melt Greenland' - Professor: Global warming may bring more rain, snow - Waterbirds desert Britain as climate change takes its toll - Insurer cool on global warming
4-9	Electronic voting machines could pose a problem
4-9	Power Firm Charged in Calif. Energy Crisis
4-8	Trout at center of fight; Mine board seeks to save jobs without harming stream
4-8	Judge blocks Massey fill plan
4-8	DEP files more suits against Massey
4-8	Sludge report - Former Surface Mining Director Counters Whistleblower's Claims
4-8	Energy Panel Chief Pushes EPA; Rep. Barton Seeks Clean Air Exemption for Tex. County
4-8	Kyocera Plans Major Solar Energy Carport
4-8	Canada is missing out on clean economy potential
4-7	Official questions mine renewal
4-7	Judge Wants to Spare Nicholas County, W.Va., Stream from Coal Company's Waste - Judge blocks Massey permit on Nicholas County valley fill -
4-7	Rezoning request for coal haul road gets court's OK
4-7	Mine that supplies coal to U.S. steelmakers reopens
4-7	Changing priorities leave mining plans in dust
4-7	White House Minimized the Risks of Mercury in Proposed Rules, Scientists Say
4-7	UMW ads aimed at retaining benefits
4-7	Manchin campaign reports incomplete
4-6	Slurry Spill Reaction
4-6	Judge blocks Massey permit; Full hearing is scheduled for stream fill - Federal judge blocks valley fill permit
4-6	Miner killed on job in Webster County Saturday night; Death is company's 2nd in 5 weeks
4-6	Groups appeal power plant permit, pollution allowance
4-6	Changing All the Rules
4-5	Former Mine Inspector Speaks Out On "60 Minutes"
4-5	Good times for coal barons, bad times for mountains
4-5	After taking its lumps, coal is hot again; Relaxed emissions rules, deregulation, favorable economics power demand for energy source
4-5	Misplaced Energy
4-5	Banks contest ban proposed for coal and oil extraction
4-5	Guess who's coming to protest?
4-5	Fossil-Fuel Dependency - Do Oil Reserves Foretell Bleak Future? - Imagining a $7-a-Gallon Future
4-5	Study Shows Environmental Responsibility Can Be Profitable
4-5	New radio talk show offers left-leaning broadcast
4-5	Some One Elses Filthy Backyard
4-4	Bush returns to W.Va., not all pleased with his record
4-4	How E-Voting Threatens Democracy
4-4	Changing All the Rules - Bush science adviser denies agenda
4-4	Los Angeles Times: Mine Safety Expert Says Spill Inquiry Was Halted - Fort Worth Star Telegram: Expert Says Spill Inquiry Was Halted - New York Times - San Jose Mercury News - Lexington Herald Leader - Baltimore Sun - London Guardian - Chicago Tribune - USA Today - Washington Post - Atlanta Journal Constitution - Newsday - WKYT - Seattle Post Intelligencer ...and many, many others!
4-4	Mercury's taint
4-4	Bush attacks environment 'scare stories;' Secret email gives advice on denying climate change
4-3	Bush makes W.Va. stop; Many in Mountain State Unhappy with economy, job creation (Winnie Fox is an OVEC board member; The Herald Dispatch estimates the "small group" at 1000, and the Gazette sets the number at 500. The crowd took up one side of a boulevard in Huntington and stretched over at least a block and a half--closer to 1000.)
4-3	Protesters take anti-Bush message to MU campus - Union workers, students rebuff president; Huntington mayor addresses anti-Bush rally
4-3	Bush Opens Door to More Coal Burning - Bush Green Light for Carbon Dioxide May Cost Consumers Millions
4-3	EPA Chief Goes to Bat for Bush Policy
4-3	Coal miners lament loss of jobs, health insurance by many Americans
4-3	Thirst provides refresher on global water concerns
4-3	Massey Energy Announces Pricing of Convertible Senior Notes
4-3	Expert witnesses give testimony in coal-bed methane tax appeal
4-2	West Virginians Give Bush the Pink Slip
4-2	Bush officials accused of mine whitewash - Spadaro to be interviewed on '60 Minutes' - A Toxic Cover-up? - Ex-official says U.S. govt covered up spill cause - Reuters: Ex-official says U.S. government covered up spill cause - THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION COVERED UP ONE OF THE WORST ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTERS IN U.S. HISTORY, SAYS A GOVERNMENT WHISTLE-BLOWER ON 60 MINUTES SUNDAY
4-2	Federal Judge Orders Release of Documents of White House - Judge Orders Release of Energy Documents - Energy Task Force Data Not Private - Judge orders release of documents related to Cheney case
4-2	MSHA defends record under Bush - MSHA criticized on its enforcement in wake of deaths - MSHA tightening internal controls in response to report
4-2	Pension funds gone; Bankrupt companies pass their obligations to federal agency
4-2	Senators Fault Mercury Pollution Proposal - Senators want Leavitt to pull back on mercury rules - Bush mercury proposal hit on two fronts - Senators, states call on EPA to toughen mercury pollution proposal - Despite pleas, Leavitt sticks to mercury plan
4-2	Water limits often violated, report says
4-2	McCain's Lonely War on Global Warming - Five EU States Submit National CO2 Emission Plans
4-2	Fletcher expected to sign coal-bed bill (scroll down)
4-1	Forced land sale for mine debated in Supreme Court (The Millers are OVEC members)
4-1	White House Renews Call for Energy Bill
4-1	UMW questions seminar's timing
4-1	Bipartisan House Bill Takes Aim at Global Warming - Locke sees 'cleaner, greener future' for Oregon; New siting law for power plants targets carbon-dioxide emissions
4-1	FTC may block coal acquisition - ARCH, TRITON DEAL BAD FOR CONSUMERS, AGENCY SAYS - Arch Coal Responds to FTC's Intent to Block Triton Acquisition
4-1	Beaver Coal Co. defends timbering operations - Forestry director says flooding not caused by clearcutting trees (Waybright is ignoring scientific studies that prove otherwise, and in doings so, he's ignoring the safety of coalfield residents.)
4-1	Pennsylvania fights other coal states for mine cleanup funding
4-1	Washington governor signs bills to curb power plant emissions
4-1	Ore. Fish Samples Still Show Mercury
4-1	Coal-petroleum mix could help fuel jets
4-1	NZ mulls renewable energy
4-1	TDEC Commissioner opposes mining rule change
4-1	Coal bed methane hearings to begin

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