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7-31	Kerry in a Coal Mine (Larry Gibson is an OVEC board member) - Aide: Bush Committed to Coal (As long as there is mountaintop removal, there is no such thing as "clean" coal. And don't get us started on James Connaughton and Bob Murray!) - Ohio coal still king
7-31	Kentucky coal trucks lighten loads
7-31	Activists post signs at Penn. power plant - Protest targets Elrama plant - Power plant protest peaceful
7-31	Power plant agrees to air quality plan
7-31	MSHA wants shaft diggers trained same as miners
7-31	Trash could be new energy
7-31	FEMA worker urges residents to buy flood insurance policies
7-31	Anglers Demand Mercury Emissions Controls - GROUP RELEASES "TACKLING MERCURY" A GUIDE TO SAFE FISHING IN NEW ENGLAND
7-31	BLM on pace to set record for permits - Drillers agree to limit impact
7-31	Coal power hurts health, environment
7-31	Solar Thermal Addition Cleans up Coal Power Plant
7-30	Group argues DEP, coal company can't perfect permit after the fact
7-30	Environmentalists, power utility reach settlement on plant; Company to increase monitoring, reduce emissions at proposed Monongalia power
7-30	Florida obstructs blacks - Florida GOP Playing Games with Voting Machines - Tonight on NOW with Bill Moyers: Remember Florida 2000?
7-30	Democrats like Kerry's chances in coal states
7-30	Roberts says gun rhetoric won't fool miners again
7-30	Volunteers struggle to manage flood effort
7-30	Company told: Clarify mine fill plan
7-30	Disaster at sea: global warming hits UK birds - Shrinking rain forest may lead to global warming - Minister unveils flooding plans - Polar bears roam Arctic ice on borrowed time
7-30	Massey Energy Swings to 2Q Profit - Massey reports net profit
7-30	American Band Stands
7-30	Explorer kicks gas habit on roadtrip over 16,000 miles
7-30	Coal House remains a rare tourist attraction; Unusual building in Williamson has survived many floods
7-29	State last in 2002 vote count; Census figures show 36.8 percent turnout
7-29	John Doyle: Protecting constitutional rights of utmost importance - Capito supports Big Brother, not citizens she has sworn to serve
7-29	‘Thunder in the Mountains’ author Lon Savage dies
7-29	Coal fatals may not include guard death
7-29	Series to spotlight West Virginia films
7-29	Illinois governor urged to cut coal emissions; Group says new U.S. rules weak - Groups pressure gov over mercury pollution
7-29	China's dependence on coal for energy causing pollution at home and abroad
7-29	Cedar Falls electric station tests corn cob instead of coal
7-29	BLM gives OK to expansion of coal mine
7-28	Lawmakers balk at election law price
7-28	Some business groups question need for state to measure water usage
7-28	Former forestry director, Bill Maxey, dies at 70; Man resigned post as protest against practice of mountaintop removal coal mining
7-28	Bush Plan Excludes Public From Environmental Review - Bush EPA Slows Enforcement of Power Plant Air Pollution Rules - Bush Administration Dismantles Health Protections for Miners
7-28	Mystic Energy mine guard killed in coal truck collision
7-28	Trucker strike spreads to Letcher County
7-28	On Kerry's First Day… (And, how about Jack Spadaro has chief of OSM and Davitt McAteer as head of MSHA?)
7-28	RFK Jr. tackles Bush, ecology; `Worst environmental president' in history, Alabama delegates told
7-28	W.Va. can be target, U.S. attorney warns (W. Va. already is the target of outlaw terrorists! Their destroying our water, poisoning our air, stealing our children's futures!)
7-28	Stewart Udall: Bush's Dark Pages in Conservation History
7-28	Wyoming coal on a roll
7-28	U.S. to Unveil Plan to Harvest Methane With 7 Countries
7-28	Malaria Experts Abuzz on Global Warming Fears
7-28	Coal - To - Diesel Plant Closer to Reality
7-28	Feds, mine owners meet to keep Mohave power plant open
7-28	Arch Coal "market perform," estimates reduced - Consol Energy "outperform," estimates reduced
7-28	Brazilian Amazon may become savanna: scientist
7-28	Carbon store 'could free UK coal'
7-27	Web site to share signs of potential flooding
7-27	Former forestry director dies - William R. "Bill" Maxey - Bill Maxey, former forestry director, dies
7-27	State environmental board vows improved cooperation; Lawmaker refers to complaints from industry regarding lack of access
7-27	Greenpeace collects hair samples for mercury-exposure tests - Greenpeace sponsors clinic on mercury exposure - Greenpeace offers Greene County residents tests for mercury contamination
7-27	New environmental cops: state attorneys general
7-27	Climate Change Hits African Americans Harder - Slowing global warming - a shared responsibility - African Plants Grow as Dutch Environment Warms
7-27	Banned foreman gets job elsewhere
7-27	Australia: End sought to coal-fired power stations
7-27	A Medieval German Hamlet Keeps the Bulldozers at Bay German town fights off a coal mine
7-27	Risky Mines Stuck in Stone Age - Dying To Make a Living - Coal mine accidents In China claim 86 lives in in first half year
7-27	Nations Collaborate to Take Planet's 'Pulse'
7-27	Western governors eye renewable energy - Poop power? Sewage turned into electricity
7-26	Energy and the Election
7-26	Tennessee: Effort on to sink water permits; Environmentalists: State must investigate potential of mining runoff pollution - Environmentalists ask governor to restrict blast mining - Environmentalists bring official their message in a jug
7-26	45 states have issued mercury advisories; Coal-fired plants are top contributor to problem, EPA says - EPA limits may affect plant's cost - More utilities considering coal to meet power needs
7-26	Global warming much on minds and hearts of believers
7-26	Catastrophic weather cited for rising insurance costs
7-26	Vital miners locked in jail?
7-26	Diesel may be made from waste coal; THE TECHNOLOGY'S THERE, BUT WOULD IT HELP ENVIRONMENT OR HURT IT? ENTREPRENEUR, CRITICS DISAGREE
7-26	Scheme to make electricity from rapeseed
7-26	Reps. Introduce Resolution Requesting Names of Participants in Cheney Energy Task Force
7-26	Solar power pioneers putting West to the test
7-26	Rain causes flooding in parts of Logan, Lincoln
7-26	Consol Energy's net income doubles in second quarter
7-26	State senator suggests freeing jailed miners to help coal industry
7-25	The coalfields: What comes next?
7-25	The Great EPA Crackdown Fantasy
7-25	Forget The Threat Of Terrorism: China Is About To Flick The Switch On A Global Energy Crisis And A Time Bomb That Will Bring Massive Destruction Worldwide - Catching Up to the Cost of Global Warming
7-25	Quecreek anniversary celebration set for Saturday
7-25	World creeping closer to `oil shock'
7-25	Western Station Transforms Sunbeams Into Electricity; Governors Put Party Affiliation Aside to Explore Renewable Energy
7-25	CU taps Wyoming for choice coal
7-25	Voters Are Very Settled, Intense and Partisan, and It's Only July
7-25	Bolivia's natural-gas find opens financial floodgates, raises regional tensions
7-24	Summer Outing set for Saturday on Midelburg Island; Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship believes in doing the right thing (Oh plu-eeze! Barf bag anyone?)
7-24	Wind farm preferable to mountaintop mining (scroll down)
7-24	Aluminum limit for streams tossed
7-24	Water runoff worries Fayette County family
7-24	Kentucky: Coal firms to share burden of big loads; COMPANIES WILL BE FINED FOR OVERWEIGHT TRUCKS - State starts citing companies for overloaded coal trucks; Groups disagree on what law says - Crackdown on overweight trucks puts coal operators in hot seat
7-24	BUSH FOLLOWS DEMANDS OF DONORS ON GLOBAL WARMING
7-24	Australia: Report warns of droughts
7-24	Power plant: oilseed rape grown for electricity
7-24	Amid Aging Smokestacks, Job Creation
7-24	Ohio won't join global warming lawsuit
7-24	Global warming melts Peruvian peaks
7-23	Artists protest mountaintop removal on compilation album
7-23	Coal still a hot issue; Activists rally as officials convene for workshop
7-23	Agency considering new aluminum guidelines; Board must come up with proposal for public review in upcoming weeks
7-23	Logan's corrupt legacy continues
7-23	State leads nation in FEMA assistance
7-23	President Bush bad for West Virginia, local Democratic officials say
7-23	Pollution: Stop poisoning water
7-23	Fill 'er up with ... coal? Coal-to-diesel plant closer to reality
7-23	Arch Coal Declares Quarterly Dividends
7-23	Eight states sue Southern Co., others over global warming
7-22	Environmental group seeks expansion of ban on coal permits
7-22	Maryland/D.C. Environmental Activists to Dump Coal on Campus Lawn to Protest W. Virginia Gov's Coal Plans
7-22	DEP chief urges updates for coal mine law
7-22	Dark as a dungeon - Do administration coal ties leave miners' safety in doubt?
7-22	States sue utilities over global warming; New York City also part of first-ever lawsuit - New York City and 8 States Plan to Sue Power Plants - State Ags Take Global Warming Into Their Own Hands
7-21	Using Documents to Report on Mountaintop Mining; When coal industry officials and business leaders complain about coverage, ‘the only way to counter such pressures is with good, solid reporting.’ (pdf)
7-21	"Wildlands at Risk" Report Details Bush Administration’s Unprecedented Assault on America’s Wild Places - Read the report - Threat: Mountaintop Removal Mining
7-21	Using Bush's Playbook, Kerry could Employ Executive Orders to Create a Sustainable Century
7-21	Spitzer, States to Sue Utilities Over CO2 - Sources - States to Sue Over Global Warming - British advisor urges joint efforts to curb global warming
7-21	W.Va. coal making a comeback (...as long as regulators and politicians refuse to address global warming. Remember, the Pentagon and scientists said global warming is a far greater threat to life as we know it than terrorism. Raney LOVES the status quo--after all his wallet is fat--but the way things are is not the way things have to be. Our futures depend on positive change.)
7-21	Bush obstructing access to public information
7-21	Ky. coal miners protest outside court
7-20	Sierra Club member criticizes timber changes; Environmentalist says impact studies done after comment period
7-20	Bush record dismal, former EPA chief says - Republicans blast President Bush on environment -
7-20	Environmentalists bring dirty water to Bredesen - Environmentalists send Bredesen a message
7-20	WV disaster relief hits $20M since Memorial Day
7-20	Union declares memorial over Horizon bankruptcy
7-20	Coal miners stage second protest outside bankruptcy court
7-20	Forget Kyoto, daring leadership is needed to keep the planet cool
7-20	Toll Rises to 31 in Ukrainian Coal Mine Blast
7-20	It's time car industry gave alternative fuels a real chance - US Addiction to Foreign Oil Deepens
7-20	NASA ending storm-tracking mission; No more funding for satellite used to save lives on Earth
7-19	Mary Wildfire: Residents pay for more than what’s on their electric bills
7-19	Byrd: Kerry Needs Coal Dust to Win W.Va. (As long as their is mountaintop removal there is no such thing as "clean" coal.) - Bush and Kerry not taking W.Va. for granted - Byrd says how Kerry can win state: Senator tells talk show presidential hopeful can win if he gets coal ‘dust on
7-19	DuPont’s C8 contamination widespread, EPA says
7-19	Wind power requires study
7-19	Miner filmed last moments of his life
7-19	Fossil fuels have greatly benefited America (Yup, but the party's winding down and we have to stop subsidizing coal and start transitioning out of the carbon ear as if our lives depended on it--because they well may.)
7-19	Hopi chairman's figures don't add up
7-19	Strategy for an energy-starved world: Go coal! (This economics professor is old school. It's past time for all economists to follow ecological economics, which considers the huge value of the ecosystem services, which the extraction, transporting and burning of coal and disposal of coal ash destroys.)
7-19	Enron E-Mails Give Insiders' View
7-18	Goodwin mine ruling ‘whole new ballgame’
7-18	W.Va. economic growth rate half of national rate
7-18	Warming the World To Dry Our Socks
7-18	Humans may surpass other natural forces as earth movers
7-18	Videotaping's role in mine death questioned - Mining practice is standard, but poses dangers
7-18	Coal industry using higher technology, seeking skilled workers
7-18	Company won't get grant until project is finished
7-18	Second Bozeman Pass group forms to fend off drilling
7-18	China, US to explore coalbed methane resources
7-18	Indelible images carry 'Coal Run'
7-18	Twenty years after epic strike, British mining community struggles to survive
7-18	Windmills harness renewable energy, but may be eyesore on mountain vistas - MacDonald does battle with windfarms - Energy Minister praises wind power at conference
7-18	Bolivians to vote on gas exports
7-17	Making Music Matter: Indie Record Label Acts On Conscience; Falling Mountain Puts Profits Behind Community and Causes
7-17	Utilities face EPA coal plant lawsuits
7-17	How does John Edwards stack up on the environment?
7-17	Bush campaigns in Beckley
7-17	Are coal ash and river silt headed this way? Railroad improvement grant reveals Gilberton Coal’s intentions - Environmentalist not surprised - Protesters on hand for Rendell’s arrival
7-17	Japan says proposed policy changes won't help meet greenhouse gas target
7-17	Five miners who escaped Quecreek accident sue mining owners, operators
7-17	Cost of lies adding up for energy biz
7-16	Activists use show, CD to fight mountaintop removal
7-16	Mountaintops: Mountaineers value hills
7-16	Kerry visits W.Va. - Kerry vs. Bush on environmental issues
7-16	Senator Byrd: Bush’s coal technology promises fall short (As long as there is mountaintop removal, there is no such thing as "clean" coal.)
7-16	The Bush administration must end its pervasive politicizing of established research methods -- and their most qualified practitioners
7-16	Kentucky coal Truck Strike Has Ended
7-16	Arch Coal to buy remainder of Utah mine for $112 million - Peabody Energy Swings to a 2Q Profit - Massey Energy Co. will record a $13 million pretax gain - Massey sells coal interests
7-16	Mine-fill company gets rail grant; Track would let Lehigh Coal move river matter to the Springdale Pit
7-16	Carbon Dioxide Emissions May Harm Ocean Life - Seas absorb half of carbon dioxide pollution
7-16	EU Lowers Greenhouse Gas Emissions - Cooking the Books while Scorching the Planet: New Report Shows Companies are Hiding Climate Change-Related Risks
7-16	Power plant waste makes "greener" wallboard
7-16	Director named for new Kentucky mine safety agency
7-16	44 dead or missing in China coal mine
7-16	BWEA defends wind energy - Museum Considers Excrement Power
7-15	Mining Ruling Leaves Questions; Federal Court Criticizes Corps For Its Handling of Fill Permits - Judge strikes down Army Corps' permit exemption
7-15	New Poll Finds WV Voters Oppose Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining; Statewide Non-profit Environmental Group Launches Ad Campaign to Educate Public
7-15	Bush vulnerable in state on mining, pollster says - Mountaintop Mining Study Released - Poll finds 56 percent opposed to mountaintop removal mining - Poll Finds 56 Percent Opposed to Mountaintop Removal Mining
7-15	BLINDED BY IDEOLOGY: Bush overlooks science at great peril
7-15	The China connection
7-15	ATMs can do it, why not voting machines?
7-15	Federal grant to buy homes
7-15	EPA mercury moves inadequate, energy tech group says - Mercury levels prompt new advisories on eating sportfish - Activists want tighter law on mercury - Mercury pollution in all rivers, lakes worries residents
7-15	Massey Energy Announces Joint Venture with Penn Virginia
7-15	High Quality Mine reopens, for now - Maple Creek Mine back in operation
7-15	22 electric utilities face legal action
7-15	British Columbia to Sell Coal - Rich Land - British Columbia pushes methane project without environmental study
7-15	U.K. Will Miss Renewable Energy Target for 2010, Report Says
7-15	Fear motivates conserving energy
7-15	The Weather Channel Explores Effect of Global Warming on Residents of Alaska - Solutions to warming begin with facing facts
7-14	Residents oppose mountaintop removal, poll shows - Poll shows most oppose mountaintop removal
7-14	W.Va. first to test environmental plan; Program matches companies that have pollution control projects with investors
7-14	Mine deaths: Safety enforcement weak
7-14	Green fuels set for breakthrough
7-14	Workers' Comp focus of magazine article; 'Crippling Injury' in state publication takes a look 'at the total picture' of $3.1 billion debt, Burton says
7-14	Cecil Roberts column
7-14	An interview with Robert F. Kennedy Jr
7-14	‘We weren’t doing anything wrong;’ Couple in anti-Bush T-shirts were arrested at president’s speech - Bush visit cost $53,000
7-14	The Case against Ken Lay
7-14	Loveridge mine resumes operations after fire
7-14	Pa. DEP: Owners to blame for mine closing - Mine will not reopen - DEP claims it didn't force Maple Creek to shut down
7-14	Groups Rally for Voting Receipts; Electronic Ballots May Pose Problems in Recount, Some Say
7-14	Coal-bed methane fuels yet another round of Valley activism - Congress dropped the ball on coal-bed methane drilling
7-14	Flood-hit villagers dealt blow as judges throw out appeal Jul 14 2004
7-14	Cities' warmth reaches 6 miles out - Turning up the heat
7-14	Bolivian energy referendum set for Sunday
7-13	Bush “Roadless Rule” Proposal Would Eliminate Forest Protections - Bush Seeks Shift in Logging Rules - Bush and the Thin Green Line - Roadless Rules for Forests Set Aside; USDA Plans to Reverse Clinton Prohibitions - US to end national logging ban
7-13	Give the EPA an Earful
7-13	Some Coal Truck Drivers Say No More Illegally Hauling Coal
7-13	Public gets a lesson in electronic voting
7-13	Getting Out the Vote, With Style
7-13	Enron Funded Rep. DeLay's Texas Redistricting - Machine at Work
7-13	Global Warming: Is It Hot in Here?
7-13	UMW to hold second Ky. rally to save benefits
7-13	470 mine jobs are at stake
7-13	Try Not To Breathe!
7-12	Scientists horrified by Bush's Bad Science
7-12	Congress must revisit mining; The industry needs to know what the rules are going to be (Mining coal does NOT have to mean mountaintop removal; yes, the law should be obeyed nationwide, so, coal industry, start obeying the law!)
7-12	Bill Mckibben on clothes lines and mountaintop removal
7-12	AEP buys pollution credits from closed plant
7-12	Signs of Energy - Waiting for Cape Wind
7-12	Climate warning from the deep - Experts fear US pollution plume could be killing Britons
7-12	Are you now or have you ever voted for a Democrat? - When the Bush administration has a political objective, it doesn't let science get in its way - Seattle Times - Boston Globe - Macon Telegraph
7-12	Senator McCain Opposes Efforts in Arizona to Roll-Back Reform
7-12	FirstEnergy to spend $1.1 bln to settle suit
7-12	Bush EPA Buckles to DuPont Lobbying? Agency Announces the Threat of Slap on the Wrist
7-12	The algae alternative
7-12	Climate change: India faces rough ride
7-11	Bush, media, even public get editor’s blame
7-11	Mollohan corny about windmills
7-11	Energy savings often pay off big - Dung Good
7-11	Victory for miners in Utah
7-11	Davitt McAteer: South Africa after apartheid: 10 years and counting
7-11	Enron, Lay blamed for California's energy crisis
7-11	Prehistoric clues put greenhouse accomplices in dock
7-10	UCS on Bush administration's misuse of science: Leveling a Mountain of Research on Mountaintop Removal Strip Mining - Researchers Accuse Bush of Manipulating Science - Scientists Say White House Questioned Their Politics
7-10	New York Times: Federal Judge Rejects Process for Approval of Mining
7-10	Chicago Tribune: Court blocks coal mine dumpings; Environmentalists hail decision in West Virginia case
7-10	Associated Press: Ruling revokes coal waste permits
7-10	Longwall mine shuts down - Maple Creek Mine may have to shut down operations - Longwall mine shuts down, idling 470 - Remember Coal Baron Bob Murray? - Murray also mentioned in Salon's "Dirty Business" - Longwall mine officials say closure sparked by DEP decision - Mine's future still undecided
7-10	Load of scandal: Kentucky shouldn't let up on overweight coal trucks
7-10	Bankrupt Horizon Natural Resources: 195 coal-mining jobs in jeopardy - Coal miners at Ziegler 11 near Coulterville get layoff notices
7-10	Greg Palast: George, Give Back the Lay Loot that Bought the White House - William Greider: Ken Lay, Enron and the US Public
7-10	Monday in Huntington: Electronic voting concerns to be addressed
7-10	Hearing attacks mercury proposal - 'Mickey' spreading the word about mercury-laden fish - Stay away from mercury-laden fish during pregnancy
7-10	Soybean farmers hope to pump up interest in biodiesel
7-10	Texas Ruling on Utility Deregulation Costs
7-10	Satellite will help eye warming
7-9	News of our victory in newspapers coast-to-coast and across the world! (A link to a July 9 Google news search of "Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition")
7-9	Court Buries Corps' Illegal Permit for Stream Destruction by Mining Companies
7-9	U.S. judge curtails valley fills: Environmentalists see big win in fight against mountaintop removal - Judge: Corps' program violates Clean Water Act - Ruling likely to slow down permits; Mining advocates, foes debate impact of judge's decision
7-9	Bush Political Interference Offends American Scientists (This subscription-only article is illustrated with an aerial photo of mountaintop removal taken from OVEC's website. The article's lead: Citing new evidence of abuse, thousands of top American scientists now say the Bush administration suppresses and distorts scientific knowledge and undermines federal scientific advisory panels. In February, 60 leading scientists, including 20 Nobel laureates, urged President George W. Bush to stop manipulating scientific knowledge for political purposes. That plea has had little effect, they say.)
7-9	Free speech? Critics clobbered
7-9	Boaters travel Cumberland River to protest coal mine pollution - Boaters travel by river to protest coal mine pollution
7-9	A Coal Plant's Efforts to Clean Up Mercury Pollution
7-9	FEMA grants $11.1M to flood victims
7-9	Pollution, cuts cloud view at national parks
7-9	U.S. science policy swayed by politics, says group
7-9	E.P.A. Says It Will Fine DuPont for Holding Back Test Results
7-9	Coal truck overturns in Rockcastle, Ky. - Serious Accident Backs Up Interstate Traffic For Miles
7-9	Arch Coal Provides Earnings Estimate for Second Quarter
7-9	Kyoto Protocol: EU plan for carbon trading clears key hurdle
7-9	Peat Bogs Harbour Carbon Time Bomb - Peat bog gases 'accelerate global warming' - MAJOR NEW CO2 THREAT TO CLIMATE STABILITY & WATER SUPPLIES
7-9	A future for glass in a hydrogen economy? Researchers envision tiny spheres storing the gas in cars
7-9	Argentine Senate pushes plant-based green fuels
7-9	BLM to try to resolve coal, methane conflicts
7-8	Humans may surpass other natural forces as earth movers
7-8	AEP begins work on line; Utility starts work on power project despite lawsuit
7-8	William Rivers Pitt: Kenny-Boy and George - Enron Ex-Chief Indicted by U.S. in Fraud Case - Lay championed energy deregulation
7-8	DuPont faces big fines; Penalty may come down today for hiding C8 exposure
7-8	IRS Questioning Marriott's Tax Credits - I.R.S. Challenges Two Makers of Coal-Derived Synthetic Fuel
7-8	Rahall, Mollohan looking out for coal
7-8	Reaching W.Va.’s ‘special needs’ flood victims
7-8	While We Wait, the Globe is Getting Warmer - GLOBAL WARMING: Dear Mr. President, Please do something - Global Warming News Important To Corn, Wheat Farmers
7-8	Electronic voting machines augur fraud
7-7	Bush, Cheney to visit Beckley, some say; Kerry, Edwards will make a stop there this week
7-7	SOCM to Take Message To Governor by Water
7-7	Friends of Coal hurt people in coalfield communities (scroll down)
7-7	Mountaintop removal is OK and windmills are not?
7-7	US Election: Inequality Stalks the Polling Station
7-7	Bush's War on Science
7-7	Archbishop: Climate Change Threatens Species - Blair to pressure US on Kyoto
7-7	Remembering the fallen - 63 from W.Va. could be returned to duty
7-7	Water may be key power plant issue
7-7	Industrial delinquents destroying environment
7-7	An abandoned Brooklyn warehouse heralds the onset of hipster environmentalism
7-7	Corruption's Corrosive Effect on the Environment
7-7	States take lead in clean air quest; Wetlands, wildlife damage prompting independent action
7-7	Plugging into new energy fields
7-6	Boots display marks lives lost in war; Anti-war groups offer memorial to soldiers killed
7-6	Money portfolio: Millions going to material
7-6	Fight expected for state; Rural states to be battlegrounds for votes, pollsters say
7-6	Move on mercury - Consumption warnings and waterway contamination may be taking the bite out of fishing
7-6	Congressman Waxman: Free Pass From Congress
7-6	It's time to support green energy - It's vital for U.S. cities to think 'green' - 72 Percent of Californians Favor Governor's Solar Homes Goal
7-6	Scientists ring alarm on climate - Greenhouse gases "threaten Australian way of life" - Jet exhaust may be adding to global warming - Big money enters global warming battle - Jackets off as Japan tries to beat heat - An icy riddle as big as Greenland posed by global warming
7-6	In China, coal and power situation gets worse
7-5	Bush lauds W.Va.'s role; President says coal important to keep U.S. independent
7-5	Bush policies fueling coal's comeback in hills of W.Va.; But some blame easing of regulations for damage (Maria is on staff with Coal River Mountain Watch and an OVEC member.)
7-5	‘We must be relentless,’ Bush says (Is he speaking of his relentless assault on the Constitution?) - In Courting West Virginians, Bush Speaks of Military's Might
7-5	Fletcher's actions have miners worried about safety
7-5	Living with black lung can mean paying for it; HEALTH BENEFITS HARD TO COME BY FOR SOME VICTIMS
7-5	Tiny particles can pose big risks
7-5	In Montana, Gas Drilling Hits a Rare Roadblock
7-5	Arch, KFx to revive Wyoming "clean" coal project (There is no such thing as "clean" coal-it's dirty when you dig, dirty when you haul it, dirty when you burn it, dirty when you dispose of the ash--and coal executives and many politicians have a dirty relationship.)
7-5	Ohio rivers cleaner in recent years, but warnings on eating fish remain
7-5	'We need results, not more red tape'
7-5	Big Improvements Were Scattered in Quiet 2nd Quarter (Massey a good investment? Well, as long as profits matter more than our life support systems...)
7-4	State nursery supplying mine reclamation effort
7-4	Massey appeal of punitive damages rejected
7-4	Building a base for trout: With limestone treatments, DNR hopes to restore acid-damaged waterways
7-4	Ky. power plant proposed on site of old coal dump; Estill project would burn deposits left by former owner
7-4	Ohio wary of decree on coal - Mercury makes state warn against eating local fish - Charlie Tuna: Unsafe At Any Speed
7-4	Gluttons for fossil fuels; Switch to healthful alternatives to satisfy energy appetites
7-4	Early snowmelt sounds warning of global warming
7-4	EPA to re-evaluate New Source Review equipment replacement rules
7-3	Officials must get to root of flood problem
7-3	Kentucky targets too-heavy coal rigs; DRIVERS PROTEST, SAY THEY CAN'T MAKE A PROFIT HAULING LEGAL-WEIGHT LOADS
7-3	Clean Elections - it can happen in WV (Scroll down)
7-3	Tom Louisos - a different breed of public servant - Case involving Legislature and Ethics Commission to be heard by high court
7-3	Religious groups support global warming bill
7-3	Alaska Natives Say Warming Trend Imperils Villages
7-3	Wind trumps second coal plant
7-3	Pig Manure Converted to Crude Oil
7-2	Fuse lit for July 4 bash; Tickets needed to hear Bush
7-2	Truckers enter third day of roadside protest in eastern Kentucky
7-2	Coal's human costs: Beef up enforcement of mine safety laws
7-2	Bush trademark: Secrecy that seems boundless
7-2	Security concerns put Bush at Capitol Complex for 4th - Politicians mar preciousness of Fourth
7-2	Court backs comp fund; Ruling could save state $1.1 billion and self-insured employers $200K
7-2	Manchin seeks 'secure' voting system
7-2	Farmers Eager to Cash in on Wind
7-1	Bush itinerary remains sketchy; July 4 schedule to be clarified today
7-1	Church group urges passage of global warming bill
7-1	Faced with Court Order, EPA Reconsiders Plant Rules
7-1	Coal miners protest at Lexington hearing
7-1	Blair urged to up Kyoto diplomacy

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