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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