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9-30
Mine tax extension possible
9-30
MSHA may not count death at mine in Marion County
9-30
Coal company's sale temporarily halted  -  UMWA Applauds Judge's Decision
9-30
Report: Russia to OK Kyoto Ratification  -  Russia warms to Kyoto ratification  -  Warnings on Warming  -  Russian cabinet backs Kyoto protocol  -  Russian Cabinet approves Kyoto climate pact
9-30
Science Struggles Under W.'s Thumb
9-27
EPA Imposes Gag Rule on its Employees  -  EPA takes its advice with a lump of coal 
9-27
Congress Extends Wind Energy Tax Credit
9-27
Russian Ministries Start Agreeing to Kyoto Approval  -  
9-27
Is Nothing Sacred?  -  On the Environment, the US Is the Rogue Nation
9-27
Thin Glaciers Get Thinner in Antarctica
9-27
Coal plants boosting mercury pollution  -  Bad Air and Water, and a Bully Pulpit in China
9-26
Locals protest dangerous coal-mining practices  -  Strip Mine Protest  -  Sylvester Dustbusters lend support to local protesters
9-26
The Choice on Energy
9-26
Tax on coal production set to expire; main goal unmet  -  Partisan wrangling slows renewal of coal production tax
9-26
Trucks may move coal gob to plant
9-26
Mountains of debate
9-26
Coal issues may hold key to state vote
9-25
Arch Coal: Work to begin in two weeks on new mine
9-25
EPA's Chief Under Nixon Rips Bush on Environment
9-25
Coal-fired Power Plants Called Main Source  -  Wording Came From Power Plant Lawyers  -  EPA plan: Power plants profit by curbing pollution  -  Toxic air plan wins praise, but experts say it needs work
9-25
UMW petition asks GOP to make mine safety 'top priority'  -  Petitions urge increase in mine-safety funds
9-25
Abandoned Promises
9-25
West Antarctic glaciers speed up
9-24
Arch Coal says work to begin in two weeks on new underground mine (say hello to longwall mining in Logan Co.)Arch Coal to spend $190 million on new W. Va. mine  -  New Underground Mine For Logan County
9-24
Clean air reports at odds  -  Abandoning the environment
9-24
Official advocates coal use; Commerce secretary says increased use may drop natural gas prices
9-24
Kerry, UMW seek change in miners' health plan
9-24
Ravenswood water makes Superfund cleanup list
9-24
Moscow takes step on Kyoto ratification  -  Five Ministries Asked to Sign Off on Kyoto  -  Antarctic Glaciers Melting Faster - Study  -  Melting Antarctic glaciers tied to rising seas
9-24
Mad About Mercury
9-24
Recovery continues 27 years after flooding
9-23
New mine promises 200 jobs; Mountain Laurel in Logan County may be one of last underground operations
9-23
EPA Directs Employees to “Refrain From Answering” Media Inquiries
9-23
Acid Rain Pollution Up 4 Percent in 2003
9-23
Antarctic Glaciers Melting Faster - Study  - Global dimming? Global warming? What's with the globe, anyway?
9-23
Millions Blocked from Voting in U.S. Election
9-22
EPA Wording Found to Mirror Industry's; Influence on Mercury Proposal Probed
9-22
Administration Goes Light on Environmental Lawbreakers
9-22
Kerry criticizes Bush over plan to cut coal tax
9-22
Coalfield Residents Seek Funding
9-22
Devastation; Mine cleanup still needed
9-22
Getting Warmer  -  Global climate shift dictates policy change
9-22
New Report Ranks 50 Cities Where Dirtiest Air Impacts The Most Kids
9-22
Waterways' condition spurs suit; EPA enforcement lax, groups claim 
9-22
Waterways recovering from slurry spill; Restocking of fish continues in E. Ky.  -  Fishermen back at Tug Fork 4 years after coal sludge spill
9-22
Horizon plans to default Workers’ Comp payments; Director to get $10,000 raise plus $17,500 in bonuses
9-22
W.Va. strong contender for hydrogen power facility
9-22
Coalition to push for public financing of elections; Two dozen groups join to free candidates from corporate donations  -  Money talks  -  Campaign finance options debated
9-21
UMW, Kerry blast MSHA, lobbyist
9-21
Young people help continue NAACP work
9-21
Congress must renew abandoned mine fund
9-21
State tax revenue ahead of last year's 
9-21
Maine lawmaker talks health care with state panel (Clean- Elections-elected politicians in Maine got this great law passed!)
9-21
A dim view
9-21
Greenpeace/Aveda Offer Free Mercury Tests In Ohio, PA
9-21
622 Dead in Haiti From 'Jeanne'  ("...deforestation has made even light rain deadly...Without roots and foliage, there is nothing to hold water back from low-lying towns.) - Water in all wrong places in world's wettest spot - Deforestation in south contributing to floods and landslides
9-21
Future of coal mine on Hopi-Navajo reservations still in doubt
9-21
Global warning on global warming - Ignoring the signs of global warming - Global Warming May Spawn More Super-Storms - Mussels found near North Pole in global warming sign - Climate Change 'The Real Weapon of Mass Destruction' - Have you run out of energy?
9-21
Britons 'in favour of wind farms' 
9-21
EPA scientist criticizes coal plant plan  
9-20
Bush Rule Changes Boost Mountaintop Removal Mining
9-20
AML program running out of time
9-20
The Myth of Cheap Coal Energy, A Paradigm Of Greed
9-20
Pollution: State is shortsighted
9-20
RETIRED COAL MINER FACES LOSS OF INSURANCE AS WIFE BATTLES CANCER
9-20
Cooling-water rules challenged in court
9-20
Energy stocks for the conscience-driven
9-20
Blair's missing the point on financing renewables: fossil volatility costs more - Canada to use PetroCan money for green technology
9-20
Common Cause, Votewatch launch election monitoring program
9-20
Five-Year Study Confirms Big Bend Haze Tied To Power Plants
9-19
MSHA chief met with crony just before dust proposal
9-19
Feel safer? Then you might not want to read this book - With 900,000 jobs lost since 2001, President Bush and Democratic challenger John Kerry promise economic recovery
9-19
Group fights today's racism; Local workshop brings together groups to strive to fight prejudice - State NAACP official calls for continued efforts
9-19
The Hand-Marked Ballot Wins for Accuracy - They Said It Couldn't Be DoneIn Florida, 245 'Lost' Primary Votes Found 
9-19
Into the Wilderness: Conservation groups seek new status for 15 tracts in national forest - Proposed wilderness areas - Group asks state to see if timber firm harming rare snails
9-19
Longwall coal-mining law lacking, group says
9-19
Kennedy blasts Bush on pollution at river fund-raiser 
9-19
Like it or not, the fossils aren't dead yet (Like it or not, cleaning up the burning of coal does not solve the problem of mountain range removal, longwall mining, coal transportation, nor the problem of what to do with the toxic ash leftover after combustion of coal.)
9-19
Expert tells what we can do on global warming - Global Warming Will Spawn More Ivans - Idea of the Week: A Preemptive Strike on Climate Change - World climate can change in a hurry - Hurricanes and floods take growing number of victims, disasters on rise: UN
9-19
A Haircut and a Little Something Extra
9-19
Kentucky in running for $1 billion power plant
9-19
China's Blurred Horizon
9-19
Second Coal MOU Establishes Taiwan-Alaska Trade and Investment Council
9-19
Teflon mystery raises safety questions
9-18
Jury orders Massey to pay $1.54 million to residents who lost water supplies - Massey spared paying punitive damages to residents who lost wells 
9-18
Residents plan march to protest strip mines
9-18
Local NAACP chapter led by grandmother, MU grad - NAACP wants youth support, voters
9-18
What’s it take to vote in West Virginia? - Support freedoms by voting on Nov. 2
9-18
Election excitement; Apathy isn’t an option for some local college students
9-18
Ready or Not (and Maybe Not), Electronic Voting Goes National
9-18
Razing West Virginia
9-18
Notes, Quotes From 2004 Campaign in W.Va.
9-18
Fish From 172 Rivers, Lakes [in Florida] Have Harmful Mercury Level - Cosmetology school has stylish way to help out mercury exposure study - Mercury in fish prompts concern and action
9-18
Global warming flexes its muscle
9-18
Kentucky in running for plant; Coal-to-gas system to supply electricity
9-18
Canada's newest wind power project goes on line to deliver electricity
9-18
Powder River methane drain slows
9-17
'Unbelievable' number of new voters stepping up across state
9-17
U.S. failure to enforce water laws violates NAFTA - Mercury emissions source of growing controversy; State coal association contends environmental groups are 'showboating' - NAFTA Commission Asked to Investigate U.S. Mercury Emissions
9-17
Hurricanes & Global Warming
9-17
Bush continues, but cuts abandoned mine tax - Feds plan to extend fees for mining fund - Funding proposed for miners' medical plan; Cecil Roberts warns that long-term solution is desperately needed
9-17
W.Va. prepares for Ivan’s sweep - Landslide warning adds to W.Va.'s flood concerns - Memories of 2001 flooding devastation linger 
9-17
The Making of the Corporate Judiciary: How big business is quietly funding a judicial revolution in the nation's courts
9-17
NIMBY is no answer
9-17
A Thirsty Nation
9-17
Kentucky coal operator, aide convicted of election fraud scheme - 2 found guilty of vote fraud
9-17
Uncorking a River
9-17
Utility plans 4th generator
9-17
Hop in and take the future for a spin - Methanol Offers Renewable Energy Solutions - Tour touts alternative energy - Plug-in hybrid buses attract energy-minded officials
9-17
China's Energy Crisis Blankets Hong Kong in Smog
9-17
Government ‘in denial’ over global warming - Snowe wants action on global warming
9-16
CSX repair shop helping fill demand for coal
9-16
Sustainable development (scroll down)
9-16
Vote! American scandal - Vote Drives Gain Avid Attention of Youth in '04 - The Fearful Voter
9-16
Lawmakers debating mine fund extension - Byrd seeks extension of Abandoned Mine Land - Measure prolongs wait for Wyoming
9-16
Sprouse’s fund-raising surpasses Tomblin’s
9-16
Democrats Lose Bid for Energy Task Force Info
9-16
Mad About Mercury - Panel says pollution plagues Great Lakes
9-16
Sherrard School Land Not for Sale
9-16
U.S. trying to ice report on global warming, Senate told
9-16
Sea engulfing Alaskan village - Experts Say Climate Change Will Reach Dangerous Level - Global Warming May Spur Fiercer Hurricanes - Media should cover all aspects of global climate change - Warmer climate could strain healthcare, agriculture - Has Blair the energy to convince Exxon?
9-16
Administration Obstructs Regulation Across Agencies, Fails to Complete 70% of Rules 
9-16
Veteran Democratic senator loses UMWA endorsement
9-16
E.Ky. Power Cooperative to build clean-coal unit (As long as there is mountaintop removal, there is no such thing as "clean" coal.) - UNIT TO TWIN UP WITH ONE DUE TO GO ON LINE IN APRIL
9-16
Slowly but surely Asia switches on to green power - World Renewable Energy leaders announce China wind push - Advocacy Group Urges Mandate for Cleaner Power in Wisconsin - Wind energy blows back on course
9-16
Arch Coal "buy," estimates raised - Massey Energy Safety Director, Mines Receive Safety Awards (Barf bag anyone?) 
9-15
Study: Protests help pass environmental laws
9-15
Environmentalists like state plan
9-15
Bush Administration Cuts Clean Water Spending; Hurts Jobs, Health, Environment
9-15
Extension of mine fund tax added to budget bill; Byrd effort would keep per-ton program alive for 9 months - Dirty politics: Don't let abandoned mines tax expire
9-15
Environmental board running out of money
9-15
NAACP is working hard for community
9-15
Manchin outraises Warner in 3-month reporting period
9-15
Capito will debate, but Wells wants 18
9-15
Republicans blast Bush for environmental policies
9-15
Senator Backs Voting Machine Bill after Firsthand Experience with Glitch
9-15
The News that Didn´t Make the News
9-15
Micropower 'could fuel UK homes' - Alternative transportation festival showcases cutting-edge, fuel-efficient vehicles
9-15
Why does Wall Street continue to look down on renewable energy?
9-15
Blair 'shocked' by climate change; time to act is running out - Blair to Press on Climate Change, Challenge Bush - Planet being destroyed - Blair Fears Climate Change Disaster, Challenges US - Full text: Blair's climate change speech - Global warming projected to cause more rain, flooding in Japan - Dark Future for White Animals in Arctic - Study Looks At Global Warming Effects On California  
9-15
Michigan power plants rank high for air pollution
9-15
Watchdog groups target 5 coal plants
9-14
Board rules for DEP in valley fill case - State board upholds Arch Coal permit
9-14
Mining company responsible for fly-boulder that crushed sleeping toddler fined $15,000 
9-14
Mercury at 'crisis level,' some fear - New pathogens, mercury threaten Great Lakes, health of millions of residents - Major new study geared toward children
9-14
Environmental prosecutions drop under Bush, study finds - Bush Record: New Priorities in Environment
9-14
Bush Administration Directs Agencies to Ignore Clean Water Act
9-14
BUSH ADMINISTRATION MANIPULATES SCIENCE AND CENSORS SCIENTISTS (Scroll down to No. 3.)
9-14
Cheney voices support for coal (But not for humans...) - Political ads tailored to local issues - Cheney courts coal vote
9-14
Sierra Club backs land use, protection
9-14
San Francisco's Cool Climate Could Fade This Century If Nothing Done To Reduce Emissions Of Heat-Trapping Gases -S.F. due to become hot place to inhabit - Howard raises wind of change on climate - Blair unveils his green offensive with demand US ratifies Kyoto - Warming a Hot Topic Among Arctic Scientists - Penguin Decline Due to Global Warming?
9-14
New way to extract gas is proposed
9-14
Maine boosts renewable energy - Solar power as RP’s alternative energy source eyed
9-13
Bush is Destroying Your Mother - Crimes Against Nature
9-13
Protect the Vote - On the Voting Machine Makers' Tab
9-13
Marshall County BOE to Examine Proposal
9-13
Cleaner is better (As long as there is mountaintop removal, there is no such thing as "clean" coal.)
9-13
Changing Views on Climate Change - Wisc. firms feel the heat of global warming - Global warming fears for Chinese crops - Global warming and your lawn - Ivan's wrath and global warming - Russia Insists It Still Intends to Approve Kyoto 
9-13
Looking for Energy in the Campaign (As long as there is mountaintop removal, there is no such thing as "clean" coal.) Only in Nevada is Bush's record on environment likely to be decisive issue
9-13
Nanotech: Up and Atom - Election Calls for US Oil Independence a Pipe Dream - After wind power, Germany turns to the sun for electricity 
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