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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
Whats it take to vote in West Virginia? - Support freedoms by voting on Nov. 2
9-18
Election excitement; Apathy isnt 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 Ivans 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
Sprouses fund-raising surpasses Tomblins
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 Didnt 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 inJapan - 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 RPs 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 
9-12 
Candidates differences are clear; Environmental issues important to many West Virginia voters
9-12 
Devastation linked to global warming - The Fact of Global Warming
9-12 
The messy politics of climate change
9-12 
Sherrard Residents Want Answers About Coal Exhaust Fan
9-12
Air Pollution Retards Teen Lung Growth
9-11
Miners appeal Horizon bankruptcy
9-11 
Donors raise $341,000 to oust Justice McGraw
9-11 
Massey penalty jurors recess without decision
9-11 
Officials ponder what to do with Pennsylvania's waste coal
9-11
FTC won't pursue appeal in Arch Coal-Triton deal
9-11
Smelly Robot Eats Flies to Generate Its Own Power
9-11
Talk About Investing in Hot Air
9-10 
Bush Administration Appeals Mountaintop Removal Ruling
9-10
Massey will pay, but how much?  Deliberations begin in penalty phase of water pollution trial
9-10
DuPont agrees to pay $107 million; Wood County plant also must help reduce C8 in drinking water  -  DuPont offers to settle
drinking water case Company agrees to pay; $343 million over contaminated water
9-10
Showdown in the Coalfields
9-10
As supply dwindles, coal outlook bright; Massey chief says scarcity an advantage because prices go up  -  Massey Projects 2-Year Coal Prices  -  Massey Energy Updates Expectations for Third Quarter 2004  -  Massey Warns on Third-Quarter Profit
9-10
Louisville targets toxic air; Plan would bring cuts in emissions
9-10
Mine rescuers from six states compete
9-9
Water quality sparks debate; Coal-fired plants blamed for high mercury level in W.Va. streams - A "Reel" Problem
9-9
Water runoff still plagues Boomer residents
9-9
Waste coal touted - Waste coal should not be lumped with solar and wind as a renewable
9-9
Lung Function Tied to Pollution Level 
9-9
Scientists call for increased use of renewable energy - Sustainable energy achievable, but not easy
9-9
Gasoline-Electric Hybrid Vehicles Create Stir
9-9
Call for action on climate change - New Web Site to Pinpoint Fund Exposure on WarmingScientists Skirt Ice, Politics in the Arctic
9-9
Massey Warns on Third-Quarter Profit
9-9
Federal judge helps company play dirty
9-9
Clean Wisconsin: Back to School Lunches: Should Tuna & Fish Sticks be Part of the Meal? - Scientist's fishing expeditions part of state health campaign 
9-8
Millions will die in extreme climate change: scientist - Scientist: Extreme Weather Will Kill Millions - Federal Report Links Emissions to Climate Change, but Bush Still Not Convinced - Climate change can slash animal gene pools
9-8
A native looks at attachment to Appalachia
9-8
Face of racism more subtle; Workshop aims to educate public on how to spot racism in region 
9-8
Environmentalists to discuss new mercury pollution report - Group Warns Against Eating Lake Fish
9-8
Company opening coal recovery facility near Pineville; Private venture to bring about a dozen jobs to Wyoming County
9-8
Pinnacle will have reclamation plant in West VirginiaExecution of Pond Fines Recovery Agreement With Pinnacle Mining Company
9-8
Contractor's electrocution state's 8th mine death of year
9-8
The environmental debate: The candidates' positions on issues such as coal could prove decisive - Critics assail Bush environmental record - Kerry Goes on the Attack in New Ads
9-8
Hectic hurricane season hints at things to come; Decades-long weather trend playing out in Florida - Frances could soak whitewater season
9-8
Growing Scientific Evidence Of Global Warming Becoming An Urgent Priority For Business Leaders - Why the Kyoto Protocol is essential to Australia's future - Australias biodiversity threatened by climate change - Scientist Reveal That Technology Already Exists To Stabilize Global Warming - Appeal to build power station denied due to greenhouse gas concerns
9-8
Aberfan weeps for Beslan
9-8
More scrubbers planned for Gibson Station - An opportunity for Bush
9-8
More Massachusetts communities eye wind power
9-8
Honoring coal miners
9-8
Firm owes back taxes
9-8
Dominion to buy 3 plants for $656M
9-8
US mining giant behind widespread illness from toxic wasteSpurred by Illness, Indonesians Lash Out at U.S. Mining Giant
9-7
Permits: Avoid mining tragedy
9-7
Without mine land fee authority, area residents will be 'exposed to dangers'
9-7
Coal impoundment project is key step
9-7
Kerry rallies UMW at Racine - Democrats rally on Labor Day - Labor event turns spotlight on job worries - Jackson implores voters to ignore wedge issues
9-7
Konarka to Acquire Solar Technology
9-7
Descendant of feuding Hatfields writes about growing up poor
9-7
Arch Coal CEO to Speak at Energy Conference on September 8, Live Webcast Available - Coal continues to be key energy source in decades (That is, of course, if we pretend like global warming, acid rain, mountaintop removal, acid mine drainage and other extreme ecological consequences of increased coal-burning don't exist. If we pretend...until it's too late...)
9-7
EU loses a round in fight for Kyoto - Global Warming and the Political connection
9-7
Methane concern in old mines - Drought may give rise to coal-seam fires 
9-6
`American dream' goes up in coal dust: Like Illinois miners, other union workers are losing guaranteed lifetime health benefits
9-6
Reinvest in America: Thousands expected for Labor Day rally - Rally: Todays event unusual
9-6
Is Virginia ignoring residents' calls for stricter scrutiny of strip mines? 
9-6
In an Old Coal Town, the Old Party Labels Are Faded
9-6
Standard Life weighs impact of Bush vs Kerry win
9-6
Future of Renewable Energy is Now 
9-6
Felons face tougher rules to regain right to vote in Kentucky
9-6
Eskimos Fret as Climate Shifts and Wildlife Changes - Global warming to thaw Arctic faster - Australian PM defiant on Kyoto stance at World Energy Congress launch
9-6
Proposed mercury rules fall far short of what's feasible
9-5
Ecologist leads effort to rescue plants on mining, logging sites
9-5
Appalachia residents feel impact of mine within community
9-5
After the balloons: Ten essential issues that Bush and Kerry must tackle - Local issues get top priority in swing states; Candidates exploit voters anger, hopes 
9-5
Objection filed against state firms TV stations
9-5
NPR's Living On Earth: Bush on the Environment
9-5
Coal impoundment list has Wayne Co. sites
9-5
Multicultural fest draws diverse crowd
9-5
Appalachian appreciation: Akronite's film, book collect vignettes for loving look at disappearing culture
9-5
Celebrate Labor Day with some working-class heroes
9-5
Ky. author links land, family
9-5
Madison ready for Southridge sprawl and increased ATV trail traffic
9-5
Groups work to educate public on mercury
9-5
Horizon to be divided into two coal companies
9-5
China city fights environmental trouble with trees
9-5
10 Killed in China Coal Mine Accidents
9-5
Problems Abound in Election System; Outmoded Machinery Is Still Widespread
9-5
How can global warming affect my health?
9-5
Ghosts of Avondale
9-4
Bush By Numbers: Four Years of Double Standards (Scroll down to "Environmentalist for info on mountaintop removal, global warming, energy policy and more)
9-4
Too late to stop global warming, says expert - Global Warming Thaws Arctic, Divides Governments - Virus Takes Steep Toll on Birds - In flowers, BU botanists see global warming
9-4
Coal impoundment Web site continues to grow (scroll down)
9-4
Kerry Ads Take Aim at Bush Policies (As long as there is mountaintop removal, there is no such thing as "clean" coal!)
9-4
Jackson to cite economy to rally workers
9-4
Job gains dont balance losses; Recent growth falls 1 million jobs short of replacing recession cuts
9-4
Beware: A healthy diet may also contain toxins - Hannity on health risk of mercury to pregnant women and children: "This is silly"
9-4
Climate change takes its toll on Fiji's coral
9-4
Report Says Financial Institutions Need to Weigh Business Water Risks
9-4
China's Boom Economy Is Starved for Electricity
9-3
Bush officials trumpet mine ruling appeal - Government to appeal court's ruling on valley fill permits - Mining-permit limit challenged - Agency to appeal ruling on valley fills; BUSH ADVISER ANNOUNCES MOVE AT W.VA. LUNCHEON - Mountaintop mining court decision appealed by Department of Justice
9-3
Kerry ad to clarify coal record (As long as there is mountaintop removal, there is no such thing as "clean" coal!)
9-3
Tennessee:  National to mine Zeb Mountain - Knoxville coal company to buy Zeb Mountain mining rights 
9-3
Maple Creek probe moved
9-3
Abandoned mine reclamation program should be extended
9-3
Mercury in U.S. Lakes; Cyanide in India - Trust the CEOs! - Toxins in food supply signal need for change
9-3
Wilderness protection campaign begins - Bush Team Reversing Wilderness Act's 40-Year Success - Nation's Wilderness Act turns 40; Bush adds fewest acres of any president
9-3
A voracious Earth: Some regions - especially in Asia - are overusing their renewable resources - China's need for oil expected to dominate energy scenario
9-3
Consol, FirstEnergy looking at clean coal plants (There is no such thing as "clean" coal. Coal's dirty when you mine it, dirty when you transport it, dirty when you burn it, dirty when you dispose of the ash. Plus, coal barons dirty up politics with their campaign contributions.)
9-3
BLM rejects Peabody Energy's coal lease bids
9-3
SA Must Burn Less Coal
9-3
Renewable energy remains elusive - Energy and women - New Evidence in Favour of Biodiesel
9-3
Getting warmer: Bush finally acknowledges greenhouse effectHurricane Frances part of record-setting period for storms
9-2
Corps to appeal federal mining ruling (This is the case filed by the Appalachian Center for the Economy and the Environment on behalf of OVEC, Coal River Mountain Watch and the Natural Resources Defense Council.)
9-2
Court tries to narrow flood case 
9-2
Renewal of cleanup fund critical to state 
9-2
Energy Industry, the Party Animals: At lavish invitation-only bashes, corporations can freely spend unregulated dollars to woo political insiders (Remember Rep. Joe Barton?)
9-2
Sum of a Glitch
9-2
Georgia: Water, water from the well and ... not a drop to drink - Missouri: Mercury continues to contaminate all water in Northland, across state - Indiana: Lone hearing set on toxic emissions; Group is angry that state scheduled just 1 meeting on mercury from power plants - Florida: Mercury warnings envelop area's pristine rivers
9-2
Take time to explore the different cultures in our area (Check for the OVEC table at this event; also see the Sept. 18 entry on our calendar page.) 
9-2
Modest Climate Change Could Lead To Substantially More And Larger Fires
9-2
Campaign donors say they tapped their cash hoards
9-2
Future of renewable energy is now - Scotland's most powerful wind farm opens - Wyoming ideal spot for geothermal energy
9-2
Energy committee to hold hearing on waste coal use
9-2
As power companies donated to Bush, regulations eased
9-2
Residents dispute state's well data
9-2
Court OKs Steel Mogul Ross Coal Mine Buy
9-2
Tape, drugs, roof woes noted in miner's death
9-2
BLM spikes big coal sale
9-1
Wise touts progress of state
9-1
The destroyer  
9-1
Goodwin declines to clarify mountaintop removal ruling - Judge refuses to revisit mining rulings in W.Va.
9-1
Kerry's surface mining vote meaningless, Roberts says
9-1
Mercury Kills - Mercury levels in fish a concern for at-risk groups
9-1
Police arrest miners protesting bankruptcy hearing - Proper procedure for getting arrested - Union miners protest bankruptcy proceedings - Hundreds of Ky. Coal Miners Stage Protest - Judge OKs sale of Horizon assets
9-1
Coal prices, income tax payments prompt surge in state collections
9-1
Price of health, safety: Congress should renew abandoned mines fund - Money should go for stated goals
9-1
Edwards, in Appalachia, Reaches Out to Working Families  - Edwards Promotes Kerry Health Plan - Edwards talks to retired coal miner facing loss of company benefits 
9-1
Air permit deal is reason to worry
9-1
Bush cut rules protecting miners
9-1
AEP Plans to Build 'Clean - Coal' Plant (There is no such thing as "clean" coal. Coal's dirty when you mine it, dirty when you transport it, dirty when you burn it, dirty when you dispose of the ash. Plus, coal barons dirty up politics with their campaign contributions.)
9-1
Coal generates 54% of our electricity, and is the single biggest air polluter in the U.S.
9-1
Renewable Energy Can Produce 36,000 Jobs and Billions of Dollars For Rural Economic Development in Texas, New Analysis Finds
9-1
Bush Misleads on Global Warming - Mt. Everest reports gradual decline due to global warming - Report details global warming's role in wildfire risk - No-Till Farming Can Decrease "Global Warming Potential" - Global Climate Change to Affect California
9-1
Arch Coal Increases Powder River Basin Coal Mining Activity

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