12-31
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Climate Shock: We're on Thin Ice -
Way Past a Devastating Season, the 27th Tropical Storm
Festers |
12-31
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Apollo Now |
12-31
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Energy-Efficient Homes Can Help Curb Global Warming -
Your Power's Performance |
12-31
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Man killed in underground Harlan Co. mine; Miner wanted new
job, stepmother says -
Ky. Miner Killed in Underground Accident |
12-31
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Why is it only Massey families thank company?
(Scroll down; letters to the editor are
great tools--use them!) |
12-31
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Montana governor pushes for plant
(Coal's still dirty when you
dig it, dirty when you haul it, dirty when you burn it,
dirty when you dispose of the ash, and it sure dirties up
politics. Those billions could be spent far more
wisely,
but politicians
kowtow to the coal industry!) |
12-31
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LG&E plant permit opposed |
12-31
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National Coal moves to expand |
12-31
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EPA's
rules on fine dust still too weak |
12-31
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The Peak Oil
Crisis: Coal Conversion and Growing Our Fuel |
12-31
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Northwest power consumers going "green" |
12-31
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Babcock sails into ninth wind energy project |
12-31
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GO RENEWABLE, PACIFIC URGED; US$60m could be saved in fuel
bill |
12-31
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Permafrost Thaw Might Speed Global Warming |
12-30
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Mother Nature wreaked havoc on U.S. in 2005 -
Review of the year: Climate Change -
Fires Reflect Wider Disaster: Drought |
12-30
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Paving way to a clean energy future -
Clean Air Act is an imperfect necessity; Regulations could
push harder to encourage renewable energy |
12-30
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Coal mine fatalities down nationwide in 2005 |
12-30
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Stocks of local interest
(there's blood on coal money) |
12-30
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Sides ready to debate fly-ash proposal |
12-30
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SoCal Edison to close coal plant at center of pollution
dispute |
12-30
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Carbon Dioxide from Coal Erodes Acres of Bay Coast -
Group raises concerns about carbon dioxide |
12-30
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His Car Smelling Like French Fries, Willie Nelson Sells
Biodiesel |
12-30
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Clean
car gets a powerful plug |
12-30
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Reflections on My Amtrak Peak-Oil Tour |
12-30
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Top
10 British green energy schemes named -
DTI
Selects 10 Best Green Energy Projects for 2005 |
12-30
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Clothes You Wear Might Double As Latest Source Of Solar
Power -
Solar power for wilderness treks |
12-30
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Goldman Sees Markets as Solution to Global Warming -
Rhodia Gets UN Nod for CO2 Trading Project |
12-29
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Racing Toward Climate Disaster -
Giant thaw threatens Far North -
No more time to stall on global warming |
12-29
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Reform: Caution required |
12-29
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Is the burning of Marsh Fork school enough?
(Letters to the editor are
great tools--use them!) |
12-29
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Buffalo Creek flood film to be included in National Film
Registry |
12-29
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Coal mine fatalities down nationwide in 2005 -
Man dies in Wy. coal mine accident |
12-29
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Pa.:
Coal Truck Flips Over, Slams Into Vehicle |
12-29
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PPL power plant back in business |
12-29
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Homegrown fuel: a waste of energy? |
12-29
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Alaska site was never the answer |
12-29
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Native Americans try to reap the wind for power |
12-29
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Solar Energy Helps Fuel Socially Responsible Investing |
12-29
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Mo. Gov. Orders Turkey Oil Plant Closed |
12-29
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Wind-Powered Sewage Treatment Plant Cuts CO2 Emissions by
96% |
12-29
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China to Monitor Economy-Wide Energy Efficiency |
12-29
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China to set up solar energy center for cooperating with
developing countries |
12-28
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Senator pushes publicly funded races
(OVEC leads the Clean
Elections coalition) |
12-28
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Valley needs air monitoring - Take
Action:
Don't Let EPA Sell Off Your Right to Know about Toxic
Pollution |
12-28
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Testing Important Part of New Voting Machines |
12-28
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PPL gets approval to reopen ash basin |
12-28
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'Disaster tourism' edges into view |
12-28
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Appalachian Town Looks to Flatten Mountain |
12-28
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River advocates fear new law harms rivers |
12-28
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Hurricane Insurance Losses $57.6 Billion, Advisen Says |
12-28
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States team up on environment |
12-28
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Forest landowners playing role in fight against global
warming -
Action needed to reduce global warming |
12-28
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In Russia, Pollution Is Good for Business |
12-28
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China firm to spend $2.5 bln on renewable power -
Nuclear Plant Now Overshadows China Protest Village |
12-27
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Governor means business -
Manchin's metaphor under scrutiny |
12-27
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Tourists watch as mining companies lop off mountaintops in
Appalachia |
12-27
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Reliant plans to pump fly ash into abandoned mine |
12-27
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Payola: Other people's money |
12-27
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Past Hot Times Hold Few Reasons to Relax About New Warming |
12-27
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Turbine co.
harnesses wind power -
Solar hot in venture capital circles -
Sales of solar heating systems are up |
12-27
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Valley's brown
cloud emphasizes need for renewable energy |
12-27
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Liquidating Enron's Maze of Partnerships Could Cost More
Than $1 Billion |
12-27
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Scientists Try to Resolve Nuclear Problem With an Old
Technology Made New Again |
12-27
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Evangelicals direct clout at global warming |
12-27
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Inuit leaders blame U.S. for global warming |
12-27
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It's better to green your diet than your car -
Green diets vs. global warming |
12-27
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Burying Greenhouse Gas |
12-27
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Europeans missing their Kyoto targets |
12-27
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Downside of cleaner air: more warming? |
12-27
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China Closes Down Thousands of Coal Mines |
12-26
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DEP
staying out of wind-power debate; Mollohan concerned
windmill owners could exploit state as coal barons did
(do) |
12-26
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Concern surfaces over mine project |
12-26
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A federal agency is putting pressure on Montana regulators
to back away from a proposed crackdown on coal-bed methane
waste water |
12-25
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Star Light, Star Bright: Towards a Solar-Powered America
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Solar use can reward homeowner |
12-25
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Trying to Catch the Wind |
12-25
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Mountaintops leveled for coal |
12-25
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"Help" for WV Blankenship-style
(second paragraph) |
12-25
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Sen. Jay
Rockefeller: Time for reflection and thanks despite troubles
(Senator, can you say "global
warming"" "mountaintop removal"? an you say "I will promote
renewable energy because I ant West Virginia to have a
bright future"?) |
12-25
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Permafrost-thawing concern deepens |
12-25
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Bill McKibben:
The Coming Meltdown |
12-24
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Going Solar in the Snow -
I'm dreaming of a solar Christmas |
12-24
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W.Va. ranks last in immigrants |
12-24
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Mr. Pataki vs. Mr. Bush -
Local governments are asserting leadership on global warming
that White House won’t -
Northeastern emissions agreement is out ahead of federal
standards |
12-24
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And
the Saga on Arctic Oil Drilling Continues -
Both sides of drilling debate say the fight isn't over yet
|
12-24
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Colfax County Backs Down on Coal Bed Methane Drilling |
12-24
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Shell bids for coal-to-liquid project in China's west |
12-24
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Vanuatu: A village flees for safer ground -
Polar bears treading on thin ice |
12-24
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Tree-planting projects may not be so green; Attempts to undo
CO2 damage a short-term fix |
12-24
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Evangelicals converted on the environment |
12-24
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China's Probe of Mining Disasters Finds Corruption, Chaos |
12-23
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Massey extends contract with Blankenship into '06 |
12-23
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DEP reorganizes water, enforcement divisions |
12-23
|
Cecil E. Roberts: Coal and the Supreme Court: Severance-tax
win is big for West Virginia |
12-23
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New Look for Coal Impoundment Web Site |
12-23
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Many Local
Leaders Weren't Aware of Government Pollution Health Risk
Scores |
12-23
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Baltimore air ranks high in health risks -
DNREC tracks who pollutes to pursue a solution -
Dirty waters: Nearly two-thirds of the river miles that
Virginia monitors are polluted |
12-23
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MAN GETS 9 YEARS FOR FRAUD, MONEY LAUNDERING |
12-23
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Coal mining memorial being built in Roanoke |
12-23
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141 Unregulated pollutants contaminate tap water in the US |
12-23
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No
Way Found to Cut Need for Foreign Oil |
12-23
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Clean Energy Update--Nothing Listed for WV |
12-23
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Assamese scientist gets patent for floating power plant |
12-23
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Melting of permafrost threatens homes and roads, scientists
warn; Study foresees huge release of carbon by 2100 |
12-23
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China Prosecutes 96 for Coal Mine Deaths |
12-22
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Senate blocks drilling in refuge -
Senate Rejects Bid for Drilling in Arctic Area -
Cheers heard on both sides of border -
Arctic Drilling Opponents Cheer Nip-and-Tuck Vote -
Standing up to Stevens -
More
about Senate |
12-22
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State man leaving OSM for fossil energy position |
12-22
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Mountaintop Mining Destructive Practice -
W. Va. Energy Sector Offers Competitive Pay
(But watch out for your
health in later years, and never mind about the people whose
homes and lives you are ruining to get your paycheck...) |
12-22
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State-raised brown trout put on advisory list; Mercury, PCBs
found in tissue samples |
12-22
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Congress gives Hinton hydro-electric project its OK |
12-22
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Kennedy slams Bush administration’s corporate cronyism -
(The reporter says "The
Adirondacks" but it's actually The Appalachians) |
12-22
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Earth to ELF: Come In, Please |
12-22
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United States Congress continues support for coal-to-liquid
fuels (Congress continues
its allegiances to its campaign funders, at the expense of
the people and our future!) - -
Indiana, Illinois form coal pact
-
China - UK coal fired carbon capture deal announced |
12-22
|
Private Developer Plans Retrofits (Retrofit
every existing plant, but remember cleaning up the emissions
somewhat still does not account the entire filthy dirty
cycle of coal!) |
12-22
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Blair faces organised rebellion on nuclear issue -
Blair urged to drop nuclear option |
12-22
|
Dirty waters: Nearly two-thirds of the river miles that
Virginia monitors are polluted |
12-22
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One region's bid to slow global warming |
12-21
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Take Action: Save the Arctic |
12-21
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Please
Call Your Senators This Morning--Tell Them No Drilling in
ANWR! -
U.S.
Democrats To Fight Arctic Oil in Defense Bill -
Senators must stand firm -
A Senator's Bold (Corrupt) Ploy on Arctic Drilling -
Key Facts about ANWR's Land, Oil, Wildlife -
Congress Wrestles With ANWR Oil Drilling -
Arctic Drilling Has Been His Burning Issue |
12-21
|
Forest Service proposes trail access for Blackwater logger |
12-21
|
Natural beauty of New River Gorge must be protected |
12-21
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Arson ruled cause of old Marsh Fork High School fire |
12-21
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Numbers don't reflect boom period for coal mining in E. Ky. |
12-21
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As the late author Harry Caudill noted, coal pollutes
everything it touches, but some still want to prop up the
coal industry |
12-21
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Huntington Marine must reply to worries |
12-21
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Mining to add flat land to city |
12-21
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Company should focus on mine safety |
12-21
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West Virginia is setting aside housing for victims of local
floods - or national emergencies |
12-21
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We must increase renewable energy for national security |
12-21
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Seven States Agree on a Regional Program to Reduce Emissions
From Power Plants -
Maryland rejects pollution accord -
NORTHEAST GOVERNORS SIGN LANDMARK GLOBAL WARMING POLLUTION
PACT |
12-21
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EPA toughening soot standards, but air-quality critics
unhappy |
12-21
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Why are growing
numbers of 'green' visionaries hopping on the bandwagon of
the most ill-conceived and dangerous energy source in the
world? |
12-21
|
Permafrost Meltdown Across the Arctic |
12-21
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EPA Slammed for Allowing Power Plants to Emit Mercury |
12-21
|
Environmentalists Declare Opposition to Alito for Supreme
Court |
12-21
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Biologist uses carbon trading to grow forests |
12-21
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SDG&E gets state approval for solar power plan -
Ex marks the spot for biggest Ontario solar power project |
12-21
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New Zealand:
Govt dumps carbon tax -
Govt throws drowning polar bears a lump of coal |
12-21
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Stars line-up for climate change concert |
12-21
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Vestas Wins US Wind Turbine Order, Share Up |
12-21
|
Toronto Globe and Mail: A new take on eco-tours in Kentucky |
12-20
|
Climate in the Balance |
12-20
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Unclean Coal Campaign noted in Rachel's Weekly
(scroll down) |
12-20
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W.Va., Ky. get $6 million to train more coal miners |
12-20
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Wind project firm wants hearings in Greenbrier, too |
12-20
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States fight emission rule; Illinois, 14 others say Bush
mercury proposal fails to safeguard health |
12-20
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U.S. Greenhouse Gases Rose 2 Percent -
Energy and our Climate |
12-20
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Two Electricity Giants to Combine, With Focus on Coal and
Nuclear -
FPL - Constellation Merger Worries Advocates |
12-20
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Life and
Death In the Arctic |
12-20
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Wind turbines deal creates 60 jobs -
Research Helps Colorado Thrive Using Renewable Energy -
Scots firm wins £5m contract for giant turbines |
12-20
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Sea power to provide electricity |
12-19
|
Fire destroys old high school at Marsh Fork |
12-19
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13th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Symposium to focus on
education |
12-19
|
Kyoto Treaty Powers Up U.S. Alternative Energy Firms;
American companies benefit from European demand for solar
and wind power products |
12-19
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A big wave of mini-hydro projects; Interest revives in
hydropower on a small scale, sparked by the new energy bill
and high fuel costs |
12-19
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Boston Globe: Tourists watch as mining companies level
mountains in Appalachia -
Courier Journal: Mining method draws visitors; Mountaintop
removal growing easier to see |
12-19
|
"Clean Coal" Facility Possible -(What
they are talking about here is making some of the emissions
from coal-fired power plants less deadly. That's excellent.
But remember the full cycle of coal. Coal's dirty when you
dig it, dirty when you haul it, dirty when you burn it,
dirty when you dispose of the ash--and it sure dirties up
politics!)
- Cleaner Coal: Texas should require utilities to consider
it |
12-19
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Majestic, mysterious, monstrous |
12-19
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US States Forge on With Slimmer Plan to Cut CO2 |
12-19
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Power and peril |
12-19
|
House Opens Way for Oil Drilling in Artic |
12-19
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Is the U.S. ready for real energy conservation efforts? |
12-19
|
Peak oil piques energy concern |
12-19
|
High energy costs spur solar interest -
UK energy bills set to soar |
12-19
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BLM to speed permit process for wind energy |
12-19
|
Ryan trial focuses on lobbyists, including one from Wis
Energy |
12-19
|
Feds Approve Duke Energy-Cinergy Merger |
12-19
|
Honda to Mass Produce Next-Generation Thin Film Solar Cell
|
12-19
|
Temperatures rising in West; Evidence of global warming is
popping up in the region's mountain climates |
12-18
|
The Devil in the Deep Blue Sea |
12-18
|
Tourists watch as mining firms lop off mountaintops
|
12-18
|
Gazette reporter wins Patterson Fellowship |
12-18
|
New York
exhibit pictures coal town life |
12-18
|
Witness
to history: A reporter looks back at some of the most
memorable moments in West Virginia politics |
12-18
|
UMWA health care: From the cradle to the grave |
12-18
|
The facts were skewed; Another cloud over 'Clear Skies'
initiative |
12-18
|
Fly ash repairs pass review |
12-18
|
The Price of Oil -
Oil
shale may be fool's gold -
Two massive pipelines proposed |
12-18
|
Emission control -
Temperatures Climb As Warming Talks Stall -
India must show leadership on climate change |
12-18
|
Look to renewable energy for Montana's future |
12-18
|
Solar power heating up -
Bright future expected for solar project -
Honda to mass-produce solar batteries |
12-18
|
Renewable Devices
snubs Nasa over green energy’s silent revolution |
12-18
|
MDE, industry blocked a bill |
12-18
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Chinese media print names of villagers slain in clashes over
land seizure |
12-17
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West Virginia miner 20th U.S. coal death in 2005 -
Officials probing McDowell mine death |
12-17
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Vivian Stockman: Massey at center of its 'total environment'
|
12-17
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Why China needs a free press and why America needs Chinese
anger |
12-17
|
China visits Mountain State; Delegation from coal province
discusses similarities to W.Va. -
Chinese Pressing to Keep Village Silent on Clash -
Chinese Evade Censors To Discuss Police Assault |
12-17
|
Marlinton, Logan County, Milton work nearly done; Richwood
project to start -
Where's the money for the Island Creek flood project? |
12-17
|
Global oil addiction to boost coal
(Addiction kills) |
12-17
|
Climate campaigners warm to "advanced coal" and
sequestration, despite Bush backing -
International alliance calls for end to term "clean coal,"
calls for responsible transition |
12-17
|
Robert Kennedy Jr.: An Ill Wind Off Cape Cod |
12-17
|
Drilling in ANWR |
12-17
|
Boom time for solar energy -- or is it? |
12-17
|
Microgeneration: Blow your bills away -
Let there be (renewable) light |
12-17
|
Carbon to cost us sooner or later -
Australia bakes in hottest year |
12-17
|
Scientists Sound Warning on Global Warming -
Global warming may be shrinking Alaska’s lakes |
12-16
|
2005 Continues the Warming Trend; Year's Temperatures Are
Among the Highest on Record, Scientists Announce -
U.S. Endured Record Heat, Drought, Hurricanes in 2005 -
2005 warmest on record in north -
Climate, Storms Hit Extremes in 2005 - UN Weather Body -
Polar bears living on thin ice after record temperatures
-
Is Global Warming Killing the Polar Bears? |
12-16
|
West Virginia asked to get tough on mercury pollution -
Stricter mercury rules will improve Virginia's waters |
12-16
|
Administration notes ‘clean coal’ protest |
12-16
|
KENTUCKY BILL TO PROTECT STREAMS IS PRE-FILED
(scroll down) (This, believe
it or not, is already law in West Virginia. That's why we
have filed some of the lawsuits we have filed--coal
companies are breaking the law! The past two years, the
West
Virginia Environmental Council has stopped coal industry
proposals to change the law. Please support E-Council, and
sign up for their action alerts.) |
12-16
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Retirees fearing loss of benefits; Official concerned about
pressure by coal companies |
12-16
|
DEP to weigh water protection changes |
12-16
|
Blacks have power to transform renewable energy field |
12-16
|
China making push for wind energy |
12-16
|
Summit forecasts future of energy in the Tri-State |
12-16
|
Natural gas prices are soaring, but you can lower your bill |
12-16
|
Wind farms |
12-16
|
Steps toward mine safety |
12-16
|
PSI reaches deal with state, industrial users |
12-16
|
Bill Moyers: In the Kingdom of the Half-Blind |
12-16
|
Northeast States' Greenhouse Gas Pact Is in Disarray -
States Breaking With Bush on Carbon Fail to Agree |
12-16
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Tax deduction for energy efficiency improvements -
Energy law could bring taxpayers relief |
12-16
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