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3-31	Ex-mine inspector defends his objectivity in flood trial
3-31	The warriors: Deadly Dust
3-31	First metal mine to take advantage of a federal rule loosening restrictions on mountaintop coal extraction
3-31	DEP holds hearing on Greenbrier co-gen plant
3-31	Mountaintop mining ads are shameful (letters to the editor are great tools--use them! Fox is an OVEC board member)
3-31	AEP CEO says coal will have key energy role
3-31	Sempra Drops Coal Power Projects in Nevada and Idaho Due toStrong Opposition
3-31	Coal-Powered Jets
3-31	Louv Story: An interview with Richard Louv about the need to get kids out into nature - What's Louv Got To Do With It?
3-31	Surveillance, Infiltration, and Harassment of Environmental Organizations, Part I - Surveillance, Infiltration, and Harassment of Environmental Organizations, Part II
3-31	Pollution Knows No Borders
3-31	Activist raises questions about fill - PPL sued over coal ash spill; Spill caused health risks, decreased property values, plaintiffs, say
3-31	RWE Plans 1 Bln Euro Clean-Coal Power Plant (There is nor never can be "clean" coal--it's dirty when you blast mountains and bury streams to mine it, dirty when you wash it for market, dirty when you haul it, dirty when you burn it, dirty when you dispose of the ash and it sure dirties up politics.)
3-31	Coal Converts (see above note)
3-31	Ten U.S. Cities Best Prepared for an Oil Crisis
3-31	Cheney Energy Task Force
3-31	Climate Change Big Threat to East Asia
3-31	Tuvalu is drowning; How will the world handle a flood of "climate refugees"?
3-31	Carbon Emissions Market Comes of Age
3-31	Antarctic air is warming faster than rest of world
3-31	Scotland backing tidal energy
3-30	Massey mine was cited in days before fatal fire
3-30	All Talk, No Action on Mine Safety
3-30	Sago survivor recalls 'fragments' from ordeal - Sago survivor mystified by escape from tragedy
3-30	Investigators hope to talk to McCloy
3-30	Plant won't make bricks; Meeting tonight on Greenbrier power facility
3-30	Site for first 'clean coal' power plant sought (There is nor never can be "clean" coal--it's dirty when you blast mountains and bury streams to mine it, dirty when you wash it for market, dirty when you haul it, dirty when you burn it, dirty when you dispose of the ash and it sure dirties up politics.)
3-30	Coal, timber extraction affecting many in state (letters to the editor are great tools--use them!)- It’s about time to protect interests of the citizenry
3-30	PA seeks tougher-than-federal mercury limits for power plants
3-30	Snail Slows Down Pace of New Zealand Coal Mine
3-30	Automakers Use New Technology to Beef Up Muscle, Not Mileage
3-30	China's energy needs drive uranium search
3-30	Microgeneration initiative launched
3-30	ALTERNATIVE POWER: Michigan sets sights on ethanol to become an energy hotbed - Brazil hopes to build on its ethanol success
3-30	It comes down to the age-old question: What's the point of rules if they're not enforced?
3-30	Bush is ignoring the impact of climate change
3-29	2005 Hottest Year on Record
3-29	Spadaro points out mining violations
3-29	Black Diamonds: Tragic Mountains
3-29	State regulators missed inspections at Aracoma; Electrical problems found after fatal fire in Logan mine
3-29	Sago: Investigation continues - Sago survivor expected to go home on Thursday - First McCloy interview to air on ‘Today’ show
3-29	Clean water: Kentucky's state, local officials team up to fight mine water in the Big Sandy
3-29	My daddy was a miner
3-29	Continuing growth seen in W.Va. tourism industry - Fayetteville garners praise from magazine
3-29	Idaho moratorium on power plants gathers steam - Coal's losing cause - House sets new 25 percent goal for renewable fuels
3-29	Peak oil, coal, and bizarre optimism
3-29	Audubon review supports wind farm
3-29	Nuclear energy not sustainable says leading institute
3-29	US may migrate to renewable energy
3-29	Surge given to micropower industries
3-29	Biofuels would be disaster for Florida - Capitalism Sans Risk
3-29	Blow for Britain's fight against climate change as emissions target is missed - Blair Wants New Technology to Fight Global Warming - Hot air but no action - Businesses to feel the heat over greenhouse gas cuts - Blair talks of climate change revolution - Anger over missed climate change target - A dose of cold reality on climate change
3-29	Politicians will answer to God
3-29	Energy company backs greenhouse gas curbs
3-29	Razor-thin birds wash up on shore
3-29	Was Confusion Over Global Warming a Con Job? Disinformation Campaign Attempted to Create the Impression Scientists Were Broadly Divided
3-28	Mountaintop mining hearing canceled; broader hearing April 4
3-28	Sunshine: Clouded government?
3-28	Mine safety task force to hear from vendors
3-28	Kentucky AG warns of legal action if water sullied by Consol Energy
3-28	Kentucky legislators serious about experimental energy project (Sure, they count their contributions from coal companies and say yeah, let's throw another billion-dollar subsidy at the industry) - Ky. proposes incentives to snare power plant; Tax breaks could entice FutureGen - Make joint bid for $1B power plant
3-28	Western Maryland coal mine changes hands
3-28	Ethanol and coal
3-28	Coal-based jet fuel poised for next step
3-28	Couple teaches about history of coal mining
3-28	Christian Science Monitor book review -- When a mountain disappears into thin air
3-28	Hiking/Camping News: Missing Mountains Collection Now Available
3-28	Edison Moves to Reopen Big Desert Power Plant
3-28	Japanese coal plant plan scrapped over emissions fears
3-28	China coal mines close to capacity, further imports likely
3-28	Big Oil's Big Windfall
3-28	Mission Accomplished for OPEC and Big Oil
3-28	As prices surge, oil giants turn sludge into gold - Riding High on a Tide of Oil
3-28	Reduce global warming, right here - Global warming: Your chance to change the climate
3-28	Climate change means that business as usual is dead
3-28	NOAA accused of hiding truth about global warming
3-28	Chytrid Fungus, Toxic Fundamentalism, and the Mass Extinction of Frogs and Freedoms
3-28	Christian report urges low consumption, non-nuclear energy strategy
3-28	Despite obstacles, South Dakota wants more wind plants - Merging new power with old system proves costly
3-28	Making us “future-proof” – the evolving role of horticulture
3-28	Norway focuses on renewable electricity
3-28	"Complete Solar Roof" Offers Power and Heat
3-27	Cradle to grave: Tracking coal's journey through Appalachia
3-27	Time Cover Story--Earth at Tipping Point - Be worried, be very worried: The climate is crashing, and global warming is to blame - Poll: Americans See a Climate Problem - Feeling The Heat - Seeing the problem, not the solution - The most dangerous WMD of them all
3-27	How to Seize the Initiative
3-27	Mountaintop mining hearing planned
3-27	Rip-off: Synfuel "Alternative" Fuel
3-27	Major steps forward in Kentucky
3-27	Mine No. 4 on Campbells Creek
3-27	Report finds aquifer pumping harmful
3-27	NYC Libraries Censor IndyKids Newspaper - IndyKids: "A Free Paper for Free Kids" - MTR featured in banned IndyKids
3-27	Clean-coal effort off to slow start (That's because there is nor never can be "clean" coal--it's dirty when you blast mountains and bury streams to mine it, dirty when you wash it for market, dirty when you haul it, dirty when you burn it, dirty when you dispose of the ash and it sure dirties up politics.)
3-27	Canadian strip mine foes blast proposal
3-27	Wind power can’t deliver promise - Wasting the wind - Part of solution for warmer world might be in S.D. - Wind power 'ahead of predictions'
3-27	The politics of power: Ethanol more on the minds of lawmakers
3-27	Vague Law and Hard Lobbying Add Up to Billions for Big Oil
3-27	The oil in your oatmeal: A lot of fossil fuel goes into producing, packaging and shipping our breakfast
3-27	One dead, 14 missing in China colliery gas blow-out
3-27	Corporations the real 'eco-terrorists’
3-27	Mount Hood meltdown - When glaciers melt - In Bolivia, World's Highest Ski Resort Melting Away
3-27	WMO Sees Link Between Global Warming and Hurricanes
3-27	Melting Ice Sheets Could Spur Oceans' Rise - Study - Global Warming Might Sink America's Coasts
3-27	Nuclear safeguard stalled
3-27	They actually read the law
3-27	EU Leaders Seek Stronger Renewable Energy Targets
3-27	Britain Eyes Commercially Viable Clean Energy
3-27	Turn your home into a mini power station - Micropower sector expects review fillip
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3-26	Federal judge blocks expansion of Massey mine
3-26	Rebuttal: Patty Sebok addresses Blankenship's outrageous quotes in Daily Mail's March 13, 2006 article, "'Do-nothing' session irks Blankenship."
3-26	W .Va. sets standard for 527s
3-26	LAST IN EDUCATION, FIRST IN EXPLOSIVES
3-26	Kanawha Co. judge upholds state takeover of Mingo Co. schools - Court rules on BOE suit
3-26	Technology gives courtroom flair - Fayette County church ruined by ’01 flood revived
3-26	China: Mine flood death toll rises to 23
3-26	Activists: Cleaner power plants shouldn't hit consumers
3-26	City commits to big cut in greenhouse gas emissions
3-26	Glaciers vanish in before-and-after photos
3-26	Ad Council breaks ground with spots warning of warming
3-26	How ExxonMobil Funds the Climate Change Skeptics
3-26	Exxon Valdez: Still a shock - State-of-art failure in Alaskan pipeline
3-26	Chernobyl 20 years on
3-26	The G-8 And Energy (In)Secutity - Energy security moves to centre stage in global politics
3-26	Homes to become mini power stations - Turn your home into a mini power station
3-26	On the Ethanol Bandwagon, Big Names and Big Risks
3-26	Developers taking steps to harness Illinois' wind-energy potential
3-26	California is now the most energy efficient U.S. state
3-26	Within a decade, every car sold in the United states should be able to run on flexible fuel
3-25	Scientists issue dramatic polar ice warning - Global warming trend on course to submerge coasts, researchers say
3-25	Blair Mountain hearing delayed
3-25	Spadaro to testify on mine violations in flood trial
3-25	Taylor County residents worried over longwall mining (scroll to 3/24 entry)
3-25	Most Americans Urge for Energy Conservation
3-25	Abandoned Mine Lands Fund: Rahall Slams Bush’s Funding Cuts for Conservation Programs
3-25	Interior Secretary Nominee Mined Industries for Campaign Cash
3-25	Sago Fined for Safety Violations. So What?
3-25	Kentucky mine-safety laws win final approval - Kentucky Tightens Mine Safety Regulations
3-25	Proposed settlement releases Peabody from penalty for damages to resources
3-25	Nevada coal power plant project on hold - D.R. contracts for coal-fired plants sidestep environmental issues
3-25	Freeze on coal plants is sensible
3-25	Support Indigenous Peoples vs. Coal Mines / Venezuela
3-25	19 die in colliery flooding
3-25	Fighting global warming can be frustrating, reporter finds
3-25	U.S. States in CO2 Pact Eye Trees, Methane at Dumps
3-25	Climate change is in the air
3-25	US oil majors seen lagging in handling CO2 risk
3-25	Wind Energy Demand Booming: Cost Dropping
3-25	Going Solar in Colorado
3-25	UK power debate reaches crossroads
3-24	Little time to avoid big thaw, scientists warn - Earth's warming likely irreversible, scientists say - Report: Warming to raise the oceans
3-24	Industry whistleblower to testify in flood trial; Jurors to be absent during proceeding
3-24	Manchin Touts Coal Liquefaction Plan To President - Bush Touts Coal use for energy independence - The USAF Finds Oil in a Coal Field - 'Plan for Victory' : Bush defends war on terror
3-24	Power to the people by subsidy for 'clean' coal and other tricks
3-24	Ky. lawmakers move toward bid for $1 billion power plant project - Bill would help state compete for power plant - Bid to lure clean-generator project gets boost
3-24	‘United States of Appalachia’ author to speak - Shattering stereotypes: Appalachia is vanguard of American heritage
3-24	Delegate Barker reflects on legislative session
3-24	Berea forum to share ideas on living green
3-24	West Virginia wind helps light Liberty
3-25	A break in the smog
3-24	Fill 'er up with gasohol, biodiesel, E85 ...
3-24	Post-Peak - The Change Starts with Us
3-24	International Coal Group Announces Acquisition of Maryland Surface Mine
3-24	Fines? What fines?
3-24	Peabody's use of N-aquifer water threatens its existence - Environmental group says coal company harming Navajo-Hopi aquifer
3-24	Navajo Nation homes to use solar power
3-24	MicroTurbines for Renewable Energy Generation
3-24	'Glacial earthquakes' warn of global warming
3-24	Elizabeth Kolbert's Field Notes from a Catastrophe Takes Us Down Into the Trenches of Global Warming Research
3-23	Global warming ads try to get you to take action now - View the ads - What You Can Do
3-23	New Source Rebuke - Humpty loses a round: Court rejects interpretation of Clean Air Act
3-23	Mine safety task force met twice without public notice
3-23	Delegate Barker reflects on legislative session
3-23	Co-Gen plant to partner with transportation institute
3-23	Writer found his tale on Lost Mountain
3-23	Documentary explains issues of burning coal, air quality
3-23	Kentucky budget would take miner funds
3-23	US: Did a Group Financed by Exxon Prompt IRS to Audit Greenpeace?
3-23	No More Mercury Campaign
3-23	Nevada sues US Energy Dept over nuclear waste plan
3-23	Chernobyl disaster linked to higher rate of infant mortality in Britain
3-23	Carbon cloud over a green fuel
3-23	Climate change to create African 'water refugees' - scientists - Global Warming Will Make Water Crisis Intolerable
3-23	Hot topic gets warm support
3-23	It’s getting hot in here
3-23	2050 WHAT WILL OUR FUTURE LOOK LIKE?
3-23	Renewable energy a job generator in Germany
3-23	About 50 countries implement plans on renewable energy development
3-23	IT man invents solar kettle
3-22	Mine wars author Blizzard to speak at Cultural Center
3-22	Overhaul of mine rules clears Kentucky House panel
3-22	Old fuel could mean brighter future for area
3-22	Black Mesa coal mine harming aquifer - Water key to dispute over tribes' economic future
3-22	Idaho House passes coal-plant moratorium
3-22	Statue of Liberty to go all 'green' power
3-22	UK power debate asks is small beautiful?
3-22	Town taps technology to curb carbon emissions
3-22	German Renewable Energy Jobs May Double by 2020, Gabriel Says
3-22	Ontario to pay premium for solar power - Ontario Renewable Energy Policy Breakthrough Hailed - Ontario first to subsidize solar electric power
3-22	Suzuki to Ontario: No more nukes
3-22	Ceres signs 'milestone' £2.7m fuel cell deal
3-22	Northeast US clean air pact gets renewed push
3-22	Inuit See Signs In Arctic Thaw; String of Warm Winters Alarms 'Sentries for the Rest of the World'
3-22	Study Says U.S. Companies Lag on Global Warming
3-22	Global warming could melt your portfolio
3-22	Seattle cools down global warming
3-22	Mother Nature to pack a meaner punch in future
3-22	Climate change a threat to Amazon rainforest, warns WWF
3-22	Investor spending on environmental research soars
3-22	At Interior, another secretary of commercialism?
3-21	Manchin, DEP appeal privilege ruling
3-21	TV ads depict mining fiction
3-21	Coal miner Massey disputes shareholder's criticism
3-21	EKU Hosts Brunner Photography Exhibit: 'Mining Appalachia'
3-21	Proposed Mackenzie Valley pipeline spurs Arctic coal gasification mega-plan
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