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4-30	The Decider Nominates Chief Polluter for the EPA
4-30	Sago lacked lightning protectors - Small Market Seen as Hampering Mine Safety Advances
4-30	Al Gore on global warming: "At some point, reality has its day" - Ecological threat is most serious of all - World Aware of Global Warming Threat
4-30	Greenbriers towering turbines will be hard to miss
4-30	Officials at Mahanoy SCI worry about pollution from proposed coal-gas plant
4-30	Massey CEO speaks to local GOP
4-30	Lehigh Coal mining restarts under new management
4-29	Charges filed against Massey mine - Buffalo Coal appeals fine for alleged pollution
4-30	24 Killed in Mine Explosion in China - China Mine Blast Kills 24
4-29	UK lecturer witnessed the death of a mountain, shares lessons learned
4-29	US mine denies survivor's charge - Sago families call for safer mines - Sago victims' relatives call for swift action on air packs - Mine improvements demanded - Miner' s Letter Both Hurts and Soothes the Grieving
4-29	Has Global Oil Production Reached Maximum Capacity? A Debate on Peak Oil - Experts: Global Oil Production May Peak Soon - The State of the Peak Oil Movement at the Cusp of Collapse
4-29	Deal calls for rapid mercury reduction - State moves forward on mercury reduction
4-29	Ten States, DC Sue EPA Over Power Plant Emissions
4-29	Massey Energy says profit plunges ahead of proxy contest
4-28	Help preserve Blair Mt - The Battles of Blair Mountain
4-28	Letter writer misstated the situation pertaining to mine hazards, damages
4-28	Federal prosecutors say safety records falsified at Nicholas County mine - U.S. files criminal charges against W.Va. mine's owner - Massey subsidiary faces charges - Massey mine hit with criminal charges over safety
4-28	Sago survivor says some miners' air packs didn't work - Randal McCloy's letter - McCloy: Sago miners hit gas pocket 3 weeks before blast - Sago survivor says air packs failed
4-28	Condition of Miners' Air Packs Disputed - Text of Sago Mine Survivor' s Letter - Sago Air Equipment Has History of Problems - Surviving Miner Says Air Masks Failed to Work
4-28	Mine Survivor Tells Families About Failure Of Air Packs - Feds Try to Reassure Miners on Air Packs - Sago survivor: At least four self-rescuers failed
4-28	Ten States, DC Sue EPA Over Power Plant Emissions
4-28	Generation Next
4-28	Do West Virginians want wind power?
4-28	More Lawlessness at EPA - Partisan Vote Advances Bush Nominee to Head EPA Air Office
4-28	Coal miner Massey's qtly profit plummets
4-27	A sense of urgency? - Opinions clash at hearing on mine-safety rules - More safety for miners - New mine safety rule sparks debate
4-27	MSHA shouldn't grant flexibility to coal operators, union says
4-27	National energy conversation getting louder - It ain't just the oil you use, it's the way that you use it
4-27	EarthTalk: Environmental Issues with Mining
4-27	Cape Cod Debates First US Offshore Wind Farm - World's Biggest Solar Farm Planned for New Mexico - Kennedy faces fight on Cape Wind
4-27	Hurricanes and the peril of global warming - Alaska students take global warming worries to Washington
4-27	Mingo Water
4-27	Nearly Half of States Reject Federal Mercury Rule - White House EPA Pick Decried
4-27	NAACP brings out many local political candidates
4-27	Reportback on the Dirty Money Campign leading up the April 25th Wells Fargo AGM - Protesters criticize Wells Fargo Bank's lending policies
4-26	Mine safety rules
4-26	EarthTalk: Environmental Issues with Mining
4-26	Turning Dirty Coal Into Clean Energy
4-26	Mercury bill accord should become law - Business, Labor, Coal Industry Coalition Supports Bipartisan Move to Cut Mercury Emissions from Power Plants by 86%
4-26	Global Warming Behind Record 2005 Storms - Global warming debate is behind us; the focus is on solutions - Only the WTO can stop global warming
4-26	Peak Oil not to be ignored
4-26	Hedge fund filings detail issues about Massey, CEO
4-26	A Mighty Wind - Residents say 'wind factory' would spoil life
4-26	Coal severance collections likely exceed $270 million - Coal severance tax hits record $280 million in W.Va.
4-25	Kentucky writers speak out against mountaintop removal - Kentucky writers speak against mountaintop removal
4-25	Coal operators assail emergency mining rules - Mine rules may be dangerous, industry says - Mine safety
4-25	Coal mining's toll
4-25	Global warming behind record 2005 storms-US expert - Around the World, Warmer Temperatures Mean More Infections
4-25	Wind project clash expected - Solar Energy Milestone Reached in the Arizona Desert
4-25	Bush Faces Dissent From Republicans on Climate Change - World Bank Says Climate Change Will Hamper Development
4-25	Coal tax revenue jumps
4-24	Kentucky writers speak out against mountaintop removal
4-24	Dirty Money -- The Economy of Coal
4-24	Mine fire warnings thwarted
4-24	Global warming is 'inconvenient' - A fate worse than global warming? - Yelling 'Fire' on a Hot Planet
4-24	The wind farm state? - A True Test on Energy
4-23	Big Massey shareholder calls for more reforms
4-23	Earth Day met with political `gridlock on the environment'
4-23	Documentary turns the heat on global warming
4-23	Mountain Justice Summer 2006
4-23	Mine rescue demos tout lifesaving technology
4-23	Morgantown may be home to windmill factory
4-22	Details of ICGs inquiry into Sago disaster sought
4-22	Miner 2nd to die in 2 days - Fifth miner killed in Ky. - Coal miner killed in Harlan County
4-22	Planet Earth, Year 2050 - Celebrating Our Eco-Heroes
4-22	Expect little from personnel shifts at the Interior Department
4-22	EPA Official Decries Climate Change
4-22	Gov. looking forward to signing mercury bill - State gives warning about mercury in fish
4-22	Higher price deals drive up Arch Coal profit - Strong Pricing And Margin Boost Arch Coal Q1 Profit, Lifts Lower End Of FY06 EPS Outlook
4-21	Celebrate nature this Earth Day
4-21	Global warming solutions debated; Scientists, politicians discuss what to do at WVU; Rahall defends coal
4-21	Mine rescue flaws called glaring - Wheeling conference focuses on mine rescues - Talking Mine Safety
4-21	Supervisor knew of gas line, state report says
4-21	Pike County mine accident kills man - 28-year-old coal miner dies in Pike County
4-21	Rep. Mollohan should step aside
4-21	A Campaign Gore Can't Lose - Conceding on climate change - Events Of Past Year Revealed Certainty Of Climate Change, Says Oregon State University Researchers - The Emerging Environmental Majority
4-21	"Peak Oil and the Environment" Conference To Address World's Most Pressing Challenges
4-21	Friends of Blackwater kick off petition drive
4-20	Why Solartopia! Can Be Won By Earth Day 2030
4-20	So it begins
4-20	Byrd discloses Chinese-American coal-to-gas initiative
4-20	A bipolar solar disorder - Gore Revs Up Campaign - on Global Warming - Global Warming? Not in My Backyard
4-19	Deadline looming for acid-mine funds
4-19	FutureGen puts whole new spin on mining
4-19	Mollohan fills his war chest
4-19	PA DEP Secretary McGinty: 'Environmental Challenges Drive Economic Growth'
4-19	King Coal makes a return as dirty man of Europe goes green
4-19	Governor orders mercury reductions: Coal-fired plants targeted
4-19	Gore revs up campaign - on global warming - Coal dominates plans despite greenhouse angst - Scientists condemn US as emissions of greenhouse gases hit record level
4-18	Vanity Fair: The Rape of Appalachia
4-18	Vanity Fair: While Washington Slept - The Moment of Truth
4-18	Enemy of the Planet
4-18	Jobs that save the earth
4-18	Internet Visionaries Betting On Green Technology Boom
4-18	Michigan governor orders 90 percent mercury reduction for power plants - Tough on Mercury
4-18	FutureGen puts whole new spin on mining (There's no such thing as "clean coal"--it is dirty when you mine it, dirty when you haul, dirty when you burn it, dirty when you dispose of the ash, and it sure dirties up politics!)
4-18	Chemical Companies Look to Coal as an Oil Substitute
4-18	Sago miners, owner await results of tests on seals - Company says code not to blame for Sago miscommunication
4-18	Stand up against barge expansion
4-18	Proposed coal-fired power plant in Kentucky clears hurdle; It could bring more pollution to Southern Indiana
4-18	Supreme Court to rule on time limits for coal methane royalties
4-18	The Fight Over the Water Beneath Black Mesa
4-18	What are New Brunswickers supporting when they pay their power bill?
4-18	More foe than friend of clean air
4-18	Measuring Environmental Impact: True Value Added
4-18	Activists March Against France's Plans to Build New Generation of Nuclear Reactors
4-18	Britain Warned Not to Dash for New Nuclear Power - UK Government Faces Tough Choices on Future Power - UK's Brown Wants US$20 Billion Clean Energy Fund
4-18	California tackles greenhouse emissions
4-18	Global warming sparks a scramble for black gold under retreating ice - UK scientists attack oil firms' role in huge Arctic project
4-18	Global Warming Is A Moral Issue
4-18	The perils of global warming
4-18	Field of Nightmares
4-17	Secret code led to false rescue news at Sago? Fears of leaking to the press caused confusion on surface - Transcripts reveal Sago officials ignored methane buildup - Details of Sago Mine Disaster
4-17	New rules do not require mine lifelines to resist fire
4-17	Smart voters
4-17	Vanity Green (Snippet: Michael Shnayerson writes about the "Rape of Appalachia," mind-boggling devastation in the search for coal, lorded over by corporate bad guy titan Don Blankenship, CEO Of Massey Energy.)
4-17	W.Va., Minn. have similar problem
4-17	Deadline looming for mine funds
4-17	New Zealand activist fears for his family
4-17	Scientists Say They're Being Gagged By Bush
4-17	Bush's energy plan stalls - Ethanol mandates pump up prices
4-17	Sacred activism
4-17	Pa. offering wind turbines to show the power in a breeze
4-17	Blair hints at go-ahead for new nuclear power plants
4-17	Renewable energy means business opportunities
4-17	Time to go solar: Energy costs have homeowners looking skyward
4-17	WINDS of CHANGE
4-17	Running out of gas and time
4-17	The shape of things to come
4-17	Life in the Green Lane
4-17	Fiddling While the Earth Burns
4-17	In The Balance
4-17	China: the sky darkens
4-16	Mines methane buildup ignored
4-16	Sago official lied about training; examiner's notes 'disappeared'
4-16	Coal's economic promise masks high cost of ruination
4-16	Pilots Working For Environmental Preservation
4-16	The Bridge Between Ecology and Economic Justice (scroll down)
4-16	Mingo Co: New school clears major hurdle
4-16	Newcomer helps put Senate race at top in spending
4-16	Joint interim committees have many issues to study
4-16	Milky stream conditions raise questions
4-16	Challenge to Pa. Mercury Rules
4-16	Illinois selects four finalists in bid to lure coal plant - AEP's Planned IGCC Plant Gets Boost from Ohio Commission
4-16	Power plant zaps eco-fragile zone
4-16	At last top celebrities wake up to plight of the planet
4-16	Wind energy: India ranks fourth in the world, leads in Asia
4-16	Panelists urge developing mix of energy sources
4-16	Blair dealt nuclear power blow by parliament body - Going Nuclear (written by co-chair of industry-funded initiative)
4-16	'Doing nothing isn't an option - Britain's in the mood to go green'
4-16	Global warming: Media coverage has improved but still bows to corporate masters
4-16	Is This Humanity's First Planetary Emergency?
4-16	Grim future with 3C rise
4-16	Global warming may be to blame for rise in hurricane activity
4-16	Warming Arctic Is Taking a Toll
4-16	Early Signs: Water Disappearing
4-16	Savvy traveller: guilt trip
4-16	Global Warming Capable Of Sparking Mass Species Extinctions
4-16	Could Global Warming Be Worse Than You Think?
4-16	As China, U.S. Vie for More Oil, Diplomatic Friction May Follow
4-16	It's hard work being good
4-15	Spare the Taxpayer, Spur the Economy, Save the Planet
4-15	Death, famine, drought: cost of 3C global rise in temperature - 'Too late' to stop 3C rise in temperature - 3 degrees: Chief scientist warns bigger rise in world's temperature will put 400 million at risk - Scientist issues grim warning on global warming
4-15	EPA plan would give political officials more say over air-quality standards
4-15	Jurors get weeklong Easter break in flood trial
4-15	New clean coal power plant is closer to reality (There's no such thing as "clean coal"--it is dirty when you mine it, dirty when you haul, dirty when you burn it, dirty when you dispose of the ash, and it sure dirties up politics!) - New Report Says Wests Coal Industry Will Lag Unless it Cleans Up Its Act
4-15	Nation's energy needs open new, old opportunities - Summary Box: Coal's comeback?
4-15	Illinois records 3 years without coal death as state pushes for high-tech plant
4-15	A walk through a world of darkness, noise, coal dust
4-15	Abandoned mines: a deadly playground
4-15	Manchin reversal might raise workers' comp rates
4-15	Barry Receives NEH Fellowship (scroll down, last entry, bottom right)
4-15	Author discussed Appalachia
4-15	Pa. DEP says utility companies not forthcoming on mercury rules
4-15	San Francisco Becomes First U.S. City to Pass Peak Oil Resolution
4-15	Nuclear puts renewable energy at risk - United Kingdom: Government close to approving nuclear stations
4-15	Time to stop fighting windmills
4-15	Chemical Giant Plans New Solar Strides
4-15	EU Utilities Rush for Renewable Energy
4-15	Maryville couple powers home with solar energy
4-15	Green Sun Over China
4-15	Heat's on as Spain battles desert spread
4-15	Is Colorado's Ski Industry Doomed Due To Global Warming?
4-14	Justices have to have a certain latitude
4-14	Election calendar
4-14	Stark warning over climate change
4-14	EPA is ordered to release documents on mercury rule - Mercury report details toxic fish
4-14	Forget Computers. Here Comes the Sun. - It's time to get serious about energy of wind - Renewable Energy Will Power New Jersey
4-14	U.K. looks to renewable energy from wave power
4-14	Natural light 'to reinvent bulbs'
4-14	Research culminates in forum about mountaintop mining
4-14	Save energy, mountains and money - Saving Energy - Why standby costs us 62m a year
4-14	Governor says state must keep promise to widows, widowers
4-14	King Coal Highway group seeks help from D.C.
4-14	Massey Energy Seeks to Rebuff Rejection - U.S. Hedge Fund Activism Turns up Heat on Miners - Coal miner Massey says Q1 profit expected in range
4-14	Too clean for Kentucky
4-14	Clean-coal power plant looking more likely in Meigs; not everyone pleased (That's because there's no such thing as "clean coal"--it is dirty when you mine it, dirty when you haul, dirty when you burn it, dirty when you dispose of the ash, and it sure dirties up politics!)
4-14	Bill advances Wyoming clean coal ambitions - Clean coal reps eager for federal incentives - New Way to Make Green Diesel from Coal - RWE plans 'clean coal' plant in southern England
4-14	Short-term fix: Coal to hydrogen (addicts' short-term fix can lead to quick death...)
4-14	Coal gasification: "clean coal" or subsidy-hungry boondoggle?
4-14	Reality Check: Coal Power Plant Industry Ad
4-14	Coal value in snail habitat disputed
4-14	Pollution has no boundaries: US official
4-14	China's Hu Heads to US on Energy Efficiency Wave
4-14	Drilling the Wild
4-14	You Call This a Wetland?
4-14	Nuclear power is not energy solution, say MPs - Ministers urged to back green power
4-14	Tough questions on future power
4-14	Can sugar cane sweeten up the global-warming picture?
4-14	Fragrance of pine forests helps to slow climate change
4-14	Study: Dont look to plants to cure global warming
4-14	Insurance Risk Models Rise With Elevated Storm Frequency, Severity
4-14	Climate change expert muzzled
4-13	Reports detail mountaintop destruction
4-13	Off the grid or on, solar and wind power gain
4-13	Mining expert concludes testimony in flood trial
4-13	Blankenship Quiet Right Now
4-13	State won't push plant on cleaner coal burning - Kentucky OKs power plant - Peabody plan takes a step ahead - Environmentalists decry decision on coal-fired power plant
4-13	Who pays when polluters go bankrupt?
4-13	Its Time for the Entire World to Lower Income Taxes and Raise Environmental Taxes
4-13	Toxic shock: Mercury, arsenic, cyanide underground
4-13	Mercury emissions from China coal-fired plants reach US
4-13	Coal mine forces snails to relocate
4-13	Chrysler blasts Big Oil
4-13	Northwestern University Commits to 20% Renewable Energy - Connecticut College Updates Its Renewable Energy Commitment
4-13	We pay dearly for ethanol
4-13	EU must step up efficient energy use, says energy watchdog
4-13	California's environment, economy can improve together
4-13	EU CO2 Emission Prices Hit New Record High
4-13	Global Warming Could Cause Mass Extinctions by 2050, Study Says
4-12	Benjamin hears Massey appeal
4-12	Not all machines will be ready for May primary vote - For early voting, the choice may be paper
4-12	Political cash: Mollohan allegations
4-12	Possible blackwater spill investigated
4-12	Vanity Fair's "Green" Issue
4-12	Frivolous rumors hurt our legal representatives
4-12	Regulators approve surcharges for AEP plant work
4-12	Fly ash lawsuit possible
4-12	Tuscaloosa mine to close in observance of miner's death
4-12	Turning coal into liquid fuel - PPL exec endorses governor's coal-to-liquid idea
4-12	FirstEnergy gets funds for cleanup; $1.3 billion in state-issued bonds to help upgrade two coal plants
4-12	DuPont's push for profits goes solar - FPL to build solar array over old dump
4-12	N.J. to set renewable energy goal
4-12	Cheaper fuel: a pipe dream?
4-12	An empowering idea
4-12	We'd better act now for our own good
4-12	Hot Air and Glacial Change: A Case Study
4-12	Over half the plant species in Europe at risk because of climate change
4-11	Poison Water in the Coalfields - People are Dying
4-11	Diversity of species faces 'catastrophe' from climate change - Global Warming Threatens Extinctions
4-11	Mingo Co. 911 improvements coming (Thanks to OVEC members and Sludge Safety Project for making this happen!)
4-11	Experts See Peril in Reduced Monitoring of Nation's Streams and Rivers
4-11	Mine deaths: Bitter state poll
4-11	Massey Energy claims feds excluding it from Alma investigation
4-11	PSC approves Allegheny's scrubber, restructuring plan - Fort Martin scrubbers approved by PSC
4-11	Beech Ridge opens wind farm field office
4-11	Massey Energy Announces Conference Call/Webcast
4-11	W.Va. gives tourists a glimpse of the coal miner's world
4-11	PUCO backs some recovery for AEP clean coal plant
4-11	Coal makes a comeback - Coal plants renaissance pits energy vs. pollution
4-11	Coalbed methane: Water cleanup inexpensive
4-11	Coal plant dispute heats up
4-11	40% of state's fish high in mercury, study says
4-11	Future looks sunny as plant adds capacity for solar panels
4-11	Utility-scale Ontario Wind Farm Commissioned
4-11	Hot for hybrids
4-11	A conversation with climate journalist Elizabeth Kolbert
4-11	Climate Change Shattering Marine Food Chain
4-11	Ski resorts, water supply at risk
4-11	Schwarzenegger stalls on plan to fight global warming
4-10	Loans for plants may get federal guarantee
4-10	Candidates amass $1.9 million
4-10	Here's to living in harmony with nature
4-10	Criticism of wind power exaggerated, misleading
4-10	The real cost of coal-fired plants is $4.4 billion
4-10	Six killed in China coal mine blast
4-10	Spate of tornadoes disrupt South - Tornadoes Strike Tennessee, Kill 12
4-9	White House mulls changes to plant emission rules
4-9	Massey fights order to raise court deposit
4-9	Citations filed against Mingo mine recently
4-9	One coal operator's fines show lax system
4-9	Bass pro carrying coals message across the country (Coal's message--we destroy your mountains, bury your streams, drive away your neighbors, pollute your water and air, broil your planet and we tell you You Will Like It) - Open for Business
4-9	PETT CARTOON WORTH MORE THAN 1,000 WORDS
4-9	Is balanced journalism to blame for the lack of action on global warming?
4-9	Montana Pollution Rules Draw Federal Objections
4-9	Leading scientists attack Blair over nuclear power
4-9	Offshore Drilling Plan Widens Rifts Over Energy Policy
4-9	Solar Power Steps Into Spotlight
4-9	Solar Energy
4-9	Germany's Solar Valley Transforms Region
4-8	2 more West Virginia miners killed - Mining Accidents Kill Two - Two More Mining Deaths - Two fatal accidents push W.Va. mine death toll to 18
4-8	Coal on cutting edge, Rotary told - Coal-fired electric plant construction boom good for state - W.Va. among states seeking power plant
4-8	Governor says Raleigh truly open for business at chamber event
4-8	Students from across Southeast convene over clean energy - Energy use conference to begin
4-8	Film explores issues surrounding mountaintop removal
4-8	The revolutionary: The price of power
4-8	'Citizen army' marching on Window Rock; Group wants to stop 'water grab'
4-8	Underrepresented underground
4-8	Massey wants interview access in Aracoma case
4-8	Sago owner announces 115 citations, says nearly all corrected
4-8	Massey critic's had other proxy fights
4-8	Corps could end the barge facility dispute
4-8	Alpha buys Ky. mines
4-8	Pittston School District orders tests run on fields soil after complaint
4-8	State suspends coal firm's license
4-8	The 411 On 527s
4-8	The Once and Future Carbohydrate Economy
4-8	Oil addiction: Weak solution
4-8	Suing International Coal Group for the damage done by coal sludge that has fallen off coal trucks as they leave the Sago mines
4-8	Xcel solar plant will tap the state's rays
4-7	Bill Moyers: Let's Save Our Democracy by Getting Money Out of Politics
4-7	Criminal probe of mine fire initiated - Feds Investigate Alma Mine Fire - Federal authorities called into West Virginia mine fire - Feds Probe Fatal Fire at W.Va. Mine
4-7	The policies of John Raese and Don Blankenship are harmful to West Virginia, according to panelists
4-7	The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly - Learn More
4-7	Massey proxy fight isn't new for New York investment fund
4-7	Hydrologist criticizes report, plaintiffs experts
4-7	Man ordered imprisoned for lying to investigators of fatal mining accident in 2003
4-7	Miners face cuts in benefits and vacation time
4-7	The Threat Of Compulsory Insurance
4-7	Alaska Gold Mine Threatens Pristine Waters, Wilderness - Dumping toxic mine waste into a pristine lake would set an alarming precedent
4-7	Residents downstream from proposed power plant have concerns
4-7	Georgia considers one of nation's strictest mercury policies
4-7	Americas desire for cheap electricity, generated by the nations coal-fired power plants, comes with a hidden environmental concern
4-7	For People and Planet
4-7	Global Warmers
4-7	New case for regulating CO2 emissions - Nuclear power idea back on table - Carbon caps proposed to lessen greenhouse gas
4-7	Outraged yet engaging scientist can't remain silent about Earth's climate crisis
4-7	Corporate giants take up fight for gas targets - Biggest energy companies in U.S. call for caps on carbon emissions
4-7	Insurers' climate nightmare
4-7	Climate inaction will hit jobs
4-7	Arctic water flow speeding up
4-7	Fossil fuels threatening sea life, researchers say
4-7	Earth Day 2006: Massive Fever
4-7	Sharp sees US taking lead as top solar consumer
4-7	N.J. to offer renewable energy surcharge
4-7	Manchin to visit Italy and Germany
4-6	Utility projects part of larger scrubber plan
4-6	Now is time to clean up coal, from mine to plant
4-6	Group calls pollution No. 3 factor in health-related early death
4-6	Lost peaks, lost treasures?
4-6	Heart of the case witness takes stand in flood trial
4-6	Delegate Targets Natural Gas Rates
4-6	'Lost Mountain' examines destructive mining practice
4-6	EPA ends role in coal ash spill river mess
4-6	Wyoming governor asks EPA to reject Montana's coal-bed methane rules
4-6	FirstEnergy receives green light to expand disposal lake
4-6	The former Division of Highway supervisor for Mingo County has blown the whistle on what many are calling dirty politics
4-6	Report describes pharmaceutical spending on campaigns, lobbying
4-6	GOP Approves Campaign Finance Measure That Hurts Democrats
4-6	Global warning
4-6	Climate Researchers Feeling Heat From White House
4-6	The heat is on
4-6	US Utilities' CO2 Emissions Up Since 1990 - Report
4-6	Chicago Climate Mart to try CO2 Link With EU
4-6	Magazine report calls for action
4-6	New Electric Transmission Line Connecting to Nation's Largest Solar Energy Facility Supported by California Leaders
4-6	Bush puts pol in 'pollute'
4-5	Eco-tourism is becoming second nature in West Virginia
4-5	Grant landowners to argue against proposed wind farm
4-5	Byrd offers amendment to improve mine safety
4-5	Legislation puts Ohio in position to receive $1 billion coal plant
4-5	Once upon a time, coal mining regulators actually enforced the rules
4-5	South Dakota power plant worries Minnesota residents
4-5	Coal-fired concerns
4-5	China to Close All Small Coal Mines in Safety Drive
4-5	Deep in a Chinese Coal Miners' Story
4-5	Overcoming a mining legacy that makes the river run red
4-5	Senate Panel Takes Baby Steps on Climate Change - Congress warming to climate regulation
4-5	Global Warming: What, Me Worry?
4-5	The Big Melt Coming Faster Than Expected - Higher Temperatures Are Causing Melting at North and South Poles
4-5	California breakthrough
4-5	Climate disaster
4-5	Flunking the Oil Addiction Test
4-5	Looming water crisis on Prairies
4-5	Wonders of wind - Turbines threaten bird population, ecosystem
4-5	It's A Little Easier Being Green
4-5	Laundromat taps solar power to heat water
4-5	Solar-powered homes will be first for region
4-5	Region urged to join move to renewable energy; Clear air advocates skewer nuclear generation as expensive, unreliable
4-4	Global warming is the worst news of our time. But pessimism saps our will. It's time to embrace the challenge, and call boldly on Americans to win the fight of a lifetime.
4-4	UN to hear from coalfield residents
4-4	VANITY FAIRS FIRST-EVER GREEN ISSUE
4-4	Meteorologist says 2001 storm extremely unusual
4-4	Investigators say victims of Massey mine fire not briefed on fire safety
4-4	Massey shareholder pushing for changes - Massey asks stockholders to reject board shakeup
4-4	EPA Faces Internal Outcry On Airborne Emissions Plan - EPA Staff Opposes Agency's Proposal To Weaken Clean Air Act
4-4	Barry Bingham and 'the public trust' - Courage and quality - A legacy of ethics
4-4	Expansion of Pa. sludge-disposal lake awaiting state go-ahead
4-4	Republican U.S. Senate candidates discuss spending campaign and federal
4-4	Pa. Seeks to Lead in Recycling Mine Water
4-4	Western opposition to coal plants could land them in Wyoming
4-4	Officials, environmentalists support limits on mercury emissions
4-4	Local Green for Peace Senator
4-4	Rail shipment woes inflate TVA coal costs
4-4	Province slows down strip mining
4-4	Coal mine blasts kills two, injures 27 in China
4-4	China wasting coal through inefficient mining
4-4	Windmills or power plants that pollute? - Wind power replacing some of the coal produced electricity in MPCA
4-4	Asia Increasingly Turning to Renewable Energy
4-4	The Impact of Asia's Giants
4-4	A surprising consensus is transforming the complex politics of global warming
4-4	Scientists focus on warming disasters
4-4	As Glaciers Melt and Oceans Rise, Earthlings Yawn and Consume
4-4	Cataclysmic changes approach northern forests
4-4	Russia to Have Key Kyoto Trade Rules Ready by July
4-4	Deep-sea corals in danger
4-4	Economic Growth-Our Common Foe
4-3	5 defendants remain in flood trial
4-3	A place to remember
4-3	The World On Deathwatch: Time Is Running Out To Change The Politics Of Pollution And Depletion - Is the end nigh?
4-3	Global Warming Unstoppable, but Still Chance to Stop Major Disasters, Scientists Say - Americans Willing to Fight Global Warming
4-3	No fire drills took place at Aracoma mine
4-3	Coalfield residents don't matter to Gov. (letters to the editor are great tools--use them)
4-3	Students protest mountaintop removal
4-3	Book fairs are a good way to connect
4-3	MSHA says computer problem blocking fine collection is fixed
4-3	Lets Protect Our Children By Reducing Mercury Pollution From Coal Plants
4-3	Coal mine seeks to expand
4-3	India, US sign pact for FutureGen project
4-3	Wyoming Government Protests Drilling in National Forest
4-3	Chavez rules out return to cheap oil
4-3	Energy exploration intensifies
4-3	Small but beautiful ways that can help the fight to save the planet
4-3	Climate change should be the top priority for governments of the industrialised world
4-3	Records showing that plants, leaves and flowers are emerging earlier in year suggest the climate in the Northeast is getting warmer
4-3	Nuclear Power Debate Heats up before German Summit
4-3	The power of wind - Wind power solution to energy needs
4-3	Spain leads E&Y renewable energy ranking
4-2	How the GOP Became God's Own Party
4-2	Comp widow issue going to Supreme Court
4-2	Power plant has revival hopes coursing through Rainelle
4-2	Miners angered after feds nix planned meeting because of film crew
4-2	PA Governor Rendell Says Coal Is a Significant Piece of PA's Clean Energy Future (...as he pockets coal campaign contributions and sells out preset and future generations)
4-2	Mercury advisory remains in effect
4-2	PPL president mum on ash spill lawsuits, looks to future
4-2	We spied on mine activists: New Zealand coal firm
4-2	Early Signs: New Zealands Climate Refugees
4-2	Caribbean Coral Suffers Record Bleaching, Death
4-2	Make your own energy at home, Britons urged - Microgeneration in the UK should take off...in 2009
4-2	Scotland in need of 800 extra wind turbines
4-2	Green Hydrogen Production: A Work In Progress
4-2	My Saudi Arabian Breakfast - Insatiable craving for petroleum endangers one of Earths gems - Unambitious CAFE standards
4-1	Warming: Unseen danger - Clinton urges entrepreneurs to fight global warming
4-1	Lick Creek water project facing delays
4-1	Stop throwing mud at environmentalists - FBI Spied On Activists Who Served Vegetarian Meals To Homeless - FBI Keeps Watch on Activists
4-1	Protest the Wells Fargo Annual Shareholders Meeting on April 25th
4-1	Miners' children talk about their fears
4-1	Mojave plant shut down until 2010
4-1	Homeowners let down by abandoned mines
4-1	States Pressured to Certify Voting Machines
4-1	Cost of dismantling nuclear plants soars by 12 billion
4-1	Subsidizing ethanol guzzles consumers' gas and money
4-1	Giving micropower to the people
4-1	Market for wind power picks up speed
4-1	Honda Motor Enters Solar Cell Market
4-1	GM hydrogen car has to step on gas
4-1	China solar energy
4-1	Australian push for unified wind farm code
4-1	Energy savings behind move to longer daylight-saving time
4-1	Problem: Foreign Oil, Answer: Blowing in the Wind?
4-1	How to fly around the world without costing the earth
4-1	Science vs. politics
4-1	Saving the Earth together

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