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7-31	Democrats unified against Blankenship
7-31	Analysts haul Massey over coals; PLUNGING PROFITS PROMPT TALK OF SALE
7-31	Ky. Mine Widow Wants to Be Safety Advocate
7-31	Stop complaining, go to polls to vote
7-31	House leader pushes for Kentucky Energy Cabinet
7-31	Mine Accident in Randolph County
7-31	Coal, gas outburst kills 11 miners in Yunnan
7-31	Fuel costs drive coin laundry into nation's sun-energy vanguard
7-31	The Anglican Church says it is sinful to contribute to climate change by unnecessarily flying overseas, driving gas-guzzling cars, or failing to save energy in the home
7-31	Scientist publishes 'escape route' from global warming
7-31	Swiss Map Permafrost After Signs Alps Crumbling
7-31	UK, Calif. to Strike Global Warming Deal
7-31	Southern Owns Top 3 US Emitters of CO2 - Report
7-31	US Power Group Promoting Global Warming Skeptic
7-31	Heatwave with a global grip
7-30	Lawsuits muddy water project
7-30	Call to Action: Confront the 2006 National Governors Association Convention, August 4-6, Charleston, SC
7-30	Oil prices squeeze synfuel industry
7-30	Coal company’s savagely pillaging mountains - Mountaintop removal mining
7-30	'Dirty Secret Behind America's Future' reveals politics of energy use - Energy Choices
7-30	Israel, mountaintop removal focus of peace, justice gathering
7-30	Concern surrounds King Coal funds; Local group questions state’s role in stalled highway construction
7-30	House passes abandoned mines bill
7-30	BrickStreet joins group fighting asbestos cases
7-30	Corzine can block new coal plants
7-30	Hearing on zoning for coal ash dump Monday
7-30	Arch Coal elects Jennings to board
7-30	Mine widow makes safety her crusade
7-30	Shoal Creek mine, scene of roof collapse, returns to operation
7-30	A tank of gas, a world of trouble - Harper's Magazine surfaces the issue of "peak oil" to a semi-mass audience - Lebanon oil slick 'worst environmental disaster' in Med
7-30	Customers pony up for renewable energy
7-30	A bad week for climate change skeptics
7-30	Heat wave was California's deadliest - Chicagoans Cope Through Second Summer Heat Wave
7-30	Record heat increases Ozone Action Alerts
7-30	Capital Pollution Solution?
7-29	Farewell to the mountains
7-29	NPR vet covers mountaintop removal in one-hour XM Radio documentary
7-29	Massey Energy second quarter profits plummet 91 percent - Massey challenge resolved - Analysts press Virginia's Massey about financial performance
7-29	Voters will reject Blankenship's tactics
7-29	Corporations destroy Earth (scroll down; Fox is an OVEC board member)
7-29	Pollution, water depletion cause China to rein in fast growth of coal-to-liquid fuel projects
7-29	China's growing pollution reaches U.S. - China's coal catastrophe
7-29	At least W.Va. didn’t give away the store to get FutureGen
7-29	Four options presented for New River Gorge
7-29	Sago report steps mostly addressed, officials say - Sago owner ICG posts second quarter loss
7-29	Those who help rivers honored
7-29	3 Ohio plants among dirtiest
7-29	Why we must give up flying
7-29	Nearly 100 deaths counted as California cooldown sets in
7-29	On the Roof of Peru, Omens in the Ice; Retreat of Once-Mighty Glacier Signals Water Crisis, Mirroring Worldwide Trend
7-29	Rationing could be key to war on climate change
7-29	Climate change 'fast forwarding' nature - Global warming baffles flowers of Scotland
7-29	Get used to killer heat waves with global warming to blame, scientists say
7-29	Global Warming Threatens 12 U.S. National Parks, Report Warns
7-29	Bush's greatest crime against humanity is one he picked up from his predecessor
7-29	Hot German July Doesn't Faze Farmer Who Reaps the Sun
7-28	Mountaintop removal radio documentary airs today - Bob Edwards special on mountaintop removal mining
7-28	Kentucky gathering water samples in Virgie area
7-28	Westmoreland isn't the place for barge dock
7-28	Coal firm’s plan will undo successful cleanup of Loop Creek
7-28	Congress should promote coal-to-liquids technology to boost energy independence (coal is not our energy savior-pouring more taxpayer money into propping up this fossil fuel is ecocidal-ly insane)
7-28	Utilities Give Warming Skeptic Big Bucks - Small Colorado coal burner pays big bucks to climate change denier - Global-Warming Skeptic Funded by Coal Utilities (scroll down) - LEAKED MEMO: Coal Industry Coordinating Propaganda Blitz Attacking Global Warming Science - Utilities Pay Scientist Ally on Warming
7-28	Massey Energy Q2 Profit Falls - Massey reopens longwall section of Aracoma mine - Re-Start of the Aracoma Longwall
7-28	International Coal Group posts loss vs profit - Consol profit up on higher coal prices
7-28	Witnesses urge Pa. to put stricter curbs on coal-fired mercury pollution - State hears comments on mercury emissions
7-28	New Tests On Soot In Raccoon Township Released
7-28	Liquor contraband found at Club Fed
7-28	Coal co. sues over mineral rights
7-28	7 miners lose certification under drug-test law
7-28	Flood in Chinese coal mine kills 18
7-28	No More Oil Wars; Clean Energy Now! - Shell Earnings Rise 40 Percent
7-28	Crystal River coal plant among nation's dirtiest
7-28	Crews Clean Areas After Plant Shoots Coal Steam
7-28	TXU seeks voluntary emission cap for coal-fired units - Protests planned for coal-burning power plants
7-28	Heatwave Gives French Nuclear Sector Cold Sweat
7-28	China Ramps Up Efficiency Drive, Eyes Fuel Tax
7-28	ASEAN Targets Biofuels, Efficiency, as Energy Fix
7-28	Africa Looks to Shrubs and Sugar to Beat Oil Price
7-28	Mediterranean Beaches May Get Too Hot For Tourists - Report
7-28	How global warming has thrown nature into disarray
7-28	As world temperatures soar, climate change blamed
7-28	France Counts Toll of Heatwave as Weather Cools
7-28	Italian Drought Causes 500 Million Euro Loss - Farmers
7-28	Solar World: Solar cellular is near future
7-28	Ignorance a key obstacle to renewable-energy development
7-27	300 Protest as President Bush Visits West Virginia - President hears cheers, jeers - Bush helps raise $500,000 for West Virginia congresswoman
7-27	Beckley Register Herald: Local grandpa to walk to D.C. for Marsh Fork kids
7-27	Westmoreland will fight barge facility
7-27	The State Journal: Mountains of Fuel--Converting coal into motor fuel may hold promise for West Virginia ("Promise" of the demise of our ecosystems, our culture and our future...) - State Hopes to Spark Coal Liquefaction Industry; Officials say risk is main obstacle for investment community (officials don't give damn about mountain communities) - Converting Coal: State Develops an Opportunity - Coal Oil Has Rich History in W.Va.
7-27	W.Va. couldn't afford the fight for FutureGen
7-27	Cuts To Coal Mine Fees Mulled In US Pension Talks
7-27	MIMBY: Mercury in my back yard (and yours!)
7-27	Report Faults EPA on Clean Air Regulation
7-27	Climate change seen hurting national parks - US national parks: How the west was withered
7-27	Former Clinton officials propose ways to slash use of imported oil
7-27	Texas overtakes California as top U.S. producer of wind energy
7-27	Pennsylvania's Proposed Mercury Rules Discussed At Public Hearing
7-27	One man battles to get U.S.off oil
7-27	Membership in Congressional Renewable Energy Caucus Grows
7-27	Scientists: Warming triggers 'dead zone'
7-27	Al Gore, you had better get rid of your lawnmower
7-27	Groups push global warming solutions
7-27	We need rationing and regulation to cut carbon
7-27	As World Warms, Legal Battles Loom
7-27	Europe Heatwave Sparks Disruptions, Fire Fears - Europe Facing Vegetable Shortage Due to Heatwave
7-26	Grandfather Plans Walk from Charleston to DC to Raise Awareness of Marsh Fork Elementary School Problems
7-26	Bridge to close for Bush motorcade; President to attend Capito fundraiser; protest will be allowed on bridge - Bush: Brief visit - Patriots for Peace Ready for President
7-26	W.Va. loses out on FutureGen project - Kentucky loses out on FutureGen
7-26	Residents plan to fight barge proposal
7-26	Correll: OSM nominee lacks competence, integrity
7-26	There's always a way to the federal trough
7-26	Sago report urges giving safety workers mine power - Report stirs families over Sago miscommunication - Sago report provides road map to better mine safety
7-26	Federal changes in oxygen training for miners draw criticism - 2 new air-pack designs sought for mines
7-26	Judge seeks more hearings on Quecreek Mine fines
7-26	Blankenship, spend that money on safety
7-26	Coal-fired global warming is making air conditioning necessary
7-26	Massey settles dispute over board seats with hedge fund
7-26	Santorum pushing abandoned mines fix
7-26	Student's activism reveals coal's woes as energy source
7-26	It's all about turning off the iPod (gasp!) and listening to the radio
7-26	Global warming cause
7-26	Environmentalism without tears: Arguing climate change to an energy executive
7-26	Commercial wind farm could be in jeopardy - Western Power Emergency Emphasizes Need for Congress to Extend Renewable Tax Incentives
7-26	Ireland Raises Bar for Electricity from Renewable Energy
7-26	Start-up bags funding for solar concentrators
7-25	DEP holds hearing on 2nd coal silo near Sundial school - Marsh Fork residents air concerns about silo - Is Blankenship really for the sake of kids?
7-25	Bush Nomination for Mine Overseer Decried
7-25	Barge proposal one step closer
7-25	Environmentalists want tougher mercury rules
7-25	State rejects wind project
7-25	Report criticizes gap in Sago rescue info
7-25	Growing Coalition Opposes Drilling
7-25	Earth ''on Verge of Major Biodiversity Crisis'',
7-25	Global Warming -- Signed, Sealed and Delivered - Global Warming on Trial
7-25	Brave New Enviros
7-24	Families pin hopes on McCloy
7-24	Hearing tonight on 2nd Massey coal silo near Sundial school
7-24	Amazon rainforest 'could become a desert'--And that could speed up global warming with 'incalculable consequences'
7-24	Planned US Coal Plants Would Hike Warming - Group urges ban on new coal plants
7-24	Coal's comeback stirs pollution fears - Living With Dirty Air May Boost Heart Attack Risk
7-24	Wind farm a valuable, clean energy source
7-24	Slow the rush for coal-fired plants
7-24	Woman admires efforts being made in Bandytown, Twilight area (scroll down)
7-24	A passion for mine safety
7-24	Record Power Demand Points to Supply Need
7-24	China Wind Power Boom May Bust Without Policy Change
7-24	Vermont must break its addiction to fuel
7-24	Trek highlights climate change
7-24	Climate change: U.S. ignores science at its peril
7-24	Warning - life on earth faces a major crisis
7-24	Europe Swelters in Heatwave, 21 Dead in France - Heatwave in Europe, US But is it Climate Change?
7-23	Bob Edwards: Battered, but not defeated
7-23	Protesters will be waiting for Bush in South Hills
7-23	Averting more disaster - MSHA pressed to hire mine inspectors
7-23	Don Blankenship: It's my right to provide information on candidates (Get out your barf bag...)
7-23	Stream conditions worry residents
7-23	The good news on global warming
7-23	Promising approach may make solar power competitive with fossil fuels for the first time, experts say
7-23	Grease Is the Word: Fill It Up With Fry Oil
7-23	Environmental concerns
7-23	Warming to the Inconvenient Facts
7-23	Coal-fired power plants a step backward for N.J.
7-23	Coal-to-liquid projects proposed for 2 states - Gasification may fuel comeback of Illinois coal industry
7-23	SoCal Hits Record Temperatures, Energy Conservation Urged
7-23	100º - get used to it - Europe suffers as heat continues, storms erupt
7-23	Ecological Crisis Looms Off San Francisco Coast
7-23	Warming climate could alter weather, farming in the Midwest
7-22	Mountaintop removal: Second Ky. surface miner killed this week - Pike man killed in mine accident
7-22	Series of mine lightning strikes largely ignored - Our motto is safety last
7-22	‘Coal Rush’ to Threaten Environment, Challenge America’s Energy Security: Environmental Groups - Coal plants blasted in new national report - Texas utility racing to build polluting coal-fired power plants
7-22	Inspiration and outrage, not perceived political reality, needed in Coal Crisis
7-22	Power Plants Are Major Influence In Regional Mercury Emissions
7-22	Activist groups to protest Bush visit
7-22	Scientists Group Fears More Pollution
7-22	Man found dead in car submerged in sludge pond
7-22	Kanawha synfuel plant closes?
7-22	Democrats' message for Massey chief: Bring it on
7-22	Peabody posts record revenue
7-22	Energy Department puts out draft of oft-criticized reorg proposal
7-22	Blistering temperatures blamed for 28 deaths in US - Heat blamed for 20 deaths in France
7-22	Drought, gales and refugees: what will happen as UK hots up
7-22	Climate crisis ‘being ignored’
7-22	Warming climate could alter weather, farming in the Midwest
7-22	Researchers Link Wildfires, Climate Change
7-22	Climate Apocalypse Now
7-22	Cost of food grows to 18m tons of carbon dioxide
7-22	Climate change could have killed ancient city
7-22	Change is blowin' in the wind in Pa.
7-22	An Electric Car With Juice
7-22	U.S. Begins Solar Photovoltaic Module Testing
7-22	BP boosts solar cell efficiency - BP Solar develops new silicon growth process
7-21	Sago families urge Manchin to follow through on disaster report - New York Times editorial: The Disastrous Lessons of Sago - Sago tragedy: Lessons learned? - Mine safety report: Improvements can and should be made now - Sago report disappoints some families
7-21	"Coal Rush" To Threaten Environment, Challenge America's Energy Security - Coal Power Gets Black Marks From Environmentalists - Energy conservation research preferable to coal plants
7-21	Peabody Profit Up 61 Pct on Coal Demand
7-21	Small methane blast burns 2 coal miners - Mine Accident In Monongalia County
7-21	Pa. coal-to-diesel project mines bipartisan support - Plans for $1.3 billion Illinois coal-to-gas plant advance - Making oil from coal is bad for Montana - Rentech project looking for financing - Peabody considering Tri-State mines for new 'coal-to-liquids' project
7-21	Drilling could hit all-time high - Offshore drilling part of Capito's plan to reduce gas, oil costs
7-21	Dems say they’re ready for Blankenship - Casey accuses Blankenship, GOP of collusion in House
7-21	MU-WVU game sponsorship stirs its own interest
7-21	Washington County power plant rejected - Waste Coal: Planners deny first applications for power plant
7-21	Republican Raese raises funds in-state
7-21	We deserve CBM answers
7-21	RFK Jr. Blows the Whistle on Diebold
7-21	In 'Who Killed the Electric Car?' There's No Question About Who's the Villain
7-21	A new kind of money
7-21	Are you now or were you ever an environmentalist?; In the wake of the US ‘war on terror’, nonviolent campaigners are increasingly being caught up in a ‘Green Scare’ that defines them as ‘terrorists’
7-21	Undersea gas could speed global warming
7-21	Science Is Solid on Climate Change, Experts Tell Congress - Global Warming Disputes Heat Up Congress - Climate change on Capitol Hill
7-21	Energy Economics For a Sustainable Future
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