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3-31
Van Jones: Eco-apartheid--Why is the green movement so lily white?
3-31
'We speak for the mountains': Fight ecological injustice in Appalachia
3-31
MSHA unveils another 89 non-contributing violations at Massey mine   -  MSHA’s Aracoma investigation leads to record $1.5M fine for Massey (scroll to 3/30 entry)
3-31
VBS.tv on West Virginia coal
3-31
Dynegy listens to dissent; CEO meets environmental groups on issue of coal plants
3-31
Oil Peak Could Catch United States Unprepared
3-31
Her Side of the Mountain   -   Saving the mountains
3-31
Governor says coal pollutant testing getting Ohio attention
3-31
New Ky. state cabinet needed to cut energy dependence
3-31
As a mine still burns, reasons are sought
3-31
How much is carbon worth?
3-31
Voice of America: Future of Coal in a Carbon Constrained World
3-31
Industry tries new ways to fight global warming
3-31
Warming debate over; let the solutions begin
3-31
Sydney Dims Lights to Protest Emissions
3-31
Previewing a U.N. Climate Report: Species Are Going To Be Lost
3-31
Report warns Australia of severe climate impacts  -   Asia faces floods, drought, disease: UN panel   -  India, China 'more sensitive' to climate change   -  Climate change ‘threatens infrastructure’  -  Climate-induced fires tough to adapt to   
3-30
Massey fined $1.5M; Company cited for ‘reckless disregard for safety’ at Aracoma   -   MSHA says record fine levied to force compliance with safety laws  -  "Avoidable Tragedy"
3-30
Court ruling: Is mountaintop mining at risk?
3-30
Report suggests energy audits in Pike (there is no such thing as "clean" coal!)
3-30
Suicide by coal (scroll down)
3-30
Talk on energy touches on cultural change
3-30
AEP to Test New Technology at New Haven Site
3-30
EPA Tells 20 US States Cut Air Pollution by '08
3-30
Port Authority faces ADEM fine over coal dust runoff
3-30
Proposed legislation examines undersea coal mining
3-30
Coal comeback pushes up UK emissions   -   Anger as UK's carbon dioxide emissions reach 10-year high
3-30
Greener buildings vs. climate change
3-30
Wall Street Journal to Americans Who Are Concerned About Global Warming: You Are Morons
3-30
Who's the moron: James Inhofe
3-30
Non-CO2 gases also cause global warming
3-30
Retreating Himalayan Icefields Threatening Drought in Bangladesh
3-30
California Eyes Joining EU Emissions Trading Scheme
3-30
Heed global warning on sinking Shanghai
3-29
Record $1.5 million fine issued against Massey
3-29
Mines' Futures Uncertain After Ruling
3-29
The good, the bad, the politics as usual  -   Mountaintop Rescue
3-29
Ridge-top wind generates debate
3-29
Local citizens reiterate request for new school
3-29
Legal action sought on funds for state mine cleanup program
3-29
Changes too slow, coal mine widows say  - Mine safety unheeded, its backers threatened, House committee told   -   Coal miner widow: Toughen federal safety laws
3-29
Rahall, other lawmakers seek coal-to-liquid support   -   Coal-to-gas coalition launched  -  Coal to liquids may be a while off    -   Coal to Liquids Coalition may spur job growth
3-29
Lake off-limits after selenium found in fish
3-29
Massey seeks to delay wrongful death lawsuit over Aracoma fire
3-29
UMWA issues unfair labor practice strike authorization to locals at Foundation Coal
3-29
Climate Change: Coastal Mega-Cities in for a Bumpy Ride
3-29
Scientists weigh risks of climate 'techno-fixes'
3-29
A German vision: greening globalisation
3-29
Food, Water Security Threatened by Warming, UN Panel Chief Says
3-29
Climate Change: Study Maps Those At Greatest Risk From Cyclones And Rising Seas
3-29
Understanding and Evaluating Carbon Offset Programs
3-29
Global warming threatens more than just poles and tropics
3-29
Whistleblower Group Details Bush Interference with Climate Change Science
3-29
Will climate change kill the Amazon?
3-29
$200m climate change plan
3-28
Responsible: Mountaintop ruling
3-28
Federal ruling could have broad implications for mountaintop removal permits (scroll down to 3-27 entry)
3-28
Coal industry responds to valley fill ruling
3-28
Stop Mountaintop Removal --Take Action
3-28
“Concert for the Mountains” Features Authors, Activism, Entertainment
3-28
SHAME ON US FOR DESTROYING OUR MOUNTAINS
3-28
Is it safer yet?
3-28
Rahall Announces Formation of National Coal-to-Liquids Coalition
3-28
Watershed programs coming to Lincoln County
3-28
Lake near power plant closed to anglers
3-28
MSHA: Sago Report Out Soon
3-28
Uranium Ignites ‘Gold Rush’ in the West
3-28
Report Charges Broad White House Efforts to Stifle Climate Research
3-28
Coal Interests Fight Polar Bear Action
3-28
Study: More CO2 Will Shift Climate Zones   -   Global Warming Study Warns of Vanishing Climates  - Global climates face threat of fearsome changes
3-28
In the U.S. desert, high-altitude oases are vanishing
3-28
Global Warming Response - Markets or Taxes?
3-28
Reality Check: 83% of Americans Now Say Global Warming is a Serious Problem
3-28
Earth’s Climate Needs the Help of Incentives
3-28
China likely to overtake U.S. as biggest carbon emitter this year
3-28
Climate change: Populations at greatest risk
3-27
Both sides looking at mine permit ruling  -  Unseamly Behavior (scroll down)
3-27
Environmentalists hope ruling ends mountaintop removal mining  -  Mountaintop Removal Mining Permits Illegal  -   Mother Jones: Moving Mountains Just Got Harder - MSNBC: Judge blocks mountaintop mine permits
3-27
Coal is the enemy of the human race
3-27
Rank-and-File Rebellions in the Coalfields, 1964-80
3-27
It’s coal vs. oil as lobbying heats up Hill
3-27
Montana asks Ottawa to review B.C. mine
3-27
Hitting Back
3-27
US corporation may limit coal power plants
3-27
Sports: Adapt to warming
3-27
Environmental Advocates Fear for the South, the Environmental 'Canary in the Coal Mine'
3-27
Climate Change and Public Health
3-27
Climate change will increase extinction risk, especially in the tropics
3-27
Turns Out He Does Know Jack
3-27
'Flagrant violations' at Schuylkill coal mine
3-27
Russia halts work at 12 mines over safety
3-27
Taiwan Finds Huge Methane Hydrate Gas Reserves
3-27
Norwegian Bishops Urge Global Warming Action
3-27
School of Energy Resources Symposium Will Explore Carbon Sequestration
3-27
El Niño Has Bigger Bite With Climate Change
3-26

Some question if increased fines will improve mine safety

3-26
Energy business must change
3-26
Good News: Federal Court Decides Mountaintop Removal Permits Illegal
3-26
Criminal Indifference, Big Coal Versus Children
3-26
FPL going off course with coal
 
3-26
Weekend party marks victory over 'coal rush'
3-26
Clean coal is all hot air
3-26
Fighting for air: frontline of war on global warming
3-26
Global Warming and Civil Rights: Eyes on the Prize
3-26
Report queries nuclear role in beating global warming
3-26
Warmer World Puts Squeeze on US Maple Syrup
3-26
Blair calls on US, China, India to cut greenhouse emissions
3-26
Global warming makes ice a hot topic at U.S. lab
3-26
Flowering patterns hit by global warming
3-26
Climate action must carry social cost
3-26
City report urges 30-per-cent cut in greenhouse gases by 2020
3-26
Tough Task as Britain Bids for Steep Carbon Cut
3-25
Going on a ramp-age
3-25
Capitol Climate Round-up
3-25
Coal-mine safety is focus in House  -  Stalled on safety
3-25
Global Warming Creating Colder Winter Weather? 'Tis True
3-25
Vermont Maple Syrup Hard Hit by Climate Change
3-25
Will state global warming laws have much impact?
3-25
Why the right goes nuclear over global warming
3-25
Kyoto, Gore and the Atomic Lobby
3-25
Climate studies show polar warming trend
3-25
China mine flood kills 15
3-25
Clean coal is tricky (indeed, since there is no such things as "clean" coal)
3-25
Climate doomsday approaching: report
3-25
Save forests to fight global warming: Stern
3-25
Riches Await as Earth's Icy North Melts
3-25
Bill McKibben says we're stuffed
3-25
City to reveal tough climate change proposals
3-25
Climate change to reshape B.C.
3-25
Climate change, a threat to developing economies
3-25
El Niño Has Bigger Bite with Climate Change
 
3-24
4 mining permits blocked; U.S. judge cites ‘alarming cumulative stream loss’ in decision   -     Judge blocks mountaintop removal permits  -   Judge says corps' permits for valley fills violate law Earthjustice Statement on Mountaintop Removal Mining Court Decision   -  Federal Judge Rules Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining Illegal
3-24
 
Raleigh school board asks governor for money to build new Marsh Fork school  -  PDF transcript of WV Public radio report  - PDF of Raleigh Board of Education letter to Gov. Manchin   -  PDF of reply
3-24
Coal-to-liquid fuels carry too steep a price  -  Take Action: No liquid coal!
3-24
OVEC WINS E-APPALACHIA AWARD  
 
3-24
REMIND US WHY COAL IS GOOD FOR KENTUCKY
3-24
Griles spent much of his career enabling MTR   -   Griles pleads guilty Friday  -  Another top official to admit guilt in Abramoff corruption probe  -  Remember Griles? See the eighth paragraph here  -  J. Steven Griles highest-ranking Bush official convicted in Jack Abramoff scandal
3-24
Fletcher signs legislation to make coal mines safer
3-24
Loose barges block traffic at Racine Dam
3-24
Carbon dioxide sequestration test site in Ohio?
3-24
Logan City Council Elects to Invest in Renewable Energy Over Coal
3-24
Clean coal would cost billions
3-24
'Lost Mountain' Author Addresses Annual Library Associates Meeting
3-24
Antarctic Melting May Be Speeding Up - Scientists
3-24
Global warming may cause biodiversity extinction
3-24
Amazon 'faces more deadly droughts'
3-24
Southern Ocean Current Faces Slowdown Threat
3-24
Global warming may be bad for asthma sufferers
3-24
Why the sloppy love for nuclear?
3-23
Global Warming Activists Try to Stir Americans to Change
3-23
Ongoing Summer Internships & Opportunities
3-23
Mine safety fines to double under new regulation   -   Industry Not Happy With New MSHA Rule
3-23
Synfuel tax benefit to end in December
3-23
Toxic discharges rise in W.Va., nationwide  -  State data files
3-23
Coal leasing near East Lynn Lake
3-23
Effort to cut emissions premature, AEP CEO tells Congress
3-23
AEP CEO MORRIS EARNED $12.6 MILLION 
 
3-23
Mine operator admits workers' comp fraud
3-23
Clinch River plant in Carbo one of state’s top air polluters
3-23
Substantial Amount Of Mercury Entering The Ocean Through Groundwater
3-23
Separate But Toxic
3-23
Coal plant opposition grows
3-23
Duke coal plant may cost $2 billion
3-23
Maryland Asks To Join Suit On Emissions
3-23
They’re Looking for a Few Good Coal Miners
3-23
U.S. Mining Co. Denies Link to Killings
3-23
Siberian coal mine town buries dead from gas explosion
3-23
Dirty Air Becomes Divisive Issue in Hong Kong Vote
3-23
US Developing System to Track Global Warming Gas
3-23
California Climate Action Registry a Big Draw
3-23
Not the Swimsuit Edition
3-23
Greenhouse-friendly Airbus to halve its fuel use by 2020
3-23
Global Warming and New Technology Heat Up Race for Riches in Melting Arctic
3-23
Pill stops cow burps and helps save the planet
3-22
Gore Urges Immediate U.S. Freeze on Warming Emissions  -   Gore Warns Congress of ‘Planetary Emergency’   -  Gore Challenges Congress on Climate   -  Al Gore makes global warming plea
3-22
Sago Mine shut down   -   ICG idles Sago Mine due to high costs, low coal prices
3-22
MSHA finalizes new rules in mining procedures   -   Make big fines stick for failure to report
3-22
Sediment control is one of the West Virginia Highlands Conservancy's biggest concerns related to logging  -  Tough Times for Timber  -  State Taxes Cause for Concern in Timber Industry 
3-22
Flood Cases May Be Headed to Supreme Court
3-22
Global boom in coal power – and emissions
3-22
Burning the Furniture
3-22
Step it Up: No New Coal   -     Power Shift
3-22
PUC asked to probe "clean-coal" plant
3-22
Rt. 51 crash injures 3 drivers, covers the roadway with coal
3-22
Groundwater fills bay with mercury
3-22
MINING'S LEGACY A SCAR ON KANSAS
3-22
Hazleton dredge hearing slated for April 2
3-22
If public must pay for, and live with coal plant, it has a right to the facts
3-22
Meteorologists Say Sure Humans Cause Climate Change
3-22
Bush staff distorted climate science  -   Congress Gathers More Evidence That White House Tampered with Climate Data
3-22
Candidates warm to climate change
3-22
Britain 'leading the way on climate change'
3-22
UK Plans Contest to Build Big Carbon Capture Plant
3-22
Effort Afoot to Start US Climate Registry
3-22
Low-carbon diet
3-22
The next big thing in environmental law: Climate change
3-21
Company was warned about explosives  -  Mine, contractors cited for explosives accident
3-21
Campaign cash: Public financing works in other states
3-21
Activists Feel Warming on Climate Change
3-21
Bill McKibben: Global warming knocking at your door
3-21
OPEN LETTER FROM DAVE COOPER: Protesters Arrested at Capitol Rally
3-21
Blackwater Cleanup Continues
3-21
Rule deadline worries mine board
3-21
Russia mourns dead after trio of disasters   -  Russia: Death tally tops 100 in coal mine  -  21 trapped in northern China coal mine