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5-31
Judge orders end to selenium violations at Logan mine
5-31
W.Va. native Morgan Spurlock kicks off series with coal mining
5-31
Is Water Becoming the New Oil?
5-31
How Scarce Energy Resources Can Quickly Lead to Deadly Wars
5-31
18-year-old ICG worker dies at Barbour mine   -  W.Va. miner killed in ICG contract operation
5-31
David Roberts: We Can Beat Coal Co-Dependence!
5-31
Power line opponents wary of settlement
5-31
Where is coal-waste poison going?
5-31
Investigation completed
5-31
Coal is dirty
5-31
Coal-to-liquid: Ohio EPA conducts hearing
5-31
A Republican War Time Measure: coal to liquid fuel
5-31
Hansen: Governors aren't getting it
5-31
Brattleboro Reformer letter to editor: Benefitting from Appalachia's hardship (scroll to last letter)
5-31
Bush Administration Acknowledges Global Warming's Impacts: Forced by Court, Climate Science Agency Issues Overdue Report
5-31
UNDP, Japan to help Africa adapt to global warming
5-31
The Great Lakes, Under the Threat of Global Warming
5-31
Researchers: City Residents Produce Less Carbon
5-31
Coal-waste road coating could prove costly
5-30
Climate Destruction Will Produce Millions of 'Envirogees'  -  Report Says Significant Climate Change Ahead for US  Grim U.S. report predicts effects of warming on natural resources
5-30
Environmentalists win selenium case in federal court
5-30
"Clean" Coal
5-30
Mounting Costs Slow the Push for Clean Coal (especially since there is no such thing as "clean" coal)
5-30
Excerpt from Morgan Spurlock's 30 Days TV Series: Mountain Top Removal
5-30
PSC considers transmission line compromise
5-30
Uncertainty surrounds next phase in stream protection debate
5-30
UK power giant says energy industry on the brink of radical change
5-30
Court reinstates $100,000 fine against Massey
5-30
Chesapeake dumps plan to build in city
5-30
Morgan Spurlock heads into the coal mine
5-30
Coal-to-liquid fuels in Kentucky
5-30
Removing mountaintop removal
5-30
Global warming to wreak havoc on U.S. crops and forests, report says
5-30
Best-selling Environmental Writer Turns Words into Action on Climate Change
5-30
Under Fire, White House Releases Report About Global Warming; Overdue Report Reveals Serious Health Consequences White House: Humans “Very Likely” Causing Warming
5-30
Methane release could cause abrupt, far-reaching climate change
5-30
It's Cleaner Gas vs. Cheaper Coal
5-30
Coal Ash: Giles Citizens Continue to Fight Cumberland Park Project
5-30
Lobbying for the enemy of the human race
5-30
Hiking Schumate Hollow… or what’s left of it
5-30
Kathy Mattea to tour former Jefferson Co. jail
5-29
Richard Heinberg: Coal in the United States
5-29
Jeff Biggers: Obama's Audacity in Appalachia
5-29
Taking Mountain Top Removal Head-On, North Carolina Considers Ban   -  Bill Aims to Outlaw Coal Mined By Removing Mountaintops: Utilities Say Move Would Boost Costs  -  Mountaintop-removal coal outlawed in North Carolina?
5-29
DEP blames subsidence for 30-foot-deep hole in Fairmont yard
5-29
Greens demand coal mines health inquiry
5-29
Lexington, KY: 'Carbon footprint' is largest in nation
5-29
Chattanooga: Push to preserve signature views
5-28
North Carolina bill introduced to end mountaintop removal mining  -   WVVA TV: Proposed Legislation Against Mining In NC - Bill aims to outlaw coal mined by removing mountaintops
5-28
Raleigh County BOE discusses school safety
5-28
More coal-to-liquid insanity: Capito to seek ethanol-style mandate for coal-to-liquids
5-28
Boone miner in serious condition - Man Hurt in Mining Accident
5-28
Byrd did nothing to stop destruction of mountains
5-28
International Coal Group Acquires Powell Mountain Mining Operations in Kentucky and Virginia
5-28
Bank of America touts its eco-credentials but finances wrong projects
5-28
Thank you David Novack & Sundance
5-28
285 mines beneath Athens County threaten human, environmental safety
5-28
The Chemical Composition of Coal and Its Negative Impact
5-28
The Battle of Kansas Coal
5-28
Arch Coal Chairman and CEO to Speak at JP Morgan Basics and Industrials Conference on June 3, Live Webcast Available
5-28
Coal Money vs. Wind Power Redux
5-28
Highlands shafted
5-28
In Vermont, a Debate Swirls Around an Aging Nuclear Plant
5-27
Permit hearing 'dignified'
5-27
W.Va. congresswoman plans bill to promote coal-to-liquid technology   -   Governor Joe Manchin: Energy Costs
5-27
Wake Up, America. We're Driving Toward Disaster.
5-27
Agreement on 2020 target for cutting greenhouse gas emissions eludes G8 environment ministers
5-27
Crimes Against Nature
5-27
Scrubbers to Clean John Amos Emissions
5-27
Senate set to debate emissions cuts 
5-27
Ocean Acidification and its Consequences on Ecosystems
5-27
Tennessee gov.: It's not just about money
5-27
N.C. Sheriff: CSX conductor crushed by coal
5-26
Lobbyists disclosures still comin'
5-26
Landowners pressured on gas leases
5-26
Solar land use: less than coal
5-26
More research needed on coal
5-26
US Greens Wary Of Ecological Cost Of Record Oil
5-26
Oil: A Global Crisis
5-26
Mountainsaver and MTR on CNN
5-26
Film Festival Going Green - Film for the Environment
5-26
Nashville: Green issues wither in session
5-26
G-8 ministers move toward emissions goal
5-26
Warm winds comfort climate change models: study
5-26
Ads target meat-eaters on greenhouse
5-26
Exxon Again Cuts Funds For Climate Change Sceptics
5-26
Australia: Longwall Mining branded a scandal
5-26
G-8 Pledge to Halve Global Carbon Emissions by 2050
5-25
Pols will go where money is
5-25
There Is No Such Thing As Clean Coal
5-25
In Appalachia, the mountains tell tales of geology
5-25
Plaintiffs celebrate royalty ruling
5-25
Energy fears spark new survivalist movement
5-25
Europe, and especially Germany, are banking on coal
5-25
Leaders told battle to stem global warming slowing  - Japan, US to Urge G-8 Nations to Join Climate Change Fund
5-25
Running Out of Fuel, but Not Out of Ideas
5-25
U.S. government to file for license for nuclear waste dump
5-25
EUROPE: Going Nuclear Despite Warnings
5-25
China rescuers rush to reach trapped coal miners
5-25
Rising Seas Could Threaten Eastern Shore, Bay Islands: Report
5-25
CSS needs regulated guidance - WWF
5-25
Arctic ice shelf barely hanging together
5-24
Study says inaction on climate change could cost trillions  -  Global Warming Sticker Shock
5-24
CNN on mountaintop removal
5-24
Time for a Moratorium on Coal   -  CCS is a dangerous distraction
5-24
Court turns down natual gas firms', Massey's appeals  -    WV Supreme Court Rejects Appeals In Energy Cases  -  Massey Energy to continue to fight verdict
5-24
MOUNTAINTOP REMOVAL MINING: Environmental/Social Costs Disregarded
5-24
Mingo County energy center, highway projects moving forward Mingo County Redevelopment Authority discusses progress of projects
5-24
W. Va. Governor To Propose Transmission Tax
5-24
Coal-to-liquid corruption: Peabody Energy shoveled $1.3M into 1Q lobbying
5-24
Google, Chevron Build Mirrors in Desert to Beat Coal With Solar
 
5-24
Appalachia the Scapegoat for America's Racism  -  Obama's Appalachia problem: It's not white people. It's coal.
5-24
Unearthed: News of the Week the Mainstream Media Forgot to Report
5-24
USING HIGHER EDUCATION TO CREATE JOBS AND OPPORTUNITIES IN THE APPALACHIAN COALFIELDS
5-24
Building a Future
5-24
Just-ended Tenn. legislative session had its winners and losers  -Legislative session favored seniors, students
5-24
Group says S.D. parks in peril due to pollution
5-24
Should Citi Finance a New Coal Plant in Virginia?
5-24
Canada: Help protect Glacier National Park
5-24
1 dead in crane collapse at KC-area power plant
5-24
U.S. miners prosper as world demand for coal booms   -  China's coal demand has global effect
5-24
China's miners toil in misery
5-24
Italy Plans to Resume Building Atomic Plants
5-24
CLIMATE CHANGE STUDY POINTS FINGER
 
5-24
EARLY WARNING SIGNS AT THE GLOBAL WARMING CAFE
5-24
Climate change 'will cost Andes US$30 billion' 
5-24
Big Coal makes deceptive phone calls on climate change legislation
5-24
UGA’s Odom School of Ecology Presents First Annual EcoFocus Film Festival
5-24
Massey Energy general counsel exercises options
5-23
Judy Bonds op-ed in Coal Valley News:  No such thing as clean coal
5-23
Rivetting Essay on the MTR War in WV
5-23
Introducing the Clean Coal Smackdown  -  Coal IS Dirty!!!!!
5-23
Jeff Biggers--Hey Media: Lay Off Appalachia
5-23
Ukraine mine coal burst kills 4, 7 missing
5-23
Burying CO2 Vital In Climate Battle
5-23
Human Carbon Emissions Make Oceans Corrosive - Study
5-23
Alaska to sue to block polar bear listing
5-23
Air quality agency approves first-in-the-nation fees for emissions
5-23
Radical Solution to Climate Change: Global Dimming through Sulphur
5-22
Follow The Map
5-22
As Oil Prices Rise, Nations Revive Coal Mining
5-22
UMWA endorses Obama for president  -   United Mine Workers Union Backs Obama
5-22
The Gothic Politics of Hillary Clinton
5-22
Climate: Prepare for change
5-22
Real price of energy
5-22
Carbonoks Provides Safe Haven for Miners
 
5-22
The Environmental Crime No Politician Will Confront
5-22
Dirty facts about 'Clean Coal'
5-22
Jeff Biggers: They Came Down From These Hills and Made History--Yet Appalachia's role in the national culture is too rarely recognized
5-22
Kansas coal plant dust settles, but there’s more debate ahead
5-22
Split Over Carbon Capture Technology
5-22
Carbon "capture ready" means not very ready in the UK
5-22
Clock running out on irreversible climate change - Part II    -  Clock Running Out on Irreversible Climate Change – Part I  
5-22
Warmer Climate Hurting Birds New IUCN Red List Shows
5-22
Human Impacts, Climate Change Pushing Species to Extinction
5-22
Premier Issue Of Environmental Justice Announced
5-22
Is it time to dig for victory again to help tackle climate change?
5-22
Ocean Acidification: Another Undesired Side Effect Of Fossil Fuel-burning
5-22
N.H.: Regional global warming initiative advances
5-22
Global warming: Forge new path, urges Nobel winner
5-21
Deformed fish in Mud River due to selenium, scientist says
5-21
US Military Launches Alternate-Fuel Push
5-21
Obama's Coal Stance, in Kentucky and Beyond
5-21
Kentucky can't afford coal propaganda; Let industry pay for so-called education
5-21
Multistate powerline opposed in filing
5-21
U.S. utilities mull Colombian coal imports for 2008
5-21
Coal company suspends efforts to build N.D. power plant
5-21
Golf course built on fly ash can reopen to public   -   Couple opposes use of bottom ash
5-21
Proposed coal plant pits economy vs. Navajo belief
5-21
Animated Map Brings Global Climate Crisis To Life
5-21
 
5-21
EU report calls for faster climate change curbs
5-21
Big investors seek stricter climate laws
5-21
Climate Change Hitting Bird Species, Shows Study
5-20
The Independent (UK): The mountain that lost its top
5-20
Full speed ahead on Prenter water
 
5-20
Artists for the Environment event set for Saturday in Charleston  -  More info
5-20
MSHA violations on rise at Alma No. 1
5-20
Group voices concerns over budget
5-20
Seder's mountaintop removal segment
5-20
Mountaintop removal on Air America
5-20
Execs, Politicians Scorn Energy Over-Regulation (let's all get out our tiny violins...)
5-20
Report: W.Va. mine worker may have cut live cable
5-20
Retelling the story of the Matewan Massacre
5-20
Kentucky fried agitprop
5-20
How is Coal Mining Harming the Environment?
5-20
Coal Investors Take Their Lump
5-20
Fly-ash bill gets unanimous approval
5-20
China's power plants running out of coal
5-20
Coal to remain backbone of energy supply - IEA
5-19
Lobbyist spending explored
5-19
Morgan Spurlock digs deep in third season of '30 Days'
5-19
Wall Street Journal: Coal Country Lacks Consensus on a Nominee
5-19
Twenty percent wind by 2030: Not if, but when
5-19
The end of coal?
5-19
CONSOL Energy Senses Strength in Future Coal Markets
5-19
Imagine West Virginia Promotes Coal Technologies
5-19
Gulf states may soon need coal imports to keep the lights on
5-19
5-19
A Tour of the Desecration: The Longest Walk is Taking Notes
5-19
Complex Climate Treaty Challenges Experts
5-19
Study says global warming not worsening hurricanes  -  Atlantic Cyclones May Decrease As Globe Warms
5-19
Global warming may change ocean biology
5-18
Man electrocuted at Aracoma's Alma No. 1 mine
5-18
Ten important questions for the candidates
5-18
BLASTING ADVERTISEMENT
5-18
Blankenship costs another man his job  -   After Massey Energy Affair, West Virginia Voters Vote Down Chief Justice
5-18
Polar bears
5-18
Buckeye Mining gets grant for coal transloading facility
5-18
Drilling for Defeat?
5-18
Why Are Big Greens Supporting Carbon Sequestration?
5-17
Survey of water to continue for five years
5-17
A Conscious Heart
5-17
Man Electrocuted in Aracoma Mine
5-17
On payday loans, diesel prices and coal subsidies
5-17
Company looks to build diesel plant in Kentucky
5-17
Three Strikes Against Kansas Coal Plants: Sebelius Vetos Again
5-17
Methane extraction threatens rivers, report says
5-17
Case against nuclear energy
5-17
Climate change and human extinction--are you ready to be fossilized?
5-17
'Science': nitrogen as important as carbon in climate change
5-17
Plans for new coal plants under fire
5-17
Climate change is affecting ecosystems
5-17
Why investors worship Old King Coal
5-16
Manchin post-mining panel to meet
5-16
Mining appeal moving along; Olson to argue Harman case against Massey before Supreme Court
5-16
Clean-Air Rules Protecting Parks Set to Be Eased  -  Coal Plant Pollution Threatens US Parks
5-16
Power line hearing moved to May 30   -  What is Manchin’s role in power project?
5-16
Debate heats up over strip mined coal in East Tenn.
5-16
Clinton on the Record  -  When it Comes to Coal, No Simple Party Differences
5-16
Clinton and Obama pander their way through the coal states
5-16
The eternal cycle of liquid coal reincarnation
5-16
"Clean" Coal talking point: "Near Zero-Emission Free Electricity"
5-16
Is This Any Way to Hold an Annual Meeting? Blog journalist denied admittance to Massey Energy conclave