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5-31
Obama walks a fine line over mining
5-31
James Hansen: Coal-fired factories of death
5-31
FEMA says W.Va. disaster help tops $5.7 million
5-31
Massey CEO to speak at Tug Valley Chamber banquet
5-31
Gregg still on the job
5-31
Show: 'Awareness' (scroll down)
5-31
Parks Eyed for Natural Gas Deposits
5-31
5-31
TVA's recycled coal ash raises safety concerns
5-31
Protecting coal (at all costs), environment (not)
5-31
The uphill struggle against King Coal
5-31
Coal-mining giant taking lumps
5-30
Global Warming Causes 300,000 Deaths a Year, Says Kofi Annan Thinktank
5-30
Gee steps down from Massey board  -  Breaking news: Gee resigns from Massey board  -  OSU president resigns from Massey under pressure - University president quits Massey board after green group campaign - Gee resigns from Massey Energy board of directors  -  Gee resigns from board of coal-producing company
5-30
Court won't rehear mountaintop-removal case -  Rehearing denied in MTR case  -  Judge: Mountaintop removal product of shortsightedness 
5-30
WVDEPs Dont ask, dont tell policy on coal slurry
5-30
Mountain Justice volunteers clean up Mingo flood damage
5-30
Climate Ground Zero Gets Day in Court, JUNE 1-2
5-30
We All Live in the Coal Fields: West Virginians Step Up Protests as EPA OKs New Mountaintop Removal  -  Summer Camp with an (Environmental) Twist
5-30
Victims fear no FEMA Blame gov. for slow response - FEMA offers tips on obtaining assistance
5-30
VIRGINIE OCCIDENTALE: Des montagnes decapitees
5-30
Foundation Coal cuts 60 jobs, production in W.Va.
5-30
Power line tax update: Bill not on special session agenda - Transmission Line Public Hearings Scheduled in Kanawha County
5-30
WV Pubcast--Your e-mails: DEP slurry study and coal in the classroom
5-30
Time magazine, Mar. 22, 1971: The Price of Strip Mining
5-30
Duke Energy Ordered to Shut Indiana Coal-Fired Units
5-30
Gas leak kills 25 at mine in China
5-30
Tenn.: Coal ash spill toxin levels in fish safe  -  Selenium Controversy at TVA Fly Ash Spill Site  - Rail spur being added to assist in cleanup of fly ash from Kingston spill
5-30
Nobel Laureates call for urgent action on climate change
5-30
GOP attacks Democrats for climate proposal
5-30
Greenpeace USA's Phil Radford: 'Obama could have been a hero'
5-30
TVA to appeal deadline for emissions cleanup
5-30
Drummond denies suit's claim about Colombia terror
5-29
Gazette: DEP issues moratorium on new slurry injection permits  - AP: DEP halts new coal slurry injections - Coal Tattoo: DEP issues slurry study  - Read the DEP study 
5-29
Air pollution in West Virginia: what you cant see could hurt you
5-29
Final Four of the Coal River 17 Released Minutes After Press Conference  -  Environmentalists arrested during holiday weekend protest  - Free Speech Radio News: Activists target mountaintop removal coal mining
5-29
Bright Lights, Green City: Taking Off-Broadway Off Coal
5-29
Big Coal Propaganda Indoctrinating Youth: Coal in Classroom wrapping up for now
5-29
AEP wants to enlarge John Amos coal-ash dump
5-29
Its back Manchins power line tax bill 
5-29
Suit claims Ala. coal firm funded Colombian terror
5-29
Gees green problem
5-29
Americorps sending 33 volunteers to Gilbert, Hanover
5-29
Rahall talks about coal permits and Route 10
5-29
TDEC says levels in fish near TVA ash spill site don't require action
5-29
Climate health costs: bug-borne ills, killer heat
5-29
Hope, but No Advances, in China-U.S. Climate Talks
5-29
Nations Gamble on Carbon Capture  -  Norway Bets On CO2 Capture, Storage Despite Risks
5-29
Nuns Pressure Chevron to Track Carbon Emissions
5-29
World Energy Demand to soar 44 Pct in 2030
5-29
NOAA's New Cooperative Institute Advances National Climate Service
5-29
Water from Melting Greenland Ice Sheath May Impact Northeast US Coast
5-28
World CO2 up 39 pct by 2030 without new policy-EIA
5-28
Coal dam update: Whats up with the OSMRE study?
5-28
Massey settles another water pollution suit
5-28
Impoundment breach added to Breathitt flood damage, mining expert says Kentucky farmer loses crop in flood, blames surface mining
5-28
Coal River blasting is very dangerous
5-28
Kanawha Valley Sustainability Fair wants to change your life
5-28
Manchin signs weakened chemical reporting bill
5-28
Mollohan hosts energy summit in Fairmont
5-28
Study doubts bills effect on coal use
5-28
3 more W.Va. counties added to disaster list  -  Disaster recovery centers open in Mingo
5-28
Jeff Biggers - It's Time to Come Clean: New Yorkers Are Plugged in to Our Country's Dirtiest Source of Power
5-28
NY Loves Mountains 2009!
5-28
Are you connected to mountaintop coal?
5-28
WVDEPs slippery logic on mercury limits
5-28
MSHA's office of circumlocution
5-28
17 items on list for special session
5-28
Environmental Group Speaks Out  -   Activists Jailed in Protest to Stop 998 Coal Sludge Deaths
5-28
Economic impacts of carbon pricing
5-28
National Geographic on Repowering the Planet
5-28
COA presents noted filmmaker
5-28
Arch Coal Joins National Carbon Capture Center
5-28
FTC asks Arch, Rio for more info on mine sale
5-28
Key senator calls for 100 new reactors in 20 years
5-28
Proposed site for coal mine in B.C. to be assessed by UNESCO - UNESCO Considers World Heritage Site in Danger Designation for Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park
5-28
One Disaster, Too Many Explanations
5-28
PennDOT's 'Green' efforts include fly ash
5-28
Forecast for climate change bill: cloudy
5-28
How the Effects of Global Warming in the Arctic Are Affecting the Rest of the World
5-28
PSC seeks IDs of opponents of coal plant
5-27
Activists host press conference after weekend protest
5-27
W.Va. residents can register for disaster assistance  -  Disaster aid available for some W.Va. nonprofits  - Ky. churches, charities fill storm recovery needs
5-27
Breaking News: Final Four Released  -  A peaceful demonstration
5-27
POWER POLITICS: Activists arrested protesting dangerous coal sludge dam in West Virginia  -  West Virginia Activists Lock Themselves to Coal Mining Trucks  -  Coal Activists Arrested
5-27
Coal Tattoo update: Back online now
5-27
Coal Mine Laws Written in Blood: An Interview with Judy Bonds
5-27
Special session update: Clean energy and green jobs?
5-27
Manchin, legislative leaders continue talks on special-session agenda
5-27
Massey sticks to 2009 production estimates
5-27
Duke Energy building "last two" coal plants: CEO
5-27
What did EPAs Jackson see in Wyoming?
5-27
Burning the Future: Coal in America
5-26
Mountain Justice Update: 5 Bailed Out, 4 Remain - Group raising money to bail out coal protesters  -  Most mountaintop removal protesters make bail  - Press Conference Slated Tuesday for Mountain Justice and Climate Ground Zeros Anti-Mountaintop Removal Actions
5-26
Could Public Financing Restore Credibility To WVs Supreme Court?
5-26
Emergency watershed assistance available
5-26
Manchin wants flood declaration for 3 more counties
5-26
Testing the Resolve of Obama on Energy
5-26
With Billions at Stake, Trying to Expand the Meaning of Renewable Energy
5-26
Ash on the fly
5-25
Big Coal Gets the Boot  -  17 Arrested in West Virginia Protesting Mountaintop Mining
5-25
Operation Appalachian Spring Grows
5-25
Rep. Hechler: Keep Hellraising!
5-25
AP-Group: Coal protesters unable to make bail (Note: nine were held with $2,000 cash only bail. As of early on 5-24, $6,000 was raised and three of the jailed volunteers with the most pressing needs were bailed out.) - Activists Chain Themselves To Mine Equipment
5-25
Mining permits still flowing in new administration
5-25
Coal Valley News: More Arrests on Coal River Valley as Actions Against Mountaintop Removal and Coal Sludge Dams Continue
5-25
New tax report released on West Virginia coal reserves
5-25
Massey CEO threatens jobs to justify coal
5-25
MHSA delay on coal-dust rule riles safety advocates
5-25
Sago memorial unveiled in Barbour Co.
5-25
In landmark vote, House committee approves climate bill
5-25
Ban says US climate bill plan "not enough"
5-25
International Meeting In Denmark To Discuss Climate Change
5-25
World Biz Leaders to Call for Massive Climate Investment
5-25
US, Italy Sign Cooperation Agreement on Clean Coal and Carbon Capturing Technology
5-25
Dust storms speed snowmelt in the West
5-24
Gazette: 17 arrested in mountaintop removal protests
5-24
Jeff Biggers--Raising the Dead: Memorial Day Activists Jailed in Protest to Stop 998 Coal Sludge Deaths  - Seventy Five Protest in Coal River ValleyAP: 17 arrested for protesting Massey mine blast plan - MetroNews: Mine Protests End In Arrests - WV Media Holdings: Several Arrested after Protesting Mountaintop Removal
5-24
Barack Obama hasn't been to the mountaintop, not in Appalachia   -  Obama's mining approach leaves industry wondering
5-24
Bush Administration Left a 'Mess,' Interior Secretary Says
5-24
TVA asked to pay for $1.9M PR campaign to repair image from ash spill
5-24
Mines being pressed to capture methane gas
5-23
Police Remove 11 During Raleigh County, W.Va. Protests of Coal Sludge Dams and Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining; More Protestors Expected This Afternoon
5-23
WSAZ: Activists Chain Themselves To Mine Equipment
5-23
Breaking: Civil Disobedience at WV Mountaintop Removal and Coal Sludge Impoundment Sites
5-23
Associated Press: Protesters fear Massey dam, blasting plans
5-23
Obama's mining approach leaves industry wondering
5-23
Flash flood: Any protection? 
5-23
Flood Relief Effort Continues in Mingo County  -  Federal Flood Assistance In Millions  -  Flood-damaged Mingo Co. schools face uncertainty - Household donations being accepted for Mingo County, W.Va., flood victims
5-23
Reclamation rare in West Virginia
5-23
New Study: Global Temperatures to Rise 9 Degrees by 2100
5-23
GQ Exposes the Coal Industry's Horse S**it: BLACK TIDE: A wave of poisonous sludge buried a townalong with the myth of clean coal
5-23
Roane Countians give TVA an earful  -  Kingston residents concerned after rain washes fly ash into water supply  -  Selenium Found in Fish Exposed to TVA Fly Ash Spill
5-23
Hundreds Tell EPA to Regulate Global Warming Pollution
5-23
The Politics of Bait-and-Switch
5-23
Stella Morris lawsuit: A win for a miners widow
5-23
Global warming's impacts on state forests: Burn baby burn!
5-23
Washington governor orders emission cutbacks
5-23
U.S. climate negotiator sees 'impressive' actions by China
5-23
Medical Doctor to EPA: Health Effects of Global Warming a Clear and Present Danger
5-23
Jobs trump environment in mountaintop mining shocker
5-23
Mountaintop Removal & Green Burials, Part 1
5-22
Teamwork helps speed flood recovery
5-22
Big protest set for Saturday at Massey site
5-22
State urges caution when hiring contractors after flood damage
5-22
Ken Ward's " Coal Tattoo" Friday Round Up: More on flooding and mountaintop removal
5-22
Shocking news: Big coal still opposes climate bill -
5-22
PSC to AEP: Turn over documents on efficiency
5-22
Compromise has enfeebled Americas cap-and-trade bill. A carbon tax would be better
5-22
EPA head hopes for climate-change law
5-22
Obama's New California-Based Climate Policy: Six Key Things To Know
5-22
House panel set to clear climate change bill
5-22
Boucher Buckles to Big Coal
5-22
Today's topic: Broad lessons emerge from Kingston site
5-21
EPA Mining Decisions Favor Coal Industry
5-21
Climate Change Odds Much Worse Than Thought
5-21
Gore vs. Hansen:  Enviros take sides in debate over House climate bill   -  US House panel tackles climate change bill
5-21
Climate bill packed with protections for coal industry
5-21
New report: Coal-to-liquids not an easy answer
5-21
Emory River at 'tipping point'  -  Tenn. ash spill threatens fish population 
5-21
People near mining sites are suffering
5-21
Is 'Clean Coal' Polluting Tennessee's Clean Water?
 
5-21
Jeff Biggers- An interview with playwrights about bringing mountaintop-removal coal on stage
5-21
Red Jacket man tells of saving grandmother from mudslide
5-21
Is school out in Gilbert? Mingo officials announce $2M for flood damage Union Mission stuffs trucks with flood relief donations Coal co. recalls miners to work on flood recovery  - Pike magistrates criticize judge for making flood video  - Mingo flood victims get help from all over
5-21
Mining methods harmful to environment
5-21
Gee stays on coal mining board  
5-21
MSHA settles highwall collapse death case
5-21
Georgia's Reliance on Coal Questioned Amid Climate Concerns
5-21
Street damage in south Canton attributed to mine subsidence
5-21
Continuing Current US Energy Policy Called 'Perilous'
5-21
Save our planet and our animals
5-20
Two mines take responsibility for parts of Mingo County flooding   -  Kentucky mines also cited following mud slides
5-20
Mingo flood victims get help from all over
5-20
Mine death report: Massey contractor cited by state  -   Trucking firm fined $50,000 over mine fatality
5-20
Why the Nation's Biggest Environmental Disaster May Be About to Get Worse  -  Checking in on the TVA coal ash spill
5-20
Massey shareholders re-elect Gee to board  - Mountaintop Removal, Massey Energy, and Ohio State University President Gordon Gee - OSU President Gordon Gee under pressure to quit mining company board
5-20
DEP says few fish eaters means little mercury risk 
5-20
UMWA issues statement on climate change bill
5-20
 
5-20
Drilling wastewater safe, Clarksburg plant says
5-20
E.Ky. coal mine cuts 85 jobs
5-19
Massey shareholders to vote on board, resolutions
5-19
W.Va. due to release fatal mining accident report
5-19
Protectors don't protect our land from coal (scroll down)
5-19
Waxman-Markey update: A global warming crossroads?
5-19
Everyones Downstream From This: Maria Gunnoes Appalachia
5-19
APCO VP: Company remains committed to coal
5-19
The dirty secret about clean coal: It doesn't exist
5-19
Ash spill could smudge summer business
5-19
As Alaska Glaciers Melt, Its Land Thats Rising
5-19
China bridges climate gap between coal states, rivals
5-19
Glaciers go, leaving drought, conflict and tension in Andes
5-19
EU Urges Deeper Carbon Cuts On Australia
5-19
Floods, Fires To Test EU Climate Response - Report
5-19
In Chile, the birds are dying, and no one knows why
5-19
MT could lose mine cleanup $$ under Obama's budget
5-18
Low fish consumption justifies higher mercury levels, DEP study says
5-18
DEP considering relaxed iron rules for trout streams
5-18
Rahall Says Nowhere For Water To Go WVa gets $2M for flood-damaged bridges, highways  - A Change In Focus  - Starting To Feel Like There's Hope
5-18
Fixing OSM(RE), Part 3 Heres a solid plan
5-18
Study: TVA coal-ash spill toxins could sterilize fish  -  Tenn. ash spill threatens fish population  -  Pa. rejected TVA's spilled coal ash as too contaminated
5-18
Mining for dollars  -  Group asks Ohio St. president to donate coal stock
5-18
Wild Places takes teens on an eye-opening' trip
5-18
The Effects of Electricity Choice
5-18
Moving Mountains with Theatre: An Interview with Playwright Sarah Moon
5-18
Authors speak out against mountaintop removal
5-18
Amphibian Declines and Mountaintop Mines
5-18
EPA urged to act on climate, not wait for Congress
5-18
PATH update: Application documents now online
5-18
'Appalachian Apocalypse': Obama Permits Mountaintop Removal Mining
5-18
Clean coal a contradiction in terms
5-18
Deaths from global warming expected to rise as Earth changes, scientists say
5-17
Help available for flood victims
5-17
Theresa Burriss: For My Sister Appalachians
5-17
EarthTalk: Tennessee coal ash spill
5-17
The Fishing's lousy and your hair is falling out?
5-17
Environmentalists Attack House Global Warming Deal
5-17
Duke Energy finagles behind the scenes
5-17
Coal-to-diesel plant faces problems
5-17
Obama's climate plans spark lobbying boom by Shell, Boeing, 3M
5-16
Action is the Antidote to Despair: Climate Ground Zero, West Virginia, All Summer
5-16
Obama's EPA clears 42 of 48 new mountaintop removal mining permits  -  Rahall says EPA will approve most MTR permits -  Mountaintop removal update: EPA responds to Rahall Rahall: EPA clears 42 of 48 permits for approval  - Rahall Addresses Status of EPA and Corps of Engineers Coal Mining Permitting Process  - Rahall: EPA Not Ending Coal Mining - More Trouble for Appalachia
5-16
Jeff Biggers: EPA Clears Waterboarding Permits for Appalachia
5-16
Coal, Electric Industries Big Winners in Climate Bill Deal 
5-16
Waxman and Markey divvy up the goods I wish my parents had given me allowances like this!
5-16
Panel Adds Free Permits To CO2 Bill  - Global warming bill becomes another Washington porkfest  - Climate Bill Seeks a Broad Coalition
5-16
Secretary Chu Announces $2.4 billion in Funding for Carbon Capture and Storage Projects  -  Clean coal? Obama making $2.4 billion bet   -  DOE focuses on 4 companies for nuclear loan help  - Remember: Coal war: Can the fossil fuel be cleaned up?
5-16
Disaster declared in Mingo, Wyoming counties - Obama declares major disaster for West Virginia  - Aid available to Mingo, Wyoming county residents - Flooding Brings School Year to End for Some Schools in Mingo County  - Other Areas Of Mingo County Hit Hard By Flooding  - Mingo Flood Clean-Up Progressing; Tetanus Shots Available  - Mines cited after weekend flooding  -  7 Mingo schools closed next week
5-16
Route made public for PATH power line proposal Power line update: Lets talk about PATH - PATH power line plans detailed  -  WVa approval sought for multistate power line  - Heres some more power line maps
5-16
Mountaintop Removal Endgame (Click on May 13, 2009 archived call)
5-16
POWER POLITICS: The uphill battle against mountaintop removal
5-16
Maria Gunnoe on the Marc Steiner Show
5-16
Quiet on the Mountain
5-16
'Creation care' focus of Atlanta conference
5-16
Groups to Rally at JPMorgan Chase Shareholder Meeting on May 19th
5-16
'Something's Rising' shares mountain people's hope and outrage
5-16
Live near coal ash? 1 in 50 chance of cancer.
5-16
Federal standards on coal ash disposal are needed
5-16
NC judge allows hearing on Duke Energy's Cliffside permit
5-16
Coal sector tumbles on grim economic results
5-16
Air Force studies under fire
5-16
Pennsylvania DEP Awards 13 Contracts to Reclaim 340 Acres of Dangerous Abandoned Mine Lands
5-16
30% Ocean Mercury Rise Linked to Asian Coal Plants
5-16
Poorest need funds to combat climate change: report
5-16
Deep CO2 Cuts May Be Last Hope for Acid Oceans
5-16
Soaring electricity use by new electronic devices imperils climate change efforts
5-16
Climate change, water shortages conspire to create 21st century Dust Bowl
5-16
Empire of Carbon
5-16
11 die of asphyxiation in Chinese coal mine
5-16
Riversdale signs contract for $800 mln coal project
5-15
Lexington Herald Leader editorial: Speed relief to flood victims; answer questions on strip mining and flooding
5-15
Opening of flooded Pike, Mingo schools uncertain  -  Pike areas still without water  - Flood Fraud
5-15
Mountaintop removal: Goodwin ruling puts Corps in bind
5-15
Commentary by Mike Di Paola, Bloomberg: Coal Miners Meet Feisty Mountain Woman, $150,000 in Showdown
5-15
PATH proposal will go to Public Service Commission  -  Sierra Club: Just say NO to PATH power line
5-15
Global warming bill's coal provisions unclear Progress on the global warming bill?  - House panel nears agreement on energy and climate bill - Barack Obama's climate change bill is weakened, but still intact 
5-15
Republicans Block Interior Appointee, For Now  - Republicans block Obama pick for Interior No. 2
5-15
Energy Secretary Chu And the Clean Coal Fraud
5-15
Debate: Roberts v. clean coal flack Joe Lucas
5-15
One of state's deepest wells would lock away gas in W. Ky. - 8,000 feet under: In Kentucky, quest to bury CO2 is halfway  - Well project tests storage of carbon dioxide
5-15
OConnors Concern Continues for State Judicial Election System  - A bad example
5-15
Joe Manchin, Jim Justice and coal-mine safety
5-15
Greenbrier buyer Justice pays off safety fines
5-15
EPAs Jackson to visit coal mine in Wyoming
5-15
Onslaught against mountaintop mining helps spur short bets on coal stocks
5-15
Churches to probe impacts of Canadian oil sands
5-15
Green groups want OSU pres. off coal board
5-15
Alaskans know oil and gas well, but not coal
5-15
Federal funds don't come with EPA help on spill cleanup
5-15
Jeff Biggers: New York is Burning
5-15
Kathy Mattea heads home - Top Ten Favorite Female Country Music Singers
5-15
Bush team still haunts enviros
5-15
BofA Urged by Regulators to Revamp Board of Directors
5-15
John James Snidow: Reversing the legacy of coal
5-15
A Trip Back to West Virginia
5-15
A New View of Antarctic Melting  -  Melting ice could cause gravity shift
5-15
Climate conference: Rising sea levels, acidity threatening oceans, communities they support
5-15
Enviros sue EPA over ocean acidification
5-15
Animals moving north due to climate change
5-15
Villages lose money to fight climate change
5-15
Climate change, water shortages conspire to create 21st century Dust Bowl
5-15
Regulators rushed ruling on need for coal plant, opponents argue
5-15
Ten Green Ringtones You Can Cut to Fight Big Coal
5-15
Georgia: Coal ash waste headed to midstate
5-14
Mingo County Office of Emergency Services (OES) Bulletin - All coal sludge impoundments inspected and safe...
5-14
Manchin: W.Va. floods are an act of God  -  Coal Conference Takes A Look at Mountaintop Removal  - Manchin Defends Mountaintop Removal
5-14
Private bridges hit hard by floods  -  The Damage In Wyoming County - Gilbert continues flood cleanup  - Flooding revives argument over use of Rainy Day Fund  -  W.Va. suspends sales-related taxes in 6 counties  - Digging out and cleaning up
5-14
PATH power line application coming on Friday
5-14
Pa. rejects TVA coal ash as too contaminated  -  Study: Wet or dry, coal ash spill residue is dangerous  -  TVA open on coal ash reporting  - TVA sends spilled coal ash to impoverished Black communities in Georgia and Alabama
5-14
Retired Justice O'Connor cites Benjamin ethics case
5-14
MSHA clarifies Labor Secretarys budget statements
5-14
DEP schedules water quality rule meeting
5-14
Mountain Aid concert to educate about mountain top removal  -  Mountain Aid: Festival to Educate About Mountain Top Removal June 19 & 20
5-14
Groups want OH college pres off coal company board  -  Coal Miner's Doctor: OSU President Has Mixed Energy Message
5-14
Mountaintop removal devastating (at link, scroll down)
5-14
Battle of the cell phone ringtones
5-14
Greenbrier buyer ran up $1 million in unpaid MSHA fines
5-14
Climate Change Called Greatest Health Challenge  -  Major report warns of climate change risk to world health
5-14
Revamped House climate and energy bill has the votes to pass, says Waxman
5-14
EU Targets Transport, Power For Next Climate Action
5-14
Professor Anthony Costello: climate change biggest threat to humans
5-14
Permit Will Help AEP Move Ahead on Study
5-14
International Group to Honor Three from WVU
5-13
Flood help available to victims - Mingo residents try to weather storm About 150 homes flooded in Hanover - Officials say flood could have been worse  - Kanawha leaders sending help to Mingo flood zone  - Thousands of homes damaged by floods
5-13
Yale 360: The Razing of Appalachia: Mountaintop Removal Revisited
5-13
Jeff Biggers--Dear Mr. President: Declare August 3rd as Armistice Day in the Appalachian Coalfields
5-13
WV Power Plant First Ever to Try Carbon Capture and Storage
5-13
The Preacher and Mountaintop Removal
5-13
Massey's Dark Side
5-13
Cindy Rank: MARIA GUNNOE WINS 2009 GOLDMAN PRIZE
5-13
Retired Justice OConnor cites W.Va. ethics case
5-13
Obama and MSHA: Is this their agenda?
5-13
Alpha Natural to buy Foundation Coal for $1.4 billion  -  Two Regional Coal Companies To Merge in $2 Billion Deal
5-13
Pesticide ban won't affect Bayer plant in Institute  -  Dangerous chemicals should be removed
5-13
Coal plant opposition builds  -   'No coal is clean coal,' opponents of Surry plant declare 
5-13
Four national organizations call on OSU President Gordon Gee to resign from Massey Energy Board
5-13
Marcellus Shale plant opens in southwestern Pa.
5-13
Mine operator Cliffs reduces salaries, dividend
5-13
Civil Lawsuits Over Collapse of Utah Mine Are Settled
5-13
On This Earth: The things that are hidden
5-13
EPA Offers Tips to Save Energy and Fight Climate Change this Summer
5-13
Scientists Discuss Climate Change at World Ocean Conference
5-13
Toxic mercury in seas tied to algae, air
5-13
Utility seeks Lake Monroe water for plant
5-12
Officials begin flood assessment; residents asked to report damage  - Areas ravaged by floods in need of emergency supplies
5-12
Mines cited in Mingo flooding  - Mountaintop removal: More on the floods  - Flooding in the Appalachian Coalfields
5-12
The role of mining, logging in floods
5-12
Boone included in emergency declaration Hundreds left homeless after E. Ky. flooding -   Storm damage assessments begin in West Virginia, Kentucky - Floods devastate southern West Virginia  - National Guard, Red Cross respond to hardest-hit  - More Guard Troops Sent to Flooded W.Va.  -  In The Mud   - Mile After Mile of Destruction  - Crews survey coalfields damage - Treading water and mud: Widespread flooding knocks out power, water to thousands  - After the flood - Car crashes at Pie due to road blocked by flood debris - National Guard and Red Cross helping Mingo clean up
5-12
EPA takes over TVA coal-ash cleanup  -  Residents welcome EPA takeover of ash spill cleanup
5-12
Coal ash ponds a silent danger
5-12
Our mountains can be more than a coal dig 
5-12
Carbon emission curbs won't hurt economy
5-12
TECO Coal to cut jobs in Pike County - Experts say every part of Kentucky hit by recession
5-12
Nuclear plants face huge price tag
5-12
Bayer is reversing Valley's advantages (scroll down) 
5-12
World premiere of new WV history film - Remembering William C. Blizzard
5-12
Future Climate Change Likely To Cause More Respiratory Problems In Young Children
5-12
Oceans should be focus of climate change fight, experts say
5-12
Clean Coal (Not)
5-12
Ex-lobbyist's hiring criticized
5-11
Update: Mingo miners safe after floodwaters block exit  - Miners Rescued in Mingo County  
5-11
After the flood, cleanup begins in Mingo County  -  Devastation - Red Cross Offers Help To Flood Victims  - Floodwaters Leave A Path Of Destruction In Mingo County
5-11
Does mountaintop removal make flooding worse?
5-11
Lobbyists cut their spending, it seems
5-11
Support in E. Kentucky pleases Mongiardo
5-11
Coal ash spill has long-lasting effect of high chemical levels in soil
5-11
TVA Sending Ash to 2 Sites
5-11
China Outpaces U.S. in Cleaner Coal-Fired Plants
5-11
Pa. sites may store carbon
5-11
Indiana: Former coal lobbyist takes state post
5-11
Surprise career
5-10
Bayer knew MIC monitors were broken before blast
5-10
Hundreds of homes seriously damaged in flash floods - Breaking news: W.Va. miners trapped by flood - Heavy rains result in widespread flooding across Mingo, Pike
5-10
Miners Stuck But Safe From Flood Waters Flooding hits Mingo, Wyoming counties  -  Major Flooding Reported in Coalfields  -  W.Va. governor declares emergency due to flooding  - State of Emergency Following Coalfields Flooding - Flooding, mudslides hit Pike, Floyd counties after heavy rain - Four Inches of Rain In Less Than a Day
5-10
Massey CEO: Don Blankenship- Stand with proponents of coal
5-10
Agency Seeks More Details On Mining Plan for Ninth Time - Va. officials want more info on mountaintop mining
5-10
Ashley Judd Gives Inspirational Message To Graduates
5-10
From Birmingham to Coal River  
5-10
Silas House in motion   -  Authors look to the future: WNC writers and Ariz. prophet in front of a literary groundswell
5-10
Save Birds by Promoting Wind Energy
5-10
The Dredge Report
5-10
Dangerous mine pits dot Oklahoma
5-10
Republicans seek FERC comment on coal/nuke remark
5-10
Global Warming, Human Illness and Loss of Life
5-10
At least 31 dead, 50,000 homeless in Brazil flooding
5-10
Loss of Peat Bogs Around the World Affects Climate Change
5-10
Climate change and the fierce urgency of now
5-9
Bhopal victims lobby US Congress for action  - The Sierra Club Heading South
5-9
Flooding In Southern Coalfields
5-9
Knott mine to go idle; 153 jobs affected
5-9
Coal industry has history of ups and downs
5-9
EPAs decision will not impact economy (scroll down)
5-9
Renewable industry cheers Obama budget while coal and nuclear jeer
5-9
Obama AML plan: What happened to the green jobs???
5-9
Jon Stewart to Salazar: Appalachia deserves clean streams
5-9
Industry campaign targets 'hydraulic fracturing' bill
5-9
Feds Finally Take Aim at Coal-Mining Waste
5-9
Yet Another Candidate Compromised by Coal
5-9
Coal Ash Cancer Risks Detailed in Suppressed Report
5-9
Coal debate highlights Duke meeting
5-9
Mountaintop mining companies dig up more than coal
5-9
Obama Administration Upholds Bush Polar Bear Rule
5-9
Shrimp Said At Risk From North Atlantic Warming
5-8
Mountaintop removal: Corps suspends Va. mining permit
5-8
Bush EPA hid data on coal-ash risks, study shows  - Secret EPA study: Big cancer risks from coal-ash ponds  - Coal ash sites called danger to neighbors - Coal ash is contaminating water, damaging health in 34 states, groups say - EPA: Higher Cancer Risk for Kentuckians Due to Coal Ash Waste - Data: Waste dumps pose health risks  - Bush admin. buried dangers of coal Dozens more articles...
5-8
TVA tests rail shipment of spilled coal ash  - TVA's billion-dollar clean-up
5-8
EPA asked to take over W.Va. DEP
5-8
Rural Airport to Rival West Virginia's Two Largest
5-8
Obama proposes slight increase for MSHA, cuts in AML spending
5-8
CONSOL cutting 54 jobs in Mingo County
5-8
Beckley school begins coal-themed lesson plans
5-8
Bayer wants 'new day' with Kanawha Valley
5-8
Duke CEO talks grilling from shareholders at annual meeting
5-8
Kan. Senate approves bill to seal coal deal  
5-8
EPA wants details on New Hampshire coal plants
5-8
W. Va. businessman buys bankrupt Greenbrier resort
5-8
Good and Bad News About Coal (Plus Video using some OVEC photos, photo by Dave Cooper, others...)  -  Sierra Club Video Skewers Worst Coal Songs Ever Recorded in History
5-7
Citizens to Obama: Take over WVDEP Urgent Letter to EPA and Interior: Liberate Coalfields and Take Primacy  - Also on Common Dreams
5-7
Der Spiegel: Berge ohne Spitzen
5-7
Update from Manchin on EPA meeting  -  Manchin meets with EPA over mining permit
5-7
Massey idles WVa coal mine
5-7
Get MIC away from people  -  Chemicals force people from Valley
5-7
Allegheny Power Line Overcomes Last Legal Hurdle
5-7
Bush rule didn't account for mining's cost on Mother Nature
5-7
Mountaintop removal operations not justified
5-7
Trespassers Must Pay Fines in Massey Case
5-7
Mountaintop mining settlements in Ky., Tenn
5-7
Salazar takes quick action, but tough decisions lie ahead
5-7
Toasted Marshmallows and Activism: Mountain Justice Summer Camp
5-7
Make coal pay more of its costs
5-7
Mountaintop removal: Double victory for Sierra Club
5-7
EPA to possibly regulate coal ash in Ky.
5-7
They Are Trying to Steal Your Future
5-7
SC lawmakers speak out against mountaintop mining
5-7
The Grassroots: Public Policy Battleground
5-7
DTE workers find flyash pipeline leak
5-7
Mercury Levels in Fish on the Increase
5-7
Tibet threatened by global warming: state media
5-7
Coal plant opponents fill town hall
5-6
Climate Chaos Predicted by CO2 Study
5-6
Manchin to lobby EPA for mining permit - Mountaintop removal: Gov. Manchin goes to Philadelphia  - King Coal Highway Namesake could help expedite project
5-6
Power Hungry: Reinventing The U.S. Electric Grid
5-6
Experts weigh toxic threat from coal ash; New regulations may consider it hazardous waste  -  Experts call for plans for coal ash spills  -  Coal ash panel calls for emergency response plans for spills  - TVA monitors Emory River - Coal-ash waste regulations discussed
5-6
Embattled coal industry wages multifront lobbying war
5-6
Miners back to work at Black Castle Mine
5-6
Some chose Massey settlement offers
5-6
Mountain Aid concert set for June 19-20
5-6
Rule removal
5-6
Construction set to begin on E. Ky. water project
5-6
Judge approves EPA-Patriot deal
5-6
Something's Rising: Appalachians Fighting Mountaintop Removal
5-6
House Dems narrow energy, climate bill differences
5-6
Searching for Cecil Roberts II
5-6
Jeff Biggers--Green Commencement Speech: OSU President Gee Should Resign from Massey Board
5-6
Raising coal industry tax a tough sell
5-6
World Changing: U.S. Activist Battles West Virginia Coal Industry
5-6
Coal Country  -  Coal Country - new film from Mari-Lynn Evans - July 11th
5-6
A Deal on Coal in Kansas
5-6
Indigenous rights and climate change
5-6
Who wins in Kansas coal compromise?
5-6
Poison in the Air, Part 3
5-5
W.Va. issues first CCS permit (a tiny one, though)  -  W.Va. Issues First Carbon Sequestration Permit  - Apco receives 1st carbon capture permit in W.Va.
5-5
Mountaintop mining could pave way for King Coal
5-5
WVDEP makes another deal
5-5
Jay, Waxman call for deeper probe of Bayer MIC
5-5
Searching for Cecil Roberts
5-5
Ansted Health Society wants surveys completed
5-5
Obama, House Democrats meet on climate change  -  White House, House GOP convene meetings on climate
5-5
USGS finds ammonia in Wyo. coal-bed methane water
5-5
Things are tough all over: Massey pay cuts  - Massey says Blankenship, others take 10% pay cut
5-5
State Republicans plan for special session
5-5
Kan. gov, utility CEO announce deal on coal plant  -  Sunflower Electric, governor compromise on Holcomb coal expansion
5-5
Lexington woman on Sierra Club's national board
5-5
Texas: King touts $300 million tax break for clean-coal technology
5-5
Foundation Coal reports Q1 loss
5-5
Researchers find rise in mercury in North Pacific
5-5
Is Appalachia less-than American in the eyes of our government and fellow citizens?
5-5
Mercury levels in Arctic seals linked to length of summer thaw
5-5
Harriman mayor: TVA coal ash blocking Emory River posing risk
5-5
TVA Looks To Bury Ashes From Spill
 
5-5
TVA monitors river at coal ash spill site
5-5
EU, Japan to work together for new deal to curb global warming
5-4
Bob Kincaid: Making a 'Sacred Zone'
5-4
Bhopal Residents Share Their Stories
5-4
Dominion kept 7-year secret on fly ash's environmental risks
5-4
Boone County women document beauty, hardship with photos
5-4
Toxins kept out of air ending up in water?
5-4
EPA Seeks Rules for Utilities' Runoff
5-4
'Clean Coal' Debate Plays Out on the Airwaves
5-4
The true cost of coal
5-4
La minera tropieza con resistencia en todo el mundo  -  Six campaigners win the environmental world's 'Nobels'
5-4
West Virginia Mountain Top Removal Coal Protests Heating Up
5-4
The challenge of cutting demand 
5-4
Coal Miner Injured in Kanawha County Sunday Night
5-4
Inmates vying for coal mining jobs in Appalachia
5-4
Tenn.: House Revises Coal Ash Bill, Then Approves It  -  Pollution Lingers From Massive Coal Ash Spill
5-4
Seeking to Save the Planet, With a Thesaurus
5-4
Dangerous climate change may be just 50 years away, study warns
5-4
Preventing a 2-degree C temperature rise = almost no fossil fuel use
5-4
Pollution and lack of health care for all is the true epidemic and pandemic
5-4
Michigan: Midland coal plant project is canceled
5-4
One cost of high energy
5-4
Lake Baikal's Unique Biota Threatened By Climate Change
5-4
New mountaintop removal book from Silas House
5-4
100 days: Obama's big green dream
5-4
How that mercury gets into your salmon
5-4
Things Obama can do now
5-3
MIC 'day tank' emerges as Institute safety threat
5-3
Citizen Journalism: People Take Control of the News
5-3
Commission to hold hearings on AEP rate hike request
5-3
Southern W.Va., Ky. residents thinking coal alternatives
5-3
Cecil Roberts (UMWA president) op-ed in Sunday Gazette Mail: As nation rethinks coal policies, let's remember how we got where we are today
5-3
Judge declares class action for 751 in Massey cases  Mingo judge seeks to resolve coal pollution case
5-3
Posegi človeka v naravo
5-3
WV Environmentalist Wins Goldman Prize
5-3
BOOKS: 'Something's Rising'
5-3
Climate Change: How The '2 Degrees Celsius Target' Can Be Reached
5-3
Climate change may increase mercury levels in seals
5-2
Bhopal residents bring MIC warnings
5-2
732 convene in Mingo for water contamination suits   -  Mingo judge OKs class-action in coal slurry case  -  WVa judge seeks to resolve coal pollution case  - Mingo judge seeks to resolve more than 700 coal pollution cases  - Hundreds assemble in polluted water suit
5-2
Judge fines Massey protestors, considers permanent order Five mine protesters found guilty  - Trespassers Must Pay Fines in Massey Energy Case  - Hearing Friday on Massey protest TRO
5-2
W.Va. revenue estimates on target
5-2
Sierra Club challenges Va. mining permit  -  Groups File Federal Suit Opposing Ison Rock Ridge Mining Permit
5-2
Coal-ash cleanup could be $1 billion
5-2
Coal official says EPA putting W.Va. jobs at risk
5-2
SC bill blasts mountaintop coal removal
5-2
Differing agendas for upcoming special session
5-2
Nuclear solution comes with a huge price tag
5-2
Pipe Leak at Nuclear Plant Raises Concerns
5-2
A Push to Shed More Light on Electricity Sources
5-2
Your Tuna Is Getting More Toxic
5-2
Capitol Hill Power Plant Will Switch To Natural Gas
5-2
Undoing the Damage, Step by Step
5-2
Band raises awareness through music
5-2
U.S. On Right Track to Eliminating Coal
5-2
Mountaintop removal has negative community impact
5-2
 
 
5-1
Time running out for surface mining
5-1
Coal industry discusses future
5-1
WV Public Radio: Boone County women document beauty, hardship with photos
5-1
EPA identifies potentially dangerous coal ash sites
5-1
TVA looks at disposal sites for fly ash from spill  -  TVA ash spill estimate rises to $975M
5-1
Barf alert: Governor sees hope despite poor environmental ranking
5-1
W.Va. Citizen Action Group marks 35 years 
5-1
Wal-Mart ad upsets coal miners
5-1
The LoneTones spread their wings for complexities of 'Canaries'
5-1
The People's Movement at 100 Days
5-1
EP Magazine: Goldman Taps Seven for Annual Environmental Prize   -  Bali Waste Activist Is Not Resting on Her Laurels
5-1
Investigators Find Fault With Bayer CropScience
5-1
Are carbon footprints stomping out species?

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