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7-31
Access to family cemetery at James Creek blocked
7-31
Court orders hearing in coal slurry case
7-31
DOH to conduct meeting about two Logan roads
7-31
Coal production must drop, stockpiles dwindle, Consol CEO says
7-31
Peak Coal: Will the coal run out before CCS works?
7-31
Check out this incendiary coal industry rhetoric: Coal Counties Endure New Generation of Mine Wars
7-31
Tenn. paper blasts area miners for boycott Tennessee's Senator in a Nutshell
7-31
Ash shifts down river
 
7-31
Swine flus little helper
7-31
Alpha, Foundation shareholders set to vote on deal
7-31
New MTR book: We All Live Downstream
7-31
Economic downturn hits coal industry
7-30
Standing Up for Their Heritage  - Video: Journey Up Cook Mountain
7-30
One Mans Fight Against Mountaintop Removal Mining
7-30
Video: People & Power
7-30
Ken Hechler: From activist to hell-raiser
7-30
Some straight talk on CCS from AEP
7-30
Mining protesters deserve protection - Ignore climate change at your peril - Hoping no one has to mine coal (scroll down)
7-30
African American Environmentalist Association Supports The Clean Water Protection Act, H.R. 1310
7-30
Building a Climate Movement from the Seat of a Bike
7-30
Massey rehires miners to meet demand from Asia  -  Coal miner Massey Energy sees chance to boost exports
7-30
Blackout: Heinberg on dwindling coal reserves and the siren song of clean coal
7-30
Sierra Club urges members to visit Tennessee
7-30
Save the Cerulean Warbler - Stop Mountaintop Mining
7-30
Congressman wants TVA oversight
7-30
7-30
National Academies: U.S. energy at a crossroads
7-30
Once-Hot Coal Piles Up as Demand Cools
7-30
Climate activists in denial
7-30
Restoration no fix for mountains destroyed by coal mining
7-30
Coal-burning issue
7-30
TVA Duplicity Re: Coal Ash Spill
7-30
Dominion asks judge to throw out $1 billion fly-ash suit
7-30
Study finds coal mining a financial burden to communities
7-30
Arctic tundra hotter, boosts global warming: expert Study: Global warming speeds CO2 release
7-30
7-30
Global Warming Could Uproot California's Fruit, Nuts
7-30
The Germans heralded carbon capture plan? Pumping it directly into the atmosphere
7-30
The Case of the Disappearing Rabbit
7-29
Worker killed at Samples mountaintop-removal mine W.Va. mine worker killed in truck accident - One man dead after 'lizard' truck backs into a pond  - Worker killed at Samples mountaintop removal mine
7-29
New lawsuit: Water violations should block Fayette permit
7-29
WJU gets EPA grant to test coalfield environmental concerns - Wheeling Jesuit to study southern WVa environment - Six Appalachian Communities to Benefit from EPA Grant
7-29
Coal producers cope with sluggish demand  -  "Experts": Coal industry facing dismal future
7-29
Environmental groups join fight against PATH
7-29
'Old Baldy' proposed as new W.Va. nickname  -  'Old Baldy' Now Nickname for Mountain State - Group Against Mountaintop Mining Proposes New Nickname for WV  -  Environmentalists Nickname W.V. "Old Baldy"
7-29
Sign petition to save the Clean Air Act
7-29
IG slams TVA: Coal-ash dangers ignored, then covered up  - Audit pinpoints TVA's problems  - Auditor: TVA lawyers limited ash spill report - Coal ash cancer concerns
7-29
Preventable ecological calamity in North Carolina
7-29
Environmental lawyers, pollution watchdog urge scrapping of coal-ash dumpsite deal in S. Cebu
7-29
Massey reports profit in tough climate
7-29
Miners union challenging no-chewing tobacco policy
7-29
US and China sign memorandum on climate change
7-29
Unchecked Climate Change Would Result in More Heat Waves, More Flooding, and Reduced Crop Yields in Minnesota, New Report Finds
7-29
Emissions of 3 big China power firms exceed UK -report
7-29
W.V., Ky. miners boycott Tennessee over proposed mountaintop removal restrictions  -  Lop off mountains to mine coal? No
7-29
Coal remains as malevolent as ever
7-29
Cerulean Warblers Return to the Same Winter Habitat
7-29
Music for the Mountains
7-28
World Will Warm Faster Than Predicted in Next Five Years, Study Warns  - Climate Change to Force 75 Million Pacific Islanders From Their Homes
7-28
Letter from Europe: Foreign Disbelief of Topless America
7-28
The Top 10 Bogus Statements (BS) in the US Climate Debate - Just Getting a Climate Bill Out of Committee by December a Good Start: Sen. John Kerry
7-28
Consol gets OK to expand coal slurry dam in West Virginia
7-28
Groups Intervene to Stop Transmission Lines for Coal Plants
7-28
Inside coal industry meeting: Global warming just a scare
7-28
Ask Reps to Vote 'Yes' ; For Clean Water
7-28
Burning the Future: Coal in America
7-28
Berea to host Kentucky Social Forum
7-28
Coal miner Alpha's net plummets, shares tumble  -  International Coal 2Q profit falls on weak demand
7-28
Study: Coal Vapors Linked to Lower IQs
7-28
Mining ban would protect Smokies' waters - Cardin & Alexander Seek To Ban Mountain Top Removal
7-28
Birds in the News 180 -- Back in the USA Edition
7-28
Australia mulling more coal support in carbon plans
7-27
Tree Huggers Converging on Dollywood to Teach King Coal a Lesson
7-27
Coal use keeps costs high for Appalachians
7-27
King Coal
7-26
Mine operators not restoring mountains, OSM report finds
7-26
Coal River Valley deserves better; a challenge to debate
7-26
 
Weekend news and commentary
7-26
Miners Boycott Tenn. Over Alexander's Bill
7-26
Mountaintop removal debate less action film, more Greek tragedy
7-26
Ten Dirty Things About Big King Coal
7-25
Massey drops recusal lawsuit against W.Va. Supreme Court
7-25
Dangerous conditions close Massey Pike Co. mine
7-25
Mountains are a national treasure
7-25
Don't Blow It
7-25
The End Of Fossil Fuel
7-25
Coal on the slide as renewables top 11 per cent of US power mix
7-25
New NIOSH study links coal dust, emphysema - Emphysema, coal dust directly linked - Need another reason to dislike our heavy use of coal?
7-25
Energy Dept. won't back loans for Ill. coal plant
7-25
Mercury and Power Plants  -  State warns about eating fish from some Ky. waters
7-25
Charlotte's coal ash ponds near drinking water source
7-25
Crackdown on coal ash
7-25
Coal Ash Spill Among Worst Eco-Disasters
7-25
New Study: Global Warming Threat to Colorado River Supply
7-25
CO2 implicated in mass extinction of life
7-24
Mingo County judge stays on Massey case W.Va. judge denies Massey conflict, won't withdraw
7-24
Friday roundup, July 24, 2009
7-24
Insurance companies are listed in Prenter suit
7-24
Thompson bars illegal acts from protesters
7-24
Harman case could be decided without new hearing, lawyers say
7-24
Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining Stream Damage Could Take 1,000 Years to Fix
7-24
Special guest blog exclusive: Why surface mine?
7-24
The dissonant sound of learning
7-24
Violence Escalating Against Anti-Coal Activists
7-24
Weve destroyed the very place that we love - Tennessee coal miner
7-24
Nancy Sutley, Head of Obamas Council on Environmental Quality, speaks on Mountaintop Removal Jeff Biggers: Abetting Historicide: Does Nancy Sutley's Regulatory Banter Cover Up Crimes Against Coalfield Residents?
7-24
Kentucky Coal calls off their call for a national boycott of Tennessee  -  Tennessee-Boycotting Kentucky Coal Co.: Nevermind
7-24
Corps of Engineers takes a harder look at Surry coal plant
7-24
Coal giant offers cash for biggest clean rival  -  Power Generation - Big Coal Bids For Big Green
7-24
Kennedy's power play
7-24
Peabody appoints Robert Malone to board
7-24
Films on Stripmining and Mountaintop Removal Mining
7-24
Waning Pacific Clouds Suggest Global Warming Feeds Upon Itself
7-23
Thumbs up, thumbs down
7-23
What ever happened to Approximate Original Contour?
7-23
WV Council of Churches urges peace in MTR debate - Church group calls for peace in the coalfields
7-23
Coal Production Down, Unlikely to Rebound Soon
7-23
Climate and CCS debate: Coal cant have it both ways
7-23
Wheres the prosperity for W.Va. from coal?  -  Miners are out of line with their boycott
7-23
Black lung tragedy
7-23
Another train wreck update: Conflicting info on injuries
7-23
Pike County mine ordered to close
7-23
Alpha Natural defends Foundation deal
7-23
Grading a Climate Bill, Part 2  -  The Climate Bill Shouldnt Give Coal a Free Pass - Grading Senate websites reveals a lack of transparency on climate and energy
7-23
Why MTR Restoration Fails (Correction--photo by Vivian Stockman, www.ohvec.org)
7-23
Ranking state's most powerful sports figures
7-23
Coal-ash dams to get yearly checks
7-23
Fly Ash Environmental Injustice in Perry County Alabama?
7-23
Of Congress, Coal Plants and Biomass
7-23
Is it time for the Feds?  Intimidation and Violence Escalating in West Virginia's MTR areas
7-23
Conversation on coal, mining practices, starting in coal states  
7-23
Burning the Future: Coal in America wins another major award
7-23
Utah coal operator lays off miners - in Illinois
7-23
Rain hinders efforts to rescue 23 miners in China
7-23
Australia: New mine could crack dam floor
7-22
Church group urges calm in mountaintop removal fight - W.Va. churches urge calm over mountaintop removal
7-22
Carbon capture for coal costly, study finds  -  Dig the coal, bury the carbon  -  Pennsylvania Greens Speak Out Against Coal Scheme
7-22
Four injured as train derails at Mingo coal site - Three hurt in train accident at Mingo, W.Va., prep plant
7-22
'Minimal training' cited in Massey miner's death - MSHA orders changes at Massey mine after death  -  MSHA: Massey miner died because of poor training
7-22
Rahall and coal: Whats next?
7-22
Investors move forward with Baard Energy plant
7-22
Companies exploit; legislators turn backs
7-22
State gets $26M for disaster relief
7-22
National Coal defaults on $60M credit line
7-22
Judicial recusal Motion asks Thornsbury to step down in Massey case - Local judge asked to step aside in case
7-22
Report blasts TVA on coal ash storage after spill  -  TVA consultants criticize coal ash operations  - Scrap coal ash dumpsite plans, Cebu officials urged  - Report prompts TVA's plans to restructure
7-22
Chauncey lawsuit dismissed
7-22
Yale 360 article repost on World Changing: Mountaintop Mining Legacy: Destroying Appalachian Streams  - Also reposted on The Guardian
7-22
Reality Bites the U.S. Coal Industry
7-22
the new coal mine wars - films about MTR
7-22
Addressing climate change could revitalize rural America
7-22
Why do so many not accept climate change data?
7-22
Bye Bye, Birdie: Global Warming Pushes Migratory Species North
7-21
Mountaintop Mining Legacy: Destroying Appalachian Streams  - Major mountaintop removal story: The damage detailed
7-21
Mingo judge urged to step down from Massey case Update: Mingo judge asked to step down from slurry case  -  Mingo slurry case news: Does the judge have a conflict? - Plaintiffs ask Thornsbury to step aside - W.Va. judge in Massey lawsuit asked to step aside
7-21
Stop destroying Appalachian region
7-21
Tennessee has right idea about mining  -  West Virginia Coal Miners' Group Urges Tennessee Boycott  -  Visit beautiful Gatlinburg Tennessee
7-21
West Virginia Tourists Beware: Violence Escalates in Coalfields
7-21
Steve Earle on mountaintop removal, coal mining
7-21
About that cap-and-trade rally
7-21
Trucker dies from falling pipe at coal ash site
7-21
Pressure builds for better regulation of coal ash dumps
7-21
A hundred new nukes?  -  Why nuclear energy is not the answer to Climate Change
7-20
The Dark Side of Climate Change: It's Already Too Late, Cap and Trade Is a Scam, and Only the Few Will Survive
7-20
Take Action: American Clean Energy and Security Act Fix it or ditch it!
7-20
Jimmy Carter's Next Urgent Mission: Polarized Appalachian Coalfields
7-20
Whos afraid of cap and trade?
7-20
We need leaders with a vision!
7-20
Coal mining is environmental terrorism
7-20
Grading a Climate Bill, Part 1
7-20
Interior to halt uranium mining at Grand Canyon
7-20
China Carbon Capture Costs Worth Paying: U.S. Energy Sec
7-20
Scientists plant trees threatened by global warming into places where they may thrive amid a changing climate
7-20
US Should Pay for Carbon Content of Imported Goods: Locke
7-20
Scientists zoom in on carbon dioxide in NYC
7-20
Schools foster climate illiteracy
7-20
India sees climate change 'pressure,' US upbeat
7-20
Clinton seeks to narrow gap on climate change
 
7-20
Australia: Farmers take on mining giants
7-19
Newsweek: Toxic Tsunami. Inside the largest industrial spill in American history. How coal ruined one Tennessee townand why it could happen again.
7-19
Will global warming bill kill coal? Legislation packed with help for industry
7-19
Himalayan glaciers have shrunk by 38% in 40 years
7-19
Mudslide swallows house in Germany, 3 missing
7-18
Hechler fighting charges from mountaintop removal protest
7-18
Coal Country premieres Sept. 1 in Akron
7-18
Let Your Fingers Do the Walking: Tell JP Morgan Chase to End Mountaintop Removal
7-18
Coal Tattoo: An equal opportunity debunking blog
7-18
Coal carbon capture gets US boost
7-18
Coal miners boycotting Tennessee tourist sites - Coal vs. Dollywood
7-18
Coal lobbyist pleads guilty
7-18
Peabody Energy unit spent $820K lobbying in 1Q
7-18
Tennessee Valley Authority Increases Hazard Ratings on Coal Ash Sites
7-17
Feds Propose Tougher Mining Regulations, But Do They Go Far Enough?
7-17
Army Corps of Engineers Solicits Public Comment on Two Proposals Related to Nationwide Permit 21 in the Appalachian Region  -  Corps proposes to require individual permits for mountaintop removal mining
7-17
Kentucky coal lobbyist faces criminal charge
7-17
Court nominee on Blankenship-Benjamin case
7-17
Penning pages on warblers
7-17
Flat Earthers Announce Summit Meeting on Coal  - Pro-coal group to conduct rally
7-17
Massey acquires idled mining complex, coal reserves
7-17
PSC launches hearing Webcasts
7-17
Deja vu all over again for coal deal
7-17
Months after ash spill, Tennessee town still choking
7-17
Poor Alabama county banks on coal ash dumping
7-17
N.C. Governor Backs More Oversight of Coal Ash Ponds
7-16
DEP's coal slurry report challenged - DEP's regulation of slurry injection criticized  -  Coal slurry injection back before WVa lawmakers  -  Citizens say WVDEP incompetent on slurry injection  -  Group seeks to ban all coal slurry injections
7-16
U.S. DOE takes step forward on FutureGen coal project 
7-16
DEP rules for drilling called baby steps
7-16
Rahall to take flying leap for coal  -  Friends of Coal
7-16
'Coal Country': Can You Make a Balanced Documentary on the Explosive Topic of America's Most Toxic Fuel? One Filmmaker Found Out  - Coal Country online: Chat today with filmmaker
7-16
Gilbert battles several post-flood challenges
7-16
James Hansen on Climate Tipping Points and Political Leadership
7-16
Arguments set in Massey appeal
7-16
Senator Vows To Fight For Coal
7-16
Obama urged to deal with mine safety appeal backlog
7-16
A coal industry flow chart
7-16
Voinovich holds up EPA nominee over climate study
7-16
Dams at coal ash ponds under scrutiny
7-16
Daryl Hannah Set To Appear In Court Over Coal Mining Protest
7-16
Three possible workshops on WV film
7-16
Oak Ridge Calls for Coal Ash Strategy Proposals
7-16
Ideas showcased to prevent SF Bay flooding from global warming
7-16
Kerry Spars With Palin Over Climate
7-16
US Officials Press China for Climate Efforts
7-16
Sarah Palins new focus
7-16
Legislation would hike AEP bills (coal industry contends)
7-15
Mountaintop removal: Streamlined permits to stop - kinda Center for Biological Diversity Statement
7-15
Coal slurry injection back before lawmakers
7-15
Massey gets injunction against protesters - Court bars demonstrators from Massey mine in WV 
7-15
Thursday: Live chat with "Coal Country" executive producer Mari-Lynn Evans
7-15
Your letters: both sides unhappy with our mining coverage
7-15
100 Coal Plants Stopped
7-15
Environmental issues are on the table at convention
7-15
Why Sarah Palin resigned - Sarah Palin Has An Op-Ed In The Washington Post. And Its Not About What You Think.
7-15
Coal ash spill-related research program soliciting proposals
7-15
Tenn. ash spill site fails to make EPA hazard list  -  Perdue weighs in on coal ash
7-15
At Center Ring in Senate Climate Debate: Coal vs. Natural Gas
7-15
US, China announce "clean" energy research center
7-15
Avoid coal, create jobs, save money
7-15
Dear EarthTalk: As I understand it, clean coal really isnt. Still, the Bush administration gushed strongly for it. What is Obamas take on it?
7-15
Can coal be clean? Dereth Glance says no, it pollutes from cradle to grave
7-15
Five smart new things to read about climate change
7-15
CSX Says Double-Digit Volume Drop To Continue In 3Q
7-14
The need for strong climate action
7-14
Protesters Barred from Massey Property in Boone County
7-14
BBC News: Battle raging in US mining country
7-14
Industry attack hardly lays a glove on WVU coal cost study
7-14
W.Va. and climate: Toward a more honest discussion
7-14
West Virginia redefines dirty energy as "alternative"
7-14
Daryl Hannah to appear in court
7-14
On the coal trail in Ohio and West Virginia
7-14
MOUNTAINTOP MIND BOGGLE
7-14
NYC Campaign to Stop JP Morgan Chase from Funding Mountaintop Removal
7-14
Tennessee Residents Claim Coal-Ash Spill Causes Health Issues
7-14
Telling the Story of Mountaintop Removal
7-14
Mountains of Value
7-14
MNN: Watch: Angry drunken coal miners crash party
7-14
Will Callaway to guide environmental agency
7-14
Global Climate Deal Still Possible: Brazil's Lula 
7-14
EU President Sweden Says U.N. Climate Talks Too Slow
7-14
White roofs to fight global warming
7-13
New Study Lifts the Curtain on Clean Coal
7-13
WV Public Radio: Coal Country film packs the state Culture Center  -  Coal Country Premieres in Charleston, WVa  - Movie Goers React to Coal Country
7-13
Mosquitoes infected with West Nile found in W.Va.
7-13
PATH will not benefit West Virginians
7-13
2 Sago Mine lightning citations thrown out
7-13
As professionals weigh in, debate over cause of fly ash spill continues
7-13
Chinese miners freed after 25 days in flooded mine
7-12
'Coal Country' debuts to large, but calm, crowd  - "Coal Country" Premieres in the Capital City
7-12
The people are willing; the money is there: Gov. Manchin can bring Deckers Creek to life
7-12
Bush, Obama and the Corporate Love Affair
7-12
Allegheny Energy files for 8 percent rate hike
7-12
Judge throws out two Sago Mine lightning citations
7-12
Unregulated industry cannot be trusted
7-11
10 workers hurt at 2 Ky. mines
7-11
Bill calls for studying elimination of MIC at Bayer
7-11
Disillusioned Environmentalists Turn on Obama as Compromiser
7-11
Caring for the future of the mountaintop removal miners 
7-11
W.Va. judicial study commission launches review 
7-11
Massey-Benjamin recusal case back to high court  -  WVa Supreme Court sets Massey appeal for September
7-11
JUST CONSIDER THIS VIEW SEEN BY A MIGRATORY SONGBIRD . . . (scroll down)  -  Removed from Mountaintop Removal
7-11
Demolishing Appalachia
7-11
Coal Country to be shown in Sutton at 2009 WV Filmmakers Festival  -  More on Coal Country premiere - Film on Mining Should Be Shown  - PBS documentary 'Coal Country' premieres Saturday in South Charleston - Coal Documentary To Be Shown At Cultural Center
7-11
Friday roundup, July 10, 2009  -  What Happens When You Don't Own the Land
7-11
Plaintiff seeks damages for the "wrongful death" due to allegedly contaminated drinking water caused by the defendants' mining operation
7-11
Media Mayhem: Coal's silver lining
7-11
Why clean coal is a dirty lie: simple science explained
7-11
Mine safety advocates approve Obama's pick to lead MSHA
7-11
MSHA cites Greenbrier Resort buyer in 2008 mine death
7-11
Plug is pulled on Delta coal plant
7-11
FEMA offers free legal aid to W.Va. flood victims
7-11
OSU snags more than $300,000 for coal research
7-11
WALKING THE WALK: Step It Up, Mr. President. No Time to Fall Behind
7-11
Engineer: TVA ash spill resulted from dike burst  -  Add coal-ash ponds to list of 'worries'
7-11
The Climate Ship Has Sailed
7-11
17 Major Economies Pledge to Set Greenhouse Gas Limit by December
7-10
'Coal Country' premiere finds new home at Cultural Center - Film premiere to be at Culture Center - Coal Country premiere rescheduled for Cultural Center - Coal Country to premier Sat. at State Cultural Center - The sad controversy over Coal Country - Premiere of WVa coal documentary moved - 'Coal Country' to make its West Virginia premiere on Saturday  -  'Coal Country' Premiere Goes On; Venue Now Cultural Center on Saturday - Top Comments 7.9.09 - Coal Country Film finds new WV venue -The Film Big Coal Doesn't Want Anyone to See
7-10
James Hansen: G-8 Failure Reflects U.S. Failure on Climate Change
7-10
Mel Tyree: Research West Virginia on global warming
7-10
Milestone: 100th Coal Plant Stopped - Los Angeles' 'Coal Free' Vow Scuttles Utah Power-Plant Expansion
7-10
DEP to study air quality at school near coke plant
7-10
Massey foreman fined $1,000 for not conducting drills -   Aracoma mine foreman sentencing today
7-10
'Coal' fuels new emotions
7-10
Rise Up! West Virginia: "If not ME, then WHO?"
7-10
Going After Obama on Mountaintop Mining
7-10
Nate Silver: Byrd, Rockefeller problematic on climate bill
7-10
Obama urges poorer nations to fight global warming  -  Obama vows US will lead the way on climate change
7-10
Obama's drive for climate change bill hits delay
7-10
Without Public Input TVA Sending Spilled Coal Ash from Tenn to Alabama  -  DA Calls Coal Ash Dumping Short Sighted - Environmental racism. TVA and dumping coal ash
7-10
Disturbing Scene From Appalachia
7-9
Obama Admin Ends MTR Mining (NOT) With A Name Change
7-9
Coal Country premier looking for new theater - 'Coal Country' movie canceled at original venue  -  Premier of mountaintop removal documentary cancelled  - NOTE: We are working on a location to screen this film. E-mail vivian@ohvec.org for updates.
7-9
UPDATED - Coal Lobby REALLY Doesn't Want You To See This Film
7-9
Coal Country documentary debuts this week despite opposition from Big Coal
7-9
One plus, one big minus 
7-9
More on Blair Mountain: Heres the feds letter
7-9
West Virginia Coal Folk Boycott Tennessee; Few Notice or Care
7-9
Mountaintop Coal Removal = Bad Math!
7-9
Negotiating the decline of West Virginia coal 
7-9
Institute examines competing economic visions for East Ky., in first of series on Appalachian economy
7-9
Court rejects suit seeking stricter black lung rules
7-9
Black lung: Whats Obama going to do for miners?
7-9
Mountaintop coal mining is looting W.Va.
7-9
Tennessee: TVA funds study for coal-ash alternatives
7-9
Reporter Uses Twitter to Connect with, Provide Insight into Sources
7-9
Mine operators miss deadline for emergency shelters
7-9
CSE to change chemical in SCSR training unit  -  MSHA issues alert on SCSR training units
7-9
IPA scraps plan for coal-fired plant in Utah
7-9
Power plant appeals not over
7-9
EPA Attorneys Criticize Obama Nominee Moreno
7-9
Obama Rolls Over for Coal  -  PROMISES, PROMISES: Politics shadow Obama's pledge
7-9
Greenpeace Gets Badass, Drapes Pic Of Obama Over Mt. Rushmore Calling For Climate Action
7-9
G-8 protesters scale smokestacks in Italy
7-9
G-8 Nations Fail to Agree on Climate Change Plan
7-9
Ice Core Secrets Could Reveal Answers to Global Warming
7-9
Coal phase out
7-9
Even given (fossil fuel industry-driven) doubts, it's prudent to reduce carbon emissions
7-9
Judges Not For Sale: Elected Judges Must Step Aside When Bought
7-8
'Coal Country' documentary premieres Saturday
7-8
Citizens divided over Obama OSM pick
7-8
Blair Mountain off national historic register
7-8
Senate Democrats Begin Drawing Road Map to 60 Votes on Climate Bill
7-8
THE WAXMAN / MARKEY BILL HAS BEEN CO-OPTED BY SPECIAL INTERESTS.
7-8
Coal company boycotts Tennessee
7-8
Company wants roads approved for heavy coal trucks
7-8
Mine regulator issuing citations over shelters
7-8
W.Va. mountains are worth saving (scroll down)
7-8
Obama reality check
7-8
Yeah, let's talk about power line concerns
7-8
Coal-friendly Bush Energy Corridor Plan Challenged
 
7-8
List of potentially lethal US coal waste dumps published
7-8
Alabama gets Tennessee coal ash
7-8
Kansas Utility Faces New Permit Hurdles for Proposed Coal Plant
7-8
Georgia appeals court reverses coal plant ruling
7-8
Dave Cooper: West Virginia Coal Thugs Disrupt July 4th Picnic (Video)
7-8
Studies foresee dilemma over forest carbon storage
7-8
Thin Ice the Norm in Warming Arctic
7-8
Greenpeace Occupies Four Italian Coal Power Stations
7-7
Blair Mountain coming off historic register  -  Blair Mountain news: Its coming off the list
7-7
Obama nominates leaders for OSM, MSHA Its official: Nominations for OSMRE and MSHA  - Obama appoints mining officials - Mine safety advocates praise Obama's choice to lead agency - Ex-UMW official tapped to head MSHA
7-7
Obama nominates heads of mining agencies
7-7
Lorelei Scarbro: Some day coal will run out
7-7
Coal Industry Sees Life or Death in Senate Climate Debate   - Without CCS, is coal facing valley of death?
7-7
Taking the Miner Out Of Coal Mining
7-7
Mining supporters crash anti-mountaintop removal festival - Drunken nonsense: Is this what coal debate has become?  -  Mountaintop removal defenders disrupt July 4th music festival in West Virginia
7-7
Mountain Madness WV Miners from Massey Energy Crash July 4 Family Reunion, Threaten "Mountain Keepers" Drunken Coal Thugs and Mountain Madness    
7-7
Judge issues restraining order against protesters
7-7
Federal court says Appalachian coal giant must rehire union miners
7-7
Artist Deb Cinamon Whalen
7-7
Fighting Coal
7-7
Would you like a little coal ash in your water?
7-7
Florida Keys could be lost to rising seas
7-7
Solving the climate dilemma one billion emitters at a time
7-6
A Different Type of Strip Mining Protest
7-6
Protests in the Coalfields
7-6
Put mountaintop removal on the ballot (scroll down)
7-6
Coal Country Film: Inside Modern Coal Mining
7-6
The Right to Protection in Appalachia
7-6
President Obama: Go See the Mountains, Then Save Them
7-6
Obama must end this 'Appalachian apocalypse'
7-6
Oxymoron term clean coal embraced by Obama
7-6
Coal ash dump site in Alabama not welcome  -  Loudon residents fight against ash disposal
7-6
Coal-ash ponds threaten lives
7-6
Power costs cloud outlook for coal plant
7-6
No to coal in Surry
7-5
Mountaintop destruction is discussed in Congress
7-5
Hollywood celebrity explains her West Virginia expedition
7-5
Poor face disaster from global warming
7-5
Worst. Rant. Ever. James Inhofe on Global Warming
7-5
Mingo Co. receives $1m reimbursement
7-4
An open letter to Al Gore on mountaintop removal
7-4
There's another side to nuclear power plant story (scroll down)
7-4
Is a Coal Production Boom Imminent?
7-4
Coal ash contamination imperils July 4 festival goers in Tennessee
7-4
Delay's the danger
7-4
In England, Outrage Over ExxonMobil's Continued Ties to Climate-Change Skeptics
7-3
Feds: DEP does not properly oversee mining flood prevention - More in Coal Tattoo
7-3
Massey loses last appeal over Cannelton mine  -  Mammoth case massive headache for Massey  -  Massey Loses Dispute Over Mining Jobs  -  Federal appeals court: Massey Energy subsidiary must rehire 85 union miners at W.Va. operation
7-3
RFK Jr. in Washington Post: A President Breaks Hearts in Appalachia
7-3
Urgent July 4th Declaration: Bo Webb to Al Gore: Stand With Me at Ground Zero for Climate Change
7-3
Protest brings hundreds to coalfields
7-3
Coal Country: Big Coal Lobby Does Not Want You to See This Powerful New Film
7-3
Burning the Future Coal in America wins another major award
7-3
UN to Study Potential Threats to Canada-US World Heritage Site
7-3
Carbonomics: The Price vs. Quantity Debate
7-3
Meeting held on power plant plan
7-3
PPL makes repairs to Colstrip ash pond  -  US EPA approves Perry County for coal ash dumping
7-2
Shame on media taken in by Massey (scroll down)
7-2
U.S. Gives Up To $408 Million To "Clean Coal" Projects
7-2
Calculating Coals Toll
7-2
Coal is Killing Us and the Mountains are Dying Too
7-2
New Soundtrack/Website Rocks the Coalfield Justice Movement
7-2
Coal Country - new film from Mari-Lynn Evans - July 11th
7-2
Elegy for Appalachia
7-2
Almost Hell West Virginia; Where Is The Obama Administration?
7-2
Four West Virginia Impoundments on EPA 'High Hazard' List - AEP Officials Assure Coal Ash Reservoirs Safe
7-2
Coal Devastating Region says US Senate Hearing on Mountaintop Removal  - Antrim Caskey's photos of the June 25 hearing  -  The Impacts of Mountain Top Removal: A Personal Story by Maria Gunnoe
7-2
Goldman Prize Award Winner Attacked During Rally  -  Activists Shout It from the Mountaintop
7-2
A New Take on Clean Water
7-2
Students from across US attend WV climate conference
7-2
"Friends of Deckers Creek" Ask City Council for Support
7-2
Local Struggles for Environmental Justice in the Midwest
7-2
4 Landfills In Tenn. Approved For Coal Ash Test
7-2
Clean Air Act Trips Up Sunflower's Coal Plant Deal in Kansas 
7-2
With a melting Greenland as a backdrop, Danish minister urges climate action
7-1
Betraying the Planet
7-1
Manchin's energy plan among new July 1 laws
7-1
What Happens After Coal for West Virginia Mountaintop Miners? - Daryl Hannah: Why I Was Arrested in Coal River, West Virginia - Noted Climate Scientist Participates in Protest
7-1
Let's just get rid of 'mountain' nicknames  -  Surface mining foes say W.Va. no longer "Mountain State"
7-1
Activists Drape 25-Foot Banner On EPA Building, Call on EPA to Stop Mountaintop Removal Mining  - Boston Rising Tide Activists Drape Banner On EPA Building, Call on EPA to Stop Mountaintop Removal
7-1
The White House about-face on MTR  -  DK GreenRoots: Obama Says Mountain Crimes Can Be Regulated  - Obama Administration Gives Thumbs Up To Mountaintop Removal Mining
7-1
Declaring Our Independence in order to survive.
7-1
Kucinich Says Climate Bill Might Make Things Worse - Small sacrifice for our future  - Boucher: Climate bill is good for coal - With Something for Everyone, Climate Bill Passed  - Friends of Coal urge Senate defeat of climate bill
7-1
'Green Jobs' Pitch Swayed Just Enough Coal-State Lawmakers to Vote for Climate Bill
7-1
Upshur County makes no decision on PATH
7-1
How 'hazardous' is coal ash waste? Two Ohio Valley Slurry Ponds Are On EPA's "High Hazard Potential" List - More on coal ash dams: Another one in W.Va.  - EPA Lists 'High Hazard' Coal Ash Dumps - 10 Duke ash basins on hazard list  - FirstEnergy's sludge-filled lake is on EPA list
7-1
DEP holds public meetings to discuss creek rehab (yet DEP allows the coal mining industry to forever bury and poison streams)
7-1
What we dont know could hurt us worse
7-1
Panel set to rule on Quecreek Mine fines
7-1
Coal execs tweeting away on climate change
7-1
California's fossil fuel use slated to grow
7-1
Permafrost Melting a Growing Climate Threat
7-1
Super-size deposits of frozen carbon threat to climate change
7-1
The State of the Climateand of Climate Science
7-1
We Can Solve the Climate Crisis
7-1
Study: New Orleans-area coast threatened by climate change
7-1
Life on earth
7-1
Carbon capture: future or bust?
7-1
Supreme Court Watch: Caperton v. A.T. Massey Coal Co., Inc.

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