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10-31	Sunday, Nov. 1: Last Day for "Coal Country" Party Host Sign-Up!
10-31	Mining protestors sit 4 hours in EPA headquarters - Mountaintop removal mining protests going national - Mountaintop Removal Mining Protests Go National - Activists demand an end to mountain top removal - The Coalfield Uprising is spreading across the nation - The True Impact of Coal Mining - Breaking: EPA Sit-In to Spark Urgent Action on MTR - End Mountaintop Removal: Sit-ins, Zombies, Protests, Banner Drops Oh My!
10-31	Capturing coal's carbon to cut greenhouse gas - Mountaineer Plant CCS: The future of coal? - AEP's carbon sequestration project unveiled amid fanfare - The First
10-31	W.Va. Sen. urges changes in black-lung program - Jay, GAO call for reforms in black lung benefits program - Lawmaker sees black lung sufferers need way of beating benefits barriers
10-31	Montana Governor To Visit West Virginia
10-31	Consol unit cited for not training worker who drowned - MSHA issues two new reports on miner deaths
10-31	EPA and coal ash: Half a loaf of toxic dump regulations?
10-31	FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH: A Call for Strategic Action
10-31	Panel discusses mountaintop removal
10-31	Mike Roselle Draws a Line
10-31	Activists gather for Coal Country showing
10-31	Miners settle age discrimination case against Massey - Massey settles age discrimination suit for $8.75M
10-31	Senate climate bill hearings: What about coal? - Senate shocker: Coal operator believes in global warming
10-31	The most frightening story this Halloween is ... pumpkintop removal
10-31	EPA Works Quickly to Regulate Mercury, Other Toxic Emissions
10-31	House scrutinizes fake lobbyist letters
10-30	Friday roundup, Oct. 30, 2009
10-30	Marketplace: Is there energy to slow climate change?
10-30	EPA wants structural-integrity tests of AEP's coal-ash dams in Mason - EPA Alerts W.Va. and Ohio Officials of Potential Concerns about AEP Coal Ash Impoundment -
10-30	Battle over coal moves into Raleigh classrooms
10-30	Mountaintop removal mining protests going national
10-30	CTL plant closer to reality
10-30	AEP on PATH: No Need To Start Over
10-30	AEP chief: Carbon capture 'game-changing' - AEP carbon sequestration plant to be unveiled - AEP Tests Coals Future at Alstom-Equipped West Virginia Plant - Carbon project started at AEP plant
10-30	Big polluters to reap benefit of climate deal
10-30	One coal official favors cap-and-trade - Pro-Coal Lobby Boss Claims Never To Have Opposed Climate Change Bill (VIDEO) - The Climate Battle Is Ours To Lose, As Corporate Execs Fragment Over Cap & Trade Legislation
10-30	Lobbyist Apologizes to House Climate Panel for Forged-Letter 'Scheme'
10-30	Military experts say failure to address climate change brings national security risks
10-30	Kentucky pays steep environmental price
10-30	No Deal: Chamber Chief Battles Obama
10-30	US Slow in Climate Change Adaptation
10-30	Massey settles age discrimination suit
10-30	ICG blames Allegheny for W.Va. mine closure
10-30	Three New Albums for Bluegrass Music Fans
10-30	Coal drying plant opponents sue over zoning
10-30	Killer foam: Was it a freak event or a warning?
10-29	Marketplace: Climate Race - How global warming is already affecting us and the tough choices we have to make.
10-29	Mingo liquid coal plant: What about the carbon dioxide?
10-29	Massey protester sentenced to jail time - Environmentalist gets 20 days for Massey protest
10-29	PSC staff seek to stop PATH power line - WVPSC staff want PATH case stopped - W.Va. PSC staff seeks halt 3-state power line
10-29	Release complete slurry-spill report
10-29	Climate bill adds more sweeteners for coal industry - Economics of climate change in forefront
10-29	Manchin touts coal to business leaders
10-29	Coal in the Classroom wraps up with field trip, critiques
10-29	News flash: Mountaintop removal happens in Virginia
10-29	Kentucky Straight: Students Call Out Trustees Big Coal Pander in Growing UKY Wildcat Scandal
10-29	Massey Energy reports $16.5 million income - Massey earnings down dramatically
10-29	Coal producer Massey: mine permitting hurts growth
10-29	Massey wins auction for 15M tons of reserves
10-29	Inside the Beehive Design Collective
10-29	Shaped by Water
10-29	U.K. study casts cloud over carbon capture
10-29	Would You Turn Vegetarian to Slow Global Warming?
10-28	Runaway hoist car kills miner in Kanawha - Mining death reported in West Virginia
10-28	W.Va. intends to issue permit for Mingo coal-to-gas plant - CTL permitting takes step forward
10-28	PATH: Is it needed? Would it increase reliability?
10-28	Coal ash threatens water, fish, EPA warns - EPA releases big new report on toxic coal ash
10-28	Google Earth profiles 'heroes'
10-28	USA Today on MTR: Time to protect forests, streams
10-28	Peak priority: Mountaintop mines need individual review
10-28	Tennessee Editorial Roundup
10-28	Climate change facts proved beyond doubt (scroll down)
10-28	The future means clean power, not coal - War declaration on Appalachia
10-28	Massey wins 3 MSHA safety award
10-28	Fossil Fools, The Environmental Dangers of Coal Mining
10-28	Massey Q3 profit down, cuts '09 coal shipment view - Patriot Coal Posts 3Q Profit, Although Still Off 26%
10-28	Coal companies spend big to influence climate change bill
10-27	WVDEP confirms: Blasting starts on Coal River Mountain - Massey begins blasting on Coal River Mountain
10-27	Bo Webb--Urgent Action Need: We Face a National Security Threat on Coal River Mountain
10-27	Blasting begins on W.Va. mountaintop where enviros want a wind farm - Trust them on Coal River Mountain? - Removing Coal River Mountain
10-27	Mine closure would devastate Logan County, official says
10-27	USA Today editorial: Mountaintop mining leaves giant scars in Appalachia
10-27	Coal and climate change: Its all about the science - The great race: Coal vs. the Climate
10-27	U.S. Chamber President: I don't know if climate change is real
10-27	Global cooling? Not so much, says new AP story
10-27	13 W.Va. firms head to China for mining trade show
10-27	U.S. seen needing more health preparedness for climate change
10-27	The View from the Climate Crossroads
10-27	UN leader hopes US will act soon on global warming
10-27	Gloria Reuben: It's Time For Mountaintop Removal To Stop
10-26	Jeff Biggers: EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS: Battle at Coal River Mountain Explodes; Green Jobs v. Big Coal Showdown
10-26	Hundreds gather for conference
10-26	Demonstrators Protest Mountain Top Mining - Students Rally for Change
10-26	350.orgs Huge Success In Its Global Action On Climate Change
10-26	Appalachian conference studies energy help - Conference plans focus on use of alternative energy
10-26	Discussion on mining, highway fills depends on numbers
10-26	GOP luring coalfield workers; There are still two Democrats in W.Va. for every one Republican
10-25	The great race: Coal vs. Climate
10-25	International day of demonstrations on climate change
10-25	Breaking: Mountaintop Removal Begins on Coal River Mountain -- Help Needed Now - Emergency: Save Coal River Mountain
10-25	Obama at M.I.T.: 'Pessimism' Holding Country Back From Addressing Climate Change
10-25	W. Virginia Community Rallies to Safeguard Schoolchildren from Coal-Processing Health
10-25	A new demand for uranium power brings concerns for Navajo groups
10-25	Coal Country Music Bloomington Herald Times article
10-25	SPEAK hosts Sustainability Week
10-24	Appalachia PowerShift Summit schedule
10-24	Climate change: Take a stand
10-24	Politics at play as Obama talks energy at MIT - Obama: Climate naysayers are being marginalized - Green Diary Rescue & Open Thread: Obama at MIT
10-24	Declining majority in US believe climate change is real - Rush Limbaugh says suicide is a good way to fight climate change
10-24	Interview with Ken Hechler
10-24	MSHA's new chief
10-24	Senate Democrats set climate bill industry permits - EPA estimates Senate climate bill costs modest - Kerry-Boxer clean energy bill: Chairmans mark and EPA analysis released
10-24	EPA commits to set air pollution rules by 2011 - Breaking news: EPA to regulate coal plant air toxics - EPA to limit mercury emissions from power plants
10-24	Massey relents on sanctions over shareholder suit
10-23	The Must-See New Film Coal Country
10-23	Mountaintop mining devastates land
10-23	Coal industry plans to go on offensive (geez, the industry isn't offensive already)
10-23	An Extraction State of Mind
10-23	Tough break for Masseys Don Blankenship
10-23	Protesters arrested after locking themselves to coal truck - Another day, another anti-mountaintop removal protest - W.Va. mining activists lock selves to coal truck - Coal truck protesters hail from all over the place
10-23	Sen. Byrd upgraded to on the fence on climate bill
10-23	Reactions to Joe Main confirmation at MSHA
10-23	Group asks Univ. to refuse donations
10-23	TVA building overlook to observe coal-ash cleanup
10-23	EPA, USDA still promoting coal ash for crops
10-23	Beyond the river; EPA seeks advice on disposing of coal ash
10-23	GOP Senators Object to Including Global Warming in NEPA Regs
10-23	Robert C. Byrd, Dirty Money & That Old Company Store
10-22	OSM report says DEP needs to beef up spill enforcement - WVDEP report card: Spills, staffing and off-site impacts
10-22	Scale is Critical in Mining, Highway Fills Discussion, Agencies Say
10-22	Spruce Mine update: Chambers grants stay of lawsuit
10-22	WVDEP stalling on selenium yet again
10-22	MSHA update: Senate confirms Joe Main
10-22	Boone County Woman Appears on 'The Dr. Oz Show'
10-22	Analysis: 'Balance' on coal may be elusive
10-22	EPA Move Strikes Angry Note Among Coal-Friendly Dems
10-22	Miner reportedly sustains leg injury
10-22	Marshall to host Power Shift 09
10-22	Donny Boy: Climate Denier Defends the U.S. Chamber of Commerce - Donny's Lil Rant - Climate Cover-Up: Blockbuster New Book Exposes Anatomy of Denial
10-22	State democrats find themselves in tough position over cap-and-trade, mountaintop mining - Gov. Extraction State wants meeting with President Obama - Rahall Says He Continues to Support Coal Industry
10-22	Festival to feature arts and music
10-22	Youth receive Brower Awards for environmental work
10-22	World Climate-change Forum May Touch On W.Va. Mine
10-22	Hard Coal Facts
10-22	Mountain Top Removal Makes Appalachia a Horror
10-22	Why A Coal Guy is Going Green
10-22	TVA buying at-risk properties near ash ponds
10-22	Dirtiest fuel needs more scrubbing - The Problem with Scrubbers
10-22	Report says Birmingham has most soot-filled air in the South
10-22	Battle over coal points to future of our region
10-22	Geoengineering the Planet: The Possibilities and the Pitfalls
10-22	Groundbreaking Report Details Climate Change Hotspots in US Southeast
10-22	Climate change: Global issue spurs global protest
10-22	Lawsuit: Global warming made Katrina more destructive - Katrina victims get OK to sue polluters over global warming
10-22	UN: For 7th year, warming emissions grew again
10-22	Yes Men Strike Again!
10-22	Super freaking wrong
10-21	Report says Appalachia "toxic" to live in
10-21	Ten years after: Haden ruling issues still unresolved
10-21	World climate-change forum may touch on W.Va. mine
10-21	Watch Coal Country on Planet Green, November 14
10-21	World's leading energy scientists call for reduced use of fossil fuels - Life cycle analyses and ecological economics are essential prerequisites for future policy thinking
10-21	Fossil fuels are killing us as if we didnt know that already - Aging Coal Plants Carry High Hidden Costs, Particularly to Health
10-21	Manchin seeks Obama's ear on coal, cap-and-trade
10-21	25 Years of Exemplary Activism Award Presented to Larry Gibson
10-21	Coal Mining Protesters Arrested in W. Virginia Governor's Office -YouTube - Citizens Arrested in Governor Joe Manchin's Office
10-21	Investors must know--Coal to Liquid is Nuts: Baard Execs Want More Time for Financing Project
10-21	Climate-change rallies planned in 2 W.Va. cities (Correction: The 10-24 event is an informational meeting: In Charleston, WV from 6 - 7 p.m. at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 520 Kanawha Blvd W., the UU and 1Sky West Virginia will hold a informational meeting. The event will include films about climate change and a call-in to Senators so that they will vote for strong climate legislation this fall. During this time there will also be a potluck, so bring your favorite covered dish and your desire to change the world.)
10-21	Mountaintop removal's environmental double whammy
10-21	Know Your Energy: The 5 States That Supply 73% of US Coal
10-21	CONSOL exec on climate change, carbon capture
10-21	Outside Agitator
10-21	Hearing Set for Boxer-Kerry Climate Change Legislation
10-21	Hopes Fade for Comprehensive Climate Treaty
10-21	Copenhagen Summit: Children get a say on climate change
10-21	The eco activists who are camping against climate change
10-21	Freakonomics Guys Flunk Science of Climate Change
10-21	Hoax Pulled on U.S. Chamber Over Its Position on Climate Change
10-21	Monckton's circus of climate change denial arrives in cloud cuckoo land
10-20	National Academy blockbuster: Coals huge hidden costs - Report Examines Hidden Health and Environmental Costs Of Energy Production and Consumption In U.S. - Read the book online, free - Report: Pollution from burning coal costs $62 billion a year
10-20	Fossil Fuels Hidden Cost Is in Billions, Study Says
10-20	Manchin Says EPA Is 'Way Out Of Orbit'
10-20	Mining protesters arrested outside governor's office - Manchin to protesters: Balance tough in extractive state - Video from the visit to the Governor's office - 7 Mining Activists Arrested At W.Va. Gov's Office - Coalfield Uprising Arrests at Gov's Office: Will Manchin Defend Coalfield Residents or Absentee Big Coal? - W.Va. governor meets with mining protesters - Protest Group Takes Letter To Manchin - Coal protesters headed for Gov. Manchins office
10-20	DEP Secretary Randy Huffman on EPA: 'They Still Haven't Given Any Answers'
10-20	Top Official: 'The EPA Is Back On The Job'
10-20	Historic EPA Game Changer: Will Jackson Veto or Regulate the Plunder of Appalachia? - Focusing on the Fills - Arch Coal, Manchin statements on Spruce Mine - Shock and Awe: EPA Halts Largest Mountaintop Coal Mine
10-20	Strip mining most violent act of all
10-20	Manchin Seeks 'Balance' From EPA: Governor Says State Will Be Part of Solution, but Says Coal Still Best Energy Choice
10-20	Reclaiming and developing the mountains
10-20	How Safe Is Your Drinking Water?
10-20	Quantifying the selenium in your bottle of water
10-20	Tensions In Coal Country
10-20	Big news from Va. about PATH power line - W.Va. lung association against power line proposal
10-20	MSHA cites flagrant violation in Pa. mine death
10-20	NY Times article shows coal split on climate change
10-20	Search for remaining Dunkard fish finds only one at Mason-Dixon Park
10-20	Rocky River Nature Center will host film on impact of coal mining
10-20	Clashes and Arrests at Coal Plant Protest in England
10-19	EPA Set to Halt Largest Mountaintop Removal Mine - EPA Warning Could Mark Beginning of the End for Mountaintop Removal
10-19	Mountaintop Mining Applications Held Up
10-19	Killing Our Water: The Hidden Cost of Dirty Energy
10-19	Daily Mail Pitches a Fit
10-19	Scant development on mined lands
10-19	A take on the Ohio NW21 hearing: Don't mess with coal!
10-19	Ending our deadly coal addiction
10-19	Global warming blamed for aspen die-off across the West
10-19	U.S. hunters, anglers lobby for climate bill
10-19	Energy Firms Deeply Split on Bill to Battle Climate Change - Energy companies find little consensus on climate legislation
10-19	Congress Gets in the Act on Coal Ash
10-19	In Fighting Coal Plant, a Dilemma
10-19	Global warming suit gets go-ahead
10-19	Thirsty for Climate Justice?
10-19	'Climate refugees' in Bangladesh capital
10-19	UK Coal Plant Protest
10-19	Einmal Tage, ich liebe meinen Gehirn wirklich.
10-18	A carbon tax, not a cap and trade
10-18	RECLAIMED SURFACE MINES OFFER LEVEL LAND, BUT VERY LITTLE OF IT IS USED FOR DEVELOPMENT
10-18	Companion CD to the 'Coal Country' Documentary Featuring Stellar Cast of Artists United in Support of Urgent Cause
10-18	Lawmakers unaware of forged letters before key vote
10-18	ACCCE: the American Chamber of Connected Coal Executives
10-18	After rough year, coal exports look to rebound (mountaintop removal: liquidating and exporting our birthright--land, soil, forests clean water -- annihilating our culture and our future)
10-18	Supporters Say Summit Won't Reach Climate Deal
10-18	Environmentalist fined over mine protest
10-18	Public Hearing On Mountaintop Mining Waste Draws Large Crowd - Coal mining backers line up to oppose federal proposal - Mountaintop removal supporters shout down enviros at public hearing - Mountaintop Removal Hearings Get Tense - Audio of Maria Gunnoe's attempt to Make Comment at the So-Called Public Hearing - Audio of Vivian Stockman's attempt to Make Comment at the So-Called Public Hearing - Thousands attend hearing on proposed mine rule change
10-18	What Remains After the Continued Leveling of Appalachia
10-18	Yes Men Film Audience Attacks Chase Bank
10-18	Toxic algae changes game for W.Va. water quality
10-18	Moving mountains for energy
10-18	Exposing Washington's Dirty Secret: COAL - Activists push for cleaner Northwest energy
10-18	Climate protest enters second day
10-18	Creative Youths to Receive Environmental Award
10-18	What are these black particles?
10-17	Huge MTR news: EPA moves to veto Spruce Mine permit - EPA Takes First Step Toward Rare Veto of Mountaintop Mining Permit
10-17	EPA moves to block largest strip mine in W.Va. history - EPA plans to veto Spruce Mine permit - EPA plans to veto surface mine permit - EPA Halts Largest Mountaintop Mining Project in Appalachia - Arch Coal: 'We Are Shocked'
10-17	Rockefeller Condemns EPA - Rahall uses Clean Water Act hearing to defend MTR - Coal supporters seek answers - Devastating to our way of life - Green: EPA mining permit delays could kill industry - TO: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Col. Robert D. Peterson From Sen. H. Truman Chafin - Shelley Moore Capito: The EPA is short on clarity and fairness
10-17	Drilling verdict threatens other state parks, petitioners say
10-17	Fish kill prompts Pa. to seek brine well shutdown
10-17	E. Ky. coal co. lays off 85 at 3 sites
10-17	MTR Protester Says He's No Terrorist
10-17	Man in court over W.Va. mine protest
10-17	New twist in 'astroturf' coal campaign
10-17	What will you do for International Day of Climate Action on Oct. 24?
10-17	College anti-coal movement heats up
10-17	How Coal and Oil companies are trying to cheat the climate through forest offsets
10-17	Saudi Arabia Learns Hubris from Big Coal
10-16	New York Times: E.P.A. Vows Better Effort on Water
10-16	OSMRE update: Senate has hold on Pizarchik
10-16	EPA plans to veto WVa mine permit - EPA Signals Possible Revocation of Spruce No. 1 Mine Permit - EPA: Notification of Veto; DEP Sec. Randy Huffman Explains DEP Decision - DEP Meeting on Mountaintop Removal - Decisions expected on mining permits
10-16	Sylvester residents say enough is enough
10-16	EPAs Jackson: Coal can be mined safely and cleanly - Rahall, Capito question EPA Administrator on mountaintop removal - EPA assures Rahall its not out to destroy coal - EPA not trying to shut down mining, Jackson says - No Desire To End Coal Mining
10-16	Judge denies coal companies motions to dismiss Prenter water case
10-16	EPA makes deal to protect UMW jobs at Hobet
10-16	Local Lawmakers Speak to EPA About Backlog of Mining Permits - Green speaks out over EPA delay
10-16	PA DEP: Mine discharges contributed in Dunkard fish kill - Conditions ripe for algae bloom in 20 other WV streams - Dunkard Creek fish kill: A wake-up call for WVDEP?
10-16	Must-read MTR commentary from W.Va. Blue
10-16	New U.S. ambassador urges energy, environmental balance in oilsands projects
10-16	Arctic ice cap to disappear in 20-30 years: study
10-16	Northeast Alabama family not interested in selling farmland near TVA ash pond
10-15	Bring seeds to the coalfields: Vote for this clean energy project - Vote Now and Ensure $5,000 for Sustainable Energy and Economic Opportunities for Coal Country
10-15	Corps defends its handling of mine hearing - Audio of part of the hearing - Police had to step to protect citizens deemed "tree huggers" by the pre-dominantly pro-coal crowd
10-15	Mountaintop removal supporters shout down enviros at public hearing - Thousands turn out for hearing on mining permit - Mountaintop Mining Hearing Turns Cacophonous - Gag alert and hmmmm: Inhofe Praises Corps for Holding Public Hearings on Surface Mining - Pike expo center holds 5,000
10-15	Convention center hearing focuses on method used to dump mine waste
10-15	Green launches pro-coal petition - Capito seeks clarity on mine permitting - Butcher, Eldridge attend conservative coal rally - Hoppy's Commentary for Thursday - Not Pretty Right Now
10-15	W.Va. DEP to Meet with Federal EPA About Mountaintop (Removal Coal) Mining
10-15	A New Day for the EPA?
10-15	Revenue from coal, gambling likely to decline, lawmakers told
10-15	Industry spoils cemeteries, clergy and others assert
10-15	Mountaintop Mining, Up Close and Personal
10-15	Stop strip mining before it's too late - Massey CEO's facts are challenged
10-15	Residents turn out for PATH hearing
10-15	Mountaintop Removal supporters & opponents still have time to voice their concerns
10-15	THE INFLUENCE GAME: Forged letters went unreported
10-15	Burning the Future: Coal in America
10-15	Colleges Are Battlegrounds for Coal Fight
10-15	A Show You Should See : #1
10-15	"Toxic Soup"
10-15	New Report: End mountaintop removal to benefit the economy
10-14	Corps: MTR hearing conducted in an orderly fashion
10-14	Bring seeds to the coalfields: Vote for this clean energy project
10-14	Rahall to coal miners: I get it. I get it. I get it.
10-14	Pa. thinks CONSOL to blame for fish kill
10-14	PATH: Power line hearings continue amid setbacks
10-14	Leveling Appalachia: The Legacy of Mountaintop Removal Mining - New video report: Leveling of Appalachia
10-14	When the Shoutin' is Over: Will DOJ Investigate Big Coal Bedlam? Coalfield Heroes March On
10-14	Coal Tattoo welcomes opposing views
10-14	Video from outside the hearing - Mining protesters shouted down - Coal supporters put on shouting lesson at MTR hearing - Mining Permit Changes Cause Controversy, Concern - Corps gets earful from coal supporters on mine permitting - WV Public Radio: U.S. Army Corps meeting turns into pro-coal rally - Raucous pro-coal crowds pack mining hearings - Public hearings in Tenn. to change surface mining permits - Mining Permit Changes Cause Controversy, Concern - Let Us (Do Whatever the Hell We Want) - Hearings Spill Out to the Streets - Rahall Continues Fight to Protect Coal Jobs - 450 share views on mining method - Mountaintop mining debated at hearing
10-14	Walker compares mine protesters to suicide bombers
10-14	Coal industry needs to change its mindset - Mountaintop removal is not really mining
10-14	Board to seek funds for Marsh Fork; Massey help discussed - Meeting Held To Discuss School Improvements - CEO suggests Massey may help with W.Va. school
10-14	Mining limits won't kill economy, Sierra Club study says - MTR economics: Limits wont be the end of the world - Sierra Club defends limits on mining
10-14	Wendell Berry warns of the ethics of mountaintop removal coal mining as Appalachian hearings begin
10-14	Time: Environmental Activist Mike Roselle
10-14	Carbon Capture and Storage Still a Pipe Dream? - Carbon capture coal tech must be ready by 2019: U.S. - World Needs Big Drive For Carbon Capture: IEA
10-14	US Coal Plants Dump Thousands of Gallons of Waste Into Drinking Water Supplies a Day
10-14	Caylor leaving coal group's top post
10-14	Riverkeeper: Coal ash ponds pollute drinking water - Alabama county takes on tons of toxic sludge
10-14	Burning the Future: Coal in America - Solar San Antonio at the movies
10-14	Three faces of hope for climate change
10-14	Rising U.S. Population makes 2050 Climate Cut Harder
10-14	Voluntary CO2 Market Not Netting Emissions Cuts
10-14	Obama EPA releases Bush-era global warming finding
10-14	NM project would link nation's 3 electric grids
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10-13	Public hearings on mountaintop removal mining set for this week across Appalachia's coalfields - People get chance to speak out on mining permits at meetings - Crowds expected for hearing on mountaintop removal - Hearings in 6 states on mountaintop mining changes
10-13	Senior mountaintop-removal protesters complete 25-mile march - 25-mile seniors march against MTR ends - Senior citizens five-day anti-MTR march ends quietly - Senior Citizens Walk 25 Miles to Protest Mountaintop Removal - Seniors Say 'No' to Surface Mining - Senior March to End MTR to Culminate at Mammoth Coal Co. 4:00 p.m. - Business Owner: Coal Protests Nothing But a Big Game - Coal Mining Protesters Near End Of March In W.Va. - Seniors Stepping
10-13	Tests question air quality at Marsh Fork school
10-13	Is Marsh Fork Elementary School safe? (Part I) - Is Marsh Fork Elementary School safe? (Part II)
10-13	Raleigh Co. BOE President Talks With Massey - Massey Discusses Marsh Fork
10-13	End Mountaintop Removal Day of Action: October 30, 2009
10-13	Passionate debate continues over controversial mining practice
10-13	Cleansing the Air at the Expense of Waterways
10-13	Joe Main and MSHA: What I would have asked him
10-13	Does U.S. EPA think toxic coal ash is good for you?
10-13	Residents Frown at Company's Pushes for Mountain-top Landfill
10-13	Award-Winning Broadcaster Bob Edwards Marks Five Years On Sirius XM Radio
10-12	Board, Massey to meet over school issue - County board must choose in Marsh Fork debate
10-12	Critics of new highway refute OES directors stance on flood
10-12	MTR battle comes to Pikeville
10-12	Ken Hechler honored at Ky. ceremony marking 40th anniversary of black lung legislation
10-12	"Mountain Strip" Exhibition
10-12	Environmental coalition rates legislators on bills
10-12	The Coal Ash Debate - Toxins in coal ash
10-12	Mine subsidence cause: Panel to help pick new school site
10-12	Food, famine & climate change: India's scorched earth
10-12	Researcher says carbon dioxide levels have tripled
10-12	World Bank warns of water shortage
10-12	Exit Through Lobby - Enviros Waging 'Orchestrated Pressure Campaign' on Climate Bill -- U.S. Chamber CEO
10-12	Australia: Activists chained to coal mine conveyor belt
10-12	Giant, Mucus-Like Sea Blobs on the Rise, Pose Danger
10-11	The real faces of coal
10-11	Senior March Day 3: Two Arrested for banner on Walker CAT; Police Intervene with March; Rising Tension - Protesters Arrested on Trespassing Charges at Walker Machinery
10-11	Sr. Citizens March Brings Families Together to Fight Mountaintop Removal - Second Day of Senior Citizens March to End MTR is a Success; Larry Gibson Speaks
10-11	Ohio EPA finalizes AMP permit; AMP celebrates, opponents protest
10-11	Funding PATH Opposition
10-11	EPA: Dunkard Creek algae first documented case in Mid-Atlantic states
10-11	A rare thing: Grouse season outlook upbeat
10-11	Tenn. ash cleanup extends river closure - TVA: September Kingston incident posed little health risk
10-11	Yes We Can (Pass Climate Change Legislation)
10-11	Campuses across the nation examine coal energy usage
10-11	Bipartisan Coalition Calls For US to Lead Fight on Climate Change
10-11	Inside the Chamber of Carbon
10-11	'Scary' climate message from past
10-11	SOS: Is Climate Change Suffocating Our Seas?
10-11	Climate change causing havoc to coffee and tea farmers, says Cafdirect
10-11	Environmental group prepares to get up and running
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10-10	Seniors continue mountaintop removal mining march - Seniors march 25 miles to fight mountaintop mining
10-10	Slurry spill cause worn equipment
10-10	Public supports Byrds rebuke of Massey over Raleigh County school - Massey finds Sen. Byrd's fiery rebuke 'upsetting': Marsh Fork Elementary School - Byrd rips Massey Energy for refusing to fund a new school so students can move away from coal processing plant
10-10	Appalachian coalfields home to most unsafe U.S. mine operations
10-10	Enviro groups OK'd to join Chief Logan drilling suit
10-10	Corps plans hearings on mountaintop mining changes
10-10	Coal at the West Virginia Book Festival
10-10	Mining Companies Hit Wall on Mountaintop Blasting
10-10	Toxic coal ash piling up in ponds in 32 states, analysis shows
10-10	Have a little arsenic with your water
10-10	Hopi people are environmentalists
10-10	Residents Say Coal Co. Ruined Their Towns
10-10	Tropics face fish famine due to climate change, report warns
10-10	44 cars of coal train derail south of downtown Cleburne
10-10	Brattleboro-area groups to screen film on religious-environmental movement
10-10	A man, a plane, a very big picture
10-10	Four Degrees of Devastation
10-10	Back to Traditional Farming to Beat Climate Change
10-10	India's strategy to fight global warming
10-10	Coal Will Not Go Quietly
10-9	Friday roundup, Oct. 9., 2009
10-9	Rahall, Jay join call for Massey to fund new school - Massey calls Byrd criticism a surprise - Manchin on Marsh Fork Elementary - Jay to Massey: Help pay to move Marsh Fork school - Massey responds to Sen. Byrds Marsh Fork statement - Rahall: Massey should help fund new Marsh Fork school - Massey CEO Responds To Byrd Statement
10-9	Seniors walk 25 miles to fight mountaintop mining - Seniors kick off march against mountaintop removal
10-9	DEP Secretary Describes Dealings With EPA As 'Frustrating'
10-9	Should Benjamin step down from Maynard e-mail case?
10-9	Controversial Mining Office Nominee Cleared for Senate Vote
10-9	Despite citizen concerns, Senate panel approves Pizarchik
10-9	Allegheny Energy proposes rate increase
10-9	Questions Remain in Dunkard Creek Fish Kill
10-9	Local coal on the move
10-9	"Green" journalism that shines
10-9	Green activists claim victory over coal power
10-9	Delegates: Coal permits are essential for southern WV
10-9	Countdown to Copenhagen
10-8	Byrd blasts Massey arrogance at Marsh Fork - Byrd tells Massey to help build school - Byrd blasts Massey 'arrogance' over Marsh Fork school - Senator Byrd Issues Angry Statement about Massey Coal
10-8	Corps plans hearings on mountaintop mining changes
10-8	Obama and MTR: EPA-Corps showdown coming? - EPA and Corps at odds over mountaintop removal permit - Drastic Change Proposed to Mining Permit Process
10-8	Seniors walk 25 miles to fight mountaintop mining
10-8	W.Va. DEP Secretary Responds to Calls for His Resignation
10-8	Consol cleans Naugatuck slurry spill
10-8	Irreparable Damage: Senate Must Block OSM Nominee Pizarchik
10-8	Feds issue safety, health warnings to 10 US mines - MSHA warns more repeat violators
10-8	W.Va. high court hears case about judge's e-mails
10-8	Image Grok: Mountaintop Removal = Field of Dreams?
10-8	Coal documentary takes top prize
10-8	Ky lawmakers discuss Kentucky's energy future
10-8	Environmental Law and Policy Clinic files Supreme Court amicus brief in mining permit case
10-8	Senate panel advances Joe Mains MSHA nomination
10-8	Groups want DNR added to Chief Logan drilling suit - Wheeling City Council delays vote on park drilling
10-8	Pro-coal rally: Good crowd for more of the same - 200 gather for pro-coal rally - Capito's letter to Jackson - Standing Up for Coal - AEP President Supports Cap and Trade - UMWA President Faces Hard Future for Coal
10-8	Coal mining supporters rally to keep their jobs
10-8	Contaminated groundwater found near NC ash ponds - Ash ponds linked to bad water - N.C. Coal Ash Ponds Contaminating Groundwater, Analysis Shows - Contaminated groundwater found near NC ash ponds
10-8	Fight Climate Change By Ending War
10-8	Cabinet in drowning Maldives to meet underwater
10-8	Green Diary Rescue & Open Thread: 350
10-8	Appalachian Journey: A Supporters Perspective, by Sue Thompson
10-8	Mining Companies Hit Wall on Mountaintop Blasting
10-8	How safe is the Suwannee? Study shows mercury to be a persistent - and unpredictable - problem in local river system
10-8	Mercury poison in country food could lead to more strokes, heart attacks
10-8	Your letters: Dunkard Creek, mountaintop removal, Rowdy Orbit
10-7	Take Action Today--Tomorrow is Too Late: Please do not confirm Joseph Pizarchik to OSM
10-7	Is Coal Slurry Contaminating Well Water?
10-7	Manchin: EPA overstepped bounds - 'Don't Continue to Create Problems'
10-7	E.U. Plan to Curb Carbon Dioxide Would Favor Solar Power
10-7	'Clean Coal' Funds
10-7	Locals Try Sinking Plan to Store CO2 Underground
10-7	W.Va. high court to hear case on judge's e-mails
10-7	What caused big fracking fluid spill in Doddridge County?
10-7	Interview with Laura Steepleton of Climate Ground Zero
10-7	Event: Renowned environmental justice and mountaintop removal activist Judy Bonds to speak
10-7	The Real FACES of Environmental Extremism
10-7	The Eighth Circle of Hell
10-7	Activists sue Texas to restrict greenhouse gases
10-7	EPA Partnership with Coal Industry Sidesteps Public and Worker Toxic Exposure Concerns
10-7	Roane Co. residents respond to 60 Minutes story
10-7	Chesapeake residents plan to sue golf club over exposure to dangerous chemicals
10-7	350: Earths Lucky Number Takes Center Stage In Global Call To Action
10-7	Climate Change Threatens U.S. National Parks
10-7	Solar San Antonio presents: "Burning the future: Coal in America" October 15, 2009 at Alamo Draft House
10-7	Apple becomes first tech co. to ditch U.S. Chamber of Commerce over emissions
10-7	Reducing greenhouse gases now may lower climate change risk
10-7	New report urges quick, aggressive action to stem carbon emissions
10-7	Vanishing Arctic Ice Shows No Sign Of Returning
10-7	Bob Mount: Save vegetation on our mountain tops
10-6	Groups Charge that Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining Disproportionately Impacts Low-Income Americans - The Environmental Justice of Mountaintop Removal
10-6	Cindy Rank: The Continuing Saga of Mountaintop Removal
10-6	Jane Claymore: Who really governs the United States?
10-6	Coal barons are getting nervous - City of Logan proclaims Citizens for Coal Day - Local surface mine permits to be delayed - Conservative group plans pro-coal rally - Coal industry steps up fight against environmentalists in Kentucky
10-6	Worker killed in Harrison drilling accident
10-6	Questions continue to surround Dunkard Creek fish kill
10-6	Environmental Activist Judy Bonds To Speak at Loomis Chaffee
10-6	Authors talk mountaintop coal mining Oct. 12
10-6	Burning Coal Deep Down has Huge Potential, Untested
10-6	A Cool Reception for PATH in the Capitol City
10-6	Mountaintop mining film to be previewed
10-6	Massey Says No To Notion Of Paying For School
10-6	Federal Judge Tosses Massey Stockholder Suit
10-6	Records show Massey paid $5.1M for coal reserves
10-6	Landfill idea angers residents - Cumberland County offers to take TVA coal ash waste
10-6	Obama orders agencies to cut emissions, energy use
10-6	USAF Progresses On Alternative Fuels
10-6	Burying CO2: Fix or folly? - Climate Cure-All or Coal-Fired Crowing?
10-6	Where do your senators stand on the Kerry-Boxer climate bill?
10-6	Overall trends tell real story on climate
10-6	Climate Change Equals Culture Change in Andes
10-6	Misleading 'energy sprawl' study pollutes climate debate
10-7	Take Action Today--Tomorrow is Too Late: Please do not confirm Joseph Pizarchik to OSM
10-7	Is Coal Slurry Contaminating Well Water?
10-7	Manchin: EPA overstepped bounds - 'Don't Continue to Create Problems'
10-7	E.U. Plan to Curb Carbon Dioxide Would Favor Solar Power
10-7	'Clean Coal' Funds
10-7	Locals Try Sinking Plan to Store CO2 Underground
10-7	W.Va. high court to hear case on judge's e-mails
10-7	What caused big fracking fluid spill in Doddridge County?
10-7	Interview with Laura Steepleton of Climate Ground Zero
10-7	Event: Renowned environmental justice and mountaintop removal activist Judy Bonds to speak
10-7	The Real FACES of Environmental Extremism
10-7	The Eighth Circle of Hell
10-7	Activists sue Texas to restrict greenhouse gases
10-7	EPA Partnership with Coal Industry Sidesteps Public and Worker Toxic Exposure Concerns
10-7	Roane Co. residents respond to 60 Minutes story
10-7	Chesapeake residents plan to sue golf club over exposure to dangerous chemicals
10-7	350: Earths Lucky Number Takes Center Stage In Global Call To Action
10-7	Climate Change Threatens U.S. National Parks
10-7	Solar San Antonio presents: "Burning the future: Coal in America" October 15, 2009 at Alamo Draft House
10-7	Apple becomes first tech co. to ditch U.S. Chamber of Commerce over emissions
10-7	Reducing greenhouse gases now may lower climate change risk
10-7	New report urges quick, aggressive action to stem carbon emissions
10-7	Vanishing Arctic Ice Shows No Sign Of Returning
10-7	Bob Mount: Save vegetation on our mountain tops
10-6	Groups Charge that Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining Disproportionately Impacts Low-Income Americans - The Environmental Justice of Mountaintop Removal
10-6	Cindy Rank: The Continuing Saga of Mountaintop Removal
10-6	Jane Claymore: Who really governs the United States?
10-6	Coal barons are getting nervous - City of Logan proclaims Citizens for Coal Day - Local surface mine permits to be delayed - Conservative group plans pro-coal rally - Coal industry steps up fight against environmentalists in Kentucky
10-6	Worker killed in Harrison drilling accident
10-6	Questions continue to surround Dunkard Creek fish kill
10-6	Environmental Activist Judy Bonds To Speak at Loomis Chaffee
10-6	Authors talk mountaintop coal mining Oct. 12
10-6	Burning Coal Deep Down has Huge Potential, Untested
10-6	A Cool Reception for PATH in the Capitol City
10-6	Mountaintop mining film to be previewed
10-6	Massey Says No To Notion Of Paying For School
10-6	Federal Judge Tosses Massey Stockholder Suit
10-6	Records show Massey paid $5.1M for coal reserves
10-6	Landfill idea angers residents - Cumberland County offers to take TVA coal ash waste
10-6	Obama orders agencies to cut emissions, energy use
10-6	USAF Progresses On Alternative Fuels
10-6	Burying CO2: Fix or folly? - Climate Cure-All or Coal-Fired Crowing?
10-6	Where do your senators stand on the Kerry-Boxer climate bill?
10-6	Overall trends tell real story on climate
10-6	Climate Change Equals Culture Change in Andes
10-6	Misleading 'energy sprawl' study pollutes climate debate
10-5	Book blasts mountaintop-removal mining
10-5	Taxes should rise for coal, gas power firms
10-5	Coal Country to premiere at Kentucky Theatre
10-5	Good thinking on energy
10-5	Big Coal Gone Wild Runs Bizarre "Bandits" Ad, While Appalachia Burns - Pro-coal interests become more vocal - Attack on coal strikes at the heart of W.Va. - A Time Delay Tactic? - EPA must do more than just say no
10-5	Oglebay, Wheeling parks consider oil and gas drilling
10-5	States Federal Prison Population on Track to Exceed 10,500
10-5	Will Carbon Capture & Storage (CCS) Conflict With Mineral & Property Rights?
10-5	Climate Bill Would Ease Energy Costs, Senator Says
10-5	Coal Ash On 60 Minutes: Lax Coal Ash Recycling Practices "An Outrage" (VIDEO)...
10-5	Settling Ash Could Complicate TVA Cleanup of Rivers - Train Is Limiting Factor To TVA Ash Removal From Kingston Site
10-5	Coal ash pond leeching arsenic into river
10-5	Iowa: DNR pushes coal ash regulations, environmentalists cry foul
10-5	Progress Energy delays ash pond upgrades - Coal ash ponds present hazards to communities in six states
10-5	ICG gets relief on debt
10-5	Dominion committed to natural-gas pipeline
10-5	Peabody stock to double as coal use leaps-Barron's
10-5	North American Gem Inc. Not Affected by Recent Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Announcement
10-5	Arctic seas turn to acid, putting vital food chain at risk
10-5	Altered climate forces cultural shift high in Andes
10-5	Mighty caribou herds dwindle, warming blamed
10-4	EPA and MTR: Heres whats wrong with the permits
10-4	NLRB to Massey: Rehire union mine workers
10-4	Consol stops waste injections near troubled creek
10-4	More from WVDEP on Dunkard Creek
10-4	Coal River Journal
10-4	Polluters ride free at taxpayers' expense
10-4	Earthjustice presents the book release of Plundering Appalachia
10-4	Edward Peeks' column: Coal to liquid gets big - Coal-to-liquid fact sheet
10-4	Consol executive takes on coal critics
10-4	Hopi and Navajo environmentalists galvanized by politicians' ban - Some tribes at odds over coal plants
10-4	Boxer, Kerry Launch Campaign to Pass Senate Cap-And-Trade Bill
10-4	Obama Energy Advisor: Climate Bill Unlikely in 2009
10-4	Springfield advertising exec makes debut as novelist
10-3	CBS: How Safe Is Coal Ash? - On '60 Minutes' With Lesley Stahl: How Safe Is Coal Ash? - TVA ships coal ash from massive Tenn. spill to Ala. ahead of schedule; may finish by spring - TVA's Kingston Cleanup Continues
10-3	PSC hears from more PATH power line critics
10-3	Coal Executive Slams Climate Science
10-3	Massey says dont expect help to build new school
10-3	NLRB sides with UMWA in court battle with Massey - Labor board rules for UMW in Kanawha case
10-3	Coal lobbyist calls EPA's review of mountaintop removal permits 'state-sponsored terrorism'
10-3	PSC OKs Allegheny $105M bond deal
10-3	Organization responds to President Shirley's chastisement of 'environmental' groups
10-3	Activists show support for EPA decision but demand more
10-3	Rally against mountaintop removal renews concerns about Alexandrias coal-fired power plant
10-3	Student, bus driver hurt in crash with coal truck
10-3	Senate Democrats Unveil Bill to Curb Climate Change, Create Jobs
10-3	Governors' Global Climate Summit Backs Treaty With Teeth
10-3	Poor Nations' Climate Adaptation Could Cost $100 Billion a Year
10-3	Legislators noted for environmental efforts
10-3	Food prices may rise 121% by 2050 due to climate change
10-3	Galleries / The 9 Industries That Will Be Most Screwed by Global Warming
10-2	The Coalfield Uprising
10-2	Manchin: Obama EPA trying to kill off surface mining
10-2	Rahall: Mine permit delay is just EPA doing its job - Rahall on MTR: Obama EPA is just doing its job
10-2	Loaded coal truck, SUV collide in Fayette
10-2	'Turning Over a New Leaf: Faith Community Green Event'
10-2	EPA and MTR: 'State-sponsored terrorism'?
10-2	Heres an idea: Move Marsh Fork Elementary School
10-2	PSC rate ruling also requires AEP to study efficiency
10-2	Friends of Dunkard Creek seek EPA takeover on fish kill
10-2	MSHA chief update: Senate panel set to vote next week
10-2	Massey buys reserves, mines from bankrupt rival
10-2	Don Blankenship Responds to Mel Tyree Letter to the Editor
10-1	EPA finalizes list of 79 mine permits for closer reviews - EPA says 79 mountaintop removal permits need further review - EPA to delay 79 coal mining permits in 4 states - EPA Finalizes List of Mining Permits Needing Review - US EPA holds up coal-mining permits as firms fume - EPA Holds Surface Mining Permit Applications for Review - More delays - Capito: Miners Hurt By EPA Decision - UMWA President Seeks Clarification From EPA
10-1	The Alliance of Appalachia Praises EPA Decision - EPA puts brakes on permits - Coal and environmental communities react to EPA's mountainop removal permit hold up
10-1	Massey going after mountaintop removal protesters - Mountaintop mining fight expands to W.Va. courts - WV Mine Protester Convicted of Trespassing, Conspiracy - Mining protester faces jury trial in WVa
10-1	Marsh Fork deserves it, Massey has the means to help
10-1	E.P.A. Moves to Curtail Greenhouse Gas Emissions - EPA unveils a climate-change proposal of its own
10-1	Survey: More Kentuckians are concerned about mountaintop removal mining
10-1	The Kerry-Boxer climate bill unpacked
10-1	Byrd: Tough road ahead on climate bill - Jay: New climate bill a step in the wrong direction - Waiting on a climate bill: Whats in this one for coal? - Senators unveil new climate change bill - Cap-and-trade bill blasted by Rockefeller
10-1	Watershed groups ask EPA to take control of Dunkard Creek investigation
10-1	AEP rate hike gets go ahead
10-1	Water: Don't ruin resource
10-1	Gry tracą głowy
10-1	WV Filmmakers Festival to feature Evans, Barbour
10-1	Fossil fuel subsidies and climate change
10-1	Climate change to cost $100 bn per year: World Bank
10-1	My Hot Date with Lisa Jackson
10-1	US: Advocates Fight Mountaintop Removal
10-1	Wild and Scenic Environmental Film Festival Program
10-1	TVA names chief of Kingston fly ash recovery effort
10-1	(Some) Hopi, Navajos say environmentalists not welcome
10-1	Richmonds king of coal - Chamber Of Commerce Rewrites History: Weve Never Questioned The Science Behind Global Warming - Seeing Red On Cap And Trade
10-1	Global warming may cause more hurricanes
10-1	Activists rally against "king coal"
10-1	What Could 4 Degree Warming Mean For The World?
10-1	Legacy of Coal: Coal is Sexy!
10-1	Judge give Texas coal plant near Waco the OK
10-1	Nike Resigns From Chamber Board - Climate Bill Splits Exelon and U.S. Chamber

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