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8-31	Activists seek ban on mountaintop removal mining - Retired Underground Coal Miners, Vietnam War Veteran, Coal Miners' Daughter, and Residents of Kentucky, West Virginia, and Virginia's Coalfields Announce Appalachia Rising and Call for the Abolition of Mountaintop Removal
8-31	Both sides taking mountaintop removal issue to D.C.
8-31	Is Gov. Manchins primary victory a win for coal?
8-31	Lenders Step Away From Environmental Risks
8-31	Manchin, Raese: Head-to-head and money flowing
8-31	MSHA refuses to release Massey probe documents
8-31	Donations for families of Upper Big Branch victims top $1 million
8-31	Murderous behavior: Tipping off miners to surprise inspections could be deadly and must stop
8-31	Earth doesn't exist to be exploited (scroll down)
8-31	Beleaguered couple backs tougher EPA fly ash rules - Coal ash hearing started yesterday - Coal Ash Continues to Pollute Water
8-31	No golden algae in Dunkard Creek one year after fish kill
8-31	Peabody ordered to pay $174000 over Ill. mine
8-31	For green movement, a change in climate
8-31	Cap-and-Trade Is Beginning to Raise Some Concerns
8-31	Climate Change Implicated in Decline of Horseshoe crabs
8-31	Colorado scientists study ptarmigans as bellwethers of climate change
8-31	Beer, Cheesecake And Climate Change
8-30	Hechler didnt win, but mountaintop removal should stay on agenda
8-30	Disappointed By Congress, EPA Pursues Climate Change
8-30	EPA pushes for designating coal waste as hazardous
8-30	China Clean Energy Plan Hinges On Coal Price (so West Virginia cola companies should stop exporting coal to China...)
8-30	China "Clean" Coal Drive Will Not End Health Risks: Report (coal is dirty when you dig it, dirty when you prep it for market, dirty when you haul it, dirty when you burn it, dirty when you "dispose" of the ash --and it sure dirties up politics)
8-30	Wyo. congressmen "floating in oil"
8-29	Manchin, Raese to face off for Senate - W.Va. Democrats Pick Manchin for Byrds Seat - Results
8-29	W.Va. churches taking 'hard walk' on mining
8-29	John P. David: Water, water everywhere is a good thing
8-29	In Braxton, there's a whole lotta shakin' going on; Is gas drilling causing earthquakes?
8-29	Pollutants found at coal ash sites in Beaver, Greene counties - Environmentalists, power companies debate coal ash regulations - Report alleges contamination of private wells in Joliet
8-29	Methane blast at Georgian coal mine leaves 3 killed, 7 wounded
8-29	Older Activists, Younger Crowd Team To Fight Nukes
8-29	Numbers confirm it: Summer was a scorcher
8-28	Special Election Today in WV - Vote! Find your polling place, click here
8-28	Low turnout expected in primary election - Primary voters set to head to polls in Louisiana, West Virginia
8-28	Pick Up America Needs You! An opportunity for West Virginia Citizens Who Want to Give Something Back to Our State.
8-28	Manchin raises nearly $1.2 million since entering Senate race - Led by W.Va. gov, US Sen primary race attacts $2M
8-28	Study: Drinking water polluted by coal-ash dump sites - Nasty Stuff in the Groundwater Around TVA Plants, Report Says
8-28	Dominion sues gas owners to protect storage site
8-28	West Virginia Mine Explosion Leads To More Enforcement And Disclosure
8-28	Legislators praise coal-burning plant in Wise - Plans advancing for SW Jeff waste coal plant
8-28	S. Ind. highway to close for coal machine's move
8-28	Video: DAVE MATTHEWS IN SUPPORT OF APPALACHIA RISING, SEPT 27 IN DC
8-28	Banks Toughen Lending Rules to Coal, PNC & UBS Still Bucking the Trend
8-28	China urgently needs to reverse coal dependency: Greenpeace
8-28	This Is the Hottest Year Ever, and the Climate Catastrophe Has Begun
8-27	Climate Ground Zero blocks WVDEP building - 2 mining protesters arrested at W.Va. agency
8-27	Appalachian Dems Seek Distance From Obama on Coal, Climate
8-27	Hechler Speaks at WJU - 7 candidates for US Senate appear at dinner - Down to the Wire: Hechler Surging and Other U.S. Senate Primary Shorts - Hechler passes gift threshold for campaign
8-27	EPA begins public hearings on two coal ash proposals - EPA to decide whether coal ash is hazardous waste
8-27	New report documents more coal ash contamination - Study of coal ash sites finds extensive water contamination - New report documents more coal ash contamination
8-27	Video: RFK, Jr.: Coal's Toxic Sludge
8-27	W.Va. PSC rejects latest delay by PATH promoters
8-27	Feds: Dont tip off miners on surprise inspections
8-27	Miners Face Health Risks, Even on Good Days
8-26	Activists Block Entrance to DEP Headquarters, Condemn Failed Regulation
8-26	Truck hauling explosives crashes
8-26	September to Bring Opposing Coal (that should read "Mountaintop Removal" Rallies to D.C.)
8-26	Earthquakes may be tied to gas drilling activity
8-26	Activists Get a Day in Court
8-26	Video: Coal Ash in Ohio
8-26	EIP, Earthjustice and Sierra Club: Coal ash crisis worsens -- New study to identify over three dozen additional coal ash water contamination sites in Wisconsin and 20 other states
8-26	Is Massey's Don Blankenship for real?
8-26	MSHA offers update on Upper Big Branch probe - MSHA: Gas could be bubbling at UBB mine
8-26	Four families reach settlements with Massey in mine deaths - Massey Settles With 4 Miners' Families; Criminal Probe Continues
8-26	Researchers call for stronger monitoring of coal slurry injection
8-26	Slide show to educate on mountaintop removal mining
8-26	With Hill Hopes for Climate Bill Dashed, Advocates Circle Wagons at EPA
8-26	Yes, we broke the law as climate change activists. And this is why
8-26	Mountaintop mining shows need for change
8-25	Jesse Jackson, Kathleen Rogers: A green economy will keep growing
8-25	Hechler speaks against mountaintop removal at Lair campaign rally - Indiana Hechler and the Last Crusade -
8-25	Manchin skipped debate for fundraiser
8-25	Marsh Fork coal dust lawsuit set for 2011 trial - Marsh Fork coal dust trial set for March 2011
8-25	Mine-blame war ratchets up - MSHA releases more inspection findings - Feds: Appalachian mines keep breaking safety laws
8-25	Massey Settles with Four UBB Victims - Massey settles with 4 Upper Big Branch families
8-25	Patriot Coal president stepping down
8-25	Maid's whistleblower lawsuit against Mine Academy starts
8-25	WVU researcher strives to improve coal miner safety
8-25	TVA targets nine older coal-fired units for shutdown by 2015
8-25	Earth's Plant Growth Fell Because of Climate Change, Study Finds
8-24	Hechler Getting Younger Voter Support for Mountaintop Removal Stance - At 95, W.Va.'s Hechler seeks US Senate bid - Ken Hechler, US Senate candidate, to speak at WVU - Could Hechler Surprise on August 28th?
8-24	NY Times: Mountaintop removal must end
8-24	Selenium update: Settlement talks continue
8-24	Massey cited for explosives at Upper Big Branch - Feds find explosives inside Massey mine in W.Va.
8-24	WVU workshop to focus on gas drilling
8-24	USA Today: 'Fracking' fractures N.Y. county
8-24	Mine cleanup at new Scout site to cost $12 million
8-24	Patriot probe, well water suit, other news
8-24	Time to crack down on toxic coal ash - EPA adds coal ash hearings in Pittsburgh, Louisville
8-24	AMP plans natural-gas power plant in Meigs County
8-24	Experts Urge Faster And More Relevant U.N. Climate Reports
8-23	Dr. Brian Moench: CCS is a dangerous waste of tax money
8-23	Hechler defying odds, age in Senate bid - Senate contest may bring a few twists
8-23	The life and death of Desert Rock
8-23	Coal Industry Drinks Up Massive Amounts of Water
8-23	Kentucky On List Of EPA Coal Waste Hearing Sites
8-23	Ecological Society of America presents conclusive evidence MTR is destroying water ways
8-23	Interview of Cherokee Woman Opposing W.Va. Coal Mining
8-23	Foes of Rosemont Mine remain confident
8-23	Michigan: Coal-fired plant rush burns out
8-23	Tennessee Valley Authority Restarting Old Nuclear to Replace Aging Coal Plants
8-23	Franzen's unhappy song" ;'Freedom' is just another word for a lot to lose
8-23	Global warming may be cause of sharp rise in dengue cases
8-22	Appalachia Rising: On September 27th, A Resounding "No!" to Mountaintop Removal
8-22	Massey Coal Slurry Trial Set for 2011 in Ohio County - W.Va. panel sets 2011 for Massey pollution case
8-22	Warming: Hell and high water
8-22	Pakistani floods reportedly triggered by climate change
8-22	The best science indicates humans cause warming
8-22	Ads Call Out Clean Air Act Attackers
8-22	Global Warming Graffiti Art: 350.org
8-22	Coal-fired plant rush burns out
8-21	Trial date, mediation set in Massey Energy coal slurry case - Well-poisoning trial set for Aug. 2011
8-21	Big coal demonizes its opponents
8-21	New York Times editorial: A Mountain in the Stream
8-21	American Public Media's The Story: Which side are you on?
8-21	ABC News: 95-Year-Old Senate Candidate 'Never Surprised' by Politics; Former W.Va. Secretary of State Takes on Mountaintop Removal Mining in Race Against Gov. Manchin
8-21	Senate candidate debate
8-21	Man flown to hospital after vehicle accident at mine
8-21	Controversial gas drilling documentary shown at WV Wesleyan
8-21	"Coal Country" Goes to High Country, Colorado
8-21	MSHA tries new approach at clearing citation backlog
8-21	EPA Sets Public Hearings on Coal Ash Disposal Options
8-21	Air Pollution Price Tag--Our Health or Their Wealth
8-21	Goldman Sachs Goes Nuclear, May Sell Uranium: Report
8-21	Poverty Initiative Participates in Youth Immersion in West Virginia
8-21	Caribbean climate change costs could climb
8-21	Russian heat wave dents hopes of climate "winners"
8-21	Coral reefs threatened by climate change
8-20	Patriot Coal probe includes methane detectors
8-20	Senator proposes fracking regulations
8-20	Coal, Dirty Lies and a time to Rise Up!
8-20	EPA Holding Public Hearings on 'Coal Ash' Proposal - Concerns rise over coal ash
8-20	Disaster in Waiting: Three Mile Island Firm to Build FutureGen Clean Coal Plant
8-20	Wait, Now CO2 is a Myth, Too?
8-20	Ready or not, climate change, and climate displacement, is happening
8-20	What climate activists need to learn from the NRA and the gun-control wars
8-20	Earth's green carbon sink on the wane
8-19	Senate candidates debate tonight
8-19	Power line update: Another delay for PATH?
8-19	Is West Virginia Ready for Wave of Marcellus Drilling? - Watershed groups support rules, regulations to protect streams from drilling activity
8-19	Don Blankenship: The Science Of Climate Change Is Humorous, Mountaintop Removal Small Afterdamage
8-19	The True Cost of Coal: an illustration by The Beehive Collective is coming to Portland
8-19	Mark Moford: Thank God global warming is a hoax
8-19	Illinois coal production expected to jump in 2011
8-19	Industrial Nations Divide on Future World Bank Anti-Carbon Policy
8-18	Manchin raises $530k in US Senate bid - A RISING TSUNAMI OF CORPORATE POLITICAL MONEY
8-18	Will WVDEPs new water guidance reduce the damage done by mountaintop removal mining?
8-18	Researchers still missing links between slurry, water and health
8-18	AP report: Old-style coal plants expanding - Coal sealing dominance as U.S. power source
8-18	New coal SEC disclosures: Massey hit with $4 million in federal safety fines in 2nd quarter of 2010 - MSHA: Massey failed to report UBB accidents before disaster; Officials cite more than 20 incidents in the two years before blast that killed 29 - MSHA: Massey didn't report accidents at W.Va. mine
8-18	Video of Blankenship: A Coal Executive Pushes Back
8-18	Va. mine hit with flagrant violations in 2009 death
8-18	West Virginia politician: Compared to drug overdoses, coal isnt so bad
8-18	Mountaintop removal destroys environment, communities; Free Aspen screening of award-winning documentary highlight impacts of destructive mining practices
8-18	Shareholder pressure bearing down on U.S. energy companies, arising out of some recent catastrophes
8-18	TVA study shows no long-term health problems from spill; residents divided on whether results trustworthy or not
8-18	Hearing on Coal Ash Scheduled for Louisville
8-18	Weather Extremes and Climate Change
8-18	Global warming: World's highest island glacier vanishing
8-18	Official: Russian disaster sign of global warming
8-18	Edge of Climate Change
8-17	Bob Kincaid: Waiting on Joe for reply
8-17	Campaign contributions to judges skyrocket across U.S. - Study: Pa. judicial elections big on special-interest donations - Report probes state SC spending
8-17	MSHA energizes mine ventilation inspections - Mine safety officials 'beef up' enforcement of ventilation rules
8-17	Mining companies must disclose safety violations under new US law
8-17	After explosion, UBB survivor ended his career
8-17	Former CEO says all miners could benefit from better gas monitoring
8-17	Feds, Massey dispute what caused W.Va. mine blast - Massey details multiple lawsuits connected to coal mine blast - Investors say company exaggerated safety claims
8-17	Massey Energy Names Two Independent Board Members to Address Holder Suits
8-17	BTL: Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining No. 1 Issue for West Virginia's U.S. Senate Candidate
8-17	The Other US Eco Disaster: Mountain Top Removal (Part 2)
8-17	Banks and Mountain Top Removal
8-17	Lawsuit challenges coal-fired power plant in Colo.
8-17	How Viable Is 'Clean Coal'? - Obama panel recommends federal backing of Unclean coal
8-17	Kentucky Senate Watch: No, I Love Coal More!
8-16	Battle in Mining Country Pits Coal Against Wind - NY Times on Wind vs. Coal - Business: A Fight for a Mountaintop - nytimes.com/video
8-16	EPA says its new mining guidance stands
8-16	Energy secretary to speak at UC; Carbon capture topic at Sept. 8 forum - GE Blasts Administrations Clean Coal Report
8-16	MSHA issues new warnings on ventilation plans
8-16	W.Va. mine inquiry focuses on air cutback
8-16	W.Va. lawmakers consider state forest drilling
8-16	Coal Ash: 130 Million Tons of Waste
8-16	Thousands protest on climate change
8-14, 15	Your news hounds is on break
8-13	DEP hopes new mining policy heads off EPA crackdown - WVDEP issues states own mining permit guidance - W.Va. address water quality at coal mining sites - DEP Issues Coal Mine Water Pollution Permit Guidance
8-13	Selenium case could be settled - Selenium settlement or a decision from the judge?
8-13	WSAZ: After Watching "Coal Country" Candidate Now Opposes MTR
8-13	OVEC challenging Senate candidates to fly-over MTR sites - Senate contenders offered free strip mine flyovers
8-13	Wall Street Bails on King Coal - Banks Saying No To King Coal, Massey Energy (yup, that's an OVEC and SouthWings photo) - Wells Fargo cuts off mountaintop removal mining companies
8-13	Nev. accident leaves 2 miners missing, feared dead
8-13	Gas drillers: New road-repair rules too expensive - DEP Online Tool Addresses Dry Weather Stream Withdrawals - W.Va. will use gas well brine on winter roads
8-13	EPA Proposes Rules On Greenhouse Gas Permits
8-13	Unclean Coal: DOE official once led firm now redoing FutureGen
8-13	Illinois Town Backs Out of 'Clean Coal' Project
8-13	Greenhouse limits one key to carbon capture, report finds - Despite Costs, Clean Coal Remains Obama Priority - Climate Rules Needed to Make Carbon Capture Viable, U.S. Task Force Says - Obama task force recommends stepped up federal efforts on carbon capture and storage - Obama panel boosts bid to put greenhouse gas emissions underground - Mr. President, There is No Such Thing as Clean Coal
8-13	Mine-blame war ratchets up
8-13	Massey vs. MSHA: Lots of heat, but little light in PR battle over Upper Big Branch Mine Disaster - Update: Massey didnt report roof falls and injuries at Upper Big Branch Mine
8-13	In Coal We Don't Trust
8-13	Coal-bed methane water examined in 6 states
8-13	Scientists say floods, fires show climate change underway
8-13	Russian fires forecast climate change threat
8-13	Climate-Change Fight Shifting To Western US Coal Mines
8-13	Long, hot summer of fire, floods fits predictions
8-13	Global warming may force Swiss gas line diversion
8-13	Welsh experts claim global warming breakthrough
8-13	Analysis: Extreme Weather Plagues Farming, Talks Flounder
8-13	What good is mountaintop removal? (scroll down)
8-13	The Government Wants To Stop Another TVA Coal Ash Disaster, But Doesn't Want To Hear About It
8-12	How much will selenium clean up cost Patriot Coal?
8-12	Offering Mountaintop Mining Site Flyovers to WV Senate Candidates - Senate contenders offered free strip mine flyovers
8-12	Campaign Trails: Senate candidate Hechler to appear on 'Decision Makers'; OVEC offers candidates MTR flyovers
8-12	Hechler ready for rough terrain
8-12	Wall Street Backs Away From Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining, Says Rainforest Action Network
8-12	Study shows that stripping mountains for coal has a much greater impact than urban growth
8-12	Conflict of interest in FutureGen changes? - Mr. President, There is No Such Thing as Clean Coal
8-12	Nations Bellwether Senate Race Between Big Coal and Clean Energy Future
8-12	Massey Executives to Be Subpoenaed in US Probe of Mine Blast - Few answers as regulators continue probe of W.Va. mine explosion - MSHA holds media briefing on Upper Big Branch investigation
8-12	MSHA files 2nd complaint over fired Massey miner - MSHA sues Massey over firing of miner - Second Whistleblower Complaint For Massey Miner
8-12	MSHA: Mine crack not 'massive,' but deserves closer look - Feds dispute claim of big floor crack in W.Va. mine - MSHA Challenges Massey Claims On Crack In Upper Big Branch Mine
8-12	SEC Plan to Open Corporate Boards May Face Chamber of Commerce Challenge
8-12	The Jaws Syndrome; Life Imitates Art On The Gulf Coast; The Crime of the Century Pt II
8-12	Reinventing Repower America: Our Only Hope for Winning the Climate Change Battle in America
8-12	Think this summer is hot? Get used to it
8-12	Face It, Climate Change Is Real
8-12	Huge rise in sea levels forecast if global warming ignored
8-12	Researchers Blame Global Warming For Dying Bird Populations
8-12	When the Smoke Clears in Russia, Will Climate Policy Change?
8-12	New NASA images reveal devastating impact of Russian fires
8-12	Climate change 'will increase heart deaths'
8-12	Massive Landslides in China
8-12	Killer heat waves and retreating icesheets raise climate alarm
8-12	Berserk Weather Causes Worldwide Chaos
8-11	Vote to Help The Marsh Fork Elementary in the Coal River Valley
8-11	Dont Let Up, Fight Harder - Appalachia Rising event in Washington, DC
8-11	Big Coal Wants To Mine Away Dark History at 1920s Labor Battle Site
8-11	Trip Van Noppen: W.Va. can't afford mountaintop mining
8-11	Ashes to ashes coal dust to coal dust
8-11	WVU researchers suggest coal slurry monitoring in wake of inconclusive health study - Coal Slurry Study Presented to Interim Legislative Committee
8-11	Political fights over UNclean coal get dirty and expensive
8-11	Denying mining's role in flooding; Weak permitting enables destruction
8-11	Democrats, Mountain Party Senate candidates oppose cap and trade
8-11	Too many Senators are more concerned about short-term oil and coal profits - Big Coal backing Rand Paul, GOP - Planet at risk as lawmakers protect corporate sponsors
8-11	McKinley Touts Coal As Answer
8-11	Bill Boyne: Mountaintop removal is an environmental disaster in the making - Coal mining: Debate needed on energy future
8-11	Big Surprise: Mountain mining damages streams
8-11	New sanctions levied over W.Va. mine violations
8-11	Methane Prompts Massey Mine Evacuation
8-11	Massey's narrative of mine blast supported
8-11	Environmentalism can never address climate change
8-11	Coal Barons At Industry Retreat Plot To Indoctrinate Children About Wonders Of Coal
8-11	Hearing set on Marsh Fork coal dust case
8-11	Climate change 'partly to blame' for sweltering Moscow - Analysis: Pakistan floods, Russia heat fit climate trend - Floods and mudslides on three continents, as drought hits Africa
8-11	Rice yields falling under global warming
8-11	The crack in the roof of the world: 'Yes, global warming is real - and deeply worrying'
8-11	Richardson Asked to Stand Up for Tougher Coal Ash Rules
8-10	Patriot Coal's selenium cleanup lags, court told - Selenium showdown: Key hearing over coals water pollution begins today before Judge Chambers - Selenium hearing is underway in federal court - Patriot Coal seeks more time in selenium cleanup
8-10	W.Va. needs to monitor coal slurry, lawmakers told - WVU researchers call for state monitoring of coal slurry
8-10	GOP Senate hopefuls debate health care, mining
8-10	Senate hopefuls to speak at forum
8-10	Methane 'sniffers' at Upper Big Branch worked, state says - Tests: No tampering of mine monitors where 29 died - Methane monitor information continues to leak, making the case for an open mine disaster probe - Massey says tests show gas detectors working the day of UBB blast
8-10	LA Times: New clash over old battlefield in West Virginia coal country
8-10	Lawsuit seeks testing of kids at Marsh Fork school
8-10	U.S. changes mind on coal plant plans
8-9	Lawsuit seeks testing of kids at Marsh Fork school
8-9	Pike Co.: Victims dig in for fight over ponds; Role of mining at center of dispute
8-9	New Maps Reveal Massive Forest Loss from Mountaintop Coal Mining
8-9	NPR: Key Methane Monitors At W.Va. Mine Not Disabled
8-9	Corporate Campaign Bucks Aiming To Stop Mine Safety Rules?
8-9	Sen. Goodwin hits the ground running
8-9	Fear, Loathing, and the Las Vegas Rio
8-9	Heat: Untouchable topic
8-9	An open letter to all people and organizations working to combat global warming
8-9	Big Oils power over Senate
8-8	Associated Press: What is the future of coal in W.Va.?
8-8	Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: W.Va. churches taking 'hard walk' on mining
8-8	Give em back, Hechler stand up to coal interests - Paul's gaffes better than Mongiardo's endorsement
8-8	Bill McKibben: Time to get mad, busy about global warming
8-8	Long after coal stops burning at Sutton, legacy will live on in toxic coal ash
8-8	Obama Gets a Menu of Climate Actions He Can Take Without Congress
8-8	Coal Ash Battle Heats Up
8-8	Coal-Fired Plants in Trouble with Federal, State Governments
8-8	Six Die in SW China Coal Mine Gas Leak
8-8	Huge ice sheet breaks from Greenland glacier - Biggest ice island for 48 years breaks off Greenland glacier
8-8	Climate change whips up floods, fire and ice - Has a Warming Russia Outpaced the World?
8-8	Climate change talks 'backslide' at Bonn - Delegates close to outlining outcome for Cancun: UN climate chief
8-7	Voting registration deadline nearing for special primary
8-7	Trials planned over selenium discharges at Patriot mines
8-7	New Marsh Fork School closer to reality
8-7	Coal: The cheap, dirty and direct route to irreversible climate change
8-7	UnClean Coal Bottom Feeders! $1 Billion More For Big Coal Welfare
8-7	Performance Coal hit with 25 reporting violations
8-7	The battle to save Blair Mountain continue
8-7	MSHA audit uncovers accident reporting violations at Massey Energys Upper Big Branch Mine
8-7	Legal battle over UBB mine investigation procedures
8-7	Massey sets up separate safety committee
8-7	Take Action: Some In Congress Spreading Misinformation About Coal Ash
8-7	Deep Down: Inside the Mind of a Mining Town
8-7	Hearings on coal ash hailed by group
8-7	New York: Fracking banned for now
8-7	An open letter to all people and organizations working to combat global warming
8-7	UN talks flounder as climate impacts mount, say delegates
8-7	Greens call for a new kind of national defense: defense against catastrophic climate change
8-7	Developer looks to fill reclaimed mine land with N.J. plant residue
8-7	Top UN climate change official calls for enhanced action after talks wrap up
8-7	A Grim Future for Tropical Forests
8-7	Climate Change: How Adapting to Warming Could Make It Worse
8-6	WVU study: Data gaps hinder efforts to figure out if coal-slurry injection is safe - WVU study cant declare coal slurry injection safe; Report: Absence of sufficient data implies need to learn
8-6	Obama touts miners union, praises (non-existent, non-achievable, un) 'clean coal
8-6	(Un)Clean-Coal Project Advances With $1 Billion in Funding - U.S. Changes Plan for Capturing Emissions From Coal - Ameren Coal Carbon-Capture Project in Illinois Gets $1 Billion From Obama
8-6	Mining officials focus on UBB methane monitors - Officials Slam Masseys Campaign to Deflect Blame for Fatal Mine Blast - Massey Board Sets Up Separate Safety Panel - Methane Monitors at Center of Mine-Explosion Probe
8-6	Citizens talk about environmental impact and health effects of mountaintop removal mining
8-6	Shocking Negligence: Gas Companies Drilling in Pennsylvania Have Committed Nearly 1,500 Environmental Violations in Just Two Years
8-6	Eight black lung programs to share $1.5 million federal grant
8-6	Longwall mining damages land near Hillsboro
8-6	A Looming Oxygen Crisis and Its Impact on Worlds Oceans
8-6	Climate deal loopholes 'make farce' of rich nations' pledges
8-6	Russia, Crippled by Drought, Bans Grain Exports
8-6	Climate change could destroy 80 per cent of rainforest by next century
8-6	Gulf Residents Likely Face Decades of Psychological Impact From BP's Oil Disaster
8-6	Layers of meaning in mountaintop removal
8-5	Petition to reconsider Blair Mountain historic status denied - The social crisis in Appalachia Part 5: The assault on Blair Mountain and the legacy of struggle
8-5	WVU study can't declare coal slurry injection safe - Read the report
8-5	A group from Ghana toured with OVEC: Some thoughts on MTR and Marcellus Shale gas drilling
8-5	Study: Mining process harm 'irreparable' - Erasing an ecosystem; mountaintop removal mining exacts a lasting toll on Appalachian watersheds
8-5	Methane Monitors Recovered In Mine Blast Probe - W.Va. Mine Owner's Blame Game Tactics Draw Fire - A fact worth remembering: Air monitor battery was disconnected at Masseys Aracoma Mine
8-5	UMW blasts Rand Paul for questioning federal role in mine safety
8-5	Power outrage: advocacy group rails against mountaintop removal coal mining
8-5	Yim Yames, Ben Sollee And Daniel Martin Moore Lead Brooklyn Through Appalachia And New Orleans With Their Appalachian Voices Tour
8-5	Appalachian Beekeepers "Sweeten Up" Reclaimed Surface Mines
8-5	Dems may have lost their minds over coal ash regulation
8-5	Coal-burner Appalachian Power disappointed by Senate inaction on U.S. climate change bill
8-5	EPA left to pick up climate change where Congress dropped the debate
8-5	Why 2 million (promised) green jobs couldn't sell a climate bill - Climate change legislation paralysis -
8-5	Pessimism Clouds Climate Meeting
8-5	Mercury rising
8-5	Will Russia's Heat Wave End Its Global-Warming Doubts? - Death toll from raging Russian wildfires hits 50
8-4	Citizen groups drop appeal in key mining case - Good News in Our Fight To Protect America's Waterways
8-4	Mike Roselle: The Battle for Coal River Mountain
8-4	SOS: Day 12,065 of Mountaintop Removal Disaster: Appalachia is Rising (Again)
8-4	Ecologists to discuss impacts of mountaintop mining at special ESA symposium - Mountaintop removal has caused irreversible harm, researchers say - WV Public Radio: Science symposium discusses mountaintop removal's environmental impact
8-4	Why coal miners die: Poorly maintained trucks
8-4	Illinois: Debate continues over how to dispose of coal slurry
8-4	MSHA issues 18 subpoenas for Massey Energy employees
8-4	Investigators Question Massey Methane Comments
8-4	Ken Hechler is our only hope (scroll down)
8-4	Mining under school must be prevented (scroll down)
8-4	Rand Paul's regulation comments irk miners
8-4	China mines still deadly, as bosses ordered below
8-4	Utah board upholds strip mine near national park
8-4	Fossil fuel subsidies are 10 times those of renewables, figures show
8-4	PA gas drilling operations result in 1,400+ violations since 2008
8-4	Fears of Pervasive Air Pollution Stir Up Politics in Texas Shale Gas Country
8-4	India clamps down on Maoists to woo mining investors
8-4	U.N. Climate Talks Need Quicker Pace For Global Deal
8-4	Australia Agriculture Faces Climate Upheaval: Scientist
8-4	No denying climate change
8-4	Islands prepare to battle climate change
8-4	Climate-proof 'cool refuges' needed
8-3	EPA mandates mine permits examine stream functions - EPA, Army Corps Promise To Do Better on Mountaintop Removal Permitting (better is ban mtr!)
8-3	Mission Impossible: Mitigating Mountaintop Removal
8-3	Mountaineers Feel Betrayed by EPA
8-3	More on coal, money and politics
8-3	17 dead, 24 trapped in 2 Chinese mine accidents
8-3	Cliffs finalizes purchase of INR mines in W.Va.
8-3	Massey conclusion on methane detectors premature, investigators say
8-3	Methane Monitors Weren't Disabled, Massey Says - Massey Tells Families Monitors Not Disabled - Massey meets with families, pushes conclusion methane monitors had not been disabled
8-3	Massey briefs families on Upper Big Branch explosion - Massey meets privately with UBB families
8-3	West Virginia Democrats Deserve A Real Primary-- Meet Ken Hechler, The Progressive In The Race
8-3	Stop before it's too late
8-3	Seven bears killed by vehicles in Kentucky
8-3	Rand Paul: Government should not regulate mine industry
8-3	Mountaintop Removal Activists Gather at Rev. Billy Concert
8-3	Ban Coal Ash From Federal Procurement
8-3	Warming Is Real. Now What?
8-3	The Climate War
8-2	Identity built on diversity legacy
8-2	Methane at issue in mine blast probe
8-2	Scientific American: Global Warming Is Undeniable
8-2	Fossil Fuel Subsidies 10x Renewables Support
8-2	Acidification threatens wide swath of sea life
8-2	Soot is second leading cause of climate change: study
8-2	Do anything and everything to reduce global warming
8-1	Citizens, or corporations, united? Election funding decision could have major impact on W.Va. races
8-1	US grand jury eyes monitor shutdown at Massey mine-WSJ
8-1	Massey, Toyota and Tiger Woods get reprieve with oil story
8-1	Continued use of coal will bring dire results
8-1	China's coal addiction - 17 dead, 24 trapped at 2 China coal mines - Corruption rules in Chinas coal-rich north, say experts Kickbacks endemic in mining industry
8-1	GOP Opposes Federal Fracking Regs Regardless of Whether EPA Finds Poisoning
8-1	How Prospects Cooled for US Global Warming Bill
8-1	Global warming blamed for extreme weather
8-1	Floods in Pakistan Kill at Least 800
8-1	Ashland water supply feels impact of climate change
8-1	Carbon emissions raise global temperatures, coastal risks
8-1	EarthTalk: Global warming impacting wildflowers

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