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11-30	Lisa Jackson's Choice on Dec. 1st: Crucify Appalachia or Stand Up to Big Coal Lobby
11-30	Patriot Coal has its appeal dismissed
11-30	Judge Copenhaver: EPA settlement doesnt block citizen suits over Massey water violations
11-30	Massey CEO Don Blankenship expected to testify in Upper Big Branch Mine Disaster investigation - Blankenship to testify in Upper Big Branch probe
11-30	Watchdog: U.S. Chamber just looking out for CEOs - Chamber Of Commerce's Lobbying To Extend Bush Tax Cuts Would Reap Millions For Wealthy Backers
11-30	Coal industry avoiding major share of taxes?
11-30	Big Polluters Freed from Environmental Oversight by Stimulus
11-30	Coal India not to acquire coal mines from Massey Energy
11-30	Oglebay Gas Drilling on Hold - Objections stall Oglebay Park gas drilling permits
11-30	Pittsburgh Bans Gas Drilling in City
11-30	The Power of Coal: Why People in Colstrip, MT Can't Drink the Water
11-30	Coal Ash Spill In Tennessee Still A Problem
11-30	Scientists look deeper for coal ash hazards - Hazards of coal ash investigated
11-30	Breaking Away From Coal
11-30	Actor and activist Ashley Judd
11-30	Coal Trends Still Rule Climate Talks
11-30	Climate change scientists warn of 4C global temperature rise
11-30	How Climate Change Threatens the American Farmer
11-30	Climate change talks in Cancun: What can be accomplished?
11-30	Cancun climate change summit: consequences of global warming for Britain
11-30	Research highlights the 'human face' of climate change
11-30	Can the Smart Grid Solve Climate Change?
11-30	Climate Change: New Report Outlines How Africa Can Adapt
11-29	Indigenous Peoples in Latin America Unite Against (large-scale surface) Mining
11-29	Tom White and Ted Boettner: Study of coal property tax issue declined
11-29	Coal India set to terminate Massey Energy talks
11-29	Earl Ray Tomblin to hold fundraiser
11-29	WVU to hold Miner's Day event Dec. 6
11-29	EPA announces new rules in pursuit of cleaner coal
11-29	Editorial: Hope for the mountains
11-29	World must act on global warming
11-29	Is Climate Change Too Scary?
11-29	Stakes High, Expectations Low as Climate Talks Open in Cancun
11-29	DuPont, Zurich Chase $135 Billion Climate Market as Warming Forces Change
11-29	U.N. Panel Issues 20 Million Carbon Offsets
11-29	World warmer, Short-Term Trends Need Study: Report
11-28	A billion people will lose their homes due to climate change, says report
11-28	Reverend Billy Arrested For UBS "Angels" Protest - Anti-Corporate Activist Rev. Billy Arrested in Midtown
11-28	Climate Ground Zero January Action camp and Roadshow dates
11-28	Hydro Fracturing in Comparrison to Coal Ash Contamination
11-28	Horror summer fails to shift Russia climate scepticism
11-28	Climate change: A timeline
11-28	Voices from the frontline of global warming
11-28	Climate change talks face crucial test
11-27	Massey subsidiary Marfork Coal cited for roof fall at West Virginia mine
11-27	A climate journey: From the peaks of the Andes to the Amazon's oilfields
11-27	Front-Line City in Virginia Tackles Rise in Sea
11-27	Fish health benefits may outweigh mercury concerns
11-27	Cross-Pollinating the Resistance: Beehive Design Collective
11-27	Woodruff grad's film is playing in Peoria
11-26	Coal India Will Purchase Overseas Mines to Meet Import Demand
11-26	Coal production remains down in W.Va.
11-26	MSHA resets hearings on black lung proposal
11-26	Chemical Company Adds Lobbying Muscle for Push on Energy, EPA
11-26	New Zealand: Future of coal mining in question
11-26	World Dangerously Close to Food Crisis, U.N. Says
11-26	California Task Force Recommends Strategy for Climate Change Adaptation
11-26	Climate deal not expected at Cancun - U.N. Seeks Climate Progress; Deal May Be Years Off
11-26	Global Carbon Dioxide Emissions Climb as Economy Recovers
11-26	Small Islands Seek 2011 Deadline For Climate Deal
11-25	Greenhouse Gases At Record Levels: UN Agency
11-25	New Zealand Mourns 29 Perished Coal Miners
11-25	Blair Mtn. Thanksgiving: Will Sen. Joe Manchin and Nation Thank Coal Miners or Massey Energy?
11-25	Mingo County industrial park project gets grant
11-25	Insight: observing air pollution sources from space
11-25	Coal Running Out, Prices to Soar, Nature Reports
11-25	Judge upholds state mine accident reporting rule
11-25	Beneficial Use of Coal Ash In Question As EPA Mulls Regulation
11-25	Carbon-Storage Rules for U.S. Coal Plants Issued to Shield Drinking Water
11-25	New Coal Plants Built Despite Bad Economics
11-25	Natural Gas, Not a Carbon Price, Spelling Trouble for Coal
11-25	Coal India in Talks to Buy Mines From Massey, Peabody - Massey Energy CEO summons media to his Boone County Office
11-25	US May Increase Coal Exports to Europe, Barclays Capital Says
11-25	Size Matters - Or the Joy of Small
11-25	Green on Facebook Aims to Fend-Off Coal Criticisms
11-25	The Faces of Mountaintop Removal Mining =
11-25	Fifth Circuit Decision Finds Construction of Sandy Creek Coal Plant Unlawful
11-25	2010 so far "tied for hottest year"
11-25	Cities, states start to adopt climate change survival strategies
11-25	Earth's lakes are warming due to climate change: study
11-25	UN sparks methane global warming scare on Cancun eve
11-25	Cloud Modelling Suggests Greater Global Warming
11-25	Could Climate Change Ruin Thanksgiving Dinner?
11-24	W. Va. mine blast: Coal firm had worst safety record - Report: Massey Has Worst Fatality Record in US
11-24	Another coal miner killed on the job
11-24	Comment period open until Friday on application for coal mine on historic Blair Mountain
11-24	EPA cites Chesapeake for illegally filling streams
11-24	Preston residents suing Alpha Natural Resources
11-24	W.Va. offers aid to New Zealand mine
11-24	Patriot says new mine increasing production
11-24	The Mountain Heroes
11-24	Massey Energy Up for Sale: What It Means for CEO Blankenship and Shareholders - Updates on potential sale of Massey Energy - Massey Energy to explore 'strategic alternatives' - Coal India may bid for U.S. Massey Energy: report
11-24	New MSHA data details imminent danger orders
11-24	Reality show filming under way at W.Va. mine
11-24	Conflicting policies frustrate coal industry, opponents - Post-Gazette three-part series on coal
11-24	Protect the Cumberland Plateau PLEASE TAKE ACTION
11-24	Recommended viewing for the hopeful: 'Deep Down' airs on PBS this month
11-24	Virtual Mine an immersive, educational experience
11-24	Debt Reduction and Rural America
11-24	Study Sees Polar Bears Losing Out To Grizzlies
11-23	Massey cited after second unplanned explosion at strip mine
11-23	Coal industry considers name change for controversial mining practice
11-23	Fighting the battle of Blair Mountain
11-23	MSHA puts more pressure on mines over safety
11-23	Massey CEO says gov't regulations cause safety, health concerns for coal miners - Massey Energy Moves Closer to Sale - Massey Energy begins review of strategic alternatives
11-23	Texas gas company to invest $350M in W.Va.
11-23	Hopes fading for New Zealand coal miners - 29 rescued from flooded Chinese coal mine - Hopes for survival plummet at New Zealand mine
11-23	EPA targets polluters who do their business on poor communities
11-23	EPA examines waste 'hot spots'
11-23	Don Blankenship meets the press: Massey urges reporters to focus on MSHA, not the company
11-23	Massey hires Perella to look at options
11-23	Library to show coal film - Deep Down: A community battle over proposed mountaintop removal coal mining
11-23	Fighting Doom: The New Politics of Climate Change
11-23	Fear Doesn't Work as Climate Change Message
11-23	Cities sign on to climate action
11-23	China hints at new climate future
11-22	OVEC Action Alert: EPA Taking Public Comment on MTR: Please Comment - Sign Up for OVEC Action Alerts Here
11-22	Massey's Violations Hurting its Bottom Line?
11-22	Environmental justice issues take center stage
11-22	'War on coal' pits miners against environmentalists (where really it is the coal barons and lobbyists trying to divide us all, trying to keep us from seeing our mutual self interest while they grab all they can. The second the coal is gone, they'll be gone and our we will be left with the massive mess.)
11-22	Massey CEO Faces Showdown - Massey CEO: Explosion probe needs to be completed
11-22	W.Va. approves transfer of utility to Mountaineer
11-22	Mercury Elevated in Fish and Waters Throughout Indiana
11-22	Weingarten is a face-to-face philanthropist
11-22	Latinos, Asians more worried about environment than whites, poll finds
11-22	Dealing with climate change
11-22	Leaking Siberian ice raises a tricky climate issue
11-21	Looking at Coal Health Impacts - COAL & HEALTH - Environmentalists discuss health impact of coal
11-21	A Public with Lots to Tell EPA About Coal Ash
11-21	What if Captured Carbon Makes a Getaway?
11-21	Gritted teeth, anxiety and hostility - New Zealands West Coast Holds Vigil for Trapped Mine Workers
11-21	Coal mine flood traps 28 workers in China
11-21	For coal people, mining is their lifeblood
11-21	Share Your Story To Help Stop Mountaintop Removal Mining
11-21	Mining Firm CEO Urges Shift in Disaster Scrutiny
11-21	MSHA issues 286 citations at targeted coal mines
11-21	Countdown to 'thermogeddon' has begun
11-21	2nd Place, Photojournalist of the Year Katie Falkenberg/The Washington Times
11-21	Antrim Caskeys Dragline: Mediation Fails
11-21	Coal fire closes 5 acres of forest
11-21	Could Joe Barton, who defended BP, really lead energy panel?
11-21	Rethinking Sustainability, Energy at Kenyon
11-20	There Will Be Fuel
11-20	5 Mining Projects That Could Devastate the Entire Planet
11-20	Most Major Banks Still Fund Mountaintop Removal Mining, Report Finds
11-20	Maryland county rejects PATH substation plan
11-20	As EPA Weighs Coal Ash Rules, Public Floods Agency with Comments
11-20	Mediation fails
11-20	13 mining sites told to improve safety
11-20	MSHA, Massey nixed UBB Mine degassing plan
11-20	MSHA threatening to take Massey Energy to court over UBB investigation - MSHA warns Massey over safety at two mines
11-20	Massey CEO confirms 'distinct focus on M&A'
11-20	Massey On MSHA List Of Potential Pattern Violators - MSHA announces latest impact inspections results - MSHA announces new pattern of violations list
11-20	Massey Energy to Encourage Congress to Allow More Scrubbers
11-20	What, If Anything, Is the Future of Coal?
11-20	What's in Your Water? Nuclear Waste, Coal Slurries and Industrial Estrogen
11-20	27 feared dead in New Zealand mine explosion - 27 coal miners missing after New Zealand explosion
11-20	What Mining Disaster? Massey CEO Blames Regulation for Low Profits
11-20	UK climate economist warns US of trade boycott
11-20	Elevated Mercury Levels Found in Fish and Waters Throughout Indiana
11-19	Friday roundup, Nov. 19, 2010
11-19	GAO issues report on EPA mining crackdown
11-19	W.Va. board temporarily blocks ICG mine
11-19	Both sides look toward trial in Rawl water cases - Mediation in Rawl water pollution cases breaks down
11-19	Last Chance to Tell EPA We Want Strong Coal Ash Safeguards - EPA coal ash rule comment period closes this week - Coal ash: Truly hazardous
11-19	Stand up for Appalachia!
11-19	Industry turns tables on MSHA at rock dust hearing - MSHA takes testimony on coal dust rule - Union supports MSHA dust rule
11-19	Gas industry opposes lawmakers' plan for new regs
11-19	Big Coal Launches Assault On EPA
11-19	Coal industry lawyer at Jackson Kelly suspended for hiding evidence in black lung benefits case
11-19	Massey Energy starts work on W.Va. prep plant - Massey building processing plant in Wyoming County
11-19	Coal removal process protested
11-19	A prescription for a healthy, coal-free future for Oregon
11-19	Explosion shakes New Zealand coal mine; 27 missing
11-19	We can't handle the truth anymore
11-19	An Inconvenient Mind
11-19	Project aims to keep coal viable
11-18	Mountain Heroes - Our Mountain Heroes: Are You One of Them?
11-18	Negotiations Break Off in Massey Contamination Suit - Lawyer: Mediation of Massey pollution suit fails - Mediation fails to settle Massey slurry case - Attempts to settle Massey Energy coal slurry case fail
11-18	Twitter storm for 'Safe American Communities'
11-18	Protecting us from the dangers of coal ash - One Towns Recurring Coal Ash Nightmare - Hold back the ash
11-18	Tennant: Focus On Candidates, Not How Much Money They Have Or How Much They Can Raise (Video Included)
11-18	Public Campaign Financing Pilot Program Receives Contributions, Support
11-18	Shale Drilling Off the Table in Moundsville, For Now
11-18	Court Suspends Lawyer's License in Black Lung Case
11-18	The Wizards of Finance
11-18	Is Shelley backing her buddy's bid for energy chair?
11-18	Massey now blames natural gas for W.Va. mine blast - Massey planning PR blitz aimed at showing Upper Big Branch Mine Disaster couldnt be prevented - Feds Give Massey More Time In Probe Standoff
11-18	Coal miner Massey's CEO says seeking acquisitions - Massey Chief Blankenship Says Acquisition Options Will Be `Fully Vetted' - Press says Massey's board to decide next week whether to sell coal company - Massey Will Review Any Offer, Chief Says
11-18	Massey Energy Starts New Coal Plant in W.Va.
11-18	Massey and Transocean Both Won Safety Awards before Disasters
11-18	Mountaintop Removal film hits screens - NCC: Discussion to follow environmental film - Film Premiere: Deep Down on Independent Lens, Tuesday, November 23
11-18	Climate change set to cause migrant surge
11-18	UAE, Australia And U.S. Top List Of Carbon Emitters
11-18	Climate change set to cause migrant surge
11-18	California Leads "Subnational" Summit Climate Push
11-18	U.S. Car Fuel Economy Up, C02 Drops For Sixth Year
11-18	EPA tells states to consider rising ocean acidity
11-18	Staving off the disastrous effects of climate change ought to be Job One
11-17	Public Comment for Pine Fork Surface Mine at the Blair Mountain Battlefield
11-17	Citizen groups seek to intervene in WVDEPs lawsuit against EPAs mountaintop removal crackdown - Appalachian and National Organizations to West Virginia's Manchin: Stop Standing in the Way of Clean Water in Appalachia
11-17	Germany pledges end to coal subsidies in 2018
11-17	Arch Coal CEO Calls for Rolling Back Regulation - Imperium Watch: Cracking Down on Mining
11-17	Acting W.Va. Gov. Tomlin on coal
11-17	Manchin criticizes EPA, earmarks - Sen. Manchin says cap-and-trade is dead
11-17	Feds cite Massey Energy for impeding UBB probe - MSHA extends deadline for Massey to resolve dispute over testing Upper Big Branch water sprays
11-17	Massey CEO Set to Address Investor Conference - Rumors, report continue about Massey sale
11-17	Customers urge PSC to reject Appalachian Power rate hike
11-17	Coal industry seeks to export through Wash. state
11-17	Ecosexual Performance and Debate
11-17	Antrim Caskeys Dragline: Mingo Slurry
11-17	Mountaintop Removal Mining: Man Made Disasters
11-17	Mountaintop removal comes to CO.
11-16	Hundreds gather for slurry lawsuit meeting - Hundreds seek mediation in well lawsuits - Massey Lawsuit: Over 700 Allege Mining Company Poisoned Their Water With Coal Slurry - Residents, Coal Firm Negotiate - Judges begin mediation of Massey suit in W.Va. - Mediation sessions today in Mingo coal-slurry case - Mediation in Coal Slurry Case Begins - Mingo County Residents in Charleston For Coal Slurry Mediation - Water Pollution - Mingo County - Over 700 allege mining firm poisoned drinking water - More
11-16	MSHA threatens to seize Massey's Upper Big Branch mine - Another Massey-MSHA dispute coming to a head
11-16	Investigators eye water sprayers at Upper Big Branch
11-16	Legislators discuss gas drilling, water treatment plant upgrades
11-16	Want to End Mountaintop Removal? Support These Tax-Deductible Campaigns, Projects and Films
11-16	Groups issue revised report on coal's costs - Revised report: Coal still costs W.Va. government
11-16	Study: Gas drillers to damage state's 'iconic forests'
11-16	Troposphere Is Warming Too, Decades Of Data Show
11-16	Scientists look at whether climate change is causing bigger ocean waves
11-16	MSHA considering more black lung hearings
11-15	For energy chief, race is on to find fuel alternatives
11-15	Massey Energy's Board Said to Decide Next Week on Whether to Pursue Sale - Arcelor Expresses Interest in Buying Massey
11-15	More than $5 fossil fuel subsidies for every $1 of support for renewables
11-15	Campaign shows effects of poor environmental practices
11-15	Change in political climate doesn't deter TVA coal cuts
11-15	Factbox: Climate change poses threat to Middle East - Climate change threatens Lebanon's snow, cedars - Climate change worsens plight of Iraqi farmers
11-15	IEA urges action on climate change
11-15	State view: Punish polluters before warming worsens
11-15	Gas drilling goes ahead without any checks
11-14	Hundreds to travel to Charleston for coal slurry lawsuit - For Hundreds, Lawsuit Over Coal Slurry Unresolved
11-14	Water key focus of W.Va. DEP proposed gas law
11-14	Developments casts doubt on Baard project
11-14	40 Environmental Justice Groups Offer Call to Action Plan to New EPA Region 4 Administrator
11-14	Mountaintop Removal activist wins $50000 prize
11-14	Another go at 'a travesty of justice'
11-14	Task force should consider health costs of using fossil fuels
11-14	Black Lung Disease Kills 1,000 Coal Miners a Year: Does Anyone (Like a Republican-Led Congress) Care?
11-14	U.S. Agencies Under Fire for Safety Awards to Firms Involved in Major Disasters
11-14	EPA issues guidelines for reducing greenhouse gas
11-14	So whats EPA up to with its CO2 regulations?
11-14	Radio Show: Coal Mining and Mountaintop Removal, Protesting Through Song, and a Fall Recipe
11-14	Peoria native takes hard look at 'Coal Country'
11-14	Debate flares over coal-fired power
11-14	Growing pressure on water supplies affecting one in five global businesses
11-14	How to stop global warming - even if you don't believe in it
11-14	As Glaciers Melt, Scientists Seek New Data on Rising Seas
11-14	Global Warming Could Lead to Vast Chocolate Shortage
11-14	Growing pressure on water supplies affecting one in five global businesses
11-14	In the GOP's House, God won't allow global warming?
11-14	Climate Leaders Assess the Future
11-14	Climate Change Finds Its Way Into Energy Contracts
11-14	In the GOP's House, God won't allow global warming?
11-14	Study: Warming could 'tip' Bolivia drought
11-13	MU Campus Christian Center to host conference about coal (actually the Center is just the venue, OVEC and Sierra Club are the hosts)
11-13	Getting Past the Whiteness of Green
11-13	The Battle of Blair Mountain, Round Two
11-13	Mountaintop Removal Roadshow comes to AB Tech Nov. 17
11-13	Coal India in talks to buy US mines - Coal India in talks with Peabody and Massey
11-13	How Climate Change and Resource Scarcity Threaten Democracy
11-13	Trouble in the PRB
11-13	China's soaring emissions challenge climate split
11-12	Marshall to host one-day conference Nov. 20 about coal impacts - Toll of Coal Health Conference: Registration Open - Environmentalists hold summit on coal
11-12	Disasters call federal honors into question
11-12	Rahall trading committee post
11-12	Coal India Said to Consider Buying Its First U.S. Mine From Massey Energy - Coal India confirms talks with Massey Energy for stake buy
11-12	Coal River man receives national award
11-12	Now open: Toxic Coal Ash Hotline
11-12	College Campuses Continue to Leave Coal Behind
11-12	Caperton refiles Massey suit in Virginia
11-12	Questions in Joliet Area About Coal-Ash Threat - Coal ash disposal is problem in U.S.
11-12	Cancun Last Chance To Push Climate Change Agenda, Says India
11-12	Don't Give Up: How We Can Win the Fight for a Clean Energy Future
11-12	Losses From Natural Disasters Could Triple By 2100: Report
11-12	Analysis: China's Soaring Emissions Challenge Climate Split
11-11	Local Bluegrass and Contra Dancing Lessons (tonight) to Bring Awareness to Mountaintop Removal
11-11	Toll of Coal Conference at Marshall University - Activists planning forum on coal's health costs - Activists planning forum on coal's health costs
11-11	Kentucky bows to coal again
11-11	Massey Plaintiff Refiles - A New Round in a Long Coal Battle - Massey sued again by familiar W.Va. plaintiffs - Massey-Caperton lawsuit refiled in Virginia
11-11	Jeff Goodell: Coal more powerful today than ever
11-11	Dirty Coal, Clean Future - Old King Coals on a merry old roll - On DFHs, PTBs, and "Framing" the Coal Question - The 2,000-Foot View of Coal Country with James Fallows
11-11	Appalachian Power rate hike loaded with 'extraordinary' expenses, consumer advocate says
11-11	Aint No Mountain High Enough
11-11	Virtual Mine: environment education at its best
11-11	MSHA schedules hearings on black lung rule change
11-11	EPA Lets Coal-Fired Power Plants Dump Tons of Toxins Into Air & Water, Groups Say
11-11	EPA To Push Efficiency On Big Carbon Emitters
11-11	57,000 Chinese coal miners suffer from lung disease annually
11-11	Congressman says God will save us from climate change
11-11	What does Proposition 26 mean for climate change?
11-11	On Island Of Kiribati, At-Risk Nations Sign Climate Declaration
11-11	Scientists Scramble to Bridge the Uncertainty Gap in Climate Science
11-11	A warming Earth could mean stronger toxins
11-11	Global warming cuts available wind energy: Study
11-11	Climate Talks Seek Complex, Interlocked Deal: U.N.
11-11	Open house set on proposed use of coal ash mixture on levees
11-11	Community Cinema film documents strip-mining battle in Kentucky town
11-11	Protesters disrupt coal terminal
11-11	Bankrolling of Mountaintop Removal Mining Continues - PNC Bank Will No Longer Fund Mountain Top Removal
11-10	Bo Webb - Purpose Prize Winner 2010 - The Webb Abides: Heroic Anti-Mountaintop Removal Activist Wins Prestigious Purpose Prize - Bo Webb wins $50,000 prize for fight to save his home from mountaintop removal coal mining
11-10	Jeff Goodell: After a Strong Counterattack, Big Coal Makes a Comeback
11-10	W.Va. Governor-to-be Tomblin on coal
11-10	Barton goes negative in energy bid
11-10	Mountain Top Removal blows my mind
11-10	Mountain Ranges May Act As 'Safe Haven' for Species Facing Climate Change (well not if they are blown up...)
11-10	Massey Energy Company investor investigation over takeover rumors - Massey Energy To Get $200M Loan
11-10	Massey-Caperton lawsuit refiled in Virginia
11-10	AEP hike outlined at hearing
11-10	50 countries to meet on climate change
11-10	Scientists have a duty to engage with the public on climate change
11-10	China to Drive Energy Surge Through 2035, Warming Planet, IEA Outlook Says
11-10	New Shipping Lanes in Melting Arctic Will Accelerate Global Warming
11-10	APS plans to shutter part of coal plant
11-9	PNC to halt financing for mountaintop mining
11-9	Court rejects DEP on mine water pollution; Emboldened by ruling, activists set sights on more abandoned land - 4th Circuit Court of Appeals: WVDEP must get permits, limit pollution from abandoned mine sites
11-9	Joe Manchin Party Switch? GOP Reportedly Enticing Democratic Senator-Elect
11-9	Gov.-to-be Tomblin to stay out of Senate
11-9	Coal Ash: Let Your Voice Be Heard
11-9	Cousteau Short Film Highlights Kingston Coal Ash Spill
11-9	A mine's progress
11-9	N.Y. Times praises Obama coal crackdowns
11-9	Prosecutor: Upper Big Branch Disaster probe has found no evidence of bribery of MSHA inspectors
11-9	TV crew gets miner certifications to shoot 'Coal'
11-9	Mining-related film will show free at Lipscomb on Wednesday
11-9	Oily Sands
11-9	Kennedy blames media, Congress for failure of climate change legislation
11-9	AGU has no plans to attack climate skeptics, contrary to reports
11-9	E.U. Sees U.S. "Disappearing" As Partner On Climate
11-9	India and U.S. to cooperate on clean energy, shale gas
11-8	New York Times editorial: Two Mines - Raleigh News and Observer editorial: Blasted streams
11-8	After Energy Money Flowed in Elections, CA Poised to Lead on Climate Again
11-8	Climate scientists plan campaign against global warming skeptics
11-8	Calendars promote W.Va. coal heritage
11-8	Report: W.Va. doing little to fight oil addiction
11-8	Judge rules in Navajo opponents favor
11-8	Climate change: Biggest threat to human rights
11-8	Climate change hurting China's grain crop: report
11-8	Ash stopping this month
11-8	Amazon.com names Best Books of 2010
11-7	Sprucing up the Monongahela: U.S. agency reforesting strip mine
11-7	Hampshire Independent: Appalachian Art for Appalachian Families
11-7	Antrim Caskeys Dragline: Moving to Appalachia (Maria is on staff with OVEC)
11-7	Book review: David Selby novel tells of fight against destructive forces
11-7	Another Big Bank Turns Away from Mountaintop Removal!
11-7	Historic crackdown
11-7	Green Groups Will Fight Smaller Battles; EDF, Sierra Club, and NRDC change tactics after midterm vote
11-7	The Empire Fights Back
11-7	Massey Energy Stock Prices Soar After Word of Discussed Takeover - Possible Massey Purchase Closer? - Alpha Natural Resources said to be set to make Massey Energy a buyout offer - Alpha Rumored to be Stalking Massey
11-7	Dousing our coal fire once and for all
11-7	First ever vote overwhelmingly backs tough action on global warming
11-7	MSHA reveals more problems with breathing devices
11-7	FirstEnergy denies water problems from Little Blue
11-7	Dot Earth: Cities as Hubs of Energy and Climate Action
11-7	Grim outlook for grizzlies in Yellowstone region
11-7	Oysters at risk in acid oceans
11-7	GOP Climate Change Deniers Running For House Energy Committee
11-7	'Staff of life' wavers under weight of humanity
11-7	A Mining Powerhouse Unearths Profits
11-6	Lift up your eyes...
11-6	Massey Energy mulling bid from Alpha-WSJ - Massey Energy Weighs Buyout Offer by Rival Alpha
11-6	Massey Reveals Methane Citation at W.Va. Mine
11-6	Antrim Caskeys Dragline: Tree-planting on Kayford Mountain
11-6	Black Cross Movement Calls Out Dangerous Navajo Coal Mines (Photos)
11-6	Texas Rep. Barton goes all out to win House energy panel chairmanship - Aaack-Remember Barton? - More on Barton
11-6	GOP Senators complain about OSMRE rulemaking
11-6	Production starts at big new W.Va. coal mine in Ohio County
11-6	Interior appeals board allows Wyo. coal leasing to move ahead despite climate concern
11-6	Obama to Face New Foes in Global Warming Fight
11-6	World leaders look to carbon taxes to fund fight against climate change
11-6	World mayors vow to fight climate change
11-6	Smoke Baby, Smoke!
11-5	Massey Energy Deserves to Win the Snake Oil Award
11-5	Massey Fatal Mine Blast Said to Be Target in Grand Juries Probe
11-5	High Stakes in the Labor Department's Massey Coal Mine Case - U.S. alleges Massey Kentucky safety violations - Massey Energy considers idling mine targeted by safety
11-5	What happened to the House panels investigation of Massey Energys Upper Big Branch Mine Disaster?
11-5	When will Obamas MSHA resume pattern of violations reviews to find renegade coal operators?
11-5	What path will Rep. Nick J. Rahall take now?
11-5	Public hearings set on AEP rate hikes
11-5	DMV OKs two nonprofits for specialty plates
11-5	Talking Across the Lines
11-5	Broken promises: University wrongly uses contour mining
11-5	Coal Ash Waste Dusts Neighborhoods
11-5	Republican Victories Boost Effort to Block EPA's Climate Rules
11-5	Regulators to discuss costs of Duke coal-gasification plant
11-5	Climate adaptation: Adding to a tide of worry
11-4	Judge extends stay of Spruce Mine suit - Judge extends stay of Spruce Mine litigation
11-4	For first time, U.S. asks court to shut down mine for safety record - Feds Ask Court To Close Massey Mine - Kentucky coal mine to be shut down for safety violations, NPR reporting - MSHA seeks court order to close Massey mine in Ky. - U.S. Seeks to Shut Massey Mine in Kentucky - Feds sue to close Massey mine in Kentucky
11-4	Upper Big Branch evacuated because of methane
11-4	State mine safety office faces major shakeup - Wooten out; Phillips in at W.Va. mine safety office
11-4	Court gives OK to Chief Logan gas drilling
11-4	Newsweek: Manchin's Win Complicates Energy Legislation
11-4	Coal and the election: Now what?
11-4	Appalachian Power rate hike hearings start today
11-4	2 utilities file proposed settlement on merger
11-4	Rahall wins W.Va.'s 3rd District House seat
11-4	Pennsylvania's Vote for Gas Overshadows Renewables
11-4	PA DEP Orders Consol Pennsylvania Coal Co. to Repair Ryerson Station Dam
11-4	More Like an Oil Spill Than a Landslide
11-4	Buy Coal Country: Rising Up Against Mountaintop Removal Mining
11-4	Permit for Coal Mine Expansion Revoked on Navajo Land
11-4	California Cuts Carbon in Bid to Spur Clean Technology Boom - Voters reject Prop. 23, keeping California's global warming law intact
11-4	Obama Drops Plan to Limit Global Warming Gases
11-4	Post-Election 2010: Next Steps for Climate
11-4	A Surge in Lawsuits Challenging EPA on Climate
11-4	Study ranks nations' vulnerability to global warming
11-4	Nigeria: Adaptation As Solution to Climate Change Brouhaha
11-3	W.Va. coal country votes for Gov. Manchin
11-3	Oil, Coal Win As Voters (Duped by Lying, Humanity-Imperiling Ads) Reject Cap-and-Trade Supporters - Except in California: Climate law suspension defeated - Proposition 23: Backers were outspent, out-organized - and victorious
11-3	States, Enviro Groups Urge Court to Let EPA Climate Rules Proceed
11-3	Republican wins to hurt Obama's clean energy plans
11-3	EPA seeks to combine mining lawsuits
11-3	Another Big Bank Turns Away from Mountaintop Removal!
11-3	CEOs: Third World thirst to boost coal
11-3	Kansas Good Guy Gets The Knife Over His Coal Power Stand
11-2	Election 2010 Voting Information
11-2	Activist on Coal River
11-2	At the Altar of Coal-Fired Plants: Chicago's Day of the Dead Procession Calls for Clean Energy Leadership
11-2	Buying Denial On November 2
11-2	Election Watch Parties to Follow Money & Winners
11-2	Big Oil spends $69.5m on ads to get the Congress it wants
11-2	WV Law School discussion focuses on climate change, coal
11-2	Finding our Fossil Fuel Fix: Hydrofracking, Deepwater Drilling and Mountain Top Removal
11-2	Majora Carter seeks Hometown Security in Net Impact Keynote
11-2	Beehive Design Collective - The True Cost of Coal
11-2	Contracts show mountain coal sources
11-2	Centralia, PA: Coal Fire Town Residents Allege Eviction Is Conspiracy To Mine Beneath Their Homes
11-2	Tackling Climate Change and Poverty with Sustainable Agriculture
11-2	Is climate science disinformation a crime against humanity?
11-2	Major Polluters Fight to Keep Their Emission Records Secret
11-2	Coal-Fired Plants Blamed for Health Woes in Latino Neighborhoods
11-2	Report links mercury on Cape Cod to global pollution
11-1	Mining blamed for stream damage; Duke biologist compares undisturbed waterways with those near mountaintop strip mining operations
11-1	The 2010 election and the war on coal
11-1	Coal money in politics
11-1	W.Va. legislative races attract $5M-plus
11-1	New book forthcoming on Cabin Creek/Paint Creek Mine Wars

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