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12-31	Larry Gibson: A hero for Appalachia and the world
12-31	State utilities win $21M in 2012 electricity hikes
12-31	Environmental groups express concern about wastes from drilling process
12-31	Big Coal’s Bidding - Energy Industry Rewarded Gingrich After Shift on Climate Change
12-31	Fuel becomes biggest U.S. export product
12-31	Rising Sea Levels Putting New York City at Risk
12-31	As Climate Change Worsens, Scientists Feel Increasing Pressure to Speak Out
12-31	Quebec on the verge of catastrophic climate change
12-31	Oklahoma firm seeking federal approval for Marcellus pipeline across much of southern Pa.
12-30	PSD concerned about Fayette County strip mine
12-30	John David: Economic apartheid killing our society
12-30	Travel guide: Coal country has tourism potential in southern W.Va. - Guide: Coal country has tourism potential in W.Va.
12-30	We must reverse Citizens United
12-30	Dispelling The Clean Coal Fairy Tale
12-30	Coal's Power: Draeger equipment has evolved for 100 years here
12-30	Finally, polluters pay
12-30	North Dakota Coal Groups Agree To Pay For Lawsuit Against Minnesota
12-30	Roger Ebert’s favorite documentaries of 2011
12-30	Protecting babies from neurotoxins
12-29	Travel guide: Coal country has tourism potential in southern W.Va.
12-29	Marsh Fork Alums Looking to Acquire Old School
12-29	No Time Left to Adapt to Melting Glaciers
12-29	Mining documentary to be screened
12-29	US Sets Extreme Weather Records in 2011
12-28	Raising up a new bakery beside the river in Huntington
12-28	Analysis: Green Groups Find Success Fighting Shale Oil Boom
12-28	Green groups face lean times in Kentucky General Assembly
12-28	The politics of pipe: Keystone's troubled route
12-28	2011: Weather by the Billions
12-28	Hudson Union Society Hosts An Intimate Evening With Daryl Hannah 3/26
12-28	Coal-fired Tucson plant to use solar technology
12-27	Beards Fork community fears logging is first step toward being surrounded by surface mines
12-27	Legislators say new Marcellus law may need to be updated - DEP gearing up for new Marcellus responsibilities
12-27	Coal extraction poses climate challenge for Obama administration - Coal production moves West
12-27	Coal's Power: Mining issues are overshadowed by shale gas boom
12-27	NPR re-airs The Battle To Preserve Blair Mountain
12-27	Mike Harman: Getting really efficient would cut power bills
12-27	As Keystone XL victory looms, a ‘top enviro’ games out how to lose
12-27	Chocolate will become an expensive luxury item due to climate change
12-27	Jim James, Ben Sollee and Daniel Martin Moore Will Aid Kentuckians For The Commonwealth
12-27	2011 in energy and environmental policy
12-27	Disgraced Senator Resurfaces Lobbying For Big Coal
12-26	No news links posted this day
12-25	Just what did MSHA do at UBB before the fatal blast?
12-25	Agency finds mine blast in compliance
12-25	Alpha will try to settle wrongful death lawsuits against Massey with 18 W.Va. families
12-25	Times’ obit volume includes prominent West Virginians
12-25	First W.Va. Marcellus shale business conference set for March in Charleston
12-25	Illegal drilling ban to stay on books
12-25	Tenn. engineer working on design for Kanawha 'cracker' plant
12-25	Keystone Pipeline Endgame: Three Scenarios
12-25	Coal's Power: Coal energy output outstrips gas, nuclear combined
12-25	Coal Mining Clashing With Gas Drilling
12-25	Coal plant closures cost tax revenue
12-24	Obama has options to delay or kill Keystone pipeline despite payroll tax cut bill’s language - Latest Update: Keystone XL Back on Obama’s Desk
12-24	Coal country tour operator plans expansion
12-24	Mining damage to streams lingers
12-24	SEC requiring coal firms to report safety problems
12-24	U.S. Limits Mercury Pollution as Big Coal Retreats - EPA curb, at last, on coal emissions is welcome - EPA Moves on US Power Plant Emissions Rules
12-24	WSJ: Alpha, families of UBB victims meeting scheduled
12-24	Green Christmas more frequent due to global warming: Climatologist
12-24	The Coal Age Nears Its End
12-24	Shale war: Headed into 2012, New York still undecided about 'fracking'
12-24	South Charleston firm lands Marcellus shale-related funding
12-23	What does it mean to be a ‘Friend of Coal?’
12-23	They'd rather have mercury in our food: EPA’s coal-fired power plant rule angers W.Va. delegation - EPA rule slammed by legislators - N.J. to benefit from new EPA regulations for coal-fired power plants
12-23	Big Coal Shaping Public School Education–Really!
12-23	Tell PNC Bank to Stop Funding Destructive Mountaintop-Removal Mining
12-23	As shale fracking booms, environmental protection lags
12-23	State awards contract to clean up coal slurry that has tainted creek in Muhlenberg County
12-23	Big Coal and Oil Play Dirty but EPA Mercury Ruling Proves We’d Rather Keep It Clean
12-23	Has Controversial Coal Baron Don Blankenship Made a New Home in East Tennessee?
12-22	Clean Air: The EPA Finally Tackles Mercury Pollution - EPA issues strong limit on mercury emissions - EPA tells nation's dirty power plants to clean up - EPA Issues Rules to Curb Toxic Emissions - Environmental Protection Agency issues new regulation on mercury - EPA’s Changes to Air-Toxics Rule Fail to Sway American Electric - EPA rolls out new mercury limits - Hundreds of power plants faced with tough new mercury rules - U.S. rolls out tough rules on coal plant pollution - Oldest, dirtiest power plants told to clean up
12-22	3 years after ash spill, hundreds wait on judge
12-22	Only faith should move mountains
12-21	Thomas E. Bumgardner: Massey was let off the hook
12-21	Key to ethane cracker is low-cost rail service, panel says
12-21	Morgantown gas wells ready for production
12-21	New Suspect in 'Great Dying': Massive Prehistoric Coal Explosion
12-21	Three years later, Kingston ash spill cleanup continues
12-21	Mercury Deposition Greater near Major U.S. Cities
12-21	NASA: climate change leads to enormous ecosystem shifts – 40% of biomes flip this century
12-21	Climate Change Creates Need for Better Extreme Weather Preparation, Experts Say
12-21	Climate Change and the End of Australia
12-21	Philippines disaster may have been worsened by climate change, deforestation
12-20	Panel discusses pros, cons of new Marcellus law
12-20	Should W.Va. give ‘cracker’ plant a big tax break?
12-20	More questions about the natural gas drilling boom
12-20	Anti-Mountaintop Removal Protesters Deliver Coal to Beshear - Santa's helper gives coal to Gov. Steve Beshear
12-20	EPA rules will hit ‘oldest and dirtiest’ power plants
12-20	Energy battles set to rage into 2012
12-20	Struggle to protect state’s mountains is a moral issue at heart for activist
12-20	Holding the line against mercury
12-20	Pair of NASA studies reaffirm impact of global warming - NASA: Warming will transform natural world
12-20	Arsenic in water near coal-fired US plants: monitor
12-19	EPA rules to impact more than 60 power plants, study finds
12-19	W.Va. lawmakers see major gains heading into 2012
12-19	To improve mine safety, prosecute rogue operators
12-19	NCC: And the (Legislative) Rider’s Name was Mountaintop Removal . . .
12-19	Environmentalists Get Down to Earth
12-19	Stray showers of mercury getting into food chain
12-19	$10 Billion — Cost of U.S. Floods in 2011 Related to Global Warming
12-19	NYC Mayor Bloomberg: Mayors Must Take Climate Action
12-19	California should brace for greater disasters, rising costs from climate change, experts say
12-19	Scientists search for answers as rate of permafrost melt increases
12-18	MSHA doesn't know if Massey got UBB methane report
12-18	Boehner Blasts Obama On Keystone XL, Despite White House Acceptance Of Deal
12-18	Bill McKibben: Why can't lawmakers see the corruption we see?
12-18	Mountaintop removal in Tennessee
12-18	Book draws on documents to reexamine Farmington
12-18	Coal is more costly than you may think
12-18	Coal mega-mines a 'global threat'
12-18	Congress Spares Incandescent Bulbs in Victory for U.S. Tea Party
12-18	Hunting for Clues to Global Warming
12-18	Scientists fear permafrost thaw could compound global warming
12-17	More UBB prosecutions sought - Rahall, House committee demand feds seek individual prosecutions in W.Va. mine blast - Representatives call for prosecution in response to UBB
12-17	EPA completes pollution rules for coal plants - Feds Crack Down On Mercury - Illinois coal plants ahead of EPA mercury rule - After 20 Years Of Poisoned Babies, EPA Will Finally Cut Coal Industry’s Toxic Mercury Pollution
12-17	Spending bill delays effort to end black lung - Budget Bill Gives Gift To Big Coal, Endangers Miners
12-17	Payroll Tax Cut Deal To Include Controversial Keystone Pipeline
12-17	Arctic rider snuck into year-end funding legislation - Highlights of $1T-plus year-end spending bill
12-17	Coal Industry Drive Against EPA Will Shadow Obama’s Campaign
12-17	‘The Last Mountain’ DVD Review - Movie Review: The Last Mountain – The Coal Industry Declares War on Appalachia
12-17	Harrisburg Ends Another Year Without Final Action On Marcellus Shale Issues
12-17	Whistleblowers: Software Monitoring Keystone XL Pipeline's Safety Contains Deliberate Errors
12-17	Safety cases a secret for utilities, PUC
12-17	SafeMinds Sees a Brighter Future from EPA's Mercury Rules
12-17	Protect Minnesota traditions with mercury safeguards
12-16	Standing Our Ground: Women, Environmental Justice, and the Fight to End Mountaintop Removal
12-16	Governor’s Marcellus legislation criticized as ‘industry’s bill,' work remains - Marcellus not over by a longshot
12-16	W.Va. receives $66.5M for abandoned mine lands in FY 2012
12-16	UMWA reaches deal with Alpha on Massey plants - Alpha signs labor agreement with UMWA for five preparation plants
12-16	House GOP tries to end effort to ‘End Black Lung’
12-16	Obama EPA poised to finalize first rule to reduce toxic air pollution from coal-fired power plants - Federal Air Toxins Rule Scheduled to be Finalized
12-16	DEP shuts down Northern Panhandle gas well operation
12-16	A fit penalty
12-16	Gas well worker injured at Samples Mine Complex in Kanawha County
12-16	Jim Sconyers: The sooner we regulate gas drilling the better
12-16	'Fingerprinting' method tracks mercury emissions from coal-fired power plant
12-16	Hydrofracking comes with too great a cost
12-16	Rotary Club meeting to focus on Marcellus shale
12-16	Can ‘Climate-Smart’ Agriculture Help Both Africa and the Planet?
12-16	Health-relevant adaptation to climate change "still in its infancy"
12-16	Climate Change and your refrigerator
12-15	Passage of industry-backed Marcellus Shale bill won’t end questions about W.Va.’s drilling boom - Both sides agree Marcellus bill just starting point - Governor: Marcellus bill exciting achievement - Lawmakers pass Marcellus bill, Tomblin to sign it
12-15	Illegal flare burning near Richwood
12-15	TIME blog: Bad Rock: How Mountaintop Removal Mining Can Damage Streams - Kentucky News Review: Study shows MTR affects water for years
12-15	Why aren’t politicians calling on other operators to implement Alpha deal’s safety improvements?
12-15	Internal Probe, Criminal Charges Still Pending In W.Va. Mine Disaster
12-15	West Virginia's Coal Plants Rank 7th-Worst For Mercury
12-15	Michael R. Bloomberg: The Mercury Moment - Commonsense: Mercury in Fish Ain’t Good for You - New mercury pollution reductions will protect N.J. from contaminated seafood - Media campaign says mercury pollution a pro-life issue
12-15	Breathe easy: 5 reasons to back the EPA's latest push to clean up our air
12-15	Debate lingers after TVA coal ash spill - Coal Ash Dams Are A Major Hazard Coal-State Politicians Want To Ignore
12-15	New coal ash sites listed; W. Kentucky plant identified - Report: 20 Additional Toxic Coal Ash Contamination Sites Found in 10 States - Coal ash pervasive: 2 billion pounds of power plant waste gets in ponds, landfills - Bloomington Rail Trail Named For High Arsenic, Lead Levels
12-15	Lack of Coal References in Beshear Inauguration Speech Not Surprising
12-15	States Force Disclosure of Fracking Chemicals
12-15	Defendant linked to dumping Pa. fracking sludge faces more charges
12-15	New poll shows 63 percent of Americans believe global warming is occurring
12-15	Adapting to Climate Change the Right Way
12-15	NASA - Climate Change May Bring Big Ecosystem Changes
12-15	Cop 17: Countries admit failure to limit global warming
12-15	Why small delays on climate change can be costly
12-15	Climate Change Blamed for Dying African Trees
12-15	Rattlesnakes Can't Keep Up With Climate Change
12-15	Methane discovery stokes new global warming fears; Shock as retreat of Arctic releases greenhouse gas
12-15	Take Action: Don't Let Big Coal Destroy Bryce Canyon National Park!
12-14	Senate quickly passes Marcellus legislation - House Judiciary hears public comments on Marcellus bill - Marcellus shale bill looks to be headed for vote - House Judiciary Passes Marcellus Bill
12-14	Report urges increase in severance taxes - Report: W.Va. severance taxes don’t deter production, but improvement key to state’s future
12-14	Obama's Historic Chance To Control Coal Pollution
12-14	Report weighs mercury emissions in Va., W.Va.
12-14	The Dirtiest of the Dirty Power Plants
12-14	Evangelical Group: Mercury Regulations a Pro-Life Issue
12-14	Polluting Power Plants Dodged Regulation for Decades, Says Report
12-14	What Sled Dogs Tell Us About Mercury
12-14	Puke Alert: McKinley Honored for Coal Effort
12-14	Coal ash pervasive: 2 billion pounds of power plant waste gets in ponds, landfills - Environmental group IDs more coal ash pollutants - Arsenic in water near coal-fired US plants: monitor
12-14	Government and Public Protections Under Attack in 2011
12-14	Massey's Blankenship back in business? - Mine Disaster Figure Resurfaces, Fires Up New Venture
12-14	A tale of two tragedies - Mine Safety Administration Blames Massey for Preventable Deadly Big Branch Disaster - A government report digs deeper into the 2010 Upper Big Branch mine explosion
12-14	Colo. will require energy companies to publicly disclose concentrations of fracking chemicals
12-14	Most Americans Link Bad Weather to Climate Change
12-14	Durban climate conference: Canada withdraws from Kyoto Protocol
12-13	New study confirms long-term water quality damage from mountaintop removal coal mining - New study documents cumulative impact of mountaintop mining - Study confirms mountaintop removal stream damage - Study says mountaintop mining damages water quality - New Study Shows Collective Effects of Surface Mines on Watershed - Study Reveals Changes to Water Chemistry in Mountaintop Mining Catchment
12-13	Alpha to spend $50 million on selenium cleanups - Coal producer Alpha Natural Resources to spend $50 million on selenium cleanups - Alpha agrees to $50 million for selenium treatment
12-13	‘This bill should die’: Environmentalists, surface owners oppose Gov. Tomblin’s drilling legislation - Governor weakened committee's gas-drilling bill - Views mixed on Tomblin's drilling bill - Senate readies for vote on Marcellus -Citizen group leader says Tomblin ‘hijacked’ bill - Citizens push for and against Governor’s Marcellus bill
12-13	Grading the UBB deal: Justice for the 29 miners? - Justice, safety and America's coal-mining industry
12-13	Wetzel waterfall restored after removal for drilling
12-13	Coal logo has no place at Civic Center
12-13	Ordinary Citizens Fight Big Coal in The Last Mountain - Say It Ain’t So #1 Where Have All the Mountains Gone?
12-13	EPA To Unveil Stricter Rules For Power Plants - Two Big Utilities Debunk Wall Street Journal, Industry Lies about Clean Air and Reliability
12-13	Agencies Face Budget Curbs in $1 Trillion Bill
12-13	Gas drilling surge in Ohio spurs fear, brings jobs
12-13	JP Morgan-Chase Mic-Checked at Princeton University
12-13	Mountaintop removal mining harms everything except coal companies
12-13	Warming Raising Sea Level, Says New Climate Change Report
12-13	In Glare of Climate Talks, Taking On Too Great a Task
12-13	Climate change blamed for dead trees in Africa
12-13	Will Greenland wash away?
12-13	New climate study reveals “true global warming signal”; warming continues unabated
12-12	Legislature starts special session on Marcellus rules - Marcellus bill would set $10,000 permit fees, require advance notice
12-12	Did fracking kill Dunkard Creek?
12-12	Artists respond to Dunkard fish kill
12-12	Kirkendoll's colorful financial disclosure
12-12	Tell Banks to Stop Investing in Mountaintop Removal ! PLEASE SIGN
12-12	Coal Industry Future: Answers May Lie In The Past
12-11	Archaeological Institute of America publication: Mountaintop Rescue
12-11	Upper Big Branch deal aimed at preventing future disasters - Never again: Can Upper Big Branch be the last one?
12-11	Investors lease land for cracking plant
12-11	Gov. Tomblin to call special session on drilling - Tomblin calls special session on Marcellus drilling - Special legislative session on Marcellus shale in W.Va. will begin Sunday
12-11	A big firm moves in; landowners face new types of shale leases
12-11	Take Action: Tell President Obama to Clean Up Toxic Mercury
12-11	Hide the welcome sign
12-11	Former Massey employees could face criminal charges for UBB disaster
12-11	For 29 Dead Miners, No Justice - Justice delayed
12-11	NCC Eco-Justice Program screens “Dirty Business,” an award-winning documentary on mountaintop removal
12-11	Climate conference approves landmark deal
12-11	In the Wake of Durban and the Hottest Decade on Record: The Way Forward on Global Warming
12-11	Study: Greenland faces land crisis as global warming heats up
12-11	Advocacy group's extreme weather map brings climate change home
12-10	No news links posted this day.
12-9	The Heartbreaking Upper Big Branch Mine Settlement - Justice, safety and America's coal-mining industry
12-9	MSHA blocked questions about previous UBB methane incidents - Report: Federal Agency Shares Blame In Mine Blast
12-9	1969 mine safety act ignored at UBB, Hechler says - Interviews shed light on Massey
12-9	Mine safety bills pending after report
12-9	W.Va. judges OK coal slurry pollution settlement - State judges OK coal slurry pollution settlement
12-9	EPA: 'Fracking' likely polluted town's water - EPA Connects 'Fracking' With Water Contamination - Gas fracking linked to tainted water
12-9	Transcript: Labor Department lawyer blocked McAteer team’s questions about failure of MSHA to follow up on Upper Big Branch methane incidents
12-9	Unsettled Justice at Upper Big Branch - UBB families want upper management charged
12-9	PSC decision gives renewable energy credits to utilities
12-9	Three of dirtiest coal-fired plants in Western Pa., report finds
12-9	New Report: Coal Power Produces Majority of North America's Electricity Emissions
12-9	Evidence Mounts to Back EPA Mercury Rules, With Annual Benefits of $50 to $130 billion
12-9	Support grows for Durban climate deal
12-9	Ex-Massey CEO resurfaces, forms Ky. coal company
12-9	The effects of climate change are causing a rising tide of fear
12-9	Naomi Klein’s Inconvenient Climate Conclusions
12-9	Big climate change could happen fast - and soon
12-9	How the US Is Undermining Critical Climate Talks and Putting the World in Jeopardy
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12-9	Coalfields in the northern Illawarra stretch the boundaries of responsible mining
12-8	Report links MSHA failure to UBB blast - Key MSHA testimony about UBB kept secret
12-8	More criminal charges coming in UBB Disaster?
12-8	Why didn’t MSHA prevent the UBB Disaster? - Who will pay for the Upper Big Branch mine disaster? - Mine owner flouted safety rules before disaster, U.S. says - Jail coal execs, says U.S. Rep--ex-Massey CEO back
12-8	Ex-Massey chief has started mining company in Kentucky, records show
12-8	Partner for proposed Mingo coal-to-gas plant announced - Calif. company joins W.Va. coal-to-gas project - TransGas Partners with C.B. Richard Ellis on Mingo County Plant
12-8	Two more coal miners die on the job
12-8	Lobbying Showdown on EPA Coal Rules Divides Industry
12-8	Combating Mountaintop Removal
12-8	Top GOP policy issues at a glance
12-8	EIP: Ohio, Pennsylvania, Indiana, Kentucky and Texas Are Top States in Terms of Toxic Power Plant Air Pollution
12-8	Forest Service sued over Wyo. coal mine expansion
12-8	Sea Levels May Rise Faster Than Expected
12-8	Frozen Planet: David Attenborough on global warming
12-8	On Climate Change, a Gloat and a Warning
12-8	Take Action: USA: Don't Delay on Climate Action!
12-7	UBB family members want justice, not money - Mine Settlement Is In, But Closure Is Tougher - W. Va. mine families want criminal prosecutions
12-7	Is Massey Boss Mining Coal Again?
12-7	UBB settlement: Who will pay for 29 lives? - UBB deal calls for safety improvements, resolves fines - Deaths at UBB ‘entirely preventable,' MSHA report says - Mine Owner to Pay $200 Million in Death of 29 Men - MSHA: UBB blast was 'entirely preventable' - $200 Million Settlement Reached Over Massey Mine Incident - MSHA investigation yields blame, fines resulting from UBB - Mine owner agrees to pay record settlement in deadly blast - MSHA lays blame on Massey - Alpha, U.S. Attorney strike deal - Upper Big Branch Report: Feds Release Devastating Findings On 'Preventable' Mine Disaster - Coal company to pay record $209M settlement for deadly W.Va. blast - Alpha Natural Resources avoids criminal prosecution in Upper Big Branch tragedy - UBB deal calls for safety improvements, resolves fines - Federal Officials Issue Report On Massey Explosion - MSHA: Corporate culture was root cause of UBB disaster - Mine owner flouted safety rules before disaster, U.S. says - Factbox: Findings of Upper Big Branch mine blast probe - Feds unveil record settlement in US mine blast - Massey Miners Intimidated by Managers Before Fatal Explosion - Record settlement for West Virginia mine explosion - Energy Giant Alpha Natural Resources Agrees to Mine Disaster Settlement - $210 million settlement in Upper Big Branch mine explosion -More than 1000 more articles...
12-7	Reactions to the UBB deal and MSHA report
12-7	Video: What happened at Upper Big Branch? - Deaths at American coal mines - Mine deaths: Laws recklessly broken
12-7	W.Va. announces Arch Coal unit settlement
12-7	Who's killing the coal-fired plant?
12-7	Birth Defects Linked to Mountaintop Removal
12-7	We Raised Up Windmills In PNC; 5 Arrests Over Green Jobs
12-7	Durban talks unlikely to result in climate change deal
12-7	As the science becomes more alarming, politicians slow to act
12-7	Why Anglers Want Strong Mercury Protections
12-6	NPR: Settlement Reported In West Virginia Mine Disaster - Alpha to pay $200 million in landmark UBB safety deal - Alpha to pay $200 million in Upper Big Branch deal - US may issue record fine to Massey Energy for mine accident -WSJ - Settlement in Mining Disaster; Company Agrees to Pay $200 Million to Resolve Penalties in Deadly Accident
12-6	Families of W.Va. Mine Blast Victims Face Big Day
12-6	Pike County Community Blames Lack of Mine Reclamation on Devastating Floods
12-6	Rockstar/Activists 2/3 Goat Speak Out Against Mountaintop Removal Mining
12-6	Activists arrested at Occupy eviction, on campus
12-6	Report: Pa. revenue from Marcellus Shale worker income taxes low - Special Report: Gas Drilling Brings Stress, Social Ills
12-6	Sierra Club Rallies for Mercury Awareness Week - How To Stay Mercury-Free
12-6	Will Foreigners Decide the 2012 Election? The Extreme Unintended Consequences of Citizens United.
12-6	Climate Laws Create Jobs: Calif. Takes Big Step Toward Greenhouse Gas Limits
12-5	Carbon dioxide emissions show record jump
12-5	Fracking at Marcellus Shale Site: Hydraulic Fracturing Increases Radionuclides
12-5	Clean-Coal Rules Are a Boon for Some
12-5	Coal Lobby in Springfield Tries, Tries, Tries and Tries Again
12-5	Gorillas, tigers at risk due to climate change
12-5	Protests at climate change summit in Durban
12-5	Getting the World Ready to Adapt to Climate Change
12-4	UBB probe looking at questions about Massey board
12-4	Teaching People's History: Journey Up Coal River
12-4	Energy expert raises risks of fracking ; Industry not entirely truthful about effect of drilling method, group told - Marcellus Shale drilling may take huge chunks out of PA forests; Loss could heavily impact wildlife habitat, state's ability to meet TMDL goal
12-4	Say No to Polluters' Call to Weaken Mercury and Toxics Standards
12-4	The Cost of Climate Change Is Jobs
12-4	It’s coal, stupid
12-4	Global warming could devastate Florida, but many unconcerned
12-3	Environmental Groups Score Victory in Selenium Lawsuit
12-3	Temple University PNC Sit-In against Mountain-Top-Removal
12-3	Alpha hit with another ‘imminent danger’ order
12-3	FirstEnergy to buy electricity from new solar farm near Md. prisons
12-3	Chicago Can't Wait, Mayor Emanuel: Residents Unveil City Hall Exhibit on Human Costs of Deadly Coal-Fired Plants
12-3	Michigan Utility To Scrap Un'Clean-Coal' Plant, Shut Older Coal Units - Consumers pulls plug on coal-fired plant
12-3	BIG BANKS BACK BIG COAL
12-3	Treasured Pond Contaminated With Toxic Pollution
12-3	Moving beyond coal toward a cleaner and healthier campus
12-3	Northern activists arrive at Durban climate talks
12-3	Protesters of coal mining arrested at Tempe SRP building
12-3	Global Warming Has Pushed the Arctic into a “New Normal,” Report Says
12-3	Book review
12-2	Author of MTR study speaks at perinatal conference
12-2	Tinkering may doom Marcellus legislation
12-2	Learning Too Late of Perils in Gas Well Leases
12-2	Oil Boom Puts Strain On North Dakota Towns
12-2	A Debate Over Who Regulates Gas 'Fracking' In Pa.
12-2	Jay should be the man he once claimed
12-2	Another facility built for big coal giant Alpha Natural Resources
12-2	The Power of Coal: Why People in Colstrip, MT Can't Drink the Water; Coal ash ponds in eastern Montana have been leaking toxins into the groundwater for decades.
12-2	Illinois: Area coal plants say they're ready for new emissions rules
12-2	Ky. power station to implement algae carbon capture project
12-2	US clean air rules will not harm power grid -DOE
12-2	Parker Peerless mine put on notice
12-2	Scientists: Permafrost thaw likely to disrupt global warming predictions
12-2	Global warming experts paint a bleak picture of N.J.'s future
12-2	Emerging states try to end coal addiction with nuclear
12-2	Timeline: How The World Discovered Global Warming
12-2	Scenes from the Ground in Durban
12-1	Governor hopes for Marcellus shale special session - Tomblin wants to 'tweak' Marcellus bill - Take Action: Today Thursday, December 1, join members of citizen groups across West Virginia in calling Governor Tomblin. Tell him you want him to exhibit some leadership and “call a December special session of the Legislature to get the Marcellus bill passed.” Call 304-558-2000 or 888-438-2731. According to this news article, better add a note for him to leave the bill as is--no tweaking!
12-1	CONSOL agrees to stream cleanup - Groups reach settlement with Fola Coal to end lawsuit over mountaintop mining pollution
12-1	More Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining Actually Kills Jobs
12-1	Blankenship resurfaces – with a morality lecture?
12-1	MSHA: 8 mines have potential pattern of violations
12-1	Gastar plans $200M on drilling, mostly in Marshall County
12-1	Junior Walk: Coal Blasts Communities Apart
12-1	Occupy Huntington
12-1	Stream of Conscience: Band Rocks the Charts with Mountaintop Removal Song/Video
12-1	Banks lent over $300 billion to coal industry - Giant banks screwing the economy are also screwing the climate, says report - Coal study names top 20 'climate killer' banks
12-1	Hot Arctic: Thawing permafrost would vent more carbon, warm earth
12-1	CLIMATE CHANGE: Losing 10 football stadiums of forest per minute
12-1	Climate change: 2011 temperatures the hottest ever during La Nina
12-1	Discontent grows with US at climate talks
12-1	Game Over? The Final Corporate Takeover of Congress
12-1	Michael Kline: State history, revised
12-1	Protest at campus PNC branch ends in three student arrests

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