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5-31	Obama walks a fine line over mining
5-31	James Hansen: Coal-fired factories of death
5-31	FEMA says W.Va. disaster help tops $5.7 million
5-31	Massey CEO to speak at Tug Valley Chamber banquet
5-31	Gregg still on the job
5-31	Show: 'Awareness' (scroll down)
5-31	Parks Eyed for Natural Gas Deposits
5-31	At least 30 killed in China coal mine blast
5-31	TVA's recycled coal ash raises safety concerns
5-31	Protecting coal (at all costs), environment (not)
5-31	The uphill struggle against King Coal
5-31	Coal-mining giant taking lumps
5-30	Global Warming Causes 300,000 Deaths a Year, Says Kofi Annan Thinktank
5-30	Gee steps down from Massey board - Breaking news: Gee resigns from Massey board - OSU president resigns from Massey under pressure - University president quits Massey board after green group campaign - Gee resigns from Massey Energy board of directors - Gee resigns from board of coal-producing company
5-30	Court won't rehear mountaintop-removal case - Rehearing denied in MTR case - Judge: Mountaintop removal product of shortsightedness
5-30	WVDEPs Dont ask, dont tell policy on coal slurry
5-30	Mountain Justice volunteers clean up Mingo flood damage
5-30	Climate Ground Zero Gets Day in Court, JUNE 1-2
5-30	We All Live in the Coal Fields: West Virginians Step Up Protests as EPA OKs New Mountaintop Removal - Summer Camp with an (Environmental) Twist
5-30	Victims fear no FEMA Blame gov. for slow response - FEMA offers tips on obtaining assistance
5-30	VIRGINIE OCCIDENTALE: Des montagnes decapitees
5-30	Foundation Coal cuts 60 jobs, production in W.Va.
5-30	Power line tax update: Bill not on special session agenda - Transmission Line Public Hearings Scheduled in Kanawha County
5-30	WV Pubcast--Your e-mails: DEP slurry study and coal in the classroom
5-30	Time magazine, Mar. 22, 1971: The Price of Strip Mining
5-30	Duke Energy Ordered to Shut Indiana Coal-Fired Units
5-30	Gas leak kills 25 at mine in China
5-30	Tenn.: Coal ash spill toxin levels in fish safe - Selenium Controversy at TVA Fly Ash Spill Site - Rail spur being added to assist in cleanup of fly ash from Kingston spill
5-30	Nobel Laureates call for urgent action on climate change
5-30	GOP attacks Democrats for climate proposal
5-30	Greenpeace USA's Phil Radford: 'Obama could have been a hero'
5-30	TVA to appeal deadline for emissions cleanup
5-30	Drummond denies suit's claim about Colombia terror
5-29	Gazette: DEP issues moratorium on new slurry injection permits - AP: DEP halts new coal slurry injections - Coal Tattoo: DEP issues slurry study - Read the DEP study
5-29	Air pollution in West Virginia: what you cant see could hurt you
5-29	Final Four of the Coal River 17 Released Minutes After Press Conference - Environmentalists arrested during holiday weekend protest - Free Speech Radio News: Activists target mountaintop removal coal mining
5-29	Bright Lights, Green City: Taking Off-Broadway Off Coal
5-29	Big Coal Propaganda Indoctrinating Youth: Coal in Classroom wrapping up for now
5-29	AEP wants to enlarge John Amos coal-ash dump
5-29	Its back Manchins power line tax bill
5-29	Suit claims Ala. coal firm funded Colombian terror
5-29	Gees green problem
5-29	Americorps sending 33 volunteers to Gilbert, Hanover
5-29	Rahall talks about coal permits and Route 10
5-29	TDEC says levels in fish near TVA ash spill site don't require action
5-29	Climate health costs: bug-borne ills, killer heat
5-29	Hope, but No Advances, in China-U.S. Climate Talks
5-29	Nations Gamble on Carbon Capture - Norway Bets On CO2 Capture, Storage Despite Risks
5-29	Nuns Pressure Chevron to Track Carbon Emissions
5-29	World Energy Demand to soar 44 Pct in 2030
5-29	NOAA's New Cooperative Institute Advances National Climate Service
5-29	Water from Melting Greenland Ice Sheath May Impact Northeast US Coast
5-28	World CO2 up 39 pct by 2030 without new policy-EIA
5-28	Coal dam update: Whats up with the OSMRE study?
5-28	Massey settles another water pollution suit
5-28	Impoundment breach added to Breathitt flood damage, mining expert says - Kentucky farmer loses crop in flood, blames surface mining
5-28	Coal River blasting is very dangerous
5-28	Kanawha Valley Sustainability Fair wants to change your life
5-28	Manchin signs weakened chemical reporting bill
5-28	Mollohan hosts energy summit in Fairmont
5-28	Study doubts bills effect on coal use
5-28	3 more W.Va. counties added to disaster list - Disaster recovery centers open in Mingo
5-28	Jeff Biggers - It's Time to Come Clean: New Yorkers Are Plugged in to Our Country's Dirtiest Source of Power
5-28	NY Loves Mountains 2009!
5-28	Are you connected to mountaintop coal?
5-28	WVDEPs slippery logic on mercury limits
5-28	MSHA's office of circumlocution
5-28	17 items on list for special session
5-28	Environmental Group Speaks Out - Activists Jailed in Protest to Stop 998 Coal Sludge Deaths
5-28	Economic impacts of carbon pricing
5-28	National Geographic on Repowering the Planet
5-28	COA presents noted filmmaker
5-28	Arch Coal Joins National Carbon Capture Center
5-28	FTC asks Arch, Rio for more info on mine sale
5-28	Key senator calls for 100 new reactors in 20 years
5-28	Proposed site for coal mine in B.C. to be assessed by UNESCO - UNESCO Considers World Heritage Site in Danger Designation for Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park
5-28	One Disaster, Too Many Explanations
5-28	PennDOT's 'Green' efforts include fly ash
5-28	Forecast for climate change bill: cloudy
5-28	How the Effects of Global Warming in the Arctic Are Affecting the Rest of the World
5-28	PSC seeks IDs of opponents of coal plant
5-27	Activists host press conference after weekend protest
5-27	W.Va. residents can register for disaster assistance - Disaster aid available for some W.Va. nonprofits - Ky. churches, charities fill storm recovery needs
5-27	Breaking News: Final Four Released - A peaceful demonstration
5-27	POWER POLITICS: Activists arrested protesting dangerous coal sludge dam in West Virginia - West Virginia Activists Lock Themselves to Coal Mining Trucks - Coal Activists Arrested
5-27	Coal Tattoo update: Back online now
5-27	Coal Mine Laws Written in Blood: An Interview with Judy Bonds
5-27	Special session update: Clean energy and green jobs?
5-27	Manchin, legislative leaders continue talks on special-session agenda
5-27	Massey sticks to 2009 production estimates
5-27	Duke Energy building "last two" coal plants: CEO
5-27	What did EPAs Jackson see in Wyoming?
5-27	Burning the Future: Coal in America
5-26	Mountain Justice Update: 5 Bailed Out, 4 Remain - Group raising money to bail out coal protesters - Most mountaintop removal protesters make bail - Press Conference Slated Tuesday for Mountain Justice and Climate Ground Zeros Anti-Mountaintop Removal Actions
5-26	Could Public Financing Restore Credibility To WVs Supreme Court?
5-26	Emergency watershed assistance available
5-26	Manchin wants flood declaration for 3 more counties
5-26	Testing the Resolve of Obama on Energy
5-26	With Billions at Stake, Trying to Expand the Meaning of Renewable Energy
5-26	Ash on the fly
5-25	Big Coal Gets the Boot - 17 Arrested in West Virginia Protesting Mountaintop Mining
5-25	Operation Appalachian Spring Grows
5-25	Rep. Hechler: Keep Hellraising!
5-25	AP-Group: Coal protesters unable to make bail (Note: nine were held with $2,000 cash only bail. As of early on 5-24, $6,000 was raised and three of the jailed volunteers with the most pressing needs were bailed out.) - Activists Chain Themselves To Mine Equipment
5-25	Mining permits still flowing in new administration
5-25	Coal Valley News: More Arrests on Coal River Valley as Actions Against Mountaintop Removal and Coal Sludge Dams Continue
5-25	New tax report released on West Virginia coal reserves
5-25	Massey CEO threatens jobs to justify coal
5-25	MHSA delay on coal-dust rule riles safety advocates
5-25	Sago memorial unveiled in Barbour Co.
5-25	In landmark vote, House committee approves climate bill
5-25	Ban says US climate bill plan "not enough"
5-25	International Meeting In Denmark To Discuss Climate Change
5-25	World Biz Leaders to Call for Massive Climate Investment
5-25	US, Italy Sign Cooperation Agreement on Clean Coal and Carbon Capturing Technology
5-25	Dust storms speed snowmelt in the West
5-24	Gazette: 17 arrested in mountaintop removal protests
5-24	Jeff Biggers--Raising the Dead: Memorial Day Activists Jailed in Protest to Stop 998 Coal Sludge Deaths - Seventy Five Protest in Coal River Valley - AP: 17 arrested for protesting Massey mine blast plan - MetroNews: Mine Protests End In Arrests - WV Media Holdings: Several Arrested after Protesting Mountaintop Removal
5-24	Barack Obama hasn't been to the mountaintop, not in Appalachia - Obama's mining approach leaves industry wondering
5-24	Bush Administration Left a 'Mess,' Interior Secretary Says
5-24	TVA asked to pay for $1.9M PR campaign to repair image from ash spill
5-24	Mines being pressed to capture methane gas
5-23	Police Remove 11 During Raleigh County, W.Va. Protests of Coal Sludge Dams and Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining; More Protestors Expected This Afternoon
5-23	WSAZ: Activists Chain Themselves To Mine Equipment
5-23	Breaking: Civil Disobedience at WV Mountaintop Removal and Coal Sludge Impoundment Sites
5-23	Associated Press: Protesters fear Massey dam, blasting plans
5-23	Obama's mining approach leaves industry wondering
5-23	Flash flood: Any protection?
5-23	Flood Relief Effort Continues in Mingo County - Federal Flood Assistance In Millions - Flood-damaged Mingo Co. schools face uncertainty - Household donations being accepted for Mingo County, W.Va., flood victims
5-23	Reclamation rare in West Virginia
5-23	New Study: Global Temperatures to Rise 9 Degrees by 2100
5-23	GQ Exposes the Coal Industry's Horse S**it: BLACK TIDE: A wave of poisonous sludge buried a townalong with the myth of clean coal
5-23	Roane Countians give TVA an earful - Kingston residents concerned after rain washes fly ash into water supply - Selenium Found in Fish Exposed to TVA Fly Ash Spill
5-23	Hundreds Tell EPA to Regulate Global Warming Pollution
5-23	The Politics of Bait-and-Switch
5-23	Stella Morris lawsuit: A win for a miners widow
5-23	Global warming's impacts on state forests: Burn baby burn!
5-23	Washington governor orders emission cutbacks
5-23	U.S. climate negotiator sees 'impressive' actions by China
5-23	Medical Doctor to EPA: Health Effects of Global Warming a Clear and Present Danger
5-23	Jobs trump environment in mountaintop mining shocker
5-23	Mountaintop Removal & Green Burials, Part 1
5-22	Teamwork helps speed flood recovery
5-22	Big protest set for Saturday at Massey site
5-22	State urges caution when hiring contractors after flood damage
5-22	Ken Ward's " Coal Tattoo" Friday Round Up: More on flooding and mountaintop removal
5-22	Shocking news: Big coal still opposes climate bill -
5-22	PSC to AEP: Turn over documents on efficiency
5-22	Compromise has enfeebled Americas cap-and-trade bill. A carbon tax would be better
5-22	EPA head hopes for climate-change law
5-22	Obama's New California-Based Climate Policy: Six Key Things To Know
5-22	House panel set to clear climate change bill
5-22	Boucher Buckles to Big Coal
5-22	Today's topic: Broad lessons emerge from Kingston site
5-21	EPA Mining Decisions Favor Coal Industry
5-21	Climate Change Odds Much Worse Than Thought
5-21	Gore vs. Hansen: Enviros take sides in debate over House climate bill - US House panel tackles climate change bill
5-21	Climate bill packed with protections for coal industry
5-21	New report: Coal-to-liquids not an easy answer
5-21	Emory River at 'tipping point' - Tenn. ash spill threatens fish population
5-21	People near mining sites are suffering
5-21	Is 'Clean Coal' Polluting Tennessee's Clean Water?
5-21	Jeff Biggers- An interview with playwrights about bringing mountaintop-removal coal on stage
5-21	Red Jacket man tells of saving grandmother from mudslide
5-21	Is school out in Gilbert? - Mingo officials announce $2M for flood damage - Union Mission stuffs trucks with flood relief donations - Coal co. recalls miners to work on flood recovery - Pike magistrates criticize judge for making flood video - Mingo flood victims get help from all over
5-21	Mining methods harmful to environment
5-21	Gee stays on coal mining board
5-21	MSHA settles highwall collapse death case
5-21	Georgia's Reliance on Coal Questioned Amid Climate Concerns
5-21	Street damage in south Canton attributed to mine subsidence
5-21	Continuing Current US Energy Policy Called 'Perilous'
5-21	Save our planet and our animals
5-20	Two mines take responsibility for parts of Mingo County flooding - Kentucky mines also cited following mud slides
5-20	Mingo flood victims get help from all over
5-20	Mine death report: Massey contractor cited by state - Trucking firm fined $50,000 over mine fatality
5-20	Why the Nation's Biggest Environmental Disaster May Be About to Get Worse - Checking in on the TVA coal ash spill
5-20	Massey shareholders re-elect Gee to board - Mountaintop Removal, Massey Energy, and Ohio State University President Gordon Gee - OSU President Gordon Gee under pressure to quit mining company board
5-20	DEP says few fish eaters means little mercury risk
5-20	UMWA issues statement on climate change bill
5-20	US energy chief vows to pursue 'clean coal'
5-20	Drilling wastewater safe, Clarksburg plant says
5-20	E.Ky. coal mine cuts 85 jobs
5-19	Massey shareholders to vote on board, resolutions
5-19	W.Va. due to release fatal mining accident report
5-19	Protectors don't protect our land from coal (scroll down)
5-19	Waxman-Markey update: A global warming crossroads?
5-19	Everyones Downstream From This: Maria Gunnoes Appalachia
5-19	APCO VP: Company remains committed to coal
5-19	The dirty secret about clean coal: It doesn't exist
5-19	Ash spill could smudge summer business
5-19	As Alaska Glaciers Melt, Its Land Thats Rising
5-19	China bridges climate gap between coal states, rivals
5-19	Glaciers go, leaving drought, conflict and tension in Andes
5-19	EU Urges Deeper Carbon Cuts On Australia
5-19	Floods, Fires To Test EU Climate Response - Report
5-19	In Chile, the birds are dying, and no one knows why
5-19	MT could lose mine cleanup $$ under Obama's budget
5-18	Low fish consumption justifies higher mercury levels, DEP study says
5-18	DEP considering relaxed iron rules for trout streams
5-18	Rahall Says Nowhere For Water To Go - WVa gets $2M for flood-damaged bridges, highways - A Change In Focus - Starting To Feel Like There's Hope
5-18	Fixing OSM(RE), Part 3 Heres a solid plan
5-18	Study: TVA coal-ash spill toxins could sterilize fish - Tenn. ash spill threatens fish population - Pa. rejected TVA's spilled coal ash as too contaminated
5-18	Mining for dollars - Group asks Ohio St. president to donate coal stock
5-18	Wild Places takes teens on an eye-opening' trip
5-18	The Effects of Electricity Choice
5-18	Moving Mountains with Theatre: An Interview with Playwright Sarah Moon
5-18	Authors speak out against mountaintop removal
5-18	Amphibian Declines and Mountaintop Mines
5-18	EPA urged to act on climate, not wait for Congress
5-18	PATH update: Application documents now online
5-18	'Appalachian Apocalypse': Obama Permits Mountaintop Removal Mining
5-18	Clean coal a contradiction in terms
5-18	Deaths from global warming expected to rise as Earth changes, scientists say
5-17	Help available for flood victims
5-17	Theresa Burriss: For My Sister Appalachians
5-17	EarthTalk: Tennessee coal ash spill
5-17	The Fishing's lousy and your hair is falling out?
5-17	Environmentalists Attack House Global Warming Deal
5-17	Duke Energy finagles behind the scenes
5-17	Coal-to-diesel plant faces problems
5-17	Obama's climate plans spark lobbying boom by Shell, Boeing, 3M
5-16	Action is the Antidote to Despair: Climate Ground Zero, West Virginia, All Summer
5-16	Obama's EPA clears 42 of 48 new mountaintop removal mining permits - Rahall says EPA will approve most MTR permits - Mountaintop removal update: EPA responds to Rahall - Rahall: EPA clears 42 of 48 permits for approval - Rahall Addresses Status of EPA and Corps of Engineers Coal Mining Permitting Process - Rahall: EPA Not Ending Coal Mining - More Trouble for Appalachia
5-16	Jeff Biggers: EPA Clears Waterboarding Permits for Appalachia
5-16	Coal, Electric Industries Big Winners in Climate Bill Deal
5-16	Waxman and Markey divvy up the goods I wish my parents had given me allowances like this!
5-16	Panel Adds Free Permits To CO2 Bill - Global warming bill becomes another Washington porkfest - Climate Bill Seeks a Broad Coalition
5-16	Secretary Chu Announces $2.4 billion in Funding for Carbon Capture and Storage Projects - Clean coal? Obama making $2.4 billion bet - DOE focuses on 4 companies for nuclear loan help - Remember: Coal war: Can the fossil fuel be cleaned up?
5-16	Disaster declared in Mingo, Wyoming counties - Obama declares major disaster for West Virginia - Aid available to Mingo, Wyoming county residents - Flooding Brings School Year to End for Some Schools in Mingo County - Other Areas Of Mingo County Hit Hard By Flooding - Mingo Flood Clean-Up Progressing; Tetanus Shots Available - Mines cited after weekend flooding - 7 Mingo schools closed next week
5-16	Route made public for PATH power line proposal - Power line update: Lets talk about PATH - PATH power line plans detailed - WVa approval sought for multistate power line - Heres some more power line maps
5-16	Mountaintop Removal Endgame (Click on May 13, 2009 archived call)
5-16	POWER POLITICS: The uphill battle against mountaintop removal
5-16	Maria Gunnoe on the Marc Steiner Show
5-16	Quiet on the Mountain
5-16	'Creation care' focus of Atlanta conference
5-16	Groups to Rally at JPMorgan Chase Shareholder Meeting on May 19th
5-16	'Something's Rising' shares mountain people's hope and outrage
5-16	Live near coal ash? 1 in 50 chance of cancer.
5-16	Federal standards on coal ash disposal are needed
5-16	NC judge allows hearing on Duke Energy's Cliffside permit
5-16	Coal sector tumbles on grim economic results
5-16	Air Force studies under fire
5-16	Pennsylvania DEP Awards 13 Contracts to Reclaim 340 Acres of Dangerous Abandoned Mine Lands
5-16	30% Ocean Mercury Rise Linked to Asian Coal Plants
5-16	Poorest need funds to combat climate change: report
5-16	Deep CO2 Cuts May Be Last Hope for Acid Oceans
5-16	Soaring electricity use by new electronic devices imperils climate change efforts
5-16	Climate change, water shortages conspire to create 21st century Dust Bowl
5-16	Empire of Carbon
5-16	11 die of asphyxiation in Chinese coal mine
5-16	Riversdale signs contract for $800 mln coal project
5-15	Lexington Herald Leader editorial: Speed relief to flood victims; answer questions on strip mining and flooding
5-15	Opening of flooded Pike, Mingo schools uncertain - Pike areas still without water - Flood Fraud
5-15	Mountaintop removal: Goodwin ruling puts Corps in bind
5-15	Commentary by Mike Di Paola, Bloomberg: Coal Miners Meet Feisty Mountain Woman, $150,000 in Showdown
5-15	PATH proposal will go to Public Service Commission - Sierra Club: Just say NO to PATH power line
5-15	Global warming bill's coal provisions unclear - Progress on the global warming bill? - House panel nears agreement on energy and climate bill - Barack Obama's climate change bill is weakened, but still intact
5-15	Republicans Block Interior Appointee, For Now - Republicans block Obama pick for Interior No. 2
5-15	Energy Secretary Chu And the Clean Coal Fraud
5-15	Debate: Roberts v. clean coal flack Joe Lucas
5-15	One of state's deepest wells would lock away gas in W. Ky. - 8,000 feet under: In Kentucky, quest to bury CO2 is halfway - Well project tests storage of carbon dioxide
5-15	OConnors Concern Continues for State Judicial Election System - A bad example
5-15	Joe Manchin, Jim Justice and coal-mine safety
5-15	Greenbrier buyer Justice pays off safety fines
5-15	EPAs Jackson to visit coal mine in Wyoming
5-15	Onslaught against mountaintop mining helps spur short bets on coal stocks
5-15	Churches to probe impacts of Canadian oil sands
5-15	Green groups want OSU pres. off coal board
5-15	Alaskans know oil and gas well, but not coal
5-15	Federal funds don't come with EPA help on spill cleanup
5-15	Jeff Biggers: New York is Burning
5-15	Kathy Mattea heads home - Top Ten Favorite Female Country Music Singers
5-15	Bush team still haunts enviros
5-15	BofA Urged by Regulators to Revamp Board of Directors
5-15	John James Snidow: Reversing the legacy of coal
5-15	A Trip Back to West Virginia
5-15	A New View of Antarctic Melting - Melting ice could cause gravity shift
5-15	Climate conference: Rising sea levels, acidity threatening oceans, communities they support
5-15	Enviros sue EPA over ocean acidification
5-15	Animals moving north due to climate change
5-15	Villages lose money to fight climate change
5-15	Climate change, water shortages conspire to create 21st century Dust Bowl
5-15	Regulators rushed ruling on need for coal plant, opponents argue
5-15	Ten Green Ringtones You Can Cut to Fight Big Coal
5-15	Georgia: Coal ash waste headed to midstate
5-14	Mingo County Office of Emergency Services (OES) Bulletin - All coal sludge impoundments inspected and safe...
5-14	Manchin: W.Va. floods are an act of God - Coal Conference Takes A Look at Mountaintop Removal - Manchin Defends Mountaintop Removal
5-14	Private bridges hit hard by floods - The Damage In Wyoming County - Gilbert continues flood cleanup - Flooding revives argument over use of Rainy Day Fund - W.Va. suspends sales-related taxes in 6 counties - Digging out and cleaning up
5-14	PATH power line application coming on Friday
5-14	Pa. rejects TVA coal ash as too contaminated - Study: Wet or dry, coal ash spill residue is dangerous - TVA open on coal ash reporting - TVA sends spilled coal ash to impoverished Black communities in Georgia and Alabama
5-14	Retired Justice O'Connor cites Benjamin ethics case
5-14	MSHA clarifies Labor Secretarys budget statements
5-14	DEP schedules water quality rule meeting
5-14	Mountain Aid concert to educate about mountain top removal - Mountain Aid: Festival to Educate About Mountain Top Removal June 19 & 20
5-14	Groups want OH college pres off coal company board - Coal Miner's Doctor: OSU President Has Mixed Energy Message
5-14	Mountaintop removal devastating (at link, scroll down)
5-14	Battle of the cell phone ringtones
5-14	Greenbrier buyer ran up $1 million in unpaid MSHA fines
5-14	Climate Change Called Greatest Health Challenge - Major report warns of climate change risk to world health
5-14	Revamped House climate and energy bill has the votes to pass, says Waxman
5-14	EU Targets Transport, Power For Next Climate Action
5-14	Professor Anthony Costello: climate change biggest threat to humans
5-14	Permit Will Help AEP Move Ahead on Study
5-14	International Group to Honor Three from WVU
5-13	Flood help available to victims - Mingo residents try to weather storm - About 150 homes flooded in Hanover - Officials say flood could have been worse - Kanawha leaders sending help to Mingo flood zone - Thousands of homes damaged by floods
5-13	Yale 360: The Razing of Appalachia: Mountaintop Removal Revisited
5-13	Jeff Biggers--Dear Mr. President: Declare August 3rd as Armistice Day in the Appalachian Coalfields
5-13	WV Power Plant First Ever to Try Carbon Capture and Storage
5-13	The Preacher and Mountaintop Removal
5-13	Massey's Dark Side
5-13	Cindy Rank: MARIA GUNNOE WINS 2009 GOLDMAN PRIZE
5-13	Retired Justice OConnor cites W.Va. ethics case
5-13	Obama and MSHA: Is this their agenda?
5-13	Alpha Natural to buy Foundation Coal for $1.4 billion - Two Regional Coal Companies To Merge in $2 Billion Deal
5-13	Pesticide ban won't affect Bayer plant in Institute - Dangerous chemicals should be removed
5-13	Coal plant opposition builds - 'No coal is clean coal,' opponents of Surry plant declare
5-13	Four national organizations call on OSU President Gordon Gee to resign from Massey Energy Board
5-13	Marcellus Shale plant opens in southwestern Pa.
5-13	Mine operator Cliffs reduces salaries, dividend
5-13	Civil Lawsuits Over Collapse of Utah Mine Are Settled
5-13	On This Earth: The things that are hidden
5-13	EPA Offers Tips to Save Energy and Fight Climate Change this Summer
5-13	Scientists Discuss Climate Change at World Ocean Conference
5-13	Toxic mercury in seas tied to algae, air
5-13	Utility seeks Lake Monroe water for plant
5-12	Officials begin flood assessment; residents asked to report damage - Areas ravaged by floods in need of emergency supplies
5-12	Mines cited in Mingo flooding - Mountaintop removal: More on the floods - Flooding in the Appalachian Coalfields
5-12	The role of mining, logging in floods
5-12	Boone included in emergency declaration - Hundreds left homeless after E. Ky. flooding - Storm damage assessments begin in West Virginia, Kentucky - Floods devastate southern West Virginia - National Guard, Red Cross respond to hardest-hit - More Guard Troops Sent to Flooded W.Va. - In The Mud - Mile After Mile of Destruction - Crews survey coalfields damage - Treading water and mud: Widespread flooding knocks out power, water to thousands - After the flood - Car crashes at Pie due to road blocked by flood debris - National Guard and Red Cross helping Mingo clean up
5-12	EPA takes over TVA coal-ash cleanup - Residents welcome EPA takeover of ash spill cleanup
5-12	Coal ash ponds a silent danger
5-12	Our mountains can be more than a coal dig
5-12	Carbon emission curbs won't hurt economy
5-12	TECO Coal to cut jobs in Pike County - Experts say every part of Kentucky hit by recession
5-12	Nuclear plants face huge price tag
5-12	Bayer is reversing Valley's advantages (scroll down)
5-12	World premiere of new WV history film - Remembering William C. Blizzard
5-12	Future Climate Change Likely To Cause More Respiratory Problems In Young Children
5-12	Oceans should be focus of climate change fight, experts say
5-12	Clean Coal (Not)
5-12	Ex-lobbyist's hiring criticized
5-11	Update: Mingo miners safe after floodwaters block exit - Miners Rescued in Mingo County
5-11	After the flood, cleanup begins in Mingo County - Devastation - Red Cross Offers Help To Flood Victims - Floodwaters Leave A Path Of Destruction In Mingo County
5-11	Does mountaintop removal make flooding worse?
5-11	Lobbyists cut their spending, it seems
5-11	Support in E. Kentucky pleases Mongiardo
5-11	Coal ash spill has long-lasting effect of high chemical levels in soil
5-11	TVA Sending Ash to 2 Sites
5-11	China Outpaces U.S. in Cleaner Coal-Fired Plants
5-11	Pa. sites may store carbon
5-11	Indiana: Former coal lobbyist takes state post
5-11	Surprise career
5-10	Bayer knew MIC monitors were broken before blast
5-10	Hundreds of homes seriously damaged in flash floods - Breaking news: W.Va. miners trapped by flood - Heavy rains result in widespread flooding across Mingo, Pike
5-10	Miners Stuck But Safe From Flood Waters - Flooding hits Mingo, Wyoming counties - Major Flooding Reported in Coalfields - W.Va. governor declares emergency due to flooding - State of Emergency Following Coalfields Flooding - Flooding, mudslides hit Pike, Floyd counties after heavy rain - Four Inches of Rain In Less Than a Day
5-10	Massey CEO: Don Blankenship- Stand with proponents of coal
5-10	Agency Seeks More Details On Mining Plan for Ninth Time - Va. officials want more info on mountaintop mining
5-10	Ashley Judd Gives Inspirational Message To Graduates
5-10	From Birmingham to Coal River
5-10	Silas House in motion - Authors look to the future: WNC writers and Ariz. prophet in front of a literary groundswell
5-10	Save Birds by Promoting Wind Energy
5-10	The Dredge Report
5-10	Dangerous mine pits dot Oklahoma
5-10	Republicans seek FERC comment on coal/nuke remark
5-10	Global Warming, Human Illness and Loss of Life
5-10	At least 31 dead, 50,000 homeless in Brazil flooding
5-10	Loss of Peat Bogs Around the World Affects Climate Change
5-10	Climate change and the fierce urgency of now
5-9	Bhopal victims lobby US Congress for action - The Sierra Club Heading South
5-9	Flooding In Southern Coalfields
5-9	Knott mine to go idle; 153 jobs affected
5-9	Coal industry has history of ups and downs
5-9	EPAs decision will not impact economy (scroll down)
5-9	Renewable industry cheers Obama budget while coal and nuclear jeer
5-9	Obama AML plan: What happened to the green jobs???
5-9	Jon Stewart to Salazar: Appalachia deserves clean streams
5-9	Industry campaign targets 'hydraulic fracturing' bill
5-9	Feds Finally Take Aim at Coal-Mining Waste
5-9	Yet Another Candidate Compromised by Coal
5-9	Coal Ash Cancer Risks Detailed in Suppressed Report
5-9	Coal debate highlights Duke meeting
5-9	Mountaintop mining companies dig up more than coal
5-9	Obama Administration Upholds Bush Polar Bear Rule
5-9	Shrimp Said At Risk From North Atlantic Warming
5-8	Mountaintop removal: Corps suspends Va. mining permit
5-8	Bush EPA hid data on coal-ash risks, study shows - Secret EPA study: Big cancer risks from coal-ash ponds - Coal ash sites called danger to neighbors - Coal ash is contaminating water, damaging health in 34 states, groups say - EPA: Higher Cancer Risk for Kentuckians Due to Coal Ash Waste - Data: Waste dumps pose health risks - Bush admin. buried dangers of coal - Dozens more articles...
5-8	TVA tests rail shipment of spilled coal ash - TVA's billion-dollar clean-up
5-8	EPA asked to take over W.Va. DEP
5-8	Rural Airport to Rival West Virginia's Two Largest
5-8	Obama proposes slight increase for MSHA, cuts in AML spending
5-8	CONSOL cutting 54 jobs in Mingo County
5-8	Beckley school begins coal-themed lesson plans
5-8	Bayer wants 'new day' with Kanawha Valley
5-8	Duke CEO talks grilling from shareholders at annual meeting
5-8	Kan. Senate approves bill to seal coal deal
5-8	EPA wants details on New Hampshire coal plants
5-8	W. Va. businessman buys bankrupt Greenbrier resort
5-8	Good and Bad News About Coal (Plus Video using some OVEC photos, photo by Dave Cooper, others...) - Sierra Club Video Skewers Worst Coal Songs Ever Recorded in History
5-7	Citizens to Obama: Take over WVDEP - Urgent Letter to EPA and Interior: Liberate Coalfields and Take Primacy - Also on Common Dreams
5-7	Der Spiegel: Berge ohne Spitzen
5-7	Update from Manchin on EPA meeting - Manchin meets with EPA over mining permit
5-7	Massey idles WVa coal mine
5-7	Get MIC away from people - Chemicals force people from Valley
5-7	Allegheny Power Line Overcomes Last Legal Hurdle
5-7	Bush rule didn't account for mining's cost on Mother Nature
5-7	Mountaintop removal operations not justified
5-7	Trespassers Must Pay Fines in Massey Case
5-7	Mountaintop mining settlements in Ky., Tenn
5-7	Salazar takes quick action, but tough decisions lie ahead
5-7	Toasted Marshmallows and Activism: Mountain Justice Summer Camp
5-7	Make coal pay more of its costs
5-7	Mountaintop removal: Double victory for Sierra Club
5-7	EPA to possibly regulate coal ash in Ky.
5-7	They Are Trying to Steal Your Future
5-7	SC lawmakers speak out against mountaintop mining
5-7	The Grassroots: Public Policy Battleground
5-7	DTE workers find flyash pipeline leak
5-7	Mercury Levels in Fish on the Increase
5-7	Tibet threatened by global warming: state media
5-7	Coal plant opponents fill town hall
5-6	Climate Chaos Predicted by CO2 Study
5-6	Manchin to lobby EPA for mining permit - Mountaintop removal: Gov. Manchin goes to Philadelphia - King Coal Highway Namesake could help expedite project
5-6	Power Hungry: Reinventing The U.S. Electric Grid
5-6	Experts weigh toxic threat from coal ash; New regulations may consider it hazardous waste - Experts call for plans for coal ash spills - Coal ash panel calls for emergency response plans for spills - TVA monitors Emory River - Coal-ash waste regulations discussed
5-6	Embattled coal industry wages multifront lobbying war
5-6	Miners back to work at Black Castle Mine
5-6	Some chose Massey settlement offers
5-6	Mountain Aid concert set for June 19-20
5-6	Rule removal
5-6	Construction set to begin on E. Ky. water project
5-6	Judge approves EPA-Patriot deal
5-6	Something's Rising: Appalachians Fighting Mountaintop Removal
5-6	House Dems narrow energy, climate bill differences
5-6	Searching for Cecil Roberts II
5-6	Jeff Biggers--Green Commencement Speech: OSU President Gee Should Resign from Massey Board
5-6	Raising coal industry tax a tough sell
5-6	World Changing: U.S. Activist Battles West Virginia Coal Industry
5-6	Coal Country - Coal Country - new film from Mari-Lynn Evans - July 11th
5-6	A Deal on Coal in Kansas
5-6	Indigenous rights and climate change
5-6	Who wins in Kansas coal compromise?
5-6	Poison in the Air, Part 3
5-5	W.Va. issues first CCS permit (a tiny one, though) - W.Va. Issues First Carbon Sequestration Permit - Apco receives 1st carbon capture permit in W.Va.
5-5	Mountaintop mining could pave way for King Coal
5-5	WVDEP makes another deal
5-5	Jay, Waxman call for deeper probe of Bayer MIC
5-5	Searching for Cecil Roberts
5-5	Ansted Health Society wants surveys completed
5-5	Obama, House Democrats meet on climate change - White House, House GOP convene meetings on climate
5-5	USGS finds ammonia in Wyo. coal-bed methane water
5-5	Things are tough all over: Massey pay cuts - Massey says Blankenship, others take 10% pay cut
5-5	State Republicans plan for special session
5-5	Kan. gov, utility CEO announce deal on coal plant - Sunflower Electric, governor compromise on Holcomb coal expansion
5-5	Lexington woman on Sierra Club's national board
5-5	Texas: King touts $300 million tax break for clean-coal technology
5-5	Foundation Coal reports Q1 loss
5-5	Researchers find rise in mercury in North Pacific
5-5	Is Appalachia less-than American in the eyes of our government and fellow citizens?
5-5	Mercury levels in Arctic seals linked to length of summer thaw
5-5	Harriman mayor: TVA coal ash blocking Emory River posing risk
5-5	TVA Looks To Bury Ashes From Spill
5-5	TVA monitors river at coal ash spill site
5-5	EU, Japan to work together for new deal to curb global warming
5-4	Bob Kincaid: Making a 'Sacred Zone'
5-4	Bhopal Residents Share Their Stories
5-4	Dominion kept 7-year secret on fly ash's environmental risks
5-4	Boone County women document beauty, hardship with photos
5-4	Toxins kept out of air ending up in water?
5-4	EPA Seeks Rules for Utilities' Runoff
5-4	'Clean Coal' Debate Plays Out on the Airwaves
5-4	The true cost of coal
5-4	La minera tropieza con resistencia en todo el mundo - Six campaigners win the environmental world's 'Nobels'
5-4	West Virginia Mountain Top Removal Coal Protests Heating Up
5-4	The challenge of cutting demand
5-4	Coal Miner Injured in Kanawha County Sunday Night
5-4	Inmates vying for coal mining jobs in Appalachia
5-4	Tenn.: House Revises Coal Ash Bill, Then Approves It - Pollution Lingers From Massive Coal Ash Spill
5-4	Seeking to Save the Planet, With a Thesaurus
5-4	Dangerous climate change may be just 50 years away, study warns
5-4	Preventing a 2-degree C temperature rise = almost no fossil fuel use
5-4	Pollution and lack of health care for all is the true epidemic and pandemic
5-4	Michigan: Midland coal plant project is canceled
5-4	One cost of high energy
5-4	Lake Baikal's Unique Biota Threatened By Climate Change
5-4	New mountaintop removal book from Silas House
5-4	100 days: Obama's big green dream
5-4	How that mercury gets into your salmon
5-4	Things Obama can do now
5-3	MIC 'day tank' emerges as Institute safety threat
5-3	Citizen Journalism: People Take Control of the News
5-3	Commission to hold hearings on AEP rate hike request
5-3	Southern W.Va., Ky. residents thinking coal alternatives
5-3	Cecil Roberts (UMWA president) op-ed in Sunday Gazette Mail: As nation rethinks coal policies, let's remember how we got where we are today
5-3	Judge declares class action for 751 in Massey cases - Mingo judge seeks to resolve coal pollution case
5-3	Posegi človeka v naravo
5-3	WV Environmentalist Wins Goldman Prize
5-3	BOOKS: 'Something's Rising'
5-3	Climate Change: How The '2 Degrees Celsius Target' Can Be Reached
5-3	Climate change may increase mercury levels in seals
5-2	Bhopal residents bring MIC warnings
5-2	732 convene in Mingo for water contamination suits - Mingo judge OKs class-action in coal slurry case - WVa judge seeks to resolve coal pollution case - Mingo judge seeks to resolve more than 700 coal pollution cases - Hundreds assemble in polluted water suit
5-2	Judge fines Massey protestors, considers permanent order - Five mine protesters found guilty - Trespassers Must Pay Fines in Massey Energy Case - Hearing Friday on Massey protest TRO
5-2	W.Va. revenue estimates on target
5-2	Sierra Club challenges Va. mining permit - Groups File Federal Suit Opposing Ison Rock Ridge Mining Permit
5-2	Coal-ash cleanup could be $1 billion
5-2	Coal official says EPA putting W.Va. jobs at risk
5-2	SC bill blasts mountaintop coal removal
5-2	Differing agendas for upcoming special session
5-2	Nuclear solution comes with a huge price tag
5-2	Pipe Leak at Nuclear Plant Raises Concerns
5-2	A Push to Shed More Light on Electricity Sources
5-2	Your Tuna Is Getting More Toxic
5-2	Capitol Hill Power Plant Will Switch To Natural Gas
5-2	Undoing the Damage, Step by Step
5-2	Band raises awareness through music
5-2	U.S. On Right Track to Eliminating Coal
5-2	Mountaintop removal has negative community impact
5-2
5-1	Time running out for surface mining
5-1	Coal industry discusses future
5-1	WV Public Radio: Boone County women document beauty, hardship with photos
5-1	EPA identifies potentially dangerous coal ash sites
5-1	TVA looks at disposal sites for fly ash from spill - TVA ash spill estimate rises to $975M
5-1	Barf alert: Governor sees hope despite poor environmental ranking
5-1	W.Va. Citizen Action Group marks 35 years
5-1	Wal-Mart ad upsets coal miners
5-1	The LoneTones spread their wings for complexities of 'Canaries'
5-1	The People's Movement at 100 Days
5-1	EP Magazine: Goldman Taps Seven for Annual Environmental Prize - Bali Waste Activist Is Not Resting on Her Laurels
5-1	Investigators Find Fault With Bayer CropScience
5-1	Are carbon footprints stomping out species?

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