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11-20
W.Va. coalfields residents criticize blasting
11-20
Manchin seeking to tighten his new energy law
11-20
Congresswoman Capito on her meeting with EPA - Capito troubled by EPA response to concerns
11-20
Coal company source of big political gifts
11-20
Contractor cited in coal miner's death - Alcohol factor in W.Va. mine truck driver's death
11-20
Blankenship to Face Kennedy During Environmental Debate in Charleston - Blankenship, Kennedy Jr. to debate at UC - Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Don Blankenship to debate at UC
11-20
New Fairmont plant treats Marcellus water
11-20
A day in the life of a neanderthal
11-20
At the Energy Crossroads
11-20
Is it the beginning of the end of surface mining in SW Virginia?
11-20
W.Va. lawmakers mull ruling on e-mail secrecy
11-20
The hidden costs of fossil fuels - and biofuels, too
11-20
DOI to Propose Stream Buffer Rule
11-20
Interior's new coal ruling means little to Wyo producers
11-20
A Coal-Free Washington?
11-20
The Hot Topic
11-20
U.S. Group Sees Worsening Coastal Flooding Threat
11-20
U.N. report: Global warming risk to women
11-20
Melting Sea Ice Dilutes Water, Endangers Sea Life
11-20
Global Warming: Worst Case Scenario Best We Can Hope For
11-20
Great Barrier Reef Survival "Requires 25 Percent CO2 Cut
11-20
Australian Heatwave In Carbon Trade Battle
11-20
Colo. local leaders urge action on climate change
11-20
WEA: Climate Change Not Controversial Among Non-U.S. Evangelicals
11-20
Oceans' ability to sequester carbon diminishing
11-20
A climate threat, rising from the soil
11-20
Coal ash ponds in Cochise ticking time bomb?
11-20
Environmental groups to sue Mirant over ash
11-19
OSMRE announces ‘immediate actions’ on MTR  - OSM promises tougher strip-mine inspections  -  Interior increases oversight of mountaintop mining - New Surface Mining Chief Cracks Down on Mountaintop Removal, Valley Fills - U.S. boosts coal mining oversight to fight pollution - Interim mountaintop mining permit procedures OK’d - Obama Administration mountaintop mining siege targets state mining regulation
11-19
Mercer County debates 'contour mine' permit
11-19
Bo Webb asks Manchin for meeting on MTR issues
11-19
Report details 'coal's assault on human health'  - Coal Pollution Damages Human Health at Every Stage of Coal Life Cycle, Reports Physicians for Social Responsibility - Coal Pollution Undermines America's Health, Physicians Advise - Cap-And-Trade & Coal's Assault
11-19
Fish in 50% of U.S. Lakes Have High Levels of Mercury  - Report confirms mercury's spread
11-19
A malodorous firing
11-19
A Surplus of Energy That Might Even Last
11-19
Property owner near TVA ash spill `living in hell'
11-19
Senate to Put Off Climate Bill Until Spring  - Colo. lawmakers ask Congress to limit energy bill
11-19
Fossil Fuel Companies Block Climate Treaty
11-19
Maynard e-mails should have been released, Workman says - Workman issues dissent in Maynard-Blankenship case
11-19
MSHA’s Joe Main to meet with the press
11-19
DEP, EPA search for golden algae in southwestern PA streams
11-19
Morgantown lab gets $13.9M in stimulus money
11-19
What If the Water Wins?
11-18
Save Coal River Mountain Rally and Protest in Charleston WV on Dec 7 at 2 p.m.
11-18
World on course for catastrophic 6° rise, reveal scientists - World has only ten years to control global warming, warns Met Office
11-18
Ex-mine official says he resisted illegal policy - Natural Resources Commission Official denied permits, got fired
11-18
Dunkard Creek’s death cited in takeover petition to EPA
11-18
Manchin puts clean coal technology on special call (Unclean coal as a renewable fuel? Insane!)
11-18
The Coal Industry Wants Your Cash to Save Them
11-18
U.S. coal industry stakes survival on carbon capture
11-18
Climate change bill through coal states  - In Senate, coal fuels climate deals
11-18
Where's the Love? Will Lisa Jackson and Nancy Sutley Ever Visit a Mountaintop Removal Site?
11-18
Environmental Concerns Raised Along Buffalo Creek
11-18
PATH update: Flurry of filings coming in to WV PSC
11-18
EPA announces plans to tighten SO2 standards
11-18
Red Cross: Climate Change Tops Global Humanitarian Concerns
11-18
Can You Have Prosperity Without Growth?
11-18
Massey buys more coal reserves from bankrupt miner
11-18
U.S. Power Companies Seek Out Chinese Allies
11-17
Wess Harris: Blair Mountain belongs to public
11-17
Mono-economy limits our choices
11-17
Purple Mountains Majesty Gone
11-17
ICG says lawsuit over valley fill permit settled  - ICG settles with Sierra Club over Thunder Ridge mine  - Coal company and environmental groups settle lawsuit
11-17
EPA releases reports on AEP coal-ash dam in W.Va. EPA report details coal ash problems at W.Va. power plant  -  EPA considers upgrading ratings of Mason coal-ash dams - EPA report reduces concern about W.Va. power plant
11-17
Study: W.Va. judiciary needs new appeals court - Panel proposes 2nd appeals court for W.Va.  - The Report Is In
11-17
"Critical" Coal Ash Spill Clean Up Nearly 2/3rds Complete at TVA Kingston Plant
11-17
Debate rages over coal ash power plant waste
11-17
Can Coal-Powered Cars Be Clean?
11-17
Port Authority OKs dock facility at Wellsville industrial park
11-17
The Carrots and Sticks of Proposed Climate Policy
11-17
Don Blankenship: China’s Real Environmental Problems (But hey, injecting slurry underground, putting coal silos and sludge dams above an elementary school, blowing up mountains and burying streams here in the USA is all good...) - Q&A with Don Blankenship, CEO of Massey Energy Co.
11-17
Danger for those at the top of the food chain
11-17
Binding Climate Treaty May Slip Far Into 2010
11-16
Manchin addresses national audience on energy
11-16
Report urges new court of appeals
11-16
Not just 'outsiders' oppose King Coal
11-16
Mining tears top off of mountains
11-16
Coalfields fish hatchery closing
11-16
Marsh Fork Elementary's problems betray its age; In addition to location, issues with building cause many to seek new facility
11-16
Social justice is environmental justice
11-16
Sasol on shortlist for first Angry Mermaid climate award  
11-16
Pests on move worldwide as climate warms
11-16
Countdown to Copenhagen: The President's lonely dilemma
11-16
Rainforests could be traded on world market - Naomi Klein: Copenhagen: Seattle Grows Up
11-16
Coal Feeling the Recession
11-16
The two faces of China's giant coal industry
11-16
Ohio ranks 4th in nation for contribution of pollution tied to global warming
11-16
Dumping ash, and cash, on Perry County
11-16
Sheer Political Will Is Needed for Climate Fix
11-16
World Leaders Put Off a Climate Change Treaty - APEC leaders: no climate change deal at Copenhagen
11-16
There is still time to take action on climate change, NYU professor says
11-16
Brunner photographs captures 45 years of coal mining
11-16
Climate change catastrophe took just months
11-15
Naomi Klein: Copenhagen: Seattle Grows Up
11-15
High stakes in Appalachia as greens battle Big Coal
11-15
To the mountaintop
11-15
Larry Gibson: You Can't Just Be Angry, You Gotta Be Willing to Do Something 
11-15
Coal Country premieres on Planet Green Saturday night
11-15
Kentucky coal-mine permit chief fired
11-15
Effects of coal ash contamination go beyond health risks
11-15
Copenhagen climate talks: Time to change, no time to waste
11-15
UN chief prods Senate to tackle climate change  -  Climate change bill to backburner with jobs and deficit push
11-15
Time Is Running Out To Slow Climate Change, Report Finds
11-15
Climate change causing increased number of record high temperatures
11-15
Toxic water: mercury from coal plants pollutes America’s waterways
11-15
Black Lung Special Report
11-14
An Appalachian tale
11-14
Appalachian Voices makes technological strides
11-14
UMW chief reacts to Caperton v. Massey verdict
11-14
Environmentalists Challenge TVA Over Wastewater Permit  - Groups fight TVA plan to discharge water from Kingston plant into Clinch River
11-14
Country Stars Come Out Against Mountaintop Removal
11-14
Report: Florida emissions up 36%  -  Texas greenhouse gas emissions down  - CO2 pollution soars in Ariz., new study says
11-14
Murray Energy lays off 91 at Ohio coal mine
11-14
Power plant waste not being properly discharged
11-14
UK receives money for coal research
11-14
Arch signs deal for southeast Montana coal tracts
11-14
Documentary, artwork at UW-L show destruction caused by mountain-top removal
11-14
Get a sneak preview of the new documentary "Coal Country" tonight
11-14
MT Land Board to weigh leasing state-owned coal
11-13
Friday roundup, Nov. 13, 2009
11-13
W.Va. high court overturns Harman verdict For 3rd Time, W.Va. Supreme Court Favors Massey - Massey Energy Gets $50 Million Jury Verdict Overturned Again - Court overturns ruling against Massey
11-13
Breaking news: Rulings in Massey, AP FOIA cases - Justices say Maynard's e-mails shouldn't have been public  - W.Va. Supreme Court opts for secrecy - Blankenship-Maynard E-Mails Not Public Record
11-13
'Coal Country' mines controversial practice
11-13
Coal must read: Industry takes a look in the mirror
11-13
Blankenship blasts Obama for “regulation-cession”
11-13
Gore on CCS: ‘Compelling’ but a long way to go
11-13
Regional development impacted by changing coal attitudes
11-12
Massey cited for blasting at Coal River Mountain  - Massey cited for Coal River Mountain blasting
11-12
Rockefeller still saying ‘Flatten it, and they will come’  - Coal Country Dems to White House: Get Your Act Together
11-12
Julian Martin: Freedom of speech threatened
11-12
PSC staff press for power line dismissal 
11-12
Blowing Their Tops
11-12
Big Coal and Child Victims, Child Labor, Coal Abuse, Cherry Mine Anniversary
11-12
How does big coal honor veterans
11-12
Coal Country the film playing free at the Atheneum Saturday night
11-12
UN singles out US as the most important nation for global warming negotiations

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