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Energy Giant Wins Lawsuit Over Coal Silo Near School

AP | By VICKI SMITH | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Raleigh County Circuit Court, Massey Energy, Upper Branch Mine, Kevin Thompson, Coal Slurry, Goals Coal Co., Coal Dust, West Virginia, Asthma, Elementary School, Class Action Lawsuit, Marsh Fork Elementary, Coal, Business News

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. -- Jurors have rejected claims that a Massey Energy coal-loading silo built near a southern West Virginia elementary school exposed ...

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In Memoriam: Judy Bonds, MTR Activist and Superstar

David Novack | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Climate Change, Marsh-Fork-Elementary, Judy Bonds, Mountaintop Removal, Coal, The Washington Post, Goldman Environmental Prize, Mtr, Bo Webb, Green News
David Novack

Judy Bonds will always be loved by the growing masses who have cheered her work -- and who now cheer her journey on.

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Oil and Coal Companies to Begin Huge Scuba Giveaway

Jerry Cope | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Marsh-Fork-Elementary, Rising Sea Level, Mountaintop Removal, Massey Energy, Climate Change, Exxon, Daryl Hannah, James Hansen, Coal, Humanitarian Aid, Global Warming, Tuvalu, cop15, Exxonmobil, Satire, Green News
Jerry Cope

After years of climate change denial, a consortium of energy industry giants led by ExxonMobil and Massey Energy are launching a global campaign to provide island nations with equipment to combat rising sea levels.

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Almost Hell West Virginia; Where Is The Obama Administration?

Jerry Cope | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Massey Energy, Obama Appalachia, Marsh-Fork-Elementary, Civil Disobedience, Epa, Daryl Hannah, Obama Administration, Appalachia, Ecocide, Mountaintop Removal, West-Virginia-Department-of-Environmental-Protection, Don Blankenship, Disasters, Coal River Mountain, James Hansen, Coal River Mountain Watch, Toxic Waste, Federal Office of Surface Mining, Coal Mining, Massey Coal, Mtr, Mike Brune, Ran, Rainforest Action Network, Coal River Valley, Green News
Jerry Cope

Coal mining is the Appalachians is the great American tragedy, and every citizen of this country should be ashamed and horrified that we are collectively allowing this to happen.

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West Virginia Supreme Court Chooses Coal Over Children

Josh Nelson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Massey Energy, Coal, Coal Slurry, West Virginia, Coal Sludge, Massey Energy Company, Clean Energy, Marsh Fork Elementary, Global Warming, Green Energy, Energy, Climate Change, Green News
Josh Nelson

West Virginia loves coal. That became painfully obvious last week when the state's Democratic governor signed a resolution making the dirtiest rock on the planet the official state rock.

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