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After Upper Big Branch: New Film Reveals the Lives and Dreams Along Coal River Valley

Jeff Biggers | Posted 04.05.2012

Read More: Dirty Coal, Massey Energy, Appalachia, Judy Bonds, Mountaintop Removal Mining, Bo Webb, Joe Manchin, Coal, Upper Big Branch Mine, Upper Big Branch Mine Disaster Documentary, Upper Big Branch Mine Disaster, Green News
Jeff Biggers

Annenberg Weingarten's gift, like the very heritage he explores, is a wonderful legacy, and one that the rest of the nation needs to know as they flip on their lights and electricity each day.

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Coal Mine Sealed After Deadly Blast

AP | VICKI SMITH | Posted 04.06.2012

Read More: West Virginia Coal, Massey Energy, Video, West Virginia Coal Mine, Alpha Natural Resources, Coal Mine Sealed, Upper Big Branch Sealed, Upper Big Branch, Ap, Green News

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — The West Virginia coal mine where an explosion killed 29 men two years ago Thursday will be permanently sealed with concret...

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Panel Blames Regulation Enforcement For Deadly West Virginia Mine Explosion

AP | JOHN RABY | Posted 03.24.2012

Read More: Msha, Massey Energy, Video, Massey Coal Mine, West Virginia Mine Explosion, West Virginia, West Virginia Mine Disaster, Mine Safety and Health Administration, Green News

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- The federal Mine Safety and Health Administration could have prevented or reduced the likelihood of an April 2010 explosion in so...

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New Documentary Exposes America's 'Other BP' Disaster

Jeff Biggers | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: Coal Rush Movie, Dirty Coal, Energy, Appalachia, Massey Energy, Video, Coal-Rush-Documentary, Coal Slurry, Kevin Thompson, President Obama, Epa, Film, Coal Rush, Coal, MINGO COUNTY, Gulf Oil Spill, Green News
Jeff Biggers

One of the most important film documentaries in years, turning the light on the dark side of all mining, Coal Rush faithfully documents the long-running legal proceedings until the final settlement in the summer of 2011.

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"Grow, Baby, Grow!"

Charles Scott | Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: Environment, Massey Energy, Climate Change, The Lorax, Earth Day, Environmentalism, Mountaintop Removal, Green News
Charles Scott

The scale of the problem really does call for radical action. But what should we do? Give up driving automobiles altogether to reduce CO2 emissions? Stop fighting infant mortality to slow the relentless population growth that now crowds the planet with over seven billion humans?

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Controversial Documentary Will Be Screened For The First Time

AP | VICKI SMITH | Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: Coal Contamination, Coal Rush Documentary, Massey Energy, Video, West Virginia Coal Mining, Coal Contaminated Water, Environment, Massey Energy Contamination, Coal Rush Atlanta Screening, Coal Rush, Film, Coal, Coal Mining, Green News

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — An independent documentary chronicling the fight that hundreds of southern West Virginia residents waged against Massey Ene...

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Dying for Work

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 05.12.2012

Read More: Massey Energy, Bp, Taxi Cab Standard, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of Energy, Deepwater Horizon, Mitt Romney, Tesoro, Seaman?S Manslaughter Law, Beryllium, Bill Richardson, American Criminal Law Review, Osha, Upper Big Branch, Miners, Workers Safety, Mining, Coal Mining, Upper Big Branch Mine, Workers Rights, Business News
Leo W. Gerard

Every day, 12 workers die on the job in America -- often because a corporation has defied regulations or ignored standard safety procedures. Many more die prematurely from work exposure to toxic materials.

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'Green News Report' - February 23, 2012

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: Green Jobs, Fracking, Epa, Renewable Energy, Regulation, Innovation, Green News Report, Pollution, Green Energy, Climate Scientists, Video, 2012 Presidential Election, Fossil Fuels, Big Oil, Climate Science, Gop, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change, Global Warming Deniers, Air Pollution, Global Warming, Energy, Wisconsin, Toxic Water, Rick Santorum, Environmentalism, Barack Obama, Water Pollution, BRAD BLOG, Mining, Green News, Sustainability, BP Oil Spill, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Hydraulic Fracturing, Republicans, Gas Prices, Selenium, Canada, Tar Sands, Don Blankenship, Massey Energy, Stephen Harper, Fukushima, Subsidies, Japan, Upper Big Branch Mine, Green News
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport. The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app!. IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: GOP presi...

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Officials Issue 253 Violations In Coal Mine Disaster Probe

AP | VICKI SMITH | Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: Massey Energy, Office of Miners' Health, Video, Coal Mine Report, West Virginia Mine, Upper Big Branch, W. Va Mine, Safety and Training, Coal Mine, West Virginia Mine Safety Officials, Upper Big Branch Disaster, Ap, West Virginia Mine Report, Green News

BECKLEY, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia mine safety officials issued 253 violations in their investigation of the Upper Big Branch disaster and targeted...

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John Rudolf

West Virginia Mine Boss Gary May Charged in Fatal Explosion

HuffingtonPost.com | John Rudolf | Posted 02.22.2012

Read More: Massey Energy, Video, Massey Coal Mine, Gary May Upper Big Branch, West Virginia, Gary May Massy Energy, West Virginia Mine Disaster, Coal, Coal Mining, Upper Big Branch Mine, Gary May Charged, Upper Big Branch Mine Disaster, Green News

Federal prosecutors in West Virginia filed criminal charges on Wednesday against a former senior supervisor of the Upper Big Branch coal mine, where a...

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Former West Virginia Mine Boss Charged

AP | VICKI SMITH | Posted 04.23.2012

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CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Federal prosecutors investigating the West Virginia coal mine explosion that killed 29 men are working their way up the corp...

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Dave Jamieson

West Va. Gov Wants To Drug Test Miners

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 02.07.2012

Read More: Massey Energy, Video, Drug Testing Coal Miners, Mining, West Virginia, Drug Testing, Drugs, Mine Safety, Coal, Earl Ray Tomblin, Upper Big Branch Mine, Upper Big Branch Mine Disaster, Green News

Drug testing for miners has become a crucial component of the safety legislation under consideration in West Virginia in the wake of the Upper Big Bra...

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Following Mine Disaster, SEC Requiring Coal Firms To Report Safety Problems

AP | VICKI SMITH | Posted 02.22.2012

Read More: Massey Energy, Video, Massey-Energy-Company, Massey Upper Big Branch Explosion, Joel Bernstein, Securities and Exchange Commission, Massey Mine Disaster, National Mining Association, Mine Disaster, Green News

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — A lawyer suing the former Massey Energy Co. says investors might have made better decisions about putting money into the coa...

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Dave Jamieson

GOP Gives Christmas Gift To Big Coal, Endangers Miners

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 12.19.2011

Read More: Coal Miners, Massey Energy, Video, Miners Black Lung, Miners, Budget, Government Shutdown, Mining, Gop, Black Lung Disease, Democrats, Coal, Coal Mining, Black Lung, Upper Big Branch Mine, Republicans, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- As House Republicans and Democrats patted one another on the back over their new spending agreement Friday, advocates for coal miners we...

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Ordinary Citizens Fight Big Coal in The Last Mountain

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 02.11.2012

Read More: Maria Gunnoe, Particulates, Bo Webb. Mountain Justice Summer, Mountaintop Blasting, George W. Bush, Documentary Film, Penn Future, Obama, Coal River Mountain, Bruce Mansfield Power Plant, Coal, Ed Wiley, Electricity, Activism, Coal River Valley, John Kennedy, Susan Bird, Asthma, New Source Rule, Robert F. Kenedy Jr., The Last Mountain, Ovec, Massey Energy, Joe Manchin Greenhouse Gases, Silicosis, Alpha Natural Resources, Green, Uncommon Productions, EPA Fine, Bill Haney, Appalachian Mountains, Coal Lobby, Mine Disaster, Heavy Metals, Jennifer Hall-Massey, Green News, Toxic Fly Ash, Ozone, Video, Green News
Marcia G. Yerman

Featuring citizen activists fighting for clean air and water against entrenched interests and corporate dollars, the documentary combines backstory, statistics, and human interest to explain more fully the narrative of where our electricity comes from.

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'Green News Report' - December 8, 2011

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 02.07.2012

Read More: Fracking, Oil Subsidies, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, West Virginia, United Nations, Epa, Renewable Energy, Regulation, Green News Report, West Virginia Mine Disaster, Pollution, Coal, Radiation, Methane, Drought, Video, Heat Wave, Conservatives, Fossil Fuels, Big Oil, Corporate Media, Climate Science, Durban, Gop, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Global Warming Deniers, Air Pollution, Coal Mining, Solar Power, Global Warming, Energy, Massey Energy, Farming, Fukushima, Ipcc, Carbon Emissions, Nuclear Power, Crops, Environmentalism, Subsidies, Permafrost, Pennsylvania, Army, BRAD BLOG, Water, Green News, Japan, Hydraulic Fracturing, BP Oil Spill, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Unfccc, Extreme Weather, Solyndra, Upper Big Branch Mine, Wind Power, Global Climate Mitigation, Americans for Prosperity, Cancer, Grist, Tim Phillips, Toxic Chemicals, Jon Huntsman, Koch Industries, Ethanol, Adaptation, James Inhofe, National Journal, Tea Party, Koch Brothers, Green News
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport. The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app!. IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Triumph o...

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'Green News Report' - December 6, 2011

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 02.05.2012

Read More: Oil Subsidies, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, United Nations, Epa, Renewable Energy, Regulation, Green News Report, Pollution, Radiation, Methane, Drought, Video, Military, Heat Wave, Conservatives, Fossil Fuels, Big Oil, Corporate Media, Climate Science, Durban, Gop, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change, Global Warming Deniers, Air Pollution, Solar Power, Global Warming, Energy, World Meteorological Organization, Farming, Fukushima, Carbon Emissions, Ipcc, Nuclear Power, Environmentalism, Subsidies, Permafrost, Arctic, Army, BRAD BLOG, Water, Green News, Fox News, BP Oil Spill, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Japan, Unfccc, Extreme Weather, Solyndra, Muppets, Agriculture, World Bank, West Virginia, West Virginia Mine Disaster, Coal, Coal Mining, Massey Energy, Crops, Halliburton, Upper Big Branch Mine, Fracking, Pennsylvania, Mercury, Hydraulic Fracturing, Green News
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport. The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app!. IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: It's not ...

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Dave Jamieson

Profits Before Safety Cost 29 Miners Their Lives: Feds

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 12.06.2011

Read More: Msha, Massey Energy, Massey Report, Coal Disaster, West Virginia, Massey Mine, Mine Safety and Health Administration, Coal, Coal Mining, Massey Mine Disaster, Upper Big Branch Mine, Upper Big Branch Mine Disaster, Green News

WASHINGTON -- Federal officials released a damning report Tuesday on the Upper Big Branch coal mining disaster, citing "corporate culture" at coal gia...

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Coal Mine Owner Reportedly Agrees To Settlement In Deadliest U.S. Blast In Decades

AP | Posted 02.05.2012

Read More: Massey Energy, Alpha Natural Resources, Massey Settlement, Alph Natural Resources Settlement, Massey Alpha, Ap, Business News

CHARLESTON, W.Va. - The owner of a West Virginia coal mine where an explosion killed 29 men will pay nearly $210 million in a historic settlement aris...

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Upper Big Branch Mine Conditions Were 'Industrial Homicide,' Union Alleges

AP | VICKI SMITH | Posted 12.25.2011

Read More: Massey Energy, Video, United Mine Workers, Coal, Coal Mining, Upper Big Branch Mine, Upper Big Branch Mine Disaster, Green News

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The nation's largest mine workers union accused Massey Energy Co. and its managers on Tuesday of "industrial homicide" for c...

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Not Above the Law: Revoking Massey Energy's Charter

Sarah van Gelder | Posted 11.23.2011

Read More: Corporate Charters, Jeff Clements, Beau Biden, Massey Energy, Mountaintop Removal, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Upper Big Branch Coal Mine, Corporate Personhood, Free Speech for People, Corporate Power, Appalachian Voices, Coal, YES! Magazine, Green News
Sarah van Gelder

On Friday, two public interest groups asked the attorney general of Delaware to revoke the charter of Massey Energy, a company they call a criminal enterprise.

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RFK, Jr. Says Massey Coal 'Offensive To The Public Interest'

The Huffington Post | James Gerken | Posted 11.21.2011

Read More: Energy, Massey Energy, Mountaintop-Removal Mining, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Massey, Coal Industry, West Virginia, Free Speech for People, Coal, Appalachia, Video, Mountaintop Removal, Appalachian Voices, Coal Mining, Coal Mines, Green News

Should a corporation with a track record of frequent legal violations be allowed to operate? Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and Free Speech For People say no....

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LISTEN: Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. Joins Call To Decharter Massey Energy

freespeechforpeople.org | Posted 11.20.2011

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Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. Joins Call to Decharter Massey Energy ...

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Dave Jamieson

How One Miner Took On Big Coal

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 11.14.2011

Read More: Energy, Massey Energy, Miners, Big Coal, Regulation, Arch Coal, Sago Mine, Coal Lobby, Msha, Coal Miners, Appalachia, Video, Charles Scott Howard, Kentucky, Mine Safety and Health Administration, Mining-Safety, George Miller, Upper Big Branch Mine, Tony Oppegard, National Mining Association, Politics News

WHITESBURG, Ky. -- On a July morning four years ago, Charles Scott Howard left his home in the mountains of Southeastern Kentucky and drove his pickup...

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Winds of Change Blow in Coal River Valley, Alpha Energy Takes the Higher Road

Jerry Cope | Posted 10.12.2011

Read More: Massey Energy, Environmental Justice, Alpha Energy, Radical Action for Mountain People's Survival, Don Blankenship, Mountain Top Removal, Coal River Mountain, Coal River Mountain Watch, Ramps, Bo Webb, Becks Kolins, Catherine-Ann MacDougal, Green News
Jerry Cope

The battle over Mountain Top Removal as a method of coal extraction continues to be waged intensely across the mountains and hollows of Appalachia and in Washington DC.

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