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Dear Al Gore: Speak Against the Rape of Coal River Mountain

Jeff Biggers | Posted 12.26.2008 | Green

Read More: Energy, Epa, Al Gore, Appalachia, Dirty Coal, Wind Energy, Big Coal, West Virginia, Clean Energy, Mountaintop Removal, Coal Mining, Coal, Barack Obama, Green News
Jeff Biggers

Dismissing an overwhelming majority of West Virginian support for clean energy, Governor Manchin granted a mining permit revision for proposed mountaintop removal of Coal River Mt.

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The Oxymoron of Clean Coal (Joe Biden Had it Right Before He Had it Wrong.)

Simran Sethi | Posted 10.23.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy, Sweden, Flue Gas Treatment, John McCain, Air Particulates, Iceland, Goethermal Energy, Wind Energy, Carbon Emissions, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Vp Debate, Pushker Kharecha, Acid Rain, Joe Biden, Gasification, Sarah Palin, Barack Obama, Offshore Drilling, Geothermal Extraction, Renewable Resources, Solar Energy, Carbon Storage and Capture, Carbon Sequestration, Mercury, James Hansen, Clean Coal, Ethanol, Department of Energy, Coal Mining, Simran Sethi, Brazi, Green News
Simran Sethi

Clean coal is a lie. The catch-all term is used by politicians and coal advocates alike to lull the American public into complacency.

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Both Ways on Coal? Obama, McCain Embrace "Clean Coal," Not Mountaintop Removal

The Daily Green | Posted 10.23.2008 | Green

Read More: Obama Energy Policy, Energy, John McCain, Clean Coal, Mining, Mccain Energy Policy, Mountaintop Removal, Coal, Coal Mining, Barack Obama, Green News

In a story, fittingly, featured in the Charleston Gazette, in West Virginia's coal country, about people are puzzling over how John McCain and Barack ...

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King Coal: Willing To Kill For Kilowatts

Kerry Trueman | Posted 08.03.2008 | Green

Read More: Crandall Canyon Mining Disaster, Genwal Resources, Richard Stickler, Retreat Mining, Bob Murray, Coal Mining, Msha, Green News
Kerry Trueman

What we've got here is a government agency and a corporation who shared the mindset that a miner's life has less value than the coal that lies so deep that you're courting disaster to extract it.

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With Gas Pump Crunch, Is Oil Shale to the 'Rescue'?

Bill Chameides | Posted 07.10.2008 | Green

Read More: Oil Prices, Oil Shale, Gas Prices, Mountain States, Environment, Climate Change, Coal, Coal Mining, Global Warming, Green News
Bill Chameides

U.S. shale deposits are enormous. But we should take a long, hard look at environmental costs before going down the road of harnessing those deposits.

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"No, I'm Not From Here, But I Got Here Just as Soon as I Could"

Glenn Hurowitz | Posted 07.02.2008 | Green

Read More: Appalachia Coal, Appalachia, Big Coal, Salamanders, Coal, Coal Mining, Strip Mining, Forests, Green News
Glenn Hurowitz

It's Eden in the Mountains here in Appalachian Virginia -- miles and miles of green, forested mountains in every direction. But these natural wonders are being devoured by the coal industry.

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As Oil Rises, Nations Revive Coal Mining

NY Times | Posted 05.30.2008 | Business

Read More: Oil Prices, Coal, Crude Oil, Crude Oil Prices, Coal Mining, Oil, Business News

These rugged green mountains, once home to one of Asia's most productive coal regions, are littered with abandoned mines and decaying towns -- backwat...

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Global Warming Legislation: What Matters?

A. Siegel | Posted 04.26.2008 | Politics

Read More: Principles, Lieberman-Warner, Climate Change, Global Warming, Ethics, Joe Lockhart, Global Warming Legislation, Coal Industry, Big Coal, Coal Subsidy Act, Coal Mining, Joe Lockhart Climate Change, Joe Lockhart Global Warming, Climate Change Legislation, Politics News
A. Siegel

Despite Joe Lockhart's and Barbara Boxer's enthusiasm, Lieberman-Warner is not the bill the nation (or the globe) requires.

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4,000 Mine Safety Violations Ignored On Bush Administration Watch

Charleston (W.V.) Gazette | Ken Ward Jr | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Department of Labor, Richard Stickler, Mine Safety Violations, Mine Safety and Health Administration, Coal Mining, Mine Safety, Msha, Politics News

Federal regulators have allowed mine operators to avoid fines for thousands of health and safety citations, despite a federal law that requires moneta...

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Max Follmer

Sticking With The Story: How One Newspaper Didn't Stop Digging

HuffingtonPost.com | Max Follmer | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

Read More: Crandall Canyon, Mine Safety, Charleston Gazette, Sago Mine, Coal Mining, Mining, Home News

As Congress takes another look at the safety issues plaguing the nation's coal mines, a documentary team from PBS' Expose series is shining a spotligh...

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