West Virginia Coal

Coal Mine Sealed After Deadly Blast

AP | VICKI SMITH | Posted 04.06.2012

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...

Is The EPA Really Waging A 'War On Coal'?

AP | Posted 05.28.2012

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia's congressional delegation joined Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin on Wednesday in bashing the U.S. Environmental Protec...

Official: Coal Mines Warning When Inspectors Show Up

AP | Posted 05.23.2012

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — The Mine Safety and Health Administration says coal companies are still illegally warning miners when federal inspectors ar...

Conyers, Coal, and the Future of West Virginia

Mary Anne Hitt | Posted 10.26.2011

Mary Anne Hitt

My daughter is an 11th-generation West Virginian, and by the time she is ready to raise a family, I worry that our state will have been driven off a cliff by the leaders of today who refused to embrace the clean energy future.

Dave Jamieson

Feds Cite Chronic Safety Failures In Upper Big Branch Mine Disaster

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 08.29.2011

WASHINGTON -- The federal agency tasked with overseeing mine safety released on Wednesday its preliminary findings on the Upper Big Branch Mine disast...

Matt Sledge

Ted Turner Says Coal, Oil Industries Need 'A Good A** Kicking'

HuffingtonPost.com | Matt Sledge | Posted 07.24.2011

ANAHEIM, C.A. -- Philanthropist and CNN founder Ted Turner has turned his sights to renewable energy -- and he had some fighting words for the wind in...

Drop Chase Bank, Win a Badge of Honor, and Stop Mountain Top Removal

Kevin Grandia | Posted 05.25.2011

Kevin Grandia

Seriously, do you want your money tied up in an institution that literally blows up entire mountains to save money on extraction and staff costs?

Big Coal Running Attack Ads Against "Tree Hugging Extremists"

Kevin Grandia | Posted 05.25.2011

Kevin Grandia

Massey Energy, a large coal producer in the country is running political-style attacks in West Virginia claiming that "tree hugging extremists and self-serving politicians" are killing jobs.

The EPA Must Respond to Toxic Water

Suzy Shuster | Posted 05.25.2011

Suzy Shuster

Why would I feel the EPA is going to act swiftly to save these thousands of people across the country who live at the mercy of the evil and despicable polluters that hide under the umbrella of Big Business?