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11-12 Scott Holstein Brings You 'Cold Coal Town'
10-22 45 Years On From The Aberfan Disaster
10-21 Aberfan disaster lesson not learned abroad, says expert
10-10 Part II: Should Alpha / Massey slurry deal be secret?
10-7 School will welcome students in Jan. 2013
10-5 Voices left out of Marsh Fork school groundbreaking
9-30 Groundbreaking is set for new Marsh Fork Elementary 9/30
9-29 All sides mum at Rawl settlement hearing
9-22 Losing a mountain, and possibly our souls
9-19 Study Finds Effects of Martin County Slurry Spill Still Felt
9-2 OSMRE and Brushy Fork: What's a fed to do?
8-26 Coal mine slurry spill cleanup continuing
8-24 Bid for Marsh Fork Elementary School accepted
8-24 DEP finds no sign of quake damage to W.Va. slurry dams
8-24 Should the Alpha/Massey slurry deal be secret?
8-23 W.Va. mining officials inspecting certain coal-slurry dams following earthquake
8-23 Earthquake in Virginia felt across W.Va.
8-23 Precautions taken as quake passes through Charleston
8-23 W.Va. judge to hear Massey complaint over leak of $35M coal slurry settlement terms
8-19 Coal Slurry Litigants to Discuss Breach in Settlement Agreement
8-17 Boone County Residents Can Still Have Water Wells Tested
8-9 Coal slurry case to cost Massey $35M
8-8 New tests delayed, but state says Raleigh slurry dam safe
8-8 W.Va. says no sign of problems at coal slurry dam
8-8 DEP sets Brushy Fork slurry dam testing - again?
8-4 Settlement Hearing for Massey Slurry Suit Slated for Sept. 29
8-4 Lawyer questions scope of W.Va. coal slurry study
8-3 Study of W.Va. coal slurry pollution continuing
7-28 Massey settles Rawl lawsuit
7-28 Coal Slurry Settlement Is Reached
7-27 ANR settles drinking water contamination suit in West Virginia
7-27 Judge allows some Kentucky coal spill info to remain secret
7-27 Massey, Southern W.Va. residents settle coal slurry case
7-27 Massey, Southern W.Va. residents settle coal slurry case
7-24 First results in on coal slurry spill into river
7-22 Massey slurry case gearing up for trial
7-22 Judges limit what slurry victims' lawyers can say
7-22 Judges weigh liability in Massey coal slurry case
7-22 Slurry suit against Massey stands
7-21 Judges let slurry lawsuit against Massey stand
7-21 Massey says W.Va. slurry lawsuit filed too late
7-21 Judge weighing sanctions in Massey pollution case
7-20 Panel Arranges Trial Plan For Mingo County Coal Slurry Litigation
7-19 Coal mine slurry winds up in Alabama creek
7-19 Slurry mix spills, flows into Freeman Creek
7-18 Judges plan third try in suit alleging slurry poisoned wells
7-18 3rd mediation set in W.Va. coal slurry case
7-6 OSM official to meet with residents over coal slurry dam fears
7-5 Feds talk to residents over coal slurry dam fears
7-5 Federal agency agrees to meet with W.Va. residents who fear coal slurry dam failure
7-1 DEP orders testing on Raleigh slurry dam
7-1 W.Va. DEP orders stability test on coal slurry dam; new owner Alpha insists it's safe
7-1 W.Va. DEP orders stability test on coal slurry dam
6-30 More controversy over Brushy Fork slurry impoundment
6-29 Dirt to move at new Marsh Fork school site
6-10 'The Last Mountain': An important film for West Virginians
6-2 An Environmental Horror Story
5-25 Mine Is In Compliance Over Slurry
5-11 First of two bids awarded for school
5-4

OSMRE Busts DEP For Harrision County "Impoundment"
5-4 OSMRE Report. Note Backhoe engulfed in slurry.
4-26 State coal slurry study leads to public meeting
4-21 $91,000 Slurry Spill Fine Appealed
4-20 Harrison County mining operation can resume activity
3-26 Jury rules no medical monitoring is needed
3-25 Jury begins deliberation today
3-24 Testimony coming to close in lawsuit
3-23 Defense looks at boundary lines in trial
3-22 ‘Misinformation’ argued in medical monitoring case
3-19 Judge denies directed Marsh Fork verdict
3-17 Court will pick 7 coal slurry cases from hundreds filed against Massey for Aug. 1 trial
3-17 Court to pick 7 coal slurry cases for Aug. 1 trial
3-17 Witnesses called in Marsh Fork suit
3-17 Researchers still missing links between slurry, water and health
3-17 Slurry cases set for trial Aug. 1
3-15 Testimony begins in Marsh Fork silo lawsuit
3-15 Testimony begins in Marsh Fork coal silo trial
3-14 Howard Swint: The danger of coal slurry injection
3-3 Air Pollution and Fossil Fuel Damage in Pictures and Stories
3-2 Senate leaders inspect water problems
2-28 Residents encouraged to support coal slurry bill
2-27 Coal Documentary Among Films That Take Home Appy Awards
2-26 Buffalo Creek, Feb. 26, 1972
2-26 "On Coal River" Debuts at Appalachian Film Festival
2-25 Parkersburg, WV is Building a Movement for Healthy Water
2-25 Massey Agrees to Medical Monitoring
2-25 Massey to provide medical screening for Rawl residents
2-25 W.Va. Senate committee waters down slurry bill
2-24 Massey agrees to medical monitoring in slurry case
2-23 Residents seek halt to slurry injections
2-23 Group Voices Concern Over Coal Slurry Injection
2-22 Delegates aim to revive W.Va. slurry injection ban
2-22 Bill to ban coal slurry injections may be revived
2-21 W.Va. House committee strips slurry ban from bill
2-21 Judges will try anew to settle coal slurry lawsuit
2-17 Judge lets Massey coal silo trial proceed
2-17 Visiting filmmaker presents her award-winning documentary March 2
2-16 Accounting for total harm from coal would add "close to 17.8¢/kWh of electricity generated"
2-16 What is coal’s true cost?
2-16 New Harvard study examines full cost of coal
2-15 Sit-in to Oppose Mountaintop Removal at Beshear’s Office Ends Monday
2-15 Kentuckians show love for the mountains with historic sit-in and march
2-13

Support coal slurry measure
2-13 Support coal slurry measure
1-26 Massey presents $1.5 million for school
1-25 Massey Energy Cuts $1.5 Million Check for Raleigh County School
1-25 Cost of Electric Power Report: Enormous Health and Water Impacts of Coal and Nuclear Power 'Hidden' From Consumers
1-23 Sundance Festival's Eco-films Climb "The Last Mountain"
1-11 Draft of coal slurry well ban OK'd for West Virginia session
1-10 Slurry Victory! - Slurry injection ban bill PASSES interim committee
1-5 Mountaintop removal activist Bonds dead at 58
1-4 W.Va. mountaintop mining foe Judy Bonds dies at 58
12-29 Marsh Fork Elementary starting to take shape
12-15 For the legislature, time running out on several environmental bills
12-15 Technology Could Help WV Deal With Coal Sludge
12-14 W.Va. lawmakers eye slurry ban
12-14 State lawmakers look at underground slurry ban, drilling regulations
12-8 Slurry Injection Ban Bill to be introduced next week!
12-6 Can Rolling Stone claim Blankenship’s scalp?
12-4 Successful and reviled Massey CEO retires in weeks
12-2 Don Blankenship: The Dark Lord of Coal Country
11-18 Both sides look toward trial in Rawl water cases
11-17 Lawyer: Mediation of Massey pollution suit fails
11-16 Residents, Coal Firm Negotiate
11-16 Hundreds seek mediation in well lawsuits
11-15 Antrim Caskey’s “Dragline”: Mingo Slurry
11-15 Hundreds gather for slurry lawsuit meeting
11-15 Mingo County Residents in Charleston For Coal Slurry Mediation
11-13 Massey Lawsuit: Over 700 Allege Mining Company Poisoned Their Water With Coal Slurry
11-13 Hundreds to travel to Charleston for coal slurry lawsuit
11-13 Hundreds to travel to Charleston for coal slurry lawsuit
11-06 Hampshire Independent: Appalachian Art for Appalachian Families
11-01 'Full Steam Ahead' on Construction for new Marsh Fork Elementary
11-01 Activist on Coal River
10-27 Lessons of Justice for College Students: Grandpa versus Big Coal
10-21 WV, Ohio both suffer recent coal slurry leaks
10-21 Firm hired to study coal slurry, water in W.Va.
10-20 Marsh Fork
10-17 After decade, still signs of coal slurry spill
10-15 Cleanup Of Coal Slurry Spill In Boone County Could Finish This Weekend
10-13 Land bought to replace W.Va. coalfields school
10-13 Marsh Fork school land purchase is finalized
10-12 Appalachia in Colorado: Bluegrass and coal: One belongs, one does not...
10-11 Remembering the Martin County slurry disaster
10-11 Martin County residents reflect on ten year anniversary of spill
10-10 10 years later, toxic muck still taints Ky. town
10-07 Slurry spill has left trail of death in Ohio creek
10-06 4,300 Aquatic Animals Were Killed in Slurry Spill
10-06 Coal slurry spill killed more than 4,000 fish, animals in eastern Ohio creek
10-05 Cleanup of Slurry Spill Continues
10-04 Coal Waste Spill Remains Under Investigation; Cleanup Continues
10-02 Local Residents React to Coal Slurry Spill
10-01 Coal slurry spill threatens Belmont County creek
9-21 Appalachia Rising This Weekend in DC
9-10 Energy Sec. Chu Calls for More Black Lung, Strip-Mining, Coal Ash, Coal Slurry and Coalfield Poverty
9-01 Appalachia Rising: Join the Mobilization to Abolish Mountaintop Removal!
8-29 Hechler didn’t win, but mountaintop removal should stay on agenda
8-28 John P. David: Water, water everywhere is a good thing
8-25 Researchers call for stronger monitoring of coal slurry injection
8-21 Massey Coal Slurry Trial Set for 2011 in Ohio County
8-20 W.Va. panel sets 2011 for Massey pollution case
8-20 Trial date, mediation set in Massey Energy coal slurry case
8-18 Study on coal slurry impact on groundwater inconclusive
8-17 Researchers still missing links between slurry, water and health
8-12 Mr. President, There is No Such Thing as Clean Coal
8-09 Lawsuit seeks testing of kids at Marsh Fork school
8-09 WVU researchers suggest coal slurry monitoring in wake of inconclusive health study
8-09 Coal Slurry Study Presented to Interim Legislative Committee
8-09 Vote to Help The Marsh Fork Elementary in the Coal River Valley
8-09 W.Va. needs to monitor coal slurry, lawmakers told
8-09 WVU researchers call for state monitoring of coal slurry
8-07 New Marsh Fork school closer to reality
8-06 WVU study can't declare coal slurry injection safe; Report: Absence of sufficient data implies need to learn
8-05 WVU study: Data gaps hinder efforts to figure out if coal-slurry injection is safe
8-05 WVU study can't declare coal slurry injection safe
8-04 Careful policy makers: oil issus have intricacies
7-28 Slurry Lawsuit In WVa Back On Track To Trial
7-27 Debate continues over how to dispose of coal slurry
7-27 Massey has destroyed the wells and the water
7-19 Activists raise concerns about coal mine slurry injection in Illinois
7-10 Musician Kathy Mattea speaks on dangers of coal mining
7-03 Farewell to an Unlikely Hero
7-01 Senator Robert Byrd: An Appreciation
6-30 On Coal River: An Interview with Ed Wiley
6-18 Mingo coal slurry cases moved once again
6-17 Spill at base of valley fill on Clear Fork of Coal River
6-15 SBA agrees to provide remaining money for Marsh Fork school
6-14 More Money Needed
6-07 DEP, legislators await coal slurry health report
6-03 Mingo coal slurry cases moved to Jackson
5-24 Ansted water tests show regulated metals
5-13 Massey says prep plant nearing completion
4-30 A Study of Water Quality in Appalachia
4-30 Funds secured for new school
4-30 Annenberg Foundation Offers $2.5 Million to Relocate School
4-29 Coal River Valley community disappointed with SBA's decision
4-28 SBA shortfall creates a need for other funding resources
4-27 Official says Marsh Fork school grant is 'an insult'
4-22 The U.S. government as well as an arrogant corporation contributed to the deaths of 29 miners.
4-21 Study links stream coal-mine pollution to higher cancer rates
4-19 Documentary took aim at Massey
4-10 West Virgina Mine Company Involved in Other Accidents
4-10 Coal River Valley communities grab nation's attention
4-10 Safety advocates praise Obama's interest in mining disaster
4-10 Byrd on the Attack Against Massey
4-8 The Man Behind the Massey Disaster: Donald Blankenship's Storied Career of Misdeeds
4-8 Tip of Iceberg of Massey's Titanic Violations: 72-Foot Tidal Wave of Coal Sludge Looms Above Affected Mining Communities
4-8 WVDEP checking impoundments near explosion site
4-1 Raleigh County needs $7 million from state to replace elementary in shadow of coal silo
3-31 Ohio EPA and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Accept Public Comments about Slurry Pond
3-26 Byrd encouraged by Massey's donation for school
3-26 Senator Byrd's demands finally met by Massey Energy
3-25 Byrd encouraged by Massey's donation for school
3-23 Coal-Fired Plants Drink 1.5 Trillion Gallons of Water and We Drink the Dirty Backwash
3-23 Superintendent: Marsh Fork Kids Deserve Better
3-23 Massey changes course, pledges $1 million to Marsh Fork school
3-23 Massey offers $1 million to help BOE build new Marsh Fork Elementary
3-23 Massey offers $1M to help replace school near silo by The Associated Press
3-22 Marsh Fork must have new school building
3-9 Dear Vinod Khosla and Tom Friedman: No Amount of Sequestration Will Make Coal "Clean"
3-5 The rape of Appalachia - an appeal to the American people
3-4 A eulogy for Senate Bill 700 (and other dead bills)
3-1 Environmental Protection Council bill advances
2-26 Buffalo Creek Tragedy
2-26 Remembering Buffalo Creek
2-26 Bill would ban new coal waste impoundments, 38 years after Buffalo Creek
2-25 Crews cleaning coal-washing spill in eastern KY
2-25 Slurry spill cleanup in progress
2-23 Minor Slurry Spill in Martin County, Ky., Concerns Residents
2-23 Black water spill in Martin County
2-20 Lives will be lost if blasting breaks dam
2-19 Mamas, Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to be Mike Roselle
2-9 Environmentalists hope safety violation sends message to state officials
2-9 More on Brushy Fork: Where was WVDEP?
2-8 After OSMRE probe, WVDEP cites Massey dam
2-8 Massey cited for safety violation after gaining environmental honors
2-8 After feds step in, DEP cites Massey dam
2-6 Clay County wake up call
1-26 Photostories Help Citizens Advocate for Change
1-25 Green groups get seat at table with W.Va. pols
1-24 Coal-slurry lagoon site awaits OK U.S. EPA objects, citing salamander
1/4 Coal And Its Ruptured Landscape; Navigating The Ruins Of Appalachia
12/13 Bad actions just produce bad outcomes; Environmental, climate disasters ahead if we don't change paths
12/9 MASSIVE MINING BLOW-OUT DRAWS ONLY SLAP ON WRIST — 200 Sites Still Vulnerable As Long Shrouded IG Report Fuels Cover-up Charges
12/6 Battle over mountaintop mining slowly gains ground
12/6 Jeff Biggers: Coal River Mountain will not be moved
11/26 Project Dateline: Pilgrim resident survives floods, war
11/23 Demanding Justice for Appalachia
11/22 DOL IG releases more info on Martin County coal waste impoundment, redactions continue
11/21 Judge recommends mediation for Prenter residents, coal companies
11-20 EPA investigating Massey's Coal River Mountain mine site
11-20 Residents of Coal River Valley in West Virginia criticize Massey Energy mining operation
11-13 An Appalachian tale
11-13 Coal must read: Industry takes a look in the mirror
11-11 Massey cited for Coal River Mountain blasting
11-10 Official: W.Va. school replacement not a given
11-9 Bomb Appalachia (and Face the Music)
11-4 Board asks state SBA to help build new Marsh Fork Elementary School
10-29 Release complete slurry-spill report
10-24 W. Virginia Community Rallies to Safeguard Schoolchildren from Coal-Processing Health
10-21 WVDEP report card: Spills, staffing and ‘off-site impacts’
10-21 OSM report says DEP needs to beef up spill enforcement
10-19

Manchin to protesters: Balance ‘tough’ in ‘extractive state’
10-19 Video from the visit to the Governor's office
10-19 7 Mining Activists Arrested At W.Va. Gov's Office
10-19 Coalfield Uprising Arrests at Gov's Office: Will Manchin Defend Coalfield Residents or Absentee Big Coal?
10-19 W.Va. governor meets with mining protesters
10-19 Protest Group Takes Letter To Manchin
10-19 Coal protesters headed for Gov. Manchin’s office
10-19 Mining protesters headed for governor's mansion
10-16 Judge denies coal companies' motions to dismiss Prenter water case
10-14 Marsh Fork Elementary: It’s in the state’s hands now
10-14 "Toxic Soup" Video
10-13 CEO suggests Massey may help with W.Va. school
10-13 Is Marsh Fork Elementary School safe? (Part I)  -  Is Marsh Fork Elementary School safe? (Part II)
10-12 Tests question air quality at Marsh Fork school
10-12 Board, Massey to meet over school issue
10-9 Public supports Byrd’s rebuke of Massey over Raleigh County school
10-9 Slurry spill cause worn equipment
10-8 Rahall: Massey should help fund new Marsh Fork school
10-8 Jay to Massey: Help pay to move Marsh Fork school
10-8 Massey calls Byrd criticism a surprise
10-8 Manchin on Marsh Fork Elementary
10-8 Rahall, Jay join call for Massey to fund new school
10-8 Massey responds to Sen. Byrd’s Marsh Fork statement
10-8 Massey CEO Responds To Byrd Statement
10-7 Byrd blasts Massey 'arrogance' at Marsh Fork
10-7 W.Va. DEP Secretary Responds to Calls for His Resignation
10-7 Consol cleans Naugatuck slurry spill
10-6 Boone County Residents Sue Coal Companies
10-6 Is Coal Slurry Contaminating Well Water?
10-3 Massey says don’t expect help to build new school
10-1 Here’s an idea: Move Marsh Fork Elementary School
October The Coalfield Uprising
9-30 Protest at DEP photo - Protesters Calling For Clean Drinking Water
9-30 Marsh Fork deserves it, Massey has the means to help
9-30 Protestors call attention to drinking water in WV
9-30 BOE may seek money for new Marsh Fork Elementary
9-29 Protesters Urge: "Don't Drink The Coal Field Cool-Ade"
9-29 Water: Don't ruin resource
9-28 Don't Drink the 'Coalfield Cool Ade'
9-28 Water: Don't ruin resource
9-23 Diane W. Mufson: Contaminated water affecting W.Va., nation
9-16 Are You Drinking Unsafe Water? Corporations Have Violated Clean Water Act Over 500,000 Times in Last Five Years
9-16 Gov. Manchin Maintains Water Quality Improving
9-15 Manchin says companies lose out when environmental laws, regulations stay in flux
9-15 WVa DEP chief promises new coal slurry probe
9-14 NYT Investigation Exposes Severity of Nationwide Water Contamination; Corporations Violated Clean Water Act Over 500,000 Times in Last Five Years
9-14 NY Times: Blockbuster on coal and dirty water
9-14 Coal Slurry Smiles: NY Times Nails Clean Water Act Crimes and Punishment
9-14 Lax oversight creates toxic water supply
9-13 Clean Water Laws Are Neglected, at a Cost in Human Suffering
9-10 Massey plans to rebuild WVa coal preparation plant
9-4 A tale of greed and wilful ignorance
9-1 Averting catastrophe: A tale of censorship, civil disobedience, greed and willful ignorance
8-27 Prenter community celebrates groundbreaking on waterline
8-19 WVa judge disqualified in Massey pollution lawsuit
8-19 Judge Thornsbury disqualified from presiding in Massey case
8-19 Buffalo Creek: Valley of Death revision is now available
8-19 WVU studying effects of coal slurry on water supplies
8-18 W.Va. town to get clean water by spring
8-18 Groundbreaking Set Tuesday for Boone County Water Line Extension Project
8-18 Community Celebrates Clean Water
8-11 95-Year-Old Activist Arrested Trying to Save Kids from Coal Sludge
8-5 Thornsbury recusal matter goes to W.Va. supreme court
8-4 Conservationists must oppose mountaintop removal
8-4 Massey case plantiff’s try to oust Judge Thornsbury
8-2 Thornsbury says he was Rawl Sales corporate attorney
8-1 Claims judge not impartial probed
7-30 Court orders hearing in coal slurry case
7-29 Buffalo Creek Road to be renamed in memory of disaster victims
7-29 Ken Hechler: From activist to hell-raiser
7-29 Wheeling Jesuit to study southern WVa environment
7-28 Six Appalachian Communities to Benefit from EPA Grant
7-28 WJU gets EPA grant to test coalfield environmental concerns
7-27 DEP approves expansion of coal slurry impoundment in Harrison County
7-27 Consol gets OK to expand coal slurry dam in West Virginia
7-23 Insurance companies are listed in Prenter suit
7-23 Mingo County judge stays on Massey case
7-23 W.Va. judge denies Massey conflict, won't withdraw
7-21 Judicial recusal Motion asks Thornsbury to step down in Massey case
7-20 W.Va. judge in Massey lawsuit asked to step aside
7-20 Plaintiffs ask Thornsbury to step aside
7-20 Mingo judge urged to step down from Massey case
7-20 Update: Mingo judge asked to step down from slurry case
7-20 Mingo slurry case news: Does the judge have a conflict?
7-15 Citizens say WVDEP ‘incompetent’ on slurry injection
7-15 Group seeks to ban all coal slurry injections
7-15 DEP's regulation of slurry injection criticized
7-15 DEP's coal slurry report challenged
7-15 Coal slurry injection back before WVa lawmakers
7-15 Coal slurry injection back before lawmakers
7-10 Multiple suits filed against Massey in Boone County
7-2 Protest brings hundreds to coalfields
6-28 Mr. President, go and see for yourself
6-26 Second Coal Silo Not For The Sake of Children
6-26 DEP on fence as it reports slurry study data inconclusive
6-25 Noted Climate Scientist Participates in Protest
6-18 West Virginia to require coal companies to monitor slurry
6-17 DEP won't expand slurry injection moratorium
6-17 WVU report on coal slurry health risks due Dec. 31
6-12 Marsh Fork community reacts to high court ruling
6-10 Country Star Raising Money To Replace School Under Coal Impoundment
6-10 Marsh Fork kids: What kind of justice is Menis?
6-10 Massey slurry pollution trial now set for October
6-9 West Va. Supreme Court affirms toxic coal silo as wonderful playground
6-9 Breaking news: Court OKs Massey silo near school
6-9 W.Va. high court OKs Massey silo near elementary school
6-3 State groups sponsoring Mountain Aid concert in N.C.
6-3 Grammy winner raising awareness of mountaintop removal mining
5-30 WVDEP’s ‘Don’t ask, don’t tell’ policy on coal slurry
5-30 Mountain Justice volunteers clean up Mingo flood damage
5-28 DEP halts new coal slurry injections
5-28 DEP issues moratorium on slurry injection
5-28 DEP issues slurry study
5-28 Impoundment breach added to Breathitt flood damage, mining expert says
5-28 Coal dam update: What’s up with the OSMRE study?
5-27 Farmer loses crop in flood, blames surface mining
5-27 Activists host press conference after weekend protest
5-23 Police Remove 11 During Raleigh County, W.Va. Protests of Coal Sludge Dams and Mountaintop
5-23 Breaking: Civil Disobedience at WV Mountaintop Removal and Coal Sludge Impoundment Sites
5-19 Two mines take responsibility for parts of Mingo County flooding
5-18 Low fish consumption justifies higher mercury levels, DEP study says
5-14 Debate: Roberts v. 'clean coal' flack Joe Lucas
5-13 Mountain Aid concert to educate about mountain top removal
5-12 Massey’s Dark Side
5-12 Dear Mr. President: Declare August 3rd as Armistice Day in the Appalachian Coalfields
5-6 Urgent Letter to EPA and Interior: Liberate Coalfields and Take Primacy
5-6 Some chose Massey settlement offers
5-6 Mountain Aid concert set for June 19-20
5-5 Coal ash panel calls for emergency response plans for spills
5-2 'Clean Coal' Debate Plays Out on the Airwaves
5-2 Judge declares class action for 751 in Massey cases
5-1 732 convene in Mingo for water contamination suits
5-1 Mingo judge OKs class-action in coal slurry case
4-30 WVa judge seeks to resolve coal pollution case
4-29 Mr. King Coal's Neighborhood: Washington DC, Won't You Be My Neighbor?
4-27 Obama plans for mountaintop removal buffer rule unclear
4-16 Occupied by Big Coal: From Iraq to Appalachia
4-16 5 more cited for protest at Massey mine in W.Va.
4-13 Peabody 1Q earnings are expected to increase
4-12 Photovoice participants capture their Southern W.Va. communities in images
4-9
4-9 Professor examines complexity of environmental disasters
4-8 Death by Coal in Prenter, WV
4-8 Maps, markers and Marsh Fork Elementary School
4-8 W.Va. high court hears Massey coal silo fight
4-8 WVa court hears case of coal silo near school
4-7 WV Judge's Settlement May Fund Drinking Water
4-6 Agreement reached in Boone County well water dispute
4-6 The price of unchecked greed
4-3 Louis-Rosenberg explains dangers of Mountain Top Removal Mining
4-2 Photo exhibit tells stories of communities using art
3-31 Fight Continues For Clean Drinking Water
3-31 W.Va. coal slurry study could take another year
3-31 WV Senate to hear new info about Sludge Injection Study today
3-30 W. Va. Senate Oversight Hearing on SCR15 Sludge Injection Study
3-29 Mountaintop removal, coal and your Sunday paper
3-28 Students deliver clean water to Prenter residents; Effort to ease problems of polluted wells
3-27 His Eyes Are on the Spadaro: Coalfields Need Jack Back at MSHA or OSM
3-25 Prenter's water problems goes to Boone County courthouse
3-25 Poor steward of public health
3-21 Critics question safety of storing coal slurry
3-20 Underground Injection of Coal Slurry Not Meeting Public Health Standards
3-20 Coalfield residents release slurry study
3-19 Mountaintop mining fight heads to Washington
3-19 Clean Coal--The Ultimate Oxymoron
3-19 Findings on coal slurry spark call for ban in W.Va.
3-19 Citizen slurry study
3-18 Scientists: Tests show metals in WVa coal slurry
3-18 Independent lab tests: metals in WVa coal slurry
3-17 Help Coming To West Virginia Communities With Bad Water
3-13 Heed the global call with Lights Out on March 28
3-13 Senator drinks 'coal slurry' to make a point
3-12 National environmental group lists states with potential waste from coal-fired plants
3-12 Stop slurry injection?
3-12 It takes a village to stop razing Appalachia
3-12 Slurry injection moratorium bill introduced
3-12 Bottoms Up: W.Va. Senator Drinks Homemade "Coal Waste" on Senate Floor
3-11 W.Va. bill puts freeze on coal slurry injection
3-6 Prenter water project top priority with Gov. Manchin, Halstead says
3-5 Five More Arrested Protesting West Virginia Coal Mining
3-5 Residents voice concern over Marfork plant to DEP
3-5 Operation Appalachian spring; Coal River Mountain sit-in campaign blooms
2-28 Nothing would be better than this
2-26 Survivor recounts Buffalo Creek disaster
2-26 Marfork permit foes fail to show for public hearing (location too far; after complaints to DEP new hearing set)
2-26 Remembering Buffalo Creek
2-25 Protesters Arrested On Eve of Anniversary of Buffalo Creek Disaster
2-25 Danger to coal prep plant workers: Weitz & Luxenberg to Host Meetings Next Week in West Virginia
2-22 It is time for W.Va. to tame coal
2-18 Seeking protection for coalfield cemeteries
2-17 Tech community should reach out to Prenter Hollow
2-17 Coal slurry research may help W.Va. community
2-14 Lawmakers vow to keep heat on DEP over coal slurry
2-12 Community raises concerns over W. Va. school by coal waste pond
2-11 W. Va. town surrounded by coal mining struggles with bad water
2-10 Seth, Prenter residents file suits against coal companies over water
2-10 Lawmakers slam agency over slurry study delay
2-9 Environmentalists appeal blasting on WVa mountain
2-7 DEP unsure if coal slurry poisons water supplies: Agency to ignore deadline for study
2-6 Coal waste may go into ground instead of lagoon
2-5 Obama and Gov. Manchin: Act on Coal River Crisis
2-3 Toxic water
2-3 Taking a Stand at Coal River Mountain
2-3 Coal River Valley Residents Rally to Save Their Last Mountain
2-3 Six protesters arrested at Massey Mine
2-3 Anti-coal activists chain themselves to equipment at Massey operation
2-3 Activists protest at Marfork
2-3 Ailing W.Va. towns with bad water sue over slurry
2-1 Demand solution to water problems
1-30 Big Coal residents file massive lawsuit against coal operators
1-29 Photographer depicts cost of coal
1-28 Coal Waste in Rep. Nick Joe Rahall's Water
1-26 Benjamin expected to hear Massey appeal
1-26 WV Public Radio reports: All we wanted was water
1-22 Nick Joe Rahall
1-21 Informing county about coal slurry impoundments
1-21 Prenter water funds secured, officials say
1-16 Rawl residents question strange sludge
1-16 Wheeling Jesuit University's Coal Impoundment Project Leading the Way for Safer Communities
1-16 Coal slurries poison water supply
1-15 Rahall bill would regulate coal-ash ponds like other waste dams
1-11 U.S. House panel to hold hearings on ash pond
1-9 Disaster in Harriman is this country's Chernobyl
1-9 W.Va. coal-ash dams seldom inspected, DEP says
1-8 First of fresh water deliveries are made to the Prenter area
1-7 Boone County officials say area prepared for catastrophic events -thanks to WARN
1-6 Community speaks out at meeting over Massey; DEP gets earful on renewal of permit for Marsh Fork facility
1-6 Coal industry backs slurry safety planning
1-4 Winnie Fox: Elected officials should protect people, resources of West
Virginia
1-3 The Charleston Gazette: Sludge spill: Safety rules needed
1-3 Preparing for disaster
1-2 Cheap electricity's hazardous wages
1-1-09 Who will be the next victims?
12-31 Is Boone County prepared for a coal slurry impoundment break?
12-30 Coal waste sludge ponds — how safe are they?
12-29 Slurry Sludge On The Menu? How Safe Are Region’s Coal-Ash Storage Sites?
12-25 Environmentalists Concerned On Effects Of Huge TVA Coal Ash Spill
12-23 Tennessee slurry spill brings calls for emergency plans in Kentucky
12-23 Tennessee sludge spill runs over homes, water
12-18 Mining Town's Drinking Water 'Too Toxic to Touch'
12-16 Community Works to Ease Water Burden
12-12 Free Appalachia from Mountaintop Mining
12-4 State seeks new coal-waste plan
12-3 Prenter's rich history shadowed by water woes
12-3 Don't Muddy the Waters: Environmental-Protection Experts Should Regulate Water Pollution From Mines
12-2 Rule Would Ease Mining Debris Disposal: Environmentalists Fear Streams Will Be Harmed
11-26 Mining Accident in Boone County
11-21 Prenter residents still waiting on water
11-18 Julian Martin: Coal industry can't be trusted to be responsible
11-13 Time to Give Friends of Coal the Boot
10-30 Carbon capture riddled with problems, report says  --  Read the report here 
10-29 Don’t blow up the mountain
10-26 There's Nothing Conservative About Mountaintop Removal
10-17 Bush Admin Seeks to Lock Down Destructive Mountaintop Removal Mining Rule
10-15 So-Called “Clean Coal” Technology Offers Promise Along with Considerable Risks, New Report Finds
10-9 The Rebellion of 1974
10-7 Bailout Contains Incentives for Coal Industry; Rockefeller Said More Than $1 Billion Would Result in Clean Coal Technology
10-3 Reject Gigantic Spending Bill (which includes a "measure to encourage use of coal waste sludge as fuel in steel mills")
9-26 Defending Coal’s Victims
9-11 Anger after 128 killed by huge China mudslide
9-10 Dozens dead as mudslide sweeps through Chinese town: govt
9-2 The Environment: Big Coal sells its soul and goes topless
8-31 East Lynn mining proposal questioned
8/2 The Next Buffalo Creek?
7-24 Beshear wrong to think coal can be mined "environmentally"
7-19

Sylvester residents first to receive calls from county's WARN system
7-18 Thinking Beyond Coal
7-18 Fighting King Coal in Appalachia: Ed's Chicken
7-17 Thinking Beyond Coal
7-10 Appalachia Scheme Wins Bucky Fuller Design Contest
6-21 Coal company cited for slurry spill
5-31 Where is coal-waste poison going?
5-27 The Chemical Composition of Coal and Its Negative Impact
5-20 The Mountain That Lost Its Top
5-14 Magnum Coal cited in fatal fall at preparation plant
5-13 Full speed ahead on Prenter water
5-11 State says local dams at risk
5-9 KET Film: Appalshop Film 'Sludge' to Air
5-9 Documentary film, "Sludge" to air four times in May on KET
5-2 NASA Earth Observatory: Coal Sludge Impoundments, West Virginia
5-2 Murray says 2 Ohio mines could close
4-29 West Virginia Grandfather Takes on the Coal Industry: Ed Wiley on His Battle Against Mountaintop Removal Mining
4-25 MTR ravages the Appalachians
4-22 Mining companies seek to reclassify Greene County stream for coal plant
4-22 Every day is Earth Day for artist
4-20 Considering Kilowatt Ours: High-powered doc explores multiple environmental issues
4-18 The Coal Miner's Granddaughter
4-14 Practicing Resurrection Week 2
4-14 Earth Week Sprints Off with 5K Tree Run
4-11 Clean coal's dirty secret
4-10 Judge OKs EPA fine for Massey water suit
4-8 WARN system not forgotten
3-30 Manchin plans no investigation of coal, health
3-26 WVU study finds high illness, death rates in coalfields
3-26 WV Public Radio: Coal pollution and disease linked in new WVU study
3-25 WVU researchers say coal mining endangers public health
3-25 Study Links Chronic Illness To Coal Mining Pollution
3-25 Study: Coal counties have higher disease rates
3-25 Study: Coal Mining Pollution May Affect Public Health
3-23 World Water Crisis
3-19 Filming efforts to save the Appalachians in Mountain Top Removal
3-7

Ohio Valley Coal cited for polluting creek
3-6 Coal company hit with four violations...thus far
3-2 Trading hammers for health care: Wheeling Jesuit students experience a different kind of service trip
2-29 Coal-slurry spill blackens miles of creek
2-28 Mountaintop Revival: Local evangelical Christians join environmentalists in an unlikely union to fight mountaintop removal mining in Tennessee
2-27 Buffalo Creek disaster remembered
2-26 Remembering the disaster at Buffalo Creek
2-23 Coal mining ravages Appalachia mountains
2-19 Mountaintop Removal Mining: Like a Third-World Autocracy {C}{C}

2-18 Meigs resident shares concerns about proposed AMP-Ohio generating station
2-17 Make West Virginia protected from coal
2-16 Journalist was native of Shoals
2-14 Word scene: Author to speak about novel set in coal-mining country
2-10 In places of emergency; Hundreds of danger zones lack notification plans
2-7 300 million gallons of coal slurry
2-7 Hear about environmental impact of 'mountaintop removal' tonight
2-5 $20 million fine is not enough
2-4 Are alternative fuels really cleaner?
2-3 'Coal River' cries a river over the devastation from mining
1-25 Let's stop ignoring damage from mining
1-20 Mountains Into Molehills
1-18 Big Coal objects to being called an "outlaw industry," but facts are facts
1-18 Violations no surprise to Massey neighbor
1-18 Massey to pay $20 million to settle with EPA ; E. Ky. slurry spill spurred action
1-18 Massey Energy pays $30 million for polluting Kentucky streams; Landmark settlement with EPA includes Virginia and West Virginia
1-18 $20 million fine, improvements part of Massey deal; feds believe company will now have to change
1-18 Massey Energy to pay record pollution fine
1-18 Big coal producer to pay $20 million for polluting streams
1-17 Coal company penalized for Clean Water Act violations
1-6 Plain Dealer: Shnayerson's Coal River' examines ills of mountaintop mining
1-5 Pancake's powerful mountaintop removal novel
1-4 Moving mountains
1-3 Team Finds New Way to Strip Mercury from Water
1-2-08 Coal mines' neighbors live, sleep in fear
12-17 Safe drinking water gets harder to tap
12-17 What's in the water at Prenter?; After rash of illnessess, that’s the question in the community
12-14 Bush taps former Massey executive for DOE seat
12-12 Wreck the Planet, Win a Prize!
11-27 Coal gets downright evil
11-18 State decides it will protect stream after all; Initial EPA decision would have let company dump slurry into bed
11-16 Justices OK trial plan for coal prep lawsuit
11-12 Mountaintop removal destroying Virginia and Appalachian mountains, speaker says
10-25 Environmentalists oppose proposed change in mining rule
10-18 Climb the mountain while it’s still here’
10-9 For sake of kids move Marsh Fork Elementary
10-7 Marsh Fork needs new school away from silo
9-27 Kanawha circuit court sides with Massey on Marsh Fork
9-26 Circuit Court Sides with Massey Energy in Coal Silo Case
9-19 Creek or pit for slurry? State EPA weighing mine company's request
9-13 Groups Fight Bush Plans to Expand Mountain Top Coal Mining (scroll down)
9-13 State Supreme Court upholds verdict against coal company
9-12 Mountaintop-removal mining destructive
9-8 Christians against coal mining: Rev. Allen Johnson calls on churches to condemn mountaintop-removal mining
9-7 Bill Moyer's Journal: Mountaintop Mining
8-29 Mining-Impoundment Check DEP Top Priority
8-29 Mountaintop removal mining: MTR from the sky
8-27 It’s Not Just the Environment
8-25 Mountaintop removal mining: The waiting game
8-24 Environmentalists muster to fight proposed rule changes on mining near streams
8-20 Director says coal slurry impoundment rumors are not true
8-18 Too Close For Comfort
8-17 Agencies plan safety review of mine impoundments
8-3 Are People Dying To Live Here?
7-22 30 years later, mine law’s success debated
7-19 Robert F. Kennedy Jr. wants to send a message: Author lists mountaintop removal among 'Crimes Against Nature'
7-19 Edwards pledges to fight poverty
7-11 Channel 11 Transcript on Mattea Visit
7-10 Kathy Mattea Tours Mountaintop Removal Sites (Photo Gallery) 7/10
7-8 Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining in West Virginia (Slide Show)
7-1 Another World is Possible!
6-25 Byrd lands millions in funding for mine safety provisionsa
6-21 Report proposes more funding to study mining impacts on environment, safety
6-18 Meigs County debates pros, cons of proposed coal mine
6-15 RAN confronts Bank of America on funding destructive coal mining!
6-14 No Coal
6-8 Mountain Justice Summer
6-1 Mattea is 'Living On Earth'
5-25 Learning In the Shadow of Coal
5-25 Coal Country Crooner
5-24 Battle of the mountain tops
5-14 DOJ seeks over $1.6 bln in suit against Massey
5-12 Massey sued by Feds: Coal firm violated Clean Air Act more than 4,630 times, prosecutors allege
5-12 Chemical spill closes part of I-77 on Friday
5-10 Appalachian Activists Ask U.N. to Dethrone King Coal
5-7 The fight for fluoride: In W.Va., thousands without fortified water
5-3 Putting focus on diversity of species
4-21 OVEC fighting for new Marsh Fork Elementary
4-20 State to study coal slurry waste
4-19 Landslide destroys local home
4-18

Warning: Dam problems
4-17 State has hundreds of hazardous dams
4-17 Demonstrators not paid at Marsh Fork
4-17 Parents need facts about Marsh Fork
4-16 Welsh town offers lesson for W.Va.
4-12 Inaugural Earth week kicks off
4-12 Mutilated mountains 'don't grow back'
3-27 Local citizens reiterate request for new school
3-24 Arrests at protest of coal facilities that threaten school
3-23 Raleigh school board asks governor for money to build new Marsh Fork school
3-21 OPEN LETTER FROM DAVE COOPER: Protesters Arrested at Capitol Rally
3-19 Coal Spill in Raleigh County Stream
3-19 No matter how you cut it Marsh Fork deserves a new school
3-19 Photographer claims Capitol, State Police used ‘abusive force’ at protest
3-17 YouTube video posting of arrests at March Fork Protest
3-17 Coal silo protest: 13 arrested in governor’s office
3-17 Marsh Fork Elementary protest leads to arrests at Capitol
3-17 Update: 11 Protesters Arrested at Tte WV Governor’s Office
3-17 Huntington resident among protesters
3-17 Protesters arrested at Capitol: Group is opposed to construction of a coal silo near a Raleigh County elementary school
3-17 Activists occupying WV governor offices
3-17 Coal toxins threaten kids' health, protesters say
3-16 Coal-waste study could change rules
3-16 Protestors Arrested at Marsh Fork School
3-16 Governor Says Marsh Fork Future A Local Decision
3-16 DEP files appeal in Massey silo ruling
3-13 Split board grants Massey silo permit: Second silo near school approved
3-13 Board overturns DEP rejection of silo near school
3-13 Massey Cleared to Build Silo at Goals Coal
3-12 Toxic West Virginia
3-11 The Great Flood: The Coal Industry Drops Their Black Piss Over the Hills of Kentucky
3-11 Coal mining practices and dangers are shown on the big and small screens{C}{C}

3-9 Senate, House Agree to Study Coal Slurry and groundwater Contamination; Sludge Safety Project Wants Independent Verification of Study
3-9 Buffalo Creek could be repeated
3-8 Drinking water at long last
3-8 Senate, House agree to study coal slurry and groundwater contamination: Sludge Safety Project wants independent verification of study
3-5 Activist wants end to harmful mining
2-27 Resolution to study coal slurry and groundwater contamination advancing: Constituents organize “Lobby Tuesdays” to tell their stories
2-27 Another Buffalo Creek?
2-27

Remembering Buffalo Creek
2-27 Buffalo Creek remembered: Survivor recalls horrifying moments, haunting memories
2-26 Ceremony Allows Survivors to Remember, Rally to Prevent Another Buffalo Creek Disaster
2-26 BUFFALO CREEK 35TH
2-26 ‘It was 18 miles of horror’
2-26 Buffalo Creek flood to be remembered
2-26 Documenting fatal disaster: Santa Clarita man to tell of 197 coal dam collapse
2-25 BOOK: Appalachian poets come together in new book 'Coal, A Poetry Anthology'
2-25 Coal companies are gambling with lives
2-23 The disaster too sad to be a movie: Buffalo Creek never will have a happy ending
2-19 UWSP targets coal supplier
2-18 Death, destruction of flood still vivid  (includes links to many other Buffalo Creek articles, pictures, timelines, pdfs and videos)
2-18 Chances of another disaster remote, state says
2-17 Buffalo Creek: 35 years have not erased memories
2-16 Coal has a place - in history
2-16 Shelby, Alabama coal mine closed for decade-long coal slurry pollution
2-14 Commission takes hard look at Boone County evacuation plans
2-14 Global warming becomes a campus cause
2-13 Raleigh County board updated on improvements to local schools: Members again hear call for new Marsh Fork Elementary
2-10 Rising to the Climate Challenge
2-5 Coal silo activists waylay Manchin
2-5 Protect public from dam threats: LEGISLATURE SHOULD MANDATE ACTION PLANS
2-2 WV Gov receives surprise delivery of kid’s letters
2-1 Children write Manchin to move school from coal silo
2-1 Children Call on WV Governor Joe Manchin to Move Marsh Fork Elementary Away from Coal Contamination{C}{C}

1-31 Buffalo Creek: Remembering a catastrophe
1-24 Mountain Justice Day of Action - January 31, 2007
1-23 Great Britain: Mining dam bursts - and slurry flood hits village
1-22 Before the Flood
1-15 Situational Science-Man and Coal Slurry
1-11 Earth to Barak: Coal kills
1-10 Battle continues for DEP, Massey
1-10 UD professor urges public support for wind farm
1-9 Slurry pipeline bonding bill tabled
1-9 Lawmakers want study of coal slurry in drinking water
1-9 Time runs out on empty bottle bill
1-7 Chopping Down The Mountains Of Appalachia
1-7 On the '07 agenda:
1-1 Climate change mitigation requires policy compliance