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2013/05/23 10:18
2013/05/23 10:18
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Arch's Leer mining complex ramping up outside gra...
It takes years to ramp up a major coal mining operation. Granted, Arch Coal's Leer Mining Complex outside Grafton underwent a change of ownership after it was permitted to International Coal Group in...
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2013/05/16 05:22
2013/05/16 05:22
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US appeals court in Va. OKs W.Va. mine permit
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A federal appeals court on Wednesday refused to block a federal permit for a West Virginia mountaintop removal coal mine that was challenged by environmentalists. A panel of the...
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Parkersburg News and Sentinel
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Lexington Herald-Leader
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Alpha Natural Resources
Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition
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2013/05/15 23:17
2013/05/15 23:17
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4th Circuit upholds Alpha mine permit decision
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- A federal appeals court has upheld a decision that cleared the way for a Clean Water Act permit needed for a new mountaintop removal mine in Logan County. On Wednesday, a 4th...
Read more at The Charleston Gazette
2013/05/14 23:56
2013/05/14 23:56
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Three valley mines rescue teams head to provincia...
Three valley mines rescue teams head to provincials Photo by Patrick Spohr The Elk Valley mining industry’s high safety standards were displayed last Saturday, May 11 at the East Kootenay Zone...
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BC Children’s Hospital
BC Children’s Hospital
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2013/05/14 16:18
2013/05/14 16:18
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Rahall legislation would limit EPA authority on m...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's authority in Clean Water Act permitting would be limited by legislation reintroduced by Congressman Nick J. Rahall, D-W.Va. The Clean Water Cooperative...
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Chris Hamilton
U.S. Court of Appeals
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2013/05/09 05:13
2013/05/09 05:13
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Appeal this bad decision
A federal appeals court has reversed a lower court ruling against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, in a case with wide-ranging ramifications. Not long after President Barack Obama took...
Read more at The Fort Dodge Messenger
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Barack Obama
Supreme Court
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2013/05/08 16:31
2013/05/08 16:31
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Gold Price Gains Momentum as Dollar Sinks - Gold ...
GOLD PRICE NEWS – The gold price stabilized on Wednesday as the yellow metal consolidated following yesterday’s 1% decline. The spot price of gold traded in a wide range between $1,447 and $1,470 per...
Read more at International Business Times
2013/05/03 04:16
2013/05/03 04:16
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Surface mine at Que dam abandoned | Water quality...
JOHNSTOWN — Plans for a Jenner Township
Surface Mine
are apparently dead. The Department of Environmental Protection has denied Somerset-based Wilson Creek Energy’s permit application to mine 50...
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Somerset
Earl Waddell
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2013/05/02 04:43
2013/05/02 04:43
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Killing Jobs
Most of us would be furious if we applied for a government permit to do something - such as remodel our homes - then, after having been granted it, were told the bureaucrats had changed their minds...
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Corps of Engineers
United States Army
David McKinley
UN Court
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2013/05/01 23:17
2013/05/01 23:17
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Miner charged with faking foreman's license
Craig Belcher, 36, was charged in a four-count grand jury indictment with four counts of providing a false statement in U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration documents. If convicted, he faces up...
Read more at The Charleston Gazette
Craig Belcher
U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration
Massey Energy
RALEIGH
John Preston Bailey
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2013/05/01 15:55
2013/05/01 15:55
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EPA’s reach goes too far
A federal appeals court has reversed a lower court ruling against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, in a case with wide-ranging ramifications. Not long after President Barack Obama took...
Read more at The Leader-Herald
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Barack Obama
Supreme Court
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2013/05/01 04:23
2013/05/01 04:23
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Coal company buys local land
SEWELL MOUNTAIN — A coal company has acquired over 10,000 acres of coal seams on the Meadow River in Fayette, Nicholas, and Greenbrier counties, as well as the former site of Songer Whitewater Rafting...
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2013/04/30 22:26
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Logan mom headed to NYC for makeover - Debbie Rol...
Debbie Rolen Civitas News Service Recently, Sarah Erwin Vance followed advice from friend and co-worker Beth Shawver and applied for a Mommy Makeover to be done on the Live with Kelly and Michael...
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2013/04/30 22:26
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Logan mom headed to NYC for makeover - Debbie Rol...
Debbie Rolen Civitas News Service Recently, Sarah Erwin Vance followed advice from friend and co-worker Beth Shawver and applied for a Mommy Makeover to be done on the Live with Kelly and Michael...
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New York City
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2013/04/29 21:43
2013/04/29 21:43
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McConnell pushes plan to force EPA action on surf...
PIKEVILLE — The federal government would face a deadline to issue or deny surface-mining permits under legislation Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell said he will file next week. McConnell said...
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Lexington Herald-Leader
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Weirton Daily Times
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Pikeville
Shelly Capito
Shelley Moore Capito
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2013/04/27 14:10
2013/04/27 14:10
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Arch Coal Denied Permission to Blow Up West Virgi...
A subsidiary of Arch Coal of St. Louis, Missouri, has been denied permission to dump nearly three billion cubic feet of dirt into local headwater streams after blowing up a mountain in West Virginia....
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Amy Berman Jackson
U.S. Court of Appeals
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2013/04/27 00:17
2013/04/27 00:17
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Cassville mine plan heads to state Supreme Court
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. -- The three-year-old battle over the proposed expansion of a northern West Virginia
Surface Mine
is now headed for the state Supreme Court. The Sierra Club is appealing a March...
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Environmental Quality Board
Arch Coal
Cassville
MORGANTOWN
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2013/04/26 16:22
2013/04/26 16:22
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Prevent EPA’s Abuse of Power
Most of us would be furious if we applied for a government permit to do something - say, remodel our homes - then, after having been granted it, were told the bureaucrats had changed their minds and...
Read more at The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Corps of Engineers
United States Army
UN Court
Joe Manchin
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2013/04/25 22:28
2013/04/25 22:28
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SWVA Elk Update
On Thursday we decided to check up on some real history-making animals. Elk were brought to a part of southwest Virginia last year. Some folks though the elk might die off or wander away. So just how...
Read more at WCYB 5 Tri-Cities
Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation
Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries
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2013/04/25 20:13
2013/04/25 20:13
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Slurry dam construction integrity questioned
A new report by federal
Surface Mine
regulators obtained by the Sludge Safety Project indicates there are some concern about the way West Virginia coal slurry dams are built. The concerns indicated...
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WOWK-TV West Virginia
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The Times West Virginian
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Rob Goodwin
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