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2013/05/23 10:18
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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
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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...
2013/05/15 23:17
2013/05/15 23:17
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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...
2013/05/14 23:56
2013/05/14 23:56
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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...
2013/05/14 16:18
2013/05/14 16:18
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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...
2013/05/09 05:13
2013/05/09 05:13
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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...
2013/05/08 16:31
2013/05/08 16:31
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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...
2013/05/03 04:16
2013/05/03 04:16
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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...
2013/05/02 04:43
2013/05/02 04:43
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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...
2013/05/01 23:17
2013/05/01 23:17
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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...
2013/05/01 15:55
2013/05/01 15:55
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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...
2013/05/01 04:23
2013/05/01 04:23
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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...
2013/04/30 22:26
2013/04/30 22:26
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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...
2013/04/30 22:26
2013/04/30 22:26
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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...
2013/04/29 21:43
2013/04/29 21:43
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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...
2013/04/27 14:10
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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....
2013/04/27 00:17
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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...
2013/04/26 16:22
2013/04/26 16:22
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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...
2013/04/25 22:28
2013/04/25 22:28
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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...
2013/04/25 20:13
2013/04/25 20:13
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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...