"Will Global Warming Bill Kill Coal?"
The cap-and-trade climate bill which is the focus of West Virginia protests is packed with help for the coal industry.
Source: Charleston Gazette, 07/20/2009
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"Pennsylvania To Regulate Salt Discharges"
"The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection is working to regulate salt discharges that result from natural-gas drilling."
Source: ES&T, 07/09/2009
Feds Fault WV Oversight of Mining Flood Prevention
"West Virginia regulators and coal operators have not properly implemented state rules meant to keep strip mining from contributing to flooding during heavy rains over narrow mountain hollows, according to a new federal report."
Source: Charleston Gazette, 07/03/2009
Rockefeller Introduces Bill To Outlaw Bayer Chem-Secrecy Ruse
Rockefeller's bill keeps FOIA exemptions for real security information, but forbids using the "sensitive security information" stamp.
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Coal-Waste Impoundment Database Offers Journalists a Tool
A cooperative effort of federal and state agencies, coal companies, and environmental groups, the database lists coal-waste impoundments in West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Pennsylvania, and Ohio.
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NASA's Hansen Arrested at WV Mine Protest
"More than 30 people -- including actress Daryl Hannah and NASA climate scientist James Hansen -- were arrested Tuesday in the latest protest in a growing civil disobedience campaign against mountaintop removal in Southern West Virginia."
06/24/2009
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Agreement Reached on Fort Meade Clean-Up
The Army has finally agreed to an enforceable timetable for cleaning up Superfund sites at Fort Meade in Maryland.
Source: Baltimore Sun, 06/23/2009
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