Has mountaintop mining peaked?

By Marianne Lavelle

Activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is praising the Obama administration for moving to stop “the greatest environmental tragedy ever to befall ou

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"… to 3.5 miles of streams in Kentucky and 2.5 miles of headwater streams in West Virginia. Although some of the channels are dry part of the year, the EPA said they …"

Big increases in mercury and other toxic releases

By Marianne Lavelle

Almost 4.1 billion pounds of toxic chemicals were released to the environment in the United States in 2007, according to new data from the E

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"… 1984 Bhopal chemical disaster in India and the release of chemicals from a West Virginia plant the following year.You can search the TRI data here and the EPA’s …"

The politics of energy: Coal

By The Center for Public Integrity

When George W. Bush was inaugurated on the Capitol steps in January 2001, the coal industry, which had contr

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"… to benefit from the migration back to coal is James “Buck” Harless, a West Virginia coal and timber baron who served as a Bush Pioneer. Harless also donated $ …"

"… ladelphia office of the EPA—the regional office whose territory includes West Virginia. Castle, formerly West Virginia’s top environmental official, worked as …"

"… e regional office whose territory includes West Virginia. Castle, formerly West Virginia’s top environmental official, worked as a consultant to the coal industr …"

"… kers and former mine workers,” Mitchell added. Murtha is originally from West Virginia, another state whose economy relies heavily upon coal mining.There have be …"

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Chemical that killed thousands in Bhopal finally abandoned by U.S. producer

By iWatch News

Sooner than expected, the last major U.S. producer of the chemical that killed thousands in Bhopal, India, 26 years ago –and was nearly rele

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"… opal, India, 26 years ago –and was nearly released in a 2008 explosion in West Virginia –is ceasing production of the compound.An announcement Friday by Bayer Cr …"

"… und.An announcement Friday by Bayer CropScience, whose plant in Institute, West Virginia, stores 200,000 pounds of methyl isocyante (MIC), coincided with the start …"

Year after tragedy, mining industry seeks some self-policing

By Chris Hamby

Mining industry urges feds to reward safety with fewer inspections

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"… workers died in an explosion at Massey Energy’s Upper Big Branch mine in West Virginia, points to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s Voluntary …"

Eastern Shore homebuilder investigated for storm water runoff

By Joe Eaton

Eastern Shore homebuilder investigated for storm water runoff

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"… y’s Region 3, which includes Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia. Hovnanian has developments in each of those …"

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Longwall coal mine companies push to “downgrade” stream pollution controls

By Kristen Lombardi

Much has been made about the Bush administration’s 11th hour repeal of a key rule meant to keep coal-slurry waste out of Appalachian streams

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"… t’s giving environmentalists there nightmares.As environmental groups in West Virginia, Kentucky, and Washington, D.C. work to reverse the January 12 repeal of t …"

When the Democrats wined and dined, here's who paid the piper

By Josey Ballenger

WASHINGTON, September 14, 2000 — Anyone who thought the Democratic National Convention was only about presidential nominee Al Gore must have

Rep. Rahall champions new fed oversight, but opposed it in 2000

By Kristen Lombardi

The lack of federal regulation for coal ash has become something of a Congressional cause célèbre since that disastrous late December coal a

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"… d the outrage of House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Nick Rahall, a West Virginia Democrat. But back in 2000, when coal ash regulation was being considered …"

Scoring secretary of state seats for Dems

By Sarah Laskow

Plagued by memories of Florida’s Katherine Harris and Ohio’s Ken Blackwell, a little-known 527 group helped win secretary of state posts for

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"… g for candidates in this election cycle, in Missouri, Oregon, Montana, and West Virginia.Analysis of state election data provided no apparent similar nationwide ef …"

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