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Miner offense Coal miners in West Virginia stay home in protest of anti-Obama NRA tactics	Kate Sheppard	07 Oct 2008	Gristmill
Coal production at the Blacksville No. 2 Mine in Monongalia County, W.Va., came to a halt for one day last week when all the miners stayed home in protest after a National Rifle Association camera crew tried to get them to bad-mouth Barack Obama on film. The United Mineworkers of America has endorsed the Democratic candidate for president, and union officials were miffed that the NRA was allowed on the property. Here's the story: Union officials say they took the day ...
Topics: Barack Obama, coal, elections, energy, mining, Muckraker, news, politics, presidential race 08, West Virginia (all these topics)

MSM discovers MTR CNN reports on the battle for Coal River Mountain in W.Va.	Kate Sheppard	07 Oct 2008	Gristmill
In August, we brought you the story of Coal River Mountain, one of the last mountains in West Virginia's Coal River Valley that hasn't been destroyed by mountaintop-removal coal mining. Residents are lobbying to build a wind farm on the mountain, but Massey Energy is moving ahead on plans to strip-mine a 10-square-mile area of the mountain, regardless of whether they have the permits to do so. Yesterday, CNN covered the battle over Coal River Mountain and the pligh ...
Topics: coal, energy, mining, Muckraker, news, politics, video, West Virginia (all these topics)

On a wind and a prayer West Virginian advocates push to build a wind farm on a proposed mountaintop removal site	Kate Sheppard	21 Aug 2008	Gristmill
Coal River Mountain is one of the last mountains in West Virginia's Coal River Valley that hasn't been destroyed by mountaintop removal coal mining. Massey Energy is planning to mine a 10-square-mile area of the mountain, but activists in the area are hoping to intercede with a plan to instead harvest the mountain's wind potential. Massey Energy has a number of mountaintop removal (MTR) operations in place in the area around Coal Mountain, but they plan to blast ...
Topics: coal, mining, Muckraker, news, politics, West Virginia (all these topics)

Backwater blues W. Va. governor Manchin subsidizes his own state's economic irrelevance with liquid coal subsidies	David Roberts	11 Aug 2008	Gristmill
I've written before about the economic and environmental nightmare that is liquid coal. If I were a governor and an energy company proposed opening a liquid coal plant in my state, I would marshal every resource available to fight it off. You get a few dozen jobs in the short-term; in the long-term, you get intense pollution, a bad reputation, and a facility that is almost certain to be rendered an economic lemon by carbon regulations, thus setting up the need for ongo ...
Topics: carbon sequestration, coal, coal-to-liquid fuel, energy, West Virginia (all these topics)

Thanks, neighbor, but I draw the line at black lung When taking pride in your roots means breathing local coal dust	Ashley Braun	10 Jun 2008	Gristmill
May I suggest that literally sharing a part of your local history can, in fact, be taken too far? Snipped from The New York Times:'Coal is part of us,' said William Liptok, director of the county's public works department. Not only does nearly every family in town have roots in mining, Mr. Liptok said, but virtually everyone breathes in coal dust, since it wafts into the air in the winter when trucks remove the boilers' ashes. [emphasis is mine] How's that, c ...
Topics: coal, energy, health, West Virginia (all these topics)

Cause and effect	David Roberts	05 Jun 2008	Gristmill
Here's a sentence from a new story in the WSJ: The second-poorest state in the nation based on household income, West Virginia counts on coal to support its economy. May I suggest a rewrite? West Virginia counts on coal to support its economy; as a consequence, it is the second-poorest state in the nation based on household income.
Topics: coal, economy, energy, West Virginia (all these topics)

Voters' Voices: West Virginia II Race mattered in the W.Va. primary, but will it keep mattering?	Melinda Henneberger	14 May 2008	Gristmill
This is the second in a series of dispatches from Melinda Henneberger, who's talking to voters around the U.S. about their views on the election. Charleston, W.Va. -- According to the exit polls, I was hanging out with a bunch of racially challenged Hillary supporters at last night's victory party here. One in five West Virginia voters fessed up that race was an important factor in their choice of a candidate �- and they didn't mean they saw Obama's diverse h ...
Topics: Barack Obama, elections, Hillary Clinton, politics, presidential race 08, Voters Voices, West Virginia (all these topics)

We'll always have Monaco W. Va. Supreme Court chief justice and friend to dirty coal loses reelection bid	David Roberts	14 May 2008	Gristmill
Remember Spike Maynard? He was the chief justice of the West Virginia Supreme Court, the one caught canoodling around the Caribbean with mountaintop mining executive Don Blankenship -- and some young women to whom, suffice to say, they were not betrothed -- while Blankenship's company, Massey Energy, had a case before the court. Maynard said he just happened to run into Blankenship in Monaco. (These things happen, right?) Spike got booted from that case, but he dragg ...
Topics: elections, politics, shenanigans, state politics, West Virginia (all these topics)

Voters' Voices: West Virginia Talking with voters in the Mountain State	Melinda Henneberger	13 May 2008	Gristmill
This is the first in a series of dispatches from Melinda Henneberger, who's talking to voters around the U.S. about their views on the environment and the election. Photo: Wignut Huntington, W.Va. -- Door-knocking for Barack Obama in a state where he expects to get stomped today has been kind of thankless for Pam Wonnell, a nurse and old friend of mine who moved here from Illinois last year for her husband's job in coal mining: 'I am not feeling t ...
Topics: coal, elections, energy, mining, politics, presidential race 08, Voters Voices, West Virginia (all these topics)

Coal victory in West Virginia	David Roberts	15 Apr 2008	Gristmill
Virginia's State Corporation Commission today rejected American Electric Power's request to build a massive ($2.23b) new dirty coal plant in West Virginia. Why, you ask? The commission said the plant's estimated price, which dates back to November 2006, isn't credible. It also said AEP has no plans to provide a detailed, updated estimate until it gets full regulatory approval. So picky!
Topics: coal, energy, West Virginia, business (all these topics)

Blankenship to reporter: 'You're liable to get shot' Massey wins W. Va. Supreme Court case; not doing so well in public relations	David Roberts	05 Apr 2008	Gristmill
A while back, a case against mountaintop-removal giant Massey Energy reached the West Virginia Supreme Court, which overturned a previous judgment fining the company. But then pictures turned up of Massey CEO Don Blankenship canoodling around the French Riviera with one of the court judges and two female 'companions.' Oops. The court decided to re-hear the case, minus the offending judge. Then another judge, who had said that 'the pernicious effects of Mr. Blankens ...
Topics: business, coal, energy, mining, politics, shenanigans, West Virginia (all these topics)

File under: Sherlock, No sh*t	David Roberts	03 Apr 2008	Gristmill
I give you clean coal: The study, 'Relations between Health Indicators and Residential Proximity to Coal Mining in West Virginia,' found that in the 14 counties where the biggest coal mining operations are located residents reported higher rates of cardiopulmonary disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, hypertension, diabetes, and lung and kidney disease. In each of those counties, mining topped 4 million tons of coal a year.
Topics: coal, energy, health, mining, West Virginia (all these topics)

West Virginia, Mountain Drama Clinton and Obama boost coal in West Virginia		21 Mar 2008	News
Posted at 2:03 PM on 21 Mar 2008 Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama both did some coal-boosting while campaigning in West Virginia this week. Clinton told West Virginians she's always been in favor of "the cleanest coal possible," but that "coal fits in very importantly" to America's energy future. Asked about mountaintop-removal mining in a radio interview Wednesday, she hedged, saying she didn't &quo ...
Topics: ... coal, economy, elections, energy, green jobs, Hillary Clinton, mining, news, politics, presidential race 08, West Virginia (all these topics)

Coal: getting expensiver	Sean Casten	11 Mar 2008	Gristmill
More details on the new, really-really-expensive AEP coal plant in West Virginia. It seems like just yesterday that I wrote that the 17 percent rate increase announced by AEP would not be the last one, given the cost of this plant. Two days later, here they come. Specifically, 'Customers could start paying as early as next year with rate hikes starting at $1 per month in 2009 and eventually climbing to $7.70 per month. AEP customers could pay nearly $160 million du ...
Topics: carbon sequestration, climate, coal, energy, West Virginia (all these topics)

Notable quotable	David Roberts	26 Feb 2008	Gristmill
'Anybody can talk and beat up coal: They don't like it; it's dirty; it does this and this. But I can assure you, they're not going to turn their lights or their demand for energy off.' -- Gov. Joe Manchin of West Virginia
Topics: coal, energy, West Virginia (all these topics)

Massey incest redux	David Roberts	22 Feb 2008	Gristmill
So, remember how two justices on the W. Va. Supreme Court have recused themselves from the Massey case? One was photographed frolicking on vacation with Massey CEO Don Blankenship on the French Riviera. The other has publicly criticized Blankenship. The latter fellow said that a third judge -- Justice Brent Benjamin, who received $3.5 million in support from Don Blankenship in his 2004 election -- should also recuse himself. Well, Benjamin has offered an answer: scre ...
Topics: business, coal, energy, litigation, politics, shenanigans, West Virginia (all these topics)

Massey incest Mining CEO so insinuated in W. Va. politics that they can't find judges to hear his case	David Roberts	20 Feb 2008	Gristmill
So, you may recall that loathsome mountaintop-removal mining outfit Massey was hit with a $50 million judgment a while back. They appealed it up to the W. Va. Supreme Court, which overturned it. Later, it turned out that Massey CEO Don Blankenship (an evil bastard) had been photographed frolicking with one of the judges in Monte Carlo, accompanied by, um, female consorts. So that judge dropped out of the case. Now the WSJ brings word that another judge is recusing ...
Topics: business, coal, energy, litigation, mining, politics, West Virginia (all these topics)

This is how dumb they think you are Walker/Cat's coal-happy ads in rural West Virginia	David Roberts	19 Feb 2008	Gristmill
Prompted by Pompey Road in comments, I went looking for some commercials that have been running in rural West Virginia, put out by a company called Walker/Cat that makes heavy machinery for coal operations. (George W. Bush spoke at their Belle plant in 2002.) Turns out they're right here. They have to be seen to be believed. Here, Miss Bug explains that heck no, blowing up mountains, dumping the rubble in streams, and covering the result with a thin layer of soil and ...
Topics: coal, energy, messaging, mining, West Virginia (all these topics)

The good and the ugly Anti-coal activism news	Erik Hoffner	24 Jan 2008	Gristmill
First, the good: here's a feature story in the new Orion magazine about the tactics and successes of the anti-coal activists who've helped halt, count 'em, 59 new plants, according to author Ted Nace. Ted also gives a huge rundown of links and resources for anti-coal activists. And the ugly: thanks to Maria Gunnoe's success organizing against mountaintop removal mining as a staff member of grassroots group Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition and now her lead role ...
Topics: coal, energy, grassroots activism, mining, politics, West Virginia (all these topics)

Pity West Virginia The backlash against coal has not made it to the halls of power in WV	David Roberts	11 Dec 2007	Gristmill
There are some heartening recent stories from the land of Coal Backlash. Portland-based PacifiCorp is giving up on new coal plants entirely -- not for environmental reasons but for economic ones. (Lesson: coal isn't cheap.) Missouri is probably the most hostile state for climate activists. It ranks among the top five states for emitting CO2, its emissions are growing faster than any other state's, 85% of its power comes from coal, it is 46th out of 50 state in terms o ...
Topics: carbon sequestration, coal, energy, West Virginia (all these topics)

Christians against coal mining Rev. Allen Johnson calls on churches to condemn mountaintop-removal mining	Grist	08 Sep 2007	Gristmill
This is a guest post from Rev. Allen Johnson, whom we interviewed last year as part of our God & the Environment series. Johnson heads Christians for the Mountains, a group fighting to protect the Appalachians from mountaintop-removal mining. This post is reprinted with permission from the Moyers Blog. ----- On August 22, The New York Times published an article that began, 'The Bush administration is set to issue a regulation on Friday [August 24] that would ens ...
Topics: coal, coal-to-liquid fuel, mining, politics, religion and spirituality, West Virginia (all these topics)

Moyers on MTR 'Bill Moyers Journal' on religious resistance to mountaintop-removal mining	Lisa Hymas	06 Sep 2007	Gristmill
The upcoming episode of Bill Moyers Journal reports on evangelical Christians in West Virginia who are fighting against the scourge of mountaintop-removal mining. Check PBS listings for airtimes in your 'hood. This episode follows up on a 2006 Moyers special, Is God Green?. Our own David Roberts interviewed Moyers about it last year. Have you submitted a public comment yet about the Bush admin's proposed rule change that will clear the way for still more MTR ...
Topics: mining, TV, West Virginia (all these topics)

Mountaintop removal mining: The waiting game MTR activists don't expect progress until the Bush administration is gone	Grist	25 Aug 2007	Gristmill
((mtr_include))This week, Gabriel Pacyniak and Katherine Chandler are traveling throughout southern West Virginia to report on mountaintop removal mining (MTR). They'll be visiting coalfields with abandoned and "reclaimed" MTR mines, and talking with residents, activists, miners, mine company officials, local reporters, and politicians. We'll publish their reports throughout the week. ----- As we wind down our trip, news breaks that the federal Office o ...
Topics: coal, energy, mining, West Virginia (all these topics)

Mountaintop removal mining: Lonely opposition The Branhams' mining permit protests	Grist	23 Aug 2007	Gristmill
((mtr_include))This week, Gabriel Pacyniak and Katherine Chandler are traveling throughout southern West Virginia to report on mountaintop removal mining (MTR). They'll be visiting coalfields with abandoned and "reclaimed" MTR mines, and talking with residents, activists, miners, mine company officials, local reporters, and politicians. We'll publish their reports throughout the week. ----- Driving to the north end of Mingo County, W.Va., we get lost a ...
Topics: environmental justice, mining, West Virginia (all these topics)

Mountaintop removal mining: No respect for the hollow More from W. Va.	Grist	22 Aug 2007	Gristmill
((mtr_include))This week, Gabriel Pacyniak and Katherine Chandler are traveling throughout southern West Virginia to report on mountaintop removal mining (MTR). They'll be visiting coalfields with abandoned and "reclaimed" MTR mines, and talking with residents, activists, miners, mine company officials, local reporters, and politicians. We'll publish their reports throughout the week. ----- 'This is what people around here don't understand, that this is ...
Topics: mining, West Virginia (all these topics)

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