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Headline	Author	Published	Section
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)

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: Barack Obama, coal, economy, elections, energy, green jobs, Hillary Clinton, mining, news, politics, presidential race 08, 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)

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)

Unseamly Behavior Federal judge blocks West Virginia coal-mining permits		26 Mar 2007	Daily Grist
Unseamly Behavior Federal judge blocks West Virginia coal-mining permits Foes of mountaintop-removal mining got a break late Friday when a federal judge blocked four permits for mines in West Virginia. The permits, issued by the Army Corps of Engineers, had said it was A-OK for Massey Energy's subsidiaries to fill valleys with the dirt and other detritus left over from shearing off moun ...
Topics: Army Corps of Engineers, coal, energy, mining, news, West Virginia (all these topics)

Coal Hollow A project on the effects of coal mining in Appalachia	David Roberts	06 Sep 2006	Gristmill
Photographs and oral histories from Coal Hollow -- a project on the effects of coal mining on poor Appalachians in West Virginia -- will be on display at the Southeast Museum of Photography on the Daytona Beach campus of the Daytona Beach Community College from August 31 - October 29. Whether or not you make it down to Florida, check out the book and DVD. The kind of poverty that wouldn't be out of place in the most desolate developing nations exists in th ...
Topics: coal, energy, mining, West Virginia (all these topics)

Moving Mountains Mountaintop-removal mining is devastating Appalachia, but residents are fighting back	Erik Reece	16 Feb 2006	Main Dish
This article was originally published in Orion Magazine. Not since the glaciers pushed toward these ridgelines a million years ago have the Appalachian Mountains been as threatened as they are today. But the coal-extraction process decimating this landscape, known as mountaintop removal, has generated little press beyond the region. A mountaintop no more. Photo: Viv ...
Topics: Appalachia, coal, energy, environmental justice, health, Kentucky, mining, Poverty and the Environment, Virginia, West Virginia (all these topics)

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