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Pits of Despair
Coal industry fends off concerns, keeps working on comeback |
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16 Nov 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| Pits of Despair Coal industry fends off concerns, keeps working on comeback Some of the tap water in West Virginia's Mingo County is flowing in funny colors: red, brown, and black. Alarmed residents asked the state if the discoloration, caused by high levels of heavy metals including arsenic and lead, could be related to Big Coal's practice of injecting its waste underground. Regulators say there's ... |
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| Topics: coal, energy, mining and drilling, news, West Virginia (all these topics) |
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Climb Every Mountain. Then Remove It.
Activists plan summer of mountaintop-removal protests |
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29 Mar 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Climb Every Mountain. Then Remove It. Activists plan summer of mountaintop-removal protests Environmental activists are planning a summer of focused protest against mountaintop-removal coal mining in West Virginia and surrounding coal states. "Mountain Justice Summer" will call for nonviolent protests against this highly destructive mining technique, whereby entire mountaintops ... |
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| Topics: coal, energy, mining and drilling, news, Tennessee, West Virginia (all these topics) |
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