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DISASTER: 

Twenty-five years ago this morning, a leak of the chemical methyl isocyanate - MIC - killed thousands of people who lived near a Union...

FISH KILL: 

West Virginia officials have found high levels of an exotic algae blamed for a huge Monongalia County fish kill in Cabin Creek in Kanawha...

HEALTH: 

BEAVER - The Obama administration on Thursday kicked off a campaign to "end black lung," but said it may not follow through on a proposal to...

MOUNTAINTOP REMOVAL: 

An 81-year-old opponent of mountaintop-removal mining started a fast on Monday that he hopes will draw attention to and help end the...

OSM chief promises to reduce mining's impact 

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The new head of the federal Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement promised Wednesday to find a way to...

CARBON-CAPTURE TEST PROJECT: 

ONLINE: Read the DOE announcement at http://blogs.wvgazette.com/ coaltattoo

American Electric Power's testing of new greenhouse-gas...

CLIMATE CHANGE: 

The latest version of a U.S. Senate bill to address global warming will be aimed at "ensuring a future for coal," according to a legislative...

Lack of public process could cost mine jobs, 482 receive layoff 

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Nearly 500 workers at a Clay County coal-mining complex could lose their jobs early next year, after a federal judge...

GAO: Post-mine plans sketchy in permits 

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While the area of Appalachia affected by surface coal mining has increased, it has also become more concentrated in a...

Black lung proposals a year off 

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The Obama administration doesn't plan to propose new rules aimed at ending black lung disease until September 2010,...