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TN coal ash spill highlights broad gaps in government oversight
Charleston Gazette 12/31/08

Paying the price: Truth about coal-fired energy
Stock News 12/31/08

Coal Ash Spill Leads to Arsenic Warnings for TN Wells
Bloomberg 12/31/08

Leak Found In Retention Wall 5 Years Ago
WSMV-4 12/31/08

Kingston incident leaves coal's image mired in uncertainty
Platts 12/31/08

TN Wildlife Resource Agency to look at ecosystem impact at sludge site
WVLT 12/31/08

Coal waste sludge ponds — how safe are they?
Register-Herald 12/31/08

At Plant in Coal Ash Spill, Toxic Deposits by the Ton
New York Times 12/30/08

High Noon at Black Mesa
Counterpunch 12/30/08

Billion-gallon sludge flood could change utility
NBC 12/29/08

Coal supporters are real extremists in West Virginia
Herald Dispatch 12/29/08

1,000,000,000 gallons of sludge shames agency
CNN 12/29/08

Rule change promises explosion of damage
The Tennessean 12/29/08

Mines don't want you to see results
The Tennessean 12/29/08

A First Hand Account of the TVA Coal Ash Disaster in Kingston, TN
Huffington Post 12/29/08

Empty Promise: The Broken Federal Commitment Behind the Tennessee Coal Ash Disaster
Truthout 12/28/08

Two environmental activists detained by police at ash spill site
WATE-6 12/28/08

Activists Detained For Taking Ash Spill Photographs
Planetsave 12/28/08

[VIDEO] TN sludge gives coal a black eye
NBC 12/28/08

Group urges stronger warnings over sludge
NBC 12/27/08

Spillage amount tripled; ash, water total 5.4M cubic yards
Knoxville News Sentinel 12/27/08

[VIDEO] TVA Coal Ash Disaster
CBS News 12/27/08

Coal waste dumps: ticking toxic time bombs
Center for Environmental Journalism 12/27/08

The Great Coal Ash Flood
Counterpunch 12/27/08

Tenn. Sludge Spill Challenges 'Clean Coal' Future
Discovery Channel 12/26/08

Coal hard truths
Sacramento News & Review 12/26/08

Dike Burst Spills 525 Million Gallons of Sludge
Discovery Channel 12/26/08

Coal Ash Spill Revives Issue of Its Hazards
New York Times 12/25/08

Spill at Tennessee Coal Plant Creates Environmental Disaster
Democracy Now! 12/25/08

Ash Christmas: Yesterday\'s TVA Coal Disaster is Toxic Wake Up Call to Nation, Jeff Biggers
Huffington Post 12/24/08

Coalition Sues Over Mining Ruling
Courier-Journal 12/24/08

The essential 'clean coal' scam
Grist 12/24/08

Fresh water scheduled for Prenter
Charleston Gazette 12/24/08

Toxic Ash Pond Collapses in TN
Scientific American 12/24/08

Coal Ash Is More Radioactive than Nuclear Waste
Scientific American 12/24/08

Tennessee sludge spill runs over homes, water
CNN 12/23/08

Collapse poses risk of toxic ash
The Tennessean 12/23/08

'We've got a mess': Roane County official
Knoxville News Sentinel 12/22/08

Coal River mine permit appealed by wind backers
SteelGuru 12/22/08

Mining the Mountain
Smithsonian magazine 12/22/08

Wind Energy More Economically Sound Than Mountaintop Removal Mining
RenewableEnergyWorld.com 12/21/08

Salazar and the Tragedy of the Common Ground
Counterpunch 12/20/08

BERRY AND MCKIBBEN CALL FOR CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE TO STOP COAL: MAR. 2
Wendell Berry and Bill McKibben 12/19/08

Pasley again files stream saver bill
News and Tribune 12/19/08

Reversal of stream buffer rule likely under Obama
Platts 12/19/08

Coal River mine permit appealed by wind backers
Charleston Gazette 12/19/08

Paranoia at Big Coal Headquarters (Video)
Mother Jones 12/17/08

Energy secretary nominee sees coal as 'nightmare'
Charleston Gazette 12/17/08

Mountain top disaster
Indianapolis Star 12/17/08

Water problems in Boone County
Charleston Gazette 12/17/08

Colorado Sen. Ken Salazar picked to head Interior Department
Grist 12/16/08

West Virginians start fund for emergency clean water
Prenter Water Fund 12/16/08

W.Va. again the biggest judicial hellhole, tort reform group says
West Virginia Record 12/16/08

How They Feel About Coal In Coal Country
San Francisco Chronicle 12/16/08

A Free Pass For Polluters To Ignore Water Quality?
Bristol Herald Courier 12/15/08

WV Citizens join with Navajo and Hopi Tribal Leaders and Community Members to Protest OSM
Huntington News 12/15/08

A Harlan County Fishpond
YouTube 12/15/08

Bush's Final F.U.
Rolling Stone Magazine 12/13/08

RFK, Jr. Blasts Mountaintop Mining Before Congress
NRDC 12/13/08

Sewanee Takes a Stand Against Mountain Top Removal
Sewanee Purple 12/13/08

Coal Campaign Pulled After Heavy Criticism
ABC News 12/13/08

Free Appalachia from Mountaintop Mining
New America Media 12/12/08

RFK Jr. testifies against buffer zone changes at congressional hearing
Charleston Gazette 12/12/08

Santa Arrested for Opposing Mountain Top Removal
It's Getting Hot In Here 12/12/08

Judge denies contempt motion in selenium case
Charleston Gazette 12/11/08

Group Pushes Wind Energy in Raleigh County
WVNS 12/10/08

Activists promote wind farms for southern W.Va
Beckley Register-Herald 12/10/08

The Dirty Side of Clean Coal
Scientific American 12/10/08

Report: Wind project better than strip mining
Charleston Gazette 12/9/08

Mining-Rule Change Creates Tremors In W.Va.
NPR 12/9/08

Coal Companies Lose Financial Backer
Ashland Daily Independent 12/8/08

Barack Obama's coal conundrum
BBC News 12/8/08

The Black Mesa nightmare returns
Grist 12/8/08

What the coal lobby wants hidden
Charleston Gazette 12/8/08

Dumping in Streams
Winston-Salem Journal 12/8/08

Ohio seeks new coal-waste plan
Columbus Dispatch 12/8/08

Santa is mad at TVA
UMD 12/6/08

NC5 Investigates Strip Mining In Tennessee
WTVF 12/6/08

Picturing an End for Mountaintop Removal
World Changing 12/6/08

A DANGEROUS GAME
Rachel's Democracy & Health News 12/4/08

Don't believe the hype — clean coal still pollutes
Charleston City Paper 12/4/08

There's no such thing as 'clean' coal
Reality Corps 12/4/08

Bank of America Puts a Deposit on Our Mountains
NRDC 12/4/08

Bank of America to Stop Financing Mountaintop Removal!
It's Getting Hot In Here 12/4/08

EPA Declares Open Season on Mountains
Daily Kos 12/4/08

Bank of America Decision to Stop Funding Mountaintop Removal a Victory for Appalachia and Anti-Coal Movement
Rainforest Action Network 12/4/08

Cliffside coal plant permit revoked
It's Getting Hot In Here 12/3/08

Bush moves forward with 'buffer zone' changes
Charleston Gazette 12/3/08

Opposition mounts as White House approves mining rule changes
Charleston Gazette 12/2/08

Massey lawsuit against WV Supreme Court on hold
SteelGuru 12/1/08

Dethroning King Coal
Duke Chronicle 12/1/08

Greenpeace Report Tags True Price of Coal
OpEdNews 12/1/08

Maintain clean water rules against mining
Pocono Record 11/30/08

Protect our people, mountains
Charleston Gazette 11/30/08

Mining CEO Attacks Enviros, Wages War on Coal River Mountain
NRDC 11/28/08

Town seeks county help for appeal
North Jefferson News 11/27/08

Save Coal River Mountain -- NOW!
Daily Kos 11/26/08

TAKE ACTION!: Massey Energy Coal Company has received the final permit for the Bee Tree section of Coal River Mountain!
Coal River Wind 11/26/08

W.Va. OKs change in Coal River Mountain mining permit
Charleston Gazette 11/26/08

Mining bill would trim EPA power
Columbus Dispatch 11/25/08

Coal CEO calls environmentalists crazy
It's Getting Hot In Here 11/25/08

Jeff Biggers: An open letter to Al Gore
Grist 11/25/08

Shoutin for the Mountains tour
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 11/24/08

Foundation Coal hit with pollution fine
Charleston Gazette 11/22/08

Bo Webb: Clean coal is false advertising
Herald-Dispatch 11/22/08

Climate Protests Escalate Worldwide
Worldwatch Institute 11/22/08

Lucky in Kentucky: State Legislators Oppose Mountaintop Mining
NRDC 11/21/08

Jeff Biggers: Time for a Coal-Onoscopy
Huffington Post 11/21/08

W.Va. needs green jobs, not coal jobs
The Herald-Dispatch 11/21/08

The case for a 'coal conservancy'
Grist 11/21/08

Students question Bank of America's investment
Maryland Gazette 11/20/08

Appalachia's environmental ills reflect those seen in nation, world
Catholic News Service 11/19/08

Coal industry can't be trusted to be responsible
Herald-Dispatch 11/19/08

Fired W.Va. court official alleges retaliation
Charleston Gazette 11/19/08

Supremes to Decide If Justice For Sale in West Virginia
Huntington News 11/19/08

Petition: Wilson Creek, KY
KFTC 11/19/08

'Mountaintop Removal Road Show' presented Nov. 20
Appalachian State University News 11/18/08

Marc Steiner Show: Dave Cooper, Lorelei Scarbro, Larry Gibson
Center for Emerging Media 11/18/08

Yes, Virginia, there is a clean energy constituency
Grist 11/17/08

Blankenship memos reveal hands-on approach
Charleston Gazette 11/17/08

Ben Webb: What will we do when coal is gone?
Register-Herald 11/17/08

Massey Energy campaign contributions focus of U.S. Supreme Court case on judicial recusals
Mineweb 11/17/08

Day of Action Against Coal
Huffington Post 11/17/08

Permit for coal power plant blocked; impact could be far reaching
Register-Herald 11/17/08

Mountain Top Removal
Murray State News 11/17/08

Anti-Coal Movement on the Rise; National Day of Action in Over 50 Cities
The Understory 11/17/08

Singing To Save Their Mountains
High Country Press 11/13/08

Mountaintop removal is immoral
Somerset Commonwealth Journal 11/13/08

Help Stop Mountaintop-Mining Madness
The Austin Chronicle 11/13/08

I'm ready for the National Day of Action against Coal, are you?
The Understory 11/12/08

PSC rejects Alliant's proposed coal plant
The Business Journal 11/12/08

Protesters chained to Collie power conveyor
The West Australian 11/11/08

U.S. Supreme Court still weighing mining appeal
Charleston Gazette 11/10/08

Activism, involvement and a pursuit of the common good - that's the key
Guardian UK 11/10/08

Obama expected to tighten coal regulations
Charleston Gazette 11/10/08

How to Save the Coal Industry
Daily Kos 11/10/08

Coal River Wind could prevent enviro-disaster
Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star 11/9/08

GREEN COAL?
Rachel's Democracy and Health News 11/9/08

Coal-powered plants deserve scrutiny
Chicago Daily Herald 11/8/08

Green We Can Believe In?
San Francisco Chronicle 11/7/08

Rotten Fish Tales
Sierra Magazine 11/7/08

Vanishing Mountains
The Dominion 11/7/08

The dirty side of 'clean' coal
Daily Climate 11/6/08

Mountaintop removal more than a blight
Knoxville News Sentinel 11/6/08

Taking On King Coal
Time 11/6/08

Bush administration rewrites the rules late in the game
Cleveland Plain Dealer 11/5/08

Brain eating Zombies Converge on Climate Destroying Banks for Halloween
The Understory 11/4/08

Massey to push expansion plans forward
Charleston Gazette 11/1/08

Judge partially holds Fola mountaintop permit
Charleston Gazette 11/1/08

What Is this "Clean Coal" Obama and McCain Support?
Alternet 10/31/08

Presidential candidates pan mountaintop removal mining
Charleston Gazette 10/31/08

FSU Students Confront Mountaintop Removal
Appalachian Independent 10/31/08

Time to bury the 'clean coal' myth
Guardian UK 10/30/08

Making flatlands
Knoxville News Sentinel 10/30/08

Carbon capture riddled with problems, report says
Charleston Gazette 10/30/08

Virginia Powershift Empowers Young People
Campus Progress 10/29/08

Both candidates tout 'Clean Coal' -- but it doesn't exist!
American Public Media 10/29/08

A journey home to the heart of our coal quandar
Baltimore Sun 10/29/08

Mountain Activists
Associated Press 10/29/08

Manufacturing Thirst: The Hidden Water Costs of Our Industrial Economy
Earth Island Journal 10/29/08

We are not this desperate
The Reporter (PA) 10/29/08

'Clean' coal's dirtiest secret
Scholars and Rogues 10/29/08

Massey vs. Mountains
NRDC 10/29/08

Editorial; Resist Uglification
iStockAnalysis 10/28/08

Kennedy advocates environmental action
The Appalachian 10/28/08

Wisdom of crowds
Grist 10/27/08

Battle over coal mining gets a windy twist
MSNBC 10/27/08

Coal's time bomb
Charleston Post and Courier (SC) 10/26/08

James Hansen: Obstruction of Justice?
Its Getting Hot In Here 10/26/08

There's Nothing Conservative About Mountaintop Removal
Daily Green 10/26/08

Mongiardo misrepresents reaction by reporter to mountaintop removal
The Evening News and Tribune 10/25/08

Zeb Mountain Selenium and Stream Buffer Zone Rules
Earthbytes 10/24/08

Arguments continue in mountaintop mining case
Herald-Dispatch 10/24/08

Voters Oppose White House Rule Changes on Mountaintop Removal
SustainableBusiness.com 10/24/08

India Shopping for Coal Mines in Appalachia
New York Times 10/24/08

Witness Mountaintop Mining
NRDC 10/24/08

Two MTR Mines Challenged in Court
Public News Service 10/24/08

Poll: Americans oppose mountaintop removal
Charleston Gazette 10/24/08

Majority of Voters Oppose Mountaintop Removal Mining in First Nationwide Opinion Poll
Earth Justice 10/23/08

Groups Want a Halt on Mining
West Virginia Metro News 10/23/08

Still Just a Bill
Knoxville Metro Pulse 10/23/08

The Appalachian flatlands
ScrippsNews 10/23/08

Mine companies can't rebuild streams, judge told
Charleston Gazette 10/23/08

Sierra Club and Local Communities Seek to Stop Destructive Mining
Huntington News 10/23/08

Court rules against mining company in Adams Twp. dispute
The Tribune-Democrat 10/22/08

Coal v. wind: Energy fight rages in W.Va.
Times Record News 10/22/08

White House Changing Rules to Favor Mountaintop Removal
SustainableBusiness.com 10/22/08

A Sick Parting Gift: Bush Administration Gutting Protections Against Mountain Top Removal
It's Getting Hot In Here 10/22/08

Mountain Top Removal in the Age of Bailouts
New American Media 10/22/08

Chambers will hear mountaintop removal permit case
Charleston Gazette 10/22/08

Cutting down Mountains for Coal – Almost Level !!
The Society of Environmental Journalists 10/22/08

Bredesen says mountain-top removal will be issue in legislature
WPLN - Nashville 10/22/08

More Sadness for Appalachia
News York Times 10/21/08

Can you spell c-o-a-l?
Grist 10/21/08

Appalachia's growing geographic boundaries
Institute for Southern Studies 10/21/08

How Much More Damage Can They Do? (And Can We Undo It?)
Huffington Post 10/21/08

Speak Now Against Bush's Great Coal Giveaway
Huffington Post 10/20/08

Are State Supreme Court Justices In Big Businesses' Back Pockets?
InjuryBoard.com 10/20/08

Big Coal Campaigning to Keep Its Industry on Candidates' Minds
Wall Street Journal 10/20/08

Kimberly mining: Residents express optimism
North Jefferson News (AL) 10/20/08

Virginia’s David and Goliath; Dominion Coal Blockade Heads to Court
It's Getting Hot In Here 10/20/08

ICG seeks to continue development
Times West Virginian 10/19/08

Coal companies suing Blaine
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 10/19/08

Poisoning Headwaters Is Not "An Act of God"
OpEdNews 10/18/08

Coal Plant Protesters Agree To Plea
Bristol Herald Courier 10/18/08

Interior ready to allow mining waste to be dumped near water sources
Salt Lake Tribune 10/18/08

In echo of Kingsnorth Six, US climate change activists go on trial
The Guardian (UK) 10/17/08

Future of coal may be limited, consultant says
Herald-Dispatch 10/16/08

Coal company wants judge off mine case
Charleston Gazette 10/16/08

Final Ruling In Ison Rock Ridge Case To Be Made By Senior U.S. District Judge Glen Williams
Bristol Herald Courier 10/16/08

Moving to save mountaintops
Collegiate Times 10/16/08

Mountain Party Gubernatorial Candidate Visits WVU
WVNS 10/16/08

Dirty Fuels and the Bailout
The New Republic 10/15/08

Clean coal - a contradiction in terms
San Francisco Chronicle 10/15/08

Friend of coal becomes its victim
Lexington Herald-Leader 10/14/08

West Virginia justice system is in turmoil
Seattle Times 10/14/08

Anti-coal group trains local activists
Charlottesville News and Arts 10/14/08

Mining company to dig into labor battle site
Standard-Speaker 10/13/08

U.S. Supreme Court Is Asked to Fix Troubled West Virginia Justice System
New York Times 10/13/08

Surface tension
BBC News 10/12/08

'Music of Coal' Comes to UK
University of Kentucky 10/10/08

Neighbors Reject Strip Mining Plans; Coal Owner Files Suit
WPXI (PA) 10/10/08

Mountains at risk
SkyTruth 10/10/08

'Burning the Future' wins W.Va. filmmakers award
Charleston Gazette 10/10/08

5 Dirty Aspects of “Clean” Coal
CleanTechnica 10/10/08

Take Action Against Coal and Coal Finance Nov 14-15
It's Getting Hot In Here 10/9/08

Stream Buffer Zone Action Alert
It's Getting Hot In Here 10/8/08

The Banality of Clean Coal: Extraction Crimes
Huffington Post 10/8/08

Can Coal Be Clean? Debate Between RAN and ACCCE
Democracy Now! 10/8/08

Appalachia to visit Hiram
Hiram College News 10/7/08

What the Heck Is "Clean Coal"?
Slate 10/7/08

Senators McCain & Obama: We Need Clean Energy, Not 'Clean Coal'
Huffington Post 10/7/08

Candidates should come clean on coal
CNN 10/7/08

The battle over Coal River Mountain
CNN 10/7/08

Phoenix Coal declares force majeure on permit delay
Reuters 10/6/08

The 'Clean Coal' Myth
Washington Post 10/6/08

Mining Industry Gets Tax Breaks in Bailout Bill
WSAZ 10/5/08

Coal Can't Buy Our Love
Huffington Post 10/3/08

Controversial strip mine project gets green light
The Valley Independent 10/3/08

'Clean coal' policies absent, GAO finds
Charleston Gazette 10/2/08

Mountain Party candidate sues to be in debate
Charleston Gazette 10/2/08

Coming clean on coal scheme
The Sunday Mail (AUS) 10/1/08

Proposed midstate coal-fired plant draws variety of opposition
Macon Telegraph 10/1/08

CONSOL to pay $400,000 for water violations
Charleston Gazette 9/30/08

Coal poster in process hits streets and galleries
Beehive Collective 9/30/08

West Virginia group to stop Fola Coal mining
SteelGuru 9/29/08

No decision on strip-mining (AL)
Cullman Times 9/29/08

Defending Coal's Victims
Living on Earth 9/27/08

SLOUCHING TOWARD GOLGOTHA
Rachel's Democracy and Health News 9/26/08

A good man killed by falling tree
The State Journal 9/26/08

W.Va. favors alternative energy, poll shows
Charleston Gazette 9/26/08

Valley Fill Appeal Focuses on Corps' Analysis of Water Flow
WTRF 9/25/08

Gore’s Call to Action
New York Times 9/25/08

Gore urges civil disobedience to stop coal plants
Reuters 9/24/08

State judge among those to hear mining case
Charleston Gazette 9/24/08

Obama, McCain try to top 'clean coal' promise
Charleston Gazette 9/24/08

Another mining permit challenged
Charleston Gazette 9/23/08

Many Suffer As Result of Illegal Mining
Charleston Gazette 9/22/08

Sustainability, energy focus of films at Notre Dame forum
South Bend Tribune 9/21/08

Are campaign contributors buying justice?
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 9/21/08

Candidates agree on mountaintop removal
Charleston Gazette 9/21/08

Country star criticizes W.Va. mountaintop mining
Herald-Dispatch 9/19/08

Windber council digs in against strip mine
The Tribue Democrat 9/18/08

Protesters At Coal Plant Construction Site Arraigned, Free To Leave State Until Hearing
Bristol Herald Courier 9/18/08

Mountaintop removal a presidential issue
Charleston Gazette 9/17/08

Green Rally in Charleston
WCHS Radio 58 9/17/08

Maynard e-mails ordered released
Charleston Gazette 9/17/08

Activists rally to demand green jobs in W.Va.
Charleston Daily Mail 9/17/08

Dominion CEO Punk'd!
The Understory 9/16/08

Trouble in Coal Country
The Washingtonian 9/16/08

Peaceful Protesters Lock their Bodies to Dominion Power Plant
Wise Up Dominion 9/15/08

Protesters converge on Dominion's Wise plant site
WTOP News 9/15/08

[AUDIO] The Truth about Moutaintop Removal
Philadelphia Student Union 9/15/08

W.Va. churches seek peace, prayer in coalfields
Charleston Daily Mail 9/14/08

A War on the Future
Huffington Post 9/14/08

Justice Benjamin draws recusal line in major W.Va. case
Legal Newsline 9/12/08

Update on Coal River Mountain Wind: We’ve Gotta Keep the Pressure On
Its Getting Hot In Here 9/11/08

Letcher County families win in dispute with coal company
Lexington Herald-Leader 9/11/08

Evil: It's the new good!
San Francisco Chronicle 9/11/08

No blasting at Massey site yet, DEP says
Charleston Gazette 9/11/08

Groups sue over Pike County mining
Lexington Herald-Leader 9/10/08

Pro-coal arguments make little sense
Herald-Dispatch 9/10/08

Jeff Biggers: Manchin can stop Bee Tree destruction
Charleston Gazette 9/10/08

Massey awaits permits that would doom wind project
Charleston Gazette 9/10/08

Permit Process Was A Breeze For Carbo Power Plant
Bristol Herald Courier 9/9/08

Mining company to meet with Wayne County
Charleston Daily Mail 9/8/08

Justice for Sale
New York Times 9/8/08

Dirty Little Secret
Time 9/5/08

Feds drop clean coal power plant in W.Va.
The Herald-Dispatch 9/4/08

Coal plans go up in smoke
The Guardian - UK 9/3/08

Coal industry representatives present at both conventions
Politicker Ky 9/3/08

Environmentalist Says Clean Coal Technology is a Myth
The State Journal 9/2/08

Big Coal sells its soul and goes topless
The Diamondback 9/2/08

Cooper to start another year of Mountaintop Removal Roadshow
Huntington Herald-Dispatch 9/1/08

Follow the Coal Money to Your Member Congress
Appalachian Voices 8/30/08

Coal Heats Up as a Political Issue
The State Journal 8/30/08

Clean Coal PR blitz falling flat in Denver
Huffington Post 8/28/08

The Battle to Save Coal River Mountain
Alternet 8/28/08

Some upset with mining agreement
Boone Standard 8/28/08

Wind vs. Pundits
It's Getting Hot In Here 8/27/08

Weekend in Wise
Mountain Justice Blacksburg 8/27/08

Restore Power to the People
Roanoke Times 8/27/08

Dust Or The Wind
San Francisco Chronicle 8/26/08

Big Coal’s Big-Time Lobby
Center for Public Integrity 8/26/08

Support windmills in West Virginia, not mountaintop removal, valley fills
Charleston Gazette 8/25/08

Deal reached in mountaintop mining dispute; notice remains in question
Herald-Dispatch 8/25/08

Dueling PR campaigns compete for coal's fate
Charleston Gazette 8/25/08

How Wind Farms May Really Replace Coal Mining
Alternet 8/25/08

Raleigh County Mountain at Center of Coal vs. Wind Debate
The State Journal 8/14/08

Clean energy comes to the coalfields
Grist 8/14/08

Hobet Mining warns employees of layoffs
Charleston Gazette 8/14/08

Battle Over Mountaintop Removal Renewed
West Virginia MetroNews 8/14/08

Burning Cash: Coal-Friendly Banks Under Fire
Wall Street Journal 8/13/08

SE Convergence locks down at Richmond Bank of America
It's Getting Hot In Here 8/12/08

Judge blocks Hobet mine expansion
Charleston Gazette 8/12/08

Suit challenges Hobet mine expansion
Charleston Gazette 8/11/08

An End To Mountaintop Removal Mining?
Bristol Herald Courier 8/11/08

Coal-to-liquid plant gets $200 million in tax breaks
Charleston Gazette 8/11/08

WalkerCat Billboards Mislead The Public
iPetitions 8/8/08

TN Developer cited for illegal strip mining
Knoxville News Sentinel 8/8/08

Wise coal plant causes concern
Collegiate Times 8/7/08

Dominion Uses Play As Ploy
Bristol Herald Courier 8/7/08

Judge Halts Wise County MTR clearcut
Bristol Herald Courier 8/5/08

The Pathetic Local Justifications of Mountaintop Removal
Alterdestiny 8/3/08

Judge seals MTR mine selenium report
Charleston Gazette 8/3/08

Big Coal\'s Campaign of Lies
Rolling Stone 8/1/08

Activists targeting Louisa
The Central Virginian 8/1/08

Environmental Groups Sue To Halt Logging At Future Mine Site
Bristol Herald Courier 7/31/08

Calling Clean Coal's Bluff
Coal Is Dirty 7/31/08

Mining Projects Threaten Warblers and Drinking Water
News Blaze 7/28/08

Reid is right; coal is making us all sick
Register-Herald 7/28/08

King Coal: Willing To Kill For Kilowatts
Huffington Post 7/28/08

Battle shaping up over Cliffs' purchase of coal producer
Plain Dealer 7/27/08

Massey foe wants U.S. SC to put W. Va. Justice off case
Legal Newsline 7/25/08

Starcher supports disclosure
Charleston Gazette 7/25/08

LEAF environmental group honors Finney
Blount Today 7/25/08

Jeff Biggers: Why Did Tom Friedman Misrepresent Al Gore's Challenge?
Huffington Post 7/23/08

My coal Kentucky home
Grist 7/22/08

Beheading Our Mountains; Poisoning Our Waters!
MWC News 7/22/08

4 Arrests in Civil Disobedience on Zeb Mountain
Seattle Indy Media 7/22/08

Massey sues court administrator over Starcher's e-mails
Charleston Gazette 7/22/08

[AUDIO] The War on Appalachia
KPFT-FM 7/22/08

Crossing the line for Zeb Mountain
Institute for Southern Studies 7/21/08

Appalachian Residents Gather to March on Zeb Mountain
The Small Ax 7/21/08

Jeff Biggers: A mighty wind awaits on Coal River Mountain
Charleston Gazette 7/21/08

Adopt a Coal Financier Near You
It's Getting Hot In Here 7/21/08

An Alternative to Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining in West Virginia
Treehugger.com 7/19/08

Living Next to Coal
Living on Earth 7/19/08

Ed's Chicken
Counterpunch 7/19/08

Mountaintop removal as tourism?
Charleston Gazette 7/18/08

Michael O'Connell's Mountain Top Removal raised awareness of coal mining practices
Indy Week 7/17/08

Australian Coal Trains Halted by People Power
Coal Is Dirty 7/17/08

Coal Industry Hands Out Pink Slips While Green Collar Jobs Take Off
Worldwatch Institute 7/17/08

Ken Lewis – wish u were here
Understory 7/17/08

Conference: the Impact of Engineering Earth
University of Kentucky News 7/16/08

Coal to Liquid Plan Means a Kentucky Fried Earth
Huffington Post 7/15/08

Department officials upset over snafu
News and Tribune 7/15/08

New Yorkers Realize Their Connection to Mountaintop Removal Mining
Alternet 7/15/08

Mountaintop removal trip sabotaged?
News and Tribune 7/12/08

Billionaires Host Coal-tail Parties Across NC
It's Getting Hot in Here 7/12/08

Protesters oppose Somerset coal gasification plant
Boston Globe 7/12/08

The Coal River Mountain Plan: Will West Virginia Go Green or Go Backwards?
EcoLocalizer 7/10/08

A Record Setting Year for the Mountain Keeper's Music Festival
Aurora Lights 7/10/08

Appalachian Residents Have Found the Antidote to Coal
Alternet 7/10/08

Massey Energy Seeks Resolution To Insurance Issue Before Trial
Wall Street Journal 7/9/08

Mining tour is eye-opening
Charleston Gazette 7/8/08

Power Plant Protest Ends With Arrests
WBNS Columbus 7/8/08

Thoughts on Civil Disobedience from Kentucky
It's Getting Hot In Here 7/8/08

Our beautiful Tennessee Smoky Mountains under attack by mining interests
Clarksville Online 7/3/08

Massey Gambles Half '08 Net on Suit Without Insurance
Bloomberg 7/3/08

[VIDEO] 30 Days: Working in a Coal Mine (full episode)
Hulu 7/3/08

Take A Stand For Appalachia!
Life has taught us ... 7/2/08

The 'Tredegar 12' face trial July 29
Richmond Times-Dispatch 7/2/08

ANALYSIS-Georgia order seen hurting U.S. coal investment
Reuters - UK 7/1/08

Mountain advocates and legislators take on mountaintop removal
Grist 7/1/08

Georgia Judge Yanks Coal Power Permit on Climate Concerns
Environmental News Service 7/1/08

Mountaintop removal mining appeal scheduled for Sept. 23
Charleston Gazette 7/1/08

Thirteen arrested in protest at Dominion HQ
Richmond Times-Dispatch 6/30/08

Winning and Losing in Wise Co., Va
It's Getting Hot In Here 6/30/08

Greenpeace Crashes Coal Meeting Using Phony Front
Reuters 6/29/08

Judge wants to see Maynard e-mails for himself
The WV Record 6/28/08

Battling for Email Contents Between Chief Justice, Massey Energy
Huntington News 6/28/08

Coalfield residents have right to sue, Supreme Court rules
Charleston Gazette 6/27/08

Q&A: Mountaintop mining
The Guardian (UK) 6/26/08

America's No 2 utility wins right to build $1.8bn coal burning power plant
The Guardian (UK) 6/26/08

Wise power plant approved by Va. Air Pollution "Control" Board
Richmond Times-Dispatch 6/26/08

Air Board Members Are Listening Before Deciding On Power Plant Permits
Bristol Herald Courier 6/25/08

Debating Coal's Cost in Rural Va.
Washington Post 6/25/08

Noise from strip mine could harm wildlife
Peoria Journal Star 6/25/08

Va. board to rule on Wise Co. coal plant
Roanoke Times 6/24/08

Protect the coast but not West Virginia?
Charleston Daily Mail 6/23/08

Student witnesses effect of mountain top removal
The Daily Item 6/23/08

Air Pollution Control Board To Hold Public Hearing On Proposed Coal-Fired Power Plant
Bristol Herald Courier 6/23/08

Vote for proposed coal plant could come soon
Virginia Business 6/23/08

More destruction is no solution
Charleston Gazette 6/23/08

Conservationist Says Coal Plant Emissions Could Damage Smokies
Bristol Herald Courier 6/18/08

March for Tennessee\'s mountains
Facing South 6/18/08

Inspiration from Two Southeast Youth-driven Movements
It's Getting Hot In Here 6/18/08

There's no such thing as clean coal (Judy Bonds)
Herald-Dispatch 6/18/08

Sierra Club opposes TECO's actions
The Times Tribune 6/17/08

Enough: No more mining deaths
Charleston Gazette 6/17/08

South Park strip mining plan is dead, Onorato says (PA)
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review 6/16/08

WV Democrats reject ban on mountaintop mining
Charleston Gazette 6/15/08

KFTC, Sierra Club file suit against TECO Coal
The Times Tribune 6/13/08

Asian Development Bank Drops 'Clean Coal'
Business Mirror 6/13/08

Ecologist Says Power Plant Will Pollute region
Bristol Herald Courier 6/12/08

EPA finds no mayflies near MTR mining
Charleston Gazette 6/12/08

Energy's ethical dimensions
The News and Observer 6/11/08

Coal gasification is dirty and unproven
Boston Globe 6/10/08

What a Miner's Life is Worth
Counterpunch 6/9/08

Blasting the Appalachian Economy
Coal Is Dirty 6/9/08

Climate bill aids coal industry
Charleston Gazette 6/6/08

Doubts About ‘Clean Coal’
New York Times 6/6/08

Supporters push southern West Virginia wind farming
Charleston Gazette 6/5/08

Boy burned by combusted coal dust
Denver Post 6/5/08

Jeff Goodell: How Clean Coal Cooks Your Brain
Coal Is Dirty 6/4/08

Coal River residents suggest wind farm over mining
Register-Herald 6/4/08

Coal will never be clean
Herald News 6/3/08

NC May Be First to Say No to Buying Coal From Mountaintop Removal Mining
Alternet 6/3/08

Appeals refusals may reveal gap in judicial system (WV)
Charleston Gazette 6/2/08

Potential strip mining a concern
Times Leader 6/2/08

Judge orders end to selenium violations at Logan mine
Charleston Gazette 6/1/08

We Can Beat Coal Co-Dependence!
Vanity Fair 5/31/08

Environmentalists win selenium case in federal court
WV Public Broadcasting 5/31/08

[VIDEO] Morgan Spurlock's 30 Days TV Series: Mountain Top Removal
Hulu 5/30/08

Push to preserve signature views
Chattanooga Times Free Press 5/29/08

Taking Mountain Top Removal Head-On, North Carolina Considers Ban
It's Getting Hot In Here 5/29/08

Obama's Audacity in Appalachia
Huffington Post 5/29/08

NC bill introduced to end mountaintop removal mining
Herald-Dispatch 5/28/08

Raleigh County BOE discusses school safety
Register-Herald 5/28/08

Byrd did nothing to stop destruction of mountains
Herald-Dispatch 5/28/08

Permit hearing \'dignified\'
Boone Standard 5/28/08

[VIDEO] Coal controversy
CNN 5/27/08

Should Citi Finance a New Coal Plant in Virginia?
News Blaze 5/27/08

Essay on the MTR War in WV
Burning the Future Blog 5/27/08

Hey Media: Lay Off Appalachia
Jeff Biggers: Huffington Post 5/27/08

Dirty facts about 'Clean Coal'
HamptonRoads.com 5/27/08

Deformed fish in Mud River due to selenium, scientist says
Boone Standard 5/27/08

Mountaintop Removal on Air America (Audio)
Air America Radio 5/27/08

Mountain Justice Summer Convenes in Harlan County USA
It's Getting Hot In Here 5/26/08

The mountain that lost its top
The Independent (UK) 5/26/08

Olson to argue Harman case against Massey before Supreme Court
Charleston Gazette 5/16/08

Debate heats up over strip mined coal in East Tenn.
WATE - 6 5/16/08

Manchin post-mining panel to meet
Charleston Gazette 5/16/08

Clinton and Obama pander their way through the coal states
It's Getting Hot In Here 5/15/08

The Blankenship factor part II
Beckley Register-Herald 5/15/08

Voters' Voices: West Virginia
Grist 5/14/08

Workman, Ketchum win; Maynard out
Charleston Gazette 5/14/08

Wind Can Supply 20% of U.S. Electricity, Report Says
Washington Post 5/13/08

Dominion's plans for Wise aren't green
The Free Lance-Star 5/13/08

More mining coming to Sundquist and Royal Blue
WBIR Knoxville 5/13/08

Barry Publishes in Environmental Justice
Hamilton College 5/13/08

Coal industry digs in for the long haul
Charleston Gazette 5/13/08

Selenium new front in mountaintop-removal fight; DEP waiting to strongly enforce discharge limits
WV Public Broadcasting 5/12/08

Strip mine jobs are temporary, destructive
Register-Herald 5/10/08

New online organizing tools from iLoveMountains.org
AV-Technologist's Blog 5/10/08

3rd parties spend heavily in W.Va. high court race
Charleston Gazette 5/9/08

Strip Mining Devastates Land and Destroys Communities in Colombia
Health Link 5/9/08

Coal is finite; sun, wind infinite
Charleston Gazette 5/8/08

Start your own coal and coal finance campaign
It's Getting Hot In Here 5/7/08

PA township vows to fight strip mining
Citizens Voice 5/7/08

Sierra Club threatens suits over coal power plants
Reuters 5/7/08

Tribe: Heritage lost to mining
Daily Lobo 5/7/08

Activist groups protest new 'clean-coal' practice of carbon sequestration
Knoxville News Sentinel 5/6/08

Voice of the people
Huntington Herald-Dispatch 5/5/08

Gibson Foundation Sponsors NRDC's Eco Salon
Modern Guitars Magazine 5/2/08

Death of an innocent landscape
The Concord 5/1/08

WV DEP proceeds with proposed drinking water rule changes
Charleston Gazette 5/1/08

News Channel 5 Investigates Strip Mining In Tennessee
WTVF 5/1/08

Selenium from mountaintop removal mine in Mud River poisoning fish
Charleston Daily Mail 4/30/08

Moving mountains: the effects of mountaintop removal on the Appalachians
The Appalachian 4/29/08

West Virginia Grandfather Takes on the Coal Industry
Democracy Now! 4/29/08

Coalfield Blues
Live Journal 4/29/08

[VIDEO] Al Gore on Mountaintop Removal
Nashville Film Festival 4/29/08

W.Va. town copes with mountaintop mining
Boston Globe 4/28/08

Clock running out on irreversible climate change
The Daily Star 4/28/08

You Can't Bail Out a Dead Planet
News Blaze 4/27/08

Too many exceptions to protecting lands
Charleston Gazette 4/27/08

MTR Mine's selenium deforms fish, expert says
Charleston Gazette 4/27/08

Massey plans big expansion
Charleston Gazette 4/26/08

MTR ravages the Appalachians
Chimes (Calvin College) 4/26/08

Mountaintop Mining Feeds a Growing Coal Addiction, but at a Price
Richmond Times - Dispatch 4/25/08

Mining appeal argument delayed until September
Charleston Gazette 4/25/08

Starcher vows to remain seated in Massey case
Charleston Gazette 4/25/08

Coal operators agree to limit valley fills
Charleston Gazette 4/24/08

Stop the stripping
The Tufts Daily 4/24/08

RAN, Appalachians Confront BoA Over Coal Financing at Shareholder Meeting
Common Dreams 4/23/08

Hey Citi, Coal is Over! Start Funding Wind and Solar!
The Understory 4/23/08

Maybe It Should Be Mars Day
Daily Kos 4/23/08

Appalachian resistance comes to NYC for Citi shareholder's meeting
The Understory 4/23/08

New Breed of Lobbyists Hail from Appalachia
NPR 4/23/08

OVEC featured in new edition of N.Y. Times best-seller
Herald-Dispatch 4/22/08

Young Democrats urge halt to mountaintop removal
Charleston Gazette 4/22/08

The Coal Miner's Granddaughter
Mother Jones 4/21/08

Stripping Mountains to Power D.C.
Washington Post 4/21/08

Mountaintop removal — unnecessary threat to communities
Register-Herald 4/21/08

Judge orders corps to turn over permit documents
Charleston Gazette 4/18/08

One Hand Clapping in the Coal Fields
Common Dreams 4/18/08

Judge temporarily suspends several valley fills
Charleston Daily Mail 4/18/08

Army Corps in blatant violation of permit ruling
Charleston Gazette 4/17/08

TN House panel could reconsider earlier vote to kill MTR bill
Knoxville News-Sentinel 4/17/08

Flood lawsuits back before justices
Charleston Gazette 4/17/08

Coal industry takes its case to the voters
Reading Eagle 4/16/08

Massey stockholder seeks political spending reports
Charleston Gazette 4/16/08

3 arrested in protest near Dominion office
Richmond Times Dispatch 4/15/08

Global warming has a new battleground: coal plants
Los Angeles Times 4/15/08

Gauley MTR will hurt W.Va. tourism
The Herald-Dispatch 4/15/08

Landfills growing as coal plants try for cleaner air
Akron Beacon Journal 4/15/08

Coalfields Turn Into Battlefields
Wall Street Journal 4/15/08

Group wants injunction over election advertising
WV Record 4/15/08

4/12/08 Flyover, Tackett Creek Watershed in Claiborne County TN
United Mountain Defense 4/12/08

CALL TO ACTION – Protest Bank of America’s Shareholders meeting!
It\'s Getting Hot In Here 4/12/08

Starcher files questions in Massey appeal
Charleston Gazette 4/12/08

Big Coal Losing Momentum in the U.S.
Trillium Asset Management 4/11/08

Aiming WV’s Presidential Spotlight on Mountaintop Removal
Public News Service 4/11/08

Massey Coal's Don Blankenship Shows his Hand
ABC Nightline (YouTube) 4/10/08

Dominion CEO Disconnected from Reality
Daily Kos 4/10/08

Big Coal crushes the proposed Tennessee Scenic Vistas Protection Act
Metro Pulse 4/10/08

West Virginians Go Up Capitol Hill to Save WV Mountains
Public News Service 4/10/08

Subcommittee OKs increase in coal tax
Knoxville News Sentinel 4/9/08

Coal power isn't so wonderful
The Roanoke Times 4/9/08

World\'s Largest Bank Joins Greenwashing Network
Environment News Service 4/9/08

Environmentally friendly bills stalled in Tennessee senate committees
Clarksville Online 4/9/08

Another Legal Victory for Corrupt Coal Boss
ABC News 4/8/08

Coal mining shares up on Massey upgrade, outlook
Reuters UK 4/8/08

Clouded: WV Supreme Court
Charleston Gazette 4/7/08

UMW taking up mountaintop fight?
Charleston Gazette 4/6/08

Potentially Volatile Prayer Vigil Turns to Calm Talk
EndMTR.com 4/6/08

Court sides with Massey
Charleston Gazette 4/4/08

Carter speaks out against Mountain Top Removal
GoBlueRidge 4/4/08

Coal Boss: If You Take Photos, 'You're Liable to Get Shot'
ABC News 4/4/08

CRMW: Activists fight for their communities
Boone Standard 4/3/08

Starcher responds to Massey bid to stop hearing
Herald Dispatch 4/3/08

Legislators kill bill to stop mountain-top removal coal mining
Knoxville News Sentinel 4/3/08

Massey's Blankenship Assaults ABC Reporter
Charleston Daily Mail 4/3/08

THE BEGINNING OF THE END FOR COAL
Earth Policy Institute 4/3/08

EPA, Army Corps Announce Misguided Plan to Prevent Stream and Wetland Loss
Earthjustice News Release 4/2/08

Removing Mountains
JPG Magazine 4/2/08

Massey moves to block public hearing on recusal bid
Charleston Gazette 4/2/08

Activists Blockade Bank of America to Protest Funding of Coal
Rising Tide 4/1/08

8 Arrested as NC Residents Shut Down Construction at Cliffside Coal Plant
Rising Tide 4/1/08

New Study Says Health Risks Greater in Coal-Mining Communities
The State Journal 4/1/08

Mitigation ruling seen as help for coal industry
Charleston Gazette 4/1/08

Manchin plans no investigation of coal, health
Charleston Gazette 3/30/08

A most predictable response
Knoxville News Sentinel 3/30/08

Mountain Justice Takes on King Coal in Columbus
The Understory 3/28/08

Power of the little people
The River Reporter 3/28/08

National Coal defends destroying TN for profit
Institute for Southern Studies 3/28/08

Coal industry, fed MTR appeal argument May 13
Charleston Gazette 3/28/08

Mountaintop mining ban could meet federal standards
Knoxville News Sentinel 3/27/08

National Coal clashes with citizens over bill
Knoxville News Sentinel 3/27/08

Our Suicide Mission with Coal
Alternet 3/26/08

WVU study finds high illness, death rates in coalfields
Charleston Gazette 3/26/08

TWRA official urges end of mountaintop coal removals
Knoxville News Sentinel 3/26/08

Letter to Editor: Article on mountaintop removal was insulting
Register-Herald 3/25/08

Clinton’s coal dust-up
Plenty Magazine 3/24/08

No stream pollution should be allowed
Register-Herald 3/24/08

Coal mining: When beauty and power clash
Knoxville News Sentinel 3/21/08

Environment polluted by blasting process
Bluefield Daily Telegraph 3/21/08

Filmmaker Mike O'Connell on NCPR
North Carolina Public Radio 3/21/08

Filming efforts to save the Appalachians in Mountain Top Removal
Independent Weekly 3/20/08

Jeff Biggers: Obama's Green Opportunity
Huffington Post 3/20/08

Duke coal plant challenge targets Appalachian mountaintop removal
Institute for Southern Studies 3/20/08

Clinton gives tepid response on MTR
Grist 3/20/08

Legislators lobbied on mining bill by Mattea
Knoxville News Sentinel 3/20/08

MU hosts Appalachian Studies conference
The Herald-Dispatch 3/19/08

Burying streams
The Daily Independent 3/18/08

Making a molehill out of mountaintop removal
The Ledger Independent 3/18/08

When will water matter in Frankfort?
The Times Tribune 3/18/08

[Video] Penny changing color in Prenter Holler well water
blip.tv 3/18/08

J. TODD FOSTER: Newspaper's Editorial Position Is Not For Sale
Bristol Herald Courier 3/17/08

Hightower: High Tide For People Power
Huffington Post 3/17/08

Sustainable Living: Toppling Old King Coal
Times Herald-Record 3/17/08

Devastation at 3,000 feet
Boston Globe 3/17/08

Mountain Justice Spring Break Video
YouTube 3/16/08

WV Supreme Court under FBI investigation
Charleston Gazette 3/14/08

Extending coal's 'cone of death'
Roanoke Times 3/14/08

Coal companies seek deals with WV DEP
Charleston Gazette 3/14/08

Fighting For The Land
Daily News Record 3/12/08

Ohio Valley Coal cited for polluting creek
Columbus Dispatch 3/10/08

Proposal could halt mountaintop mining
Appalachian News Express 3/5/08

Coal industry steps up lobbying in face of Washington battles
St. Louis Post-Dispatch 3/4/08

College students join anti-coal plant efforts
Bristol Herald Courier 3/4/08

Mountaintop-removal hearing and Blair Mountain nomination
WV Public Broadcasting 3/1/08

'Clean' Coal? Don't Try to Shovel That.
Washington Post 3/1/08

Appalachia "Hammered" by Mining Practices
Wabash College News 2/28/08

Mountaintop Removal: A Coal Crime Against Creation
Faith in Public Life 2/28/08

Buffalo Creek disaster remembered
The Logan Banner 2/28/08

Wall Street Banks Go Greener with Principles on Power Sector
U.S Banker 2/27/08

A blow to get at coal
The Daily Item, Sunbury, PA 2/27/08

Stream saver bill stuck in Gooch's committee - again
Daily Independent 2/27/08

It's really come to this?
Toronto Star 2/27/08

Coal mining ravages Appalachia mountains
Toronto Star 2/24/08

Rise and protect Appalachia
Roanoke Times 2/19/08

Put An End To Mountaintop Mining
Tampa Tribune 2/19/08

Flattening the mountains in nation's quest for energy
Bristol Herald Courier 2/18/08

Beth Walker tries to explain ties to Don Blankenship in Supreme Court race
Charleston Daily Mail 2/16/08

43,000 Comments Flood Into OSM Opposing SBZ Rule Change
US Newswire 2/15/08

You are connected to mountaintop removal (RFK Jr.)
Official Google Blog 2/13/08

Gearing up for ‘I Love Mountains’ rally
Times Tribune 2/12/08

An expose of a mining practice that reduces mountains to rubble.
Washington Post 2/9/08

Maynard recuses himself for third time
Charleston Gazette 2/8/08

KY church youth group raises money to stop MTR coal mining
UU World 2/8/08

Bill would outlaw mountaintop removal
WV Public Broadcasting 2/7/08

Road show brings strip mining to ETSU students
East Tennessean 2/1/08

This 'Free speech' gives favor to corporate rights
Cumberland Times-News 1/30/08

Starcher asks Court to preserve Maynard-Blankenship evidence
West Virginia Record 1/23/08

Motion Ties W. Virginia Justice to Coal Executive
NY Times 1/15/08

Shnayerson's Coal River' examines ills of mountaintop mining
Cleveland Plain Dealer 1/6/08