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In the News (2011 archive)

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Health Study Articles on the Effects of Coal Mining
OVEC 12/31/11

Beards Fork community fears logging is first step toward being surrounded by surface mines
Register-Herald 12/31/11

Larry Gibson: A hero for Appalachia and the world
NRG Systems 12/31/11

New Study Documents Cumulative Impact of Mountaintop Mining
Duke University 12/19/11

Coal industry wants homeland security exemption
Charleston Gazette 11/3/11

Jen Osha Buysse and Cathy Kunkel: Who owns our state? Not us
Charleston Gazette 11/3/11

Defenders of Blair Mountain Rally in Charleston
WSAZ - 3 11/3/11

How Mountaintop Removal is harming the Honeybee
Examiner 10/21/11

Occupy Wall Street Stages Mountaintop Removal Mining 'Die-In' At Bank of America's NYC HQ
TreeHugger.com 10/21/11

Court ruling won't end mine permit crackdown
Charleston Gazette 10/10/11

Why You Should Care About Mountain Top Mining Practices in West Virginia
WDET 9/25/11

Quakers target PNC for funding mountaintop removal mining
The City Paper 9/25/11

RFK, Jr and Bill Haney on The Last Mountain
Democracy Now! 9/17/11

Marfork Coal sues tree-sitters over state protest
Charleston Gazette 9/17/11

State tries to explain deal on fines in coal pollution trial
Courier Journal 9/8/11

A sit down with Mudd
North of Center, Lexington 9/1/11

Mountaintop removal mining is bad for Appalachia
The Daily Athenaeum 8/29/11

Mountaintop mining should be prevented
Bristol Herald Courier 8/29/11

Majority oppose controversial coal mining practice
CNN 8/19/11

The myth of mountaintop removal mining
The Guardian UK 8/19/11

Poll Finds Opposition to Mountaintop Removal Mining in Coal Country
EcoWatch Journal 8/18/11

Fifteen Arrested Taking Action Against Banks and Big Coal in St. Louis
Its Getting Hot In Here 8/16/11

Mine protesters increase visibility at Capitol
Associated Press 8/15/11

The Last Man On The Mountain
NPR 8/12/11

Coal River Mountain Showdown: What Would Judy Bonds Do?
Alternet 8/8/11

Tree-sitter remains 80 ft above the ground
WV Public Broadcasting 8/8/11

'Tree-sitters' take up residence to fight strip mining
Register Herald 8/1/11

For Judy Bonds: Historic Tree-Sit on Coal River Mountain Enters 10th Day
Alternet 8/1/11

New Study Links Mountaintop Removal to 60,000 Cases of Cancer in Appalachia
Inhabitat 8/1/11

Sens. Rockefeller, Manchin won't talk about mountaintop removal's impacts on public health
Charleston Gazette 8/1/11

Boulder crashes through home in Perry County
WYMT 8/1/11

West Virginia Mountains Flattened to Retrieve Coal
ABC News 8/1/11

Researcher: Many Studies Show Mountaintop Removal Damages Health
Public News Service 8/1/11

EPA concerned about MTR link to birth defects
Charleston Gazette 7/17/11

Citizen groups must act fast to challenge water agreement
The WV Record 7/11/11

Telluride supports small town's fight against mountaintop removal
Telluride Daily Planet 7/11/11

Birth defects study: More inconvenient facts about the impact of mountaintop removal coal mining
Charleston Gazette 7/1/11

House Fast-Tracks Bill to Limit EPA Power Over Mountaintop Coal Removal
SolveClimate News 7/1/11

Another legal action targets scofflaw Kentucky coal companies
Institute for Southern Studies 7/1/11

Study notes spike in birth defects near mountaintop mining
Lexington Herald Leader 6/24/11

Suit over Massey protests settled
Charleston Gazette 6/14/11

Marchers scale Blair Mountain
Charleston Gazette 6/14/11

Hundreds on march to Blair Mtn.
The Logan Banne 6/10/11

Maria Gunnoe: Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining Stops Here, At The Last Mountain
ThinkProgress 6/5/11

Memorial concert featuring Tim O'Brien kicks off March on Blair Mountain
Charleston Gazette 6/3/11

History and Resistance on Blair Mountain
Indy Media 5/31/11

Mountaintop removal litigation update
Charleston Gazette 5/26/11

Mountaintop Mining Communities: Feeling Verklempt
Scientific American 5/26/11

Coal Curriculum Called Unfit for 4th Graders
New York Times 5/19/11

Lawmakers avoid cold, hard facts about mountaintop removal and coal's future
Charleston Gazette 5/9/11

Mountain Heroes Come To The Streets of D.C.
Eartjustice.org 5/2/11

Vanishing mountains
Associated Baptist Press 4/29/11

Massey CEO, others set to join Alpha
WV Public Broadcasting 4/29/11

Outlook says coal production will decline
Register herald 4/28/11

Appalachia Needs You! Join the Mountain Justice Movement in Letcher, KY May 20-27
Its' getting hot in here 4/25/11

Hazel Dickens, bluegrass pioneer who sang of miners and downtrodden, dies at 75
Wahington Post 4/23/11

Whipple Company Store grounds target of archaeological survey
Charleston Gazette 4/22/11

Protesters to Alpha: Stop mountaintop removal
Register Herald 4/21/11

Community Calls for Shutdown of Chicago’s Crawford Coal Plant
e news - park forest 4/21/11

4th Circuit tosses appeal of Judge Chambers' ruling
Charleston Gazette 4/20/11

Purposed surface mine threatens the existence of two small towns
Examiner 4/20/11

Document dump: MSHA releases internal audits
WV Gazette 4/17/11

TVA moving away from coal as part of deal with EPA, states and citizen groups
WV Gazette 4/17/11

Mountaintop Removal, an American Tragedy (VIDEO)
Huffington Post 4/17/11

In Merger, Massey Mine Execs Would Get Top Jobs
NPR 4/17/11

Tell the Obama Administration: No Rubber-Stamping of Mountaintop Removal Mining!
Eartjustice.org 4/14/11

As the Mountaintops Fall, a Coal Town Vanishes
New York Times 4/14/11

Mountaintop Removal Is a National Problem: VA Leader Kathy Selvage on Next Steps for Anti-MTR Movement
Huffington Post 4/13/11

Imminent Harm Cessation Order issued for black water spill
WV DEP 4/12/11

MSHA puts two mines on 'pattern of violations'
Charleston Gazette - coal tattoo 4/12/11

EPA finalizes two key mountaintop removal studies
Charleston Gazette - coal tattoo 4/12/11

Mountaintop removal is wrong
Herald-Dispatch 4/7/11

Is OMB review of EPA water quality guidance legal?
Charleston Gazette 4/7/11

Wake Up Call for MTR Banks
RAN 4/7/11

Activist to discuss environmental impact of coal mining
Independent Florida Alligator 3/23/11

Protesters win a round against Massey
Charleston Gazette 3/21/11

Judge delays hearing on Massey permit
Charleston Gazette 3/21/11

'March on Blair Mountain: Appalachia is Rising' slated for June
The Examiner 3/13/11

Another citizen lawsuit against a coal company spotlights Kentucky's regulatory breakdown
Institute for Southern Studies 3/13/11

New Massey permit blocked till full hearing
Charleston Gazette 3/9/11

Protest disrupts flower show
Philadelphia Inquirer 3/9/11

Coal Reignites A Mighty Battle Of Labor History
NPR 3/7/11

Bill seeks to speed up EPA action on mine permits
Kansas City Star 3/7/11

Hearings offer chance to protect ridges from surface mining
The Tennessean 3/7/11

First Big Coal Broke the Union. Then It Broke This Town.
Mother Jones 3/3/11

EPA: Arch Coal to pay $4 million for water violations
Charleston Gazette 3/3/11

EPA backing off rewrite of 'fill rule'?
Charleston Gazette 3/3/11

Why West Virginia Can't Wait
Charleston Gazette 2/28/11

Virginia Loves Mountains Day!
Appalachian Voices 2/28/11

New Harvard study: Fully accounting for coal's environmental impacts would triple its costs
Charleston Gazette 2/22/11

My Polluted Kentucky Home
New York Times 2/21/11

5-day march to fight strip mine on Blair Mountain
Washington Examiner 2/15/11

Kentucky Has Risen!
Its Getting Hot In Here 2/15/11

Kentucky protesters rally against mountaintop removal mining
Courier-Journal 2/15/11

Kentuckians show love for the mountains with historic sit-in and march
Institute for Southern Studies 2/15/11

Live at the KY Capitol on Day 3: Exclusive Video Interviews with Wendell Berry and Sit-in Activists
Huffington Post 2/13/11

Governor's Sit-In Day Two: Why Kentucky Can't Wait
Huffington Post 2/13/11

Wendell Berry Joins Retired Coal Miners and Residents in Kentucky Capitol Sit-in (Photos)
Huffington Post 2/11/11

Virginia State Water Control Board Loses Authority Over Coal Mines
Environment News Service 2/10/11

Why won't OSMRE Director Joe Pizarchik talk about his agency's proposed stream protection rule?
Charleston Gazette 2/10/11

SPRUCE MINING VETO MYTHS
West Virginia Highlands Voice 2/10/11

Protecting the states' endangered mountains
Knoxville News Sentinel 1/31/11

Big Coal's Watergate? Nation Watches as Clean Water Act Scandal Rocks Kentucky Court Today
Alternet 1/27/11

Coal Money And Violent Rhetoric Hold Appalachia Captive to Dirty Energy
Huffington Post 1/22/11

Va bill would prevent Federal gov't from regulating coal
Bristol Herald Courier 1/22/11

Bill that would circumvent EPA coal permits to be introduced
Beckley Register Herald 1/22/11

The EPA's West Virginia coal mining smackdown
Salon.com 1/17/11

he politics of the Spruce Mine: Do facts matter?
Charleston Gazette 1/17/11

Judy Bonds, an Enemy of Mountaintop Coal Mining, Dies at 58
New York Times 1/17/11

Top EPA water official to quit
Politico 1/17/11

Breaking news: EPA vetoes Spruce Mine permit
Charleston Gazette 1/13/11

Environmental Protection Agency pulls coal mine permit
Politico 1/13/11

Thousands Pay Tribute to Judy Bonds: She Has Been to the Mountaintop--and We Must Fight Harder to Save It
Huffington Post 1/5/11

Remembering Judy Bonds
Coal River Mountain Watch 1/5/11

Remembering Judy Bonds
Alternet 1/5/11

Mourning the Loss of the "Godmother of the Anti-Mountaintop Removal Movement"
Mother Jones 1/5/11

Julia 'Judy' Bonds, 58, dies; outspoken foe of mountaintop strip mining
Washington Post 1/5/11

'Judy' Bonds, Who Helped Make Strip Mining A National Issue, Has Died
NPR 1/5/11

Mountaintop removal activist Bonds dead at 58
Beckley Register Herald 1/5/11

Remembering Environmental Activist Julia Bonds
WVNS-59 1/5/11

W.Va. mountaintop mining foe Judy Bonds dies at 58
Lebanon Daily News 1/5/11

Coalfield residents mourn loss of Judy Bonds
Charleston Gazette 1/5/11