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Activists: Lake no
place to stash gold mine's waste Alaskan dispute may have
implications for mining throughout West, LOWER SLATE LAKE in
Alaska as photographed in 2005, before the development of a
nearby gold mine. The mine hopes to use the 23-acre lake in
Tongass National Forest as a dump site for its tailings. San
Mateo County Times, December 12, 2006.
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The Rape of
Appalachia (8mb pdf) Appalachia's mountains are being
blasted at a rate of several ridgetops each week. Parents fear
for the health of their children. And those trying to fight the
devastation have found that coal baron Don Blankenship, C.E.O of
Massey Energy, is tougher than bedrock. Vanity Fair, May,
2006.
State Articles:
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DEP aims to reduce mercury emissions,
raise awareness State health officials recommend reducing
mercury emissions and making the public more aware of mercury
levels in fish, but acknowledge large gaps in what's known about
the problem. AP November 10, 2006.
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Conservation: Just
follow the law SOME Western U.S. judges appear to be
tired of federal agencies that fall down on the job of
protecting the nation’s fish, wildlife, streams and forests.
Charleston Gazette, October 31, 2006
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Coal Operators Restoring More Streams
Than Required, Official Says HUNTINGTON – The four coal
companies whose valley fills are being challenged in federal
court cleaned up and restored more streams than they legally had
to, a mine permitting official with the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers testified Friday. State Journal October 6, 2006.
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Fills burying valuable streams, judge
told: Georgia ecologist testifies in 2nd day of trial over
restricting mountaintop removal HUNTINGTON — Coal
operators are destroying a vital piece of Appalachia’s ecology
when they bury small headwaters streams, a federal judge was
told Wednesday. Charleston Gazette, October 5, 2006.
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Experts testify on damage from mining:
Lawsuit targets Corps of Engineers’ mountaintop removal permit
process HUNTINGTON — Mountaintop removal mining is burying
large parts of coalfield streams and increasing the threat of
flash floods, experts told a federal judge Tuesday, Charleston
Gazette, October 4, 2006.
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Trial set in latest mountaintop
removal case A federal judge this week will hear legal
arguments and scientific testimony in the latest legal attack on
mountaintop removal coal mining. Charleston Gazette, October 3,
2006
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Trial over mountaintop removal mine
permits gets under way The first witness in a federal trial
challenging the permitting process for four Massey Energy Co.
mountaintop removal mines said Tuesday the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers relied on a faulty analysis of watershed damage in
deciding not to pursue a more extensive environmental review.
Charleston Daily Mail, October 3, 2006
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Groups argue against Greenbrier power plant
A proposed Greenbrier County power plant
isn’t planning to use the best available pollution controls as
required by law, three nonprofit groups argued before the state
Air Quality Board Tuesday. Charleston Gazette, August 30, 2006.
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Environmental Board Orders PPG
Industries to Reduce Mercury Discharges From Plant Cincinnati
- PPG industries must follo9w stricter mercury discharge limits
when releasing the chemical into the Ohio River from its plant
near Natruim, W. Va., the West Virginia Environmental Quality
Board has ruled. Environmental Reporter August 11, 2006.
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Coal pushed for energy independence
Gov. Joe Manchin was elected chairman
Monday of the Southern States Energy Board, a regional group
that represents some of the country’s biggest oil-, gas- and
coal-producing states.
Charleston Gazette, July 18, 2006.
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Mining trial canceled while permits
reviewed A federal judge on Wednesday canceled a trial
scheduled for next week in the latest legal effort to curb
mountaintop removal coal mining. U.S. District Judge Robert C.
Chambers acted on a motion by the federal Army Corps of
Engineers, which last week suspended four mining permits at
issue in the case. Charleston Gazette, June 15, 2006.
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Corps suspends mining
permits Federal regulators have suspended four
mountaintop removal mining permits, saying they need to further
study a lawsuit that alleges the permits are illegal.
Charleston Gazette, June 9, 2006
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Corps plans to
suspend contested mountaintop removal permits The
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers plans to suspend four valley
fill permits at mountaintop removal mines in West Virginia
that are being challenged by environmental groups, according
to a court order issued Thursday. AP June 9, 2006
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Three groups appeal
permit for Greenbrier power plant Three groups
appeal permit for Greenbrier power plant, Three nonprofit
groups asked the state Department of Environmental
Protection Thursday to revoke a permit it issued last month
for a power plant in Greenbrier County.
Charleston Gazette, May 26, 2006.
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Reports Detail
Mountaintop Destruction From the headwaters of Cabin Creek
to the town of Decota, coal operators have already stripped or
are awaiting approval to strip nearly 5,000 acres of hills and
valleys. The latest proposal is an application by Massey Energy
to add 750 acres to its Republic Mine. Charleston Gazette,
April 3, 2006.
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Federal judge blocks
expansion of Massey mine The latest courtroom
battle to curb mountaintop removal coal mining is starting
to heat up. On Friday, a federal judge in Huntington
blocked expansion of a Massey Energy mine near the
intersection of Kanawha, Fayette and Raleigh counties.
Charleston Gazette, March 26, 2006.
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Mining lawsuit
returning to federal court A lawsuit over
mountaintop removal coal mining is headed back to U.S.
District Judge Joseph R. Goodwin’s courtroom. Last week,
the Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition and other groups
asked Goodwin to jump back into the case. Charleston
Gazette, March 19, 2006.
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DEP right to block
Massey silo, board rules State regulators were
right to revoke a permit for a new Massey Energy coal silo
proposed adjacent to a Raleigh County elementary school, the
state Surface Mine Board ruled Wednesday. In a unanimous
decision, board members found that “inconsistencies” in mine
maps submitted by Massey made those maps unfit for
determining accurate permit boundaries. Charleston Gazette,
March 16, 2006.
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Massey engineer
changed permit map A Massey Energy engineer
testified Tuesday that he altered the permit boundary shown
on official maps when the company sought approval for a new
coal silo near a Raleigh County elementary school.
Charleston Gazette, March 15, 2006.
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Mountaintop removal battle continues Environmental groups and coalfield citizens are continuing their legal battles over mountaintop removal, and the fights are expected to continue through the year. The latest skirmish will focus on a lawsuit filed last year in federal court in Huntington to force the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to conduct more detailed environmental studies before it approves valley fill permits for new mining operations. Sunday GazetteMail, February 19, 2004
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Mountaintop Mining
rehearing Denied, 5-3 Two W.VA. Appeals Court Judges Dissent. A
federal appeals court on Wednesday declined to reconsider its
decision to overturn a ruling that would have toughened
regulation of mountaintop removal mining. At the same time, two
appeals judges from West Virginia agreed to rehear the case and
defended the original ruling by U.S. District Judge Joseph R.
Goodwin. Charleston Gazette, February 16, 2006.
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Groups ask U.S.
court to block mine permits West Virginia
environmentalists on Wednesday sought a new federal court
order to block three mountaintop removal mining permits
issued by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Lawyers for the
three groups asked U.S. District Judge Robert C. Chambers
for a preliminary injunction to stop the mining operations.
Charleston Gazette, Feb 2, 2006.
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