Archived News Articles: 2008 - Appalachian Center for the Economy & the Environment

12-22	Lawsuit aims to overturn mountaintop removal rule
12-18	Coal River mine permit appealed by wind backers
12-11	Judge denies contempt motion in selenium case
12-6	Mining-Rule Change Creates Tremors In W. Virginia
12-3	Activists slam EPA decision on mining rule change
12-2	White House, EPA approve changes to mining buffer zone rule
12-2	Opposition mounts as Bush finalizes stream 'buffer zone' rule
11-25	Sierra Club Sues Coal Co. For Fouling Rivers New York
11-20	New Program Keeps Drugs Out of Rivers
11-9	Obama expected to tighten coal regulations
10-31	Judge blocks permit for Clay-Nicholas mine: Fola Coal may continue mining in interim
10-23	Americans oppose mountaintop removal, according to poll
10-23	Mine companies can't rebuild streams, judge told
10-16	Coal company wants judge off mine case: No conflict, Conservancy says
10-12	Board overturns DEP permit for Taylor County mine
9-24	Federal court hears appeal on W.Va. valley fills
9-23	Another mining permit challenged
9-15	Trouble in Coal Country
9-14	MSHA too busy for black lung rules, Stickler says
9-3	Feds pull out of Greenbrier power plant project
9-3	The Plenty 20: Joe Lovett
8-16	Hobet mine permit deal approved; Layoffs averted at mountaintop-removal site on Boone-Lincoln county line
8-15	Hobet permit doesn't limit selenium
8-14	Hobet Mining warns employees of layoffs; Court order blocks extension of mine
8-12	Judge blocks Hobet mine expansion
8-10	Suit challenges Hobet mine expansion
7-12	Mining company to pay $1.48 million selenium fine; Hobet given nearly two more years to end violations
7-4	W.Va., Coal Mine Settle Suit Over Selenium
6-20	Coal companies accused of mining without a permit
6-13	Mines' selenium extensions wrong, appeals board finds
6-12	Environmental groups to sue TECO
4-27	Mine's selenium deforms fish, expert says
4-26	Massey plans big expansion; Firm wants to open a new coal mine every 17 days this year
4-25	Mining appeal argument delayed until September
4-24	Coal operators agree to limit valley fills
4-20	Stripping Mountains to Power D.C.; In W.Va., Mining Companies Shear Off Peaks And Transform Landscape in Search for Coal
4-19	New MSHA rule increases coal mine seal strength
4-18	Judge to Corps: Show permit info
4-17	Corps accused of violating permit ruling
3/30	Manchin plans no investigation of coal, health
3-28	Coal industry, fed mining appeal argument May 13
3-27	Suit aims to block Greenbrier plant
3-22	Suit seeks to force MSHA to tighten dust limit
3-11	No new whistleblower protection for WV miners
3-11	Senate committee bows to King Coal
2-29	Mountaintop-removal hearing generates strong turnout
2-25	Miner whistleblower bill fails (mp3)
2-23	Coal mining ravages Appalachia mountains
2-11	Mine expansion in middle of fight; Reclamation buries natural streams
2-10	Legislation introduced to end valley fills in West Virginia
2-10	DEP protecting coal industry on selenium, lawsuit says
2-6	Increased training on miners' rights sought
2-5	Groups Petition MSHA to Bolster Miners’ Rights
1-29	MSHA urged to detail problems with assessing fines
1/24	WV Lawmakers Push Whistleblower Protection for Mine Workers
1/23	Group to study post-mining land use
1-21	Massey Energy settles suit with EPA on 4,500 violations of the Clean Water Act
1-18	$20 million fine, improvements part of Massey deal; feds believe company will now have to change
1-17	Coal Company Hit With E.P.A.’s Largest Civil Penalty
1-6-08	Shnayerson's Coal River' examines ills of mountaintop mining