Monthly Archives: May 2009

WV agency released its long-awaited study on underground injection of coal sludge

This just in from the Charleston Gazette (story by Ken Ward Jr.): Sludge Safety Project volunteers gathered at the West Virginia State Capitol during the 2009 WV Legislative Session. CHARLESTON, W.Va. — State regulators on Thursday issued a moratorium on

From Democracy Now: “We All Live in the Coal Fields”: West Virginians Step Up Protests

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Ohio State University President Gordon Gee Resigns from the Board of Massey Energy

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AV objects to secrecy of sludge dam safety study

Appalachian Voices has filed a Freedom of Information Act request objecting to the secrecy over a new federal study focused on the safety of 15 high-risk sludge dams. The study, by the federal Office of Surface Mine and Reclamation Enforcement,

Protest in front of Congressman Rick Boucher’s office

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Waxman-Markey Clears First Hurdle, Passes Committee

The American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 cleared its first of many hurdles to passage yesterday, passing the Energy and Commerce Committee by a vote of 33-25. The vote was mostly party line, with three conservative Democrats defecting

Greenpeace says Waxman-Markey climate change bill not strong enough to stop global warming

Greenpeace is calling for renewed leadership from President Obama and Congress following the release of the drastically weakened Waxman-Markey climate and energy bill today. The American Climate and Energy Security Act (ACES) was already in need of improvement when first

EPA clears permits on 42 of 48 mountaintop removal mining sites

This just in from Jeff Bigger’s blog on Huffington post: As American citizens in Mingo County and other areas of the flood-stricken Kentucky and West Virginia coalfields continue to dig themselves out of the muck, indefatigable Charleston Gazette reporter Ken

Capitol Power Plant to burn only gas

By Robin Bravender, E&E reporter (05/01/2009) House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) announced today that the aging Capitol Power Plant will no longer burn coal, a practice that has long been criticized by environmental

TVA sends spilled coal ash to impoverished black communities in Georgia and Alabama

According to an article published this week on the Institute for Southern Studies’ webzine Facing South, “the TVA has begun shipping toxic coal ash from the massive spill that occurred last December at its Kingston, Tennessee power plant to landfills

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