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Cheap coal? Tell that to the dead miners' families
Opinion L.A.President Obama announced new EPA rules Tuesday that sharply limit the output of carbon dioxide emissions from new power plants. Not surprisingly, the mining industry objected. But it's wrong.... -
The Charleston Gazette, W.Va., Phil Kabler column
The Charleston Gazette, W.Va.CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Lobbyists' spending for the first four months of 2013 totaled $280,825, according to disclosures filed with the state Ethics Commission. That was down $94,650 from the same point in 2012, in part because for the first time in four...Tags: Politics, Petroleum Industry, Coal, Republican Party, Lobbying
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Author: W.Va. Supreme Court 'appalling,' chief justice 'Blankenship's creature'
The Charleston Gazette, W.Va.CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Author Laurence Leamer called Brent Benjamin, chief justice of the West Virginia Supreme Court, "Blankenship's creature" and said justices on the Supreme Court are "appalling" at a Saturday reading to promote his new book, "The...Tags: Politics, Crime, Law and Justice, Prisons, Judges, Coal
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Alpha cited in November 2012 mine death
The Charleston Gazette, W.Va.CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Alpha Natural Resources created an "imminent danger" to miners when it used mobile equipment that had been modified in a way that limited the visibility of underground miners, state inspectors have alleged. The state Office of...Tags: Transportation Accidents, Pocahontas, Motorvehicle Accidents, Mining, Greenbrier
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Quecreek stirs safety changes
The Tribune-Democrat, Johnstown, Pa.To the millions across the country watching it unfold on their living room TVs, the Quecreek Mine rescue was a "9 for 9" miracle. But for Pennsylvania's mine industry and those who oversee it, it was a wake-up call, said Joe Sbaffoni, director of the...Tags: Politics, Crime, Law and Justice, Labor Legislation, Mining, U.S. Congress
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McAuliffe talks coal at Bristol campaign event
Bristol Herald Courier, Va.Coal would remain an important part of Virginia's economy if Democrat Terry McAuliffe is elected Virginia's next governor, the candidate said here Wednesday. McAuliffe, the lone Democrat in the race, made that assertion following a campaign speech at...Tags: Government, Politics, Coal, Ken Cuccinelli, Bob McDonnell
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Cuccinelli reveals unreported gifts from Star Scientific CEO
Democratic leaders in the General Assembly called on Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli to resign Monday following Cuccinelli's announcement last week that he amended his economic disclosure forms to report roughly $5,000 in gifts from Star Scientific, Inc....
Tags: Government, Politics, Economy, Business and Finance, Companies and Corporations, Crime, Law and Justice
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Cuccinelli: I forgot to report gifts
The Free Lance-Star, Fredericksburg, Va.Attorney General and Republican gubernatorial candidate Ken Cuccinelli on Friday revealed that he had received several thousand dollars' worth of gifts and travel that he failed to previously report. Cuccinelli revealed three trips and two vacations,...Tags: Trials, Government, Politics, Crime, Law and Justice, Witnesses
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Cuccinelli discloses more gifts from Star Scientific CEO
Richmond Times-DispatchAttorney General Ken Cuccinelli received thousands of dollars more in gifts from Star Scientific CEO Jonnie Williams over the past four years than he originally disclosed, according to amended statements of economic interests the gubernatorial candidate...Tags: Politics, Crime, Law and Justice, Goochland County, Ken Cuccinelli, Science and Technology
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Rockefeller, again, proposes new mine safety act
The Register-Herald, Beckley, W.Va.For the fourth time since an explosion rumbled through a Raleigh County coal mine and snuffed out 29 lives, Sen. Jay Rockefeller is trying to make the industry a safer place in which to labor. Named after his onetime colleague, the senator titled it...Tags: Raleigh, Emergency Incidents, Black Lung Disease, Coal, Massey Energy Company
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Raleigh BOE recognizes band teacher
The Register-Herald, Beckley, W.Va.At Tuesday's Board of Education meeting, the board recognized Liberty High School Theater and Band director Jeremy Rodriguez for winning a $10,000 grant for his classroom through the Great American Teach-Off. Superintendent Jim Brown called the teacher,...Tags: Raleigh, Politics, Teaching and Learning, Students, Voting
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Alpha idles two Virginia mines, lays off about 80 workers
Two Alpha Natural Resources mines in Virginia have been idled as part of cutbacks announced last fall. Alpha spokesman Ted Pile tells media outlets that the company idled its Red Onion surface mine near Pound and Bluff Spur underground mine near...
Tags: Career and Workplace, Norton (Norton, Virginia), Layoffs and Downsizing, Unemployment
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