The Charleston Gazette - Special Reports Topics http://wvgazette.com http://wvgazette.com/feeds/logo.jpg The Charleston Gazette - Special Reports http://wvgazette.com 144 31 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200911060879 Senate confirms Pa. regulator to head OSM unit http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200911060879 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:48:34 -0500 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200911050764 DEP finds problems at W.Va.s coal-ash dams Read the report here. CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Nearly two-third...]]> http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200911050764 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:55:54 -0500 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200911041024 Coal in good shape, companies say Coal TattooCHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Despite complaints from industry lobbyists and coalfield politicians about an impending permit crisis, most major Appalachian coal producers...]]> http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200911041024 Wed, 04 Nov 2009 23:45:00 -0500 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200911040962 Utilities seek 7-month delay in PATH hearings http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200911040962 Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:52:11 -0500 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200911020847 U.S. starting over on buffer zone mining rule http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200911020847 Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:55:47 -0500 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200910290682 City wants Comar to pay up for womens expo http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200910290682 Thu, 29 Oct 2009 23:45:00 -0400 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200910280904 PSC staff seek to stop PATH power line http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200910280904 Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:55:02 -0400 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200910280942 Science academy may study Bayer MIC stockpile http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200910280942 Wed, 28 Oct 2009 18:29:16 -0400 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200910270700 Massey begins blasting on Coal River Mountain http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200910270700 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:31:00 -0400 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200910270441 Comar Inc. CEO charged in grant scheme http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200910270441 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 12:36:20 -0400 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200910240481 The great race: Coal vs. Climate http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200910240481 Sat, 24 Oct 2009 23:45:00 -0400 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200910220720 Former union official to head mine safety agency http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200910220720 Thu, 22 Oct 2009 12:35:04 -0400 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200910210447 OSM report says DEP needs to beef up spill enforcement Read more in Coal Tattoo CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Blackwater spills from West Virginias coal industry are on the decline, but Read more in Coal Tattoo: CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- The Obama administration moved a step closer on Friday...]]> http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200910160922 Fri, 16 Oct 2009 23:45:00 -0400 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200910130740 Mining limits wont kill economy, Sierra Club study says Read more in Coal TattooCHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Limits on mountaintop removal coal mining wont end affordable electricity and could in the long run help improve the economy of the Appalachia...]]> http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200910130740 Tue, 13 Oct 2009 18:16:38 -0400 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200910120592 Tests question air quality at Marsh Fork school Read more in Coal TattooCHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Students at Marsh Fork Elementary School are at a greater risk of getting sick because of high levels of coal dust from a Massey Energy proces...]]> http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200910120592 Mon, 12 Oct 2009 17:19:13 -0400 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200910080752 Rahall, Jay join call for Massey to fund new school Read more in Coal Tattoo CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- As a group of citizens ranging in age from 50 to 83 began a march against mountaintop removal Thursday, two more West Virginia political le...]]> http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200910080752 Thu, 08 Oct 2009 17:34:08 -0400 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200910070674 Byrd blasts Massey arrogance over Marsh Fork school Massey surprised at criticism Read more in Coal Tattoo CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Sen. Robert C. Byrd on Wednesday b...]]> http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200910070674 Wed, 07 Oct 2009 16:53:11 -0400 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200909300335 EPA finalizes list of 79 mine permits for closer reviews Read more in Coal Tattoo CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency officials have referred 79 pending coal-mine permits for more detailed reviews by EPA water quality e...]]> http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200909300335 Wed, 30 Sep 2009 17:44:44 -0400 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200909251046 EPA announces major science review of mountaintop removal Check out Ken Wards blog, Coal Tatoo, here. CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- The Obama administration is quietl...]]> http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200909251046 Fri, 25 Sep 2009 18:43:29 -0400 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200909251060 Workforce West Virginia defends Comar http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200909251060 Fri, 25 Sep 2009 19:02:04 -0400 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200909240535 WVSU fires business center director amid workforce grant inquiry http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200909240535 Thu, 24 Sep 2009 17:58:27 -0400 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200909240683 Three officers fired shots the night patrolman was killed Click here for related articles. CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Three Charleston police officers fired their we...]]> http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200909240683 Thu, 24 Sep 2009 23:45:00 -0400 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200909210660 PR effort gears up for PATH power line complete schedule of hearings is posted on the Gazettes "Coal Tattoo" blog. Listen to Charleston Police dispatches from the incident that resulted in th...]]> http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200909180474 Fri, 18 Sep 2009 23:45:00 -0400 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200909180697 Woman in truck during fatal chase tells her story Read about and listen to the Metro 911 radio traffic from that night here.CHARLESTON,...]]> http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200909180697 Fri, 18 Sep 2009 23:45:00 -0400 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 -0500 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200909170229 Police release names of officers at Jones scene http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200909170229 Thu, 17 Sep 2009 14:18:34 -0400 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 -0500 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200909160214 Slain Charleston officer remembered at service Watch an audio slideshow of Patrolman Jerry Jones funeral CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Outside the funeral for fallen Charleston Police officer Jerry Jones, a small table held memen...]]> http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200909160214 Wed, 16 Sep 2009 14:01:18 -0400 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200909210418 Watch an audio slideshow of Patrolman Jerry Jones funeral http://media.cnpapers.com/jerryjones/
...]]> http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200909210418 Wed, 16 Sep 2009 23:45:00 -0400 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200909140292 Huffman defends DEP, says agency not trying to protect coal Read more in Coal Tattoo CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Environmental Protection Secretary Randy Huffman on Monday defended his agencys policing of the mining industry after a nation...]]> http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200909140292 Mon, 14 Sep 2009 18:48:14 -0400 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200909140256 Workforce official was on panel that hired her housemate http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200909140256 Mon, 14 Sep 2009 23:45:00 -0400 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200909140183 Police ID driver killed in chase http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200909140183 Mon, 14 Sep 2009 13:49:19 -0400 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200909130141 Charleston policeman believed killed by friendly fire http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200909130141 Sun, 13 Sep 2009 11:46:03 -0400 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200909110392 EPA to scrutinize dozens of mining permits Read more in Coal Tattoo
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Dozens of coal-mining permits proposed across Appalachia ne...]]> http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200909110392 Fri, 11 Sep 2009 21:36:18 -0400 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200909080227 EPA moves to block W.Va.s largest mining permit Read more in Coal TattooCHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Citing "clear evidence" of likely environmental damage, the Obama administration has moved toward revoking the largest mountai...]]> http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200909080227 Tue, 08 Sep 2009 18:07:44 -0400 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200908260495 Bayer to cut Institute plants MIC stockpile by 80% http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200908260495 Wed, 26 Aug 2009 13:43:21 -0400 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200908250291 Protesters in trees at Massey mine site Read more in Coal Tattoo CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Two mountaintop-removal opponents took to the trees of Raleigh County on Tuesday, hoping to shut down a Massey Energy operati...]]> http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200908250291 Tue, 25 Aug 2009 10:50:04 -0400 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200908250917 Former Comar executive Bowling pleads guilty http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200908250917 Tue, 25 Aug 2009 23:45:00 -0400 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200908210682 DEP biologist criticizes Huffmans testimony to Congress http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200908210682 Fri, 21 Aug 2009 17:43:19 -0400 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200908210948 DEP biologist says agency chief Huffman misled U.S. Senate here.CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- A West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection biologist has warned that DEP Secretary Randy Huffman misled Congress ab...]]> http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200908210948 Fri, 21 Aug 2009 23:58:16 -0400 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200908190358 Mingo judge tossed from slurry case Read the decision: CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- The state Supreme Court has ordered a Mingo County judge with ties to Massey Energy to step down from hearing a major coal-slurry pollution case again...]]> http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200908190358 Wed, 19 Aug 2009 12:14:54 -0400 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200908190771 Coal industry launches another PR campaign Read more in Coal TattooCHARLESTON, W.Va. -- As its lobbying efforts in Washington face a congressional probe over faked letters to lawmakers, the coal industry is launching another publ...]]> http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200908190771 Wed, 19 Aug 2009 18:53:34 -0400 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200907250119 Mine operators not restoring mountains, OSM report finds http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200907250119 Sat, 25 Jul 2009 19:00:00 -0400 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200908120873 Court rejects Obama efforts to reverse Bush mining changes Read more at Coal TattooCHARLESTON, W.Va. -- A federal judge on Wednesday threw out a key part of a plan the Obama administration says would reduce the environmental impac...]]> http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200908120873 Wed, 12 Aug 2009 18:32:55 -0400