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/201002080443 After feds step in, DEP cites Massey dam http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/201002080443 Mon, 08 Feb 2010 18:05:32 -0500 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/201002080517 Bayer announces shakeup at Institute plant http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/201002080517 Mon, 08 Feb 2010 19:59:44 -0500 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/201002050631 Byrd particularly alarmed by recent DuPont accidents http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/201002050631 Fri, 05 Feb 2010 18:40:55 -0500 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/201002040654 Coal study details benefits, ignores costs Read the studyCHARLESTON, W.Va. -- A new West Virginia Coal Association study touts the industrys multibillion-dollar economic benefits to the state, but it does not attempt to account for ...]]> http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/201002040654 Thu, 04 Feb 2010 19:01:06 -0500 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/201001310308 Planned mountaintop mine upsets Kanawha State Forest users http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/201001310308 Sun, 31 Jan 2010 23:45:00 -0500 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/201002010485 Judge blocks further protests against Massey http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/201002010485 Mon, 01 Feb 2010 16:59:50 -0500 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/201002010531 Obama proposes cuts in OSM budget http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/201002010531 Mon, 01 Feb 2010 17:25:42 -0500 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/201002010529 Aracoma fire survivors win round in Massey court battle http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/201002010529 Mon, 01 Feb 2010 23:45:00 -0500 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/201001290454 Obama wants W.Va. coal to make a transition Coal Tattoo CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- President Obama on Friday defended his administrations coal policies, saying the mining industry in West Virginia needs to "tra...]]> http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/201001290454 Fri, 29 Jan 2010 13:44:01 -0500 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/201001290665 Latest, longest Massey tree-sit protest ends http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/201001290665 Fri, 29 Jan 2010 18:36:36 -0500 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/201001260552 DuPont fatality probe to focus on phosgene hose Read more in the Sustained Outrage blog.CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Chemical safety experts will be looking closely at a flexible hose that ruptured and fatally poisoned a w...]]> http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/201001260552 Tue, 26 Jan 2010 18:44:49 -0500 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/201001270704 Jay seeks more money for chemical probes Sustained Outrage blog for updates CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., is seeking more money for the U.S. Chemical Safety Board in the wake of the boards decisi...]]> http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/201001270704 Wed, 27 Jan 2010 20:15:21 -0500 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/201001250663 Manchin promises review of coal critics complaints Coal Tattoo. CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Gov. Joe Manchin on Monday promised to review citizen complaints about lax enforcement of strip-mining regulations and urged the...]]> http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/201001250663 Mon, 25 Jan 2010 19:50:42 -0500 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/201001250662 Federal probes begin at DuPont plant Sustained Outrage blog. CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Federal investigators began to descend on DuPont Co.s Belle chemical plant Monday after a worker who was sprayed in the ...]]> http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/201001250662 Mon, 25 Jan 2010 19:40:05 -0500 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/201001230517 DuPont Statement on Recent Incidents The DuPont Belle site has responded to a series of three process incidents which occurred at the site on Friday and Saturday, 1/22 and 1/23. "DuPont is commit...]]> http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/201001230517 Sat, 23 Jan 2010 23:45:00 -0500 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/201001240328 Agencies weighing probes of DuPont Belle safety issues Sustained Outrage blog. Related story: DuPont worker dies CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Two federal agencies are cons...]]> http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/201001240328 Sun, 24 Jan 2010 23:45:00 -0500 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/201001250232 DuPont worker dies after being sprayed with chemical Sustained Outrage blog. CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- The employee sprayed with phosgene gas at DuPonts Belle plant has died, said Kanawha County Commissioner...]]> http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/201001250232 Mon, 25 Jan 2010 09:01:10 -0500 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/201001220554 Toxic DuPont leak may have lasted five days http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/201001220554 Fri, 22 Jan 2010 19:23:14 -0500 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/201001230489 DuPont to close plant for safety checks the Gazettes Sustained Outrage blog. Read the text of DuPonts media statement here.CHARLESTON, W.Va. ...]]> http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/201001230489 Sat, 23 Jan 2010 22:18:55 -0500 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/201001190574 W.Va. coal decline inevitable, consultants report says Read more in Coal Tattoo. CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Competition from other coal-producing areas and the depletion of the regions best coal reserves are driving a major declin...]]> http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/201001190574 Tue, 19 Jan 2010 17:52:36 -0500 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/201001190670 DHHR to take second look at Medicaid numbers http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/201001190670 Tue, 19 Jan 2010 19:43:33 -0500 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/201001160391 Group appealing Blair Mountains removal from historic register http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/201001160391 Sat, 16 Jan 2010 19:21:08 -0500 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/201001180493 Lawmakers to meet with DHHR on disputed Medicaid figures Department and Health and Human Resources officials, after the DHHR allegedly miscalculated the number of West Virginians who ...]]> http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/201001180493 Mon, 18 Jan 2010 19:08:55 -0500 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 -0500 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/201001170256 Comar CEO starts new magazines in S.C. http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/201001170256 Sun, 17 Jan 2010 15:23:19 -0500 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/201001160361 Board narrowing scope of Bayer MIC investigation Click here to read more about Bayer. CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Federal investigators are significantly narrowing the scope of their probe of the Bayer CropScience Institute plant as a result...]]> http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/201001160361 Sat, 16 Jan 2010 23:45:00 -0500 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/201001140646 DHHR Medicaid estimates inflated http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/201001140646 Thu, 14 Jan 2010 20:28:39 -0500 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/201001120597 Industry told to reduce minings impacts Lawmakers unite to protect coal industry CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Appalachian coal operators are going to have to reduce the size and impacts of strip mines if they expect to get permits appro...]]> http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/201001120597 Tue, 12 Jan 2010 18:36:41 -0500 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 -0500 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/201001110504 Massey violations more frequent since record fine, greens allege http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/201001110504 Mon, 11 Jan 2010 18:56:04 -0500 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/201001090168 Bayer cited for MIC tank violations http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/201001090168 Sat, 09 Jan 2010 23:45:00 -0500 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/201001070275 Massey increases potential payout for Blankenship http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/201001070275 Thu, 07 Jan 2010 11:59:38 -0500 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/201001070420 Study: Mining damage pervasive and irreversible Read the study: Read more in Coal Tattoo: CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Mountaintop removal is causing "pervasive and i...]]> http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/201001070420 Thu, 07 Jan 2010 16:56:57 -0500 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/201001050473 Hobet deal cuts stream impacts, preserves jobs Coal Tattoo. CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Patriot Coal will cut in half the length of streams buried by its Hobet 45 mountaintop-removal mine, but still produce nearly the same amount of coal as...]]> http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/201001050473 Tue, 05 Jan 2010 16:49:12 -0500 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/201001060564 DEP to stop processing fill permits, develop new rules http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/201001060564 Wed, 06 Jan 2010 23:45:00 -0500 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/201001010223 U.S. mine deaths hit record low -- 34 -- in 2009 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/201001010223 Fri, 01 Jan 2010 15:34:45 -0500 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/201001040446 EPA to announce deal on Hobet mine permit http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/201001040446 Mon, 04 Jan 2010 18:32:50 -0500 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/201001020121 Delegate wants to ban gender factor in health insurance http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/201001020121 Sat, 02 Jan 2010 13:30:10 -0500 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200912270185 St. Albans CEO has health reform message W.Va. health insurance and median income chart at bottom of story This is part of an occasional series examining federal health care reform bills and their effect on West Virginia...]]> http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200912270185 Sun, 27 Dec 2009 23:45:00 -0500 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200912280461 Young people in W.Va. express need for health care This story continues the Gazettes coverage of the impact of health-care reform on West Virginia. For an overview, go here. CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- On weekends, Tiffany Little, 25, serv...]]> http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200912280461 Mon, 28 Dec 2009 19:09:49 -0500 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200912260119 Health-care reform: Whats in the bills. Tomorrow: Worries about health care overhaul from a large employer.Want to know more. See bottom of story PAW PAW, W.Va. -- For 13 years, Susan Corbin has run the cash register, made hoagies and swept the floor at the ...]]> http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200912260119 Sat, 26 Dec 2009 23:45:00 -0500 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200912190281 A year after Tenn. disaster, fight over coal-ash rules just beginning Read more about coal ash.CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- A year ago Tuesday, at about 1 a.m., a coal-ash dike ruptured at the Tennessee Valley Authoritys Kingston Plant...]]> http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200912190281 Sat, 19 Dec 2009 16:15:01 -0500 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200912280377 Fear of violence grows in mountaintop removal fight http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200912280377 Sat, 19 Dec 2009 13:00:00 -0500 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200912170559 EPA delays new rules on coal ash http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200912170559 Thu, 17 Dec 2009 18:55:56 -0500 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200912090720 OSM director promises to reduce minings impact Listen to the interviewCHARLESTON, W.Va. -- The new head of the federal Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement promised Wednesday to find a way to reduce the impacts of mo...]]> http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200912090720 Wed, 09 Dec 2009 17:34:31 -0500 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200912080753 Lack of public process could cost miners their jobs in Clay Read more in Coal Tattoo CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Nearly 500 workers at a Clay County coal-mining complex could lose their jobs early next year, after a federal judge ruled the Army Corps of ...]]> http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200912080753 Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:25:18 -0500 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200912080797 Black lung proposal not expected until Sept. 2010 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200912080797 Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:51:47 -0500 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200912080749 Comar CEO, state officials admit guilt in scandal http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200912080749 Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:09:32 -0500