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10-27-98The Charleston Gazette (ON-LINE), Charleston, West Virginia Landowners Want Mining Permit 'Flexibility'
10-26-98The Charleston Gazette (ON-LINE), Charleston, West Virginia EPA Director Promises Action Against Miano
10-26-98 The Charleston Gazette (ON- LINE),Charleston, West Virginia EPA to Take Action Against Miano
10-25-98 The Charleston Gazette (ON-LINE), Charleston, West Virginia EPA Gets Earful on Mountaintop Mining
10-24-98 The Charleston Gazette (ON-LINE), Charleston, West Virginia Arch Coal, Logan County to Form Development Group
10-23-98 he Charleston Gazette (ON-LINE), Charleston, West Virginia Hearing on Mountaintop Removal Permits Likely to Be Heated
10-23-98 The Charleston Gazette (ON-LINE), Charleston, West Virginia Remove Miano: EPA Responsible Now
10-22-98 The Charleston Gazette (ON-LINE), Charleston, West Virginia Blasting: Coal Won't Accept Blame
10-22-98 The Charleston Gazette (ON-LINE), Charleston, West Virginia Black Lung Benefits Safe; Mine Lands Snare
10-21-98 The Charleston Gazette (ON-LINE), Charleston, West Virginia Senate Confirms Controversial Appointees
10-21-98 The Charleston Daily-Mail (ON-LINE), Charleston, West Virginia Miano Has Little Opposition
10-21-98 The Charleston Gazette (ON-LINE), Charleston, West Virginia Environmentalists to Continue Suit to Unseat DEP Chief
10-19-98 The Coal Outlook, Washington, D.C. Rockefeller Defends Structure of Coal Act
10-19-98 The Mine Regulation Reporter,Arlington, Virginia SMCRA: Kentucky Takes on SMCRA Duties
10-19-98 The Mine Regulation Reporter, Arlington, Virginia Awards: OSM Recognizes Reclamation
10-19-98 The Mine Regulation Reporter, Arlington, Virginia Contacts: Court Wants Another Count on Damages to Clay Operator for Lost Contact
10-15-98 The Louisville Courier-Journal, Louisville, KentuckyDead Miner's Boss Sentenced to Stay Home
10-14-98 The Lexington Herald-Leader, Lexington, Kentucky Commonwealth of Kentucky Natural Resources.
10-7-98 The Louisville Courier-Journal, Louisville, Kentucky Strip-Mining Compromise Supported
Fall 1998 The Kentucky Coal Journal, Pikeville, Kentucky OSM Loses Utah Prep Plant Case
Fall 1998 The Kentucky Coal Journal, Pikeville, Kentucky House Mining Caucus Reorganizes
10-20-98The Charleston Gazette (ON-LINE), Charleston, West VirginiaLand Firms Can't Join Mountaintop Mine Suit
10-20-98 The Charleston Gazette (ON-LINE), Charleston, West VirginiaMiano Says He Would Limit His Power
10-20-98The Charleston Gazette (ON-LINE), Charleston, West Virginia Judge Rules Out Anti-Miano Plaintiff
10-20-98The Charleston Gazette (ON-LINE), Charleston, West Virginia Remove Miano: Senate Shouldn't Confirm
10-19-98The Charleston Daily-Mail (ON-LINE), Charleston, West Virginia Court Ruling On Miano Sought
10-12-98The Lexington Herald-Leader, Lexington, Kentucky Youngsters Concerned for Kentucky Peak
10-12-98The Charleston Gazette (ON-LINE), Charleston, West Virginia Responsible Mining: UMWA Wants Communities, Environment Protected
10-11-98The Lexington Herald-Leader, Lexington, Kentucky Editorial: It's a Natural
10-11-98The Louisville Courier-Journal, Louisville, Kentucky Regional Briefs
10-11-98The Louisville Courier-Journal, Louisville, Kentucky Unique Mountain Ecosystem 'Destroyed'
10-10-98The Lexington Herald-Leader, Lexington, Kentucky Coal Miners' Legacy Honored in Lynch
10-10-98The Charleston Gazette (ON-LINE), Charleston, West Virginia Remove Miano
10-9-98The Charleston Gazette (ON-LINE), Charleston, West Virginia Mining Advocates' Arguments Laughable
10-7-98The Charleston Daily-Mail (ON-LINE), Charleston, West Virginia Mining for a Balance in the Mountains
10-7-98The Charleston Gazette (ON-LINE), Charleston, West Virginia Roberts Ends Silence on Mountaintop Removal
10-6-98The Charleston Gazette (ON-LINE), Charleston, West Virginia EPA Halts Nicholas Mountaintop Strip-Mine Permit
10-5-98The Coal Week, Washington, D.C. Kentucky Coal Drawn into Mountaintop Battle
10-5-98 The Mine Regulation Reporter, Arlington, Virginia Awards: OSM Honors Four Reclamation Projects
10-5-98The Mine Regulation Reporter, Arlington, Virginia Indiana: Indiana Program Changes Shape
10-5-98The Mine Regulation Reporter, Arlington, Virginia Maryland: State Submits Procedural Rule
10-5-98The Mine Regulation Reporter, Arlington, Virginia North Dakota: North Dakota Updates Its Program
10-5-98The Mine Regulation Reporter, Arlington, Virginia Ohio: Ohio Changes Revegetation Rules
10-5-98The Mine Regulation Reporter, Arlington, Virginia Pennsylvania: OSM Allows Subsidence Comments
10-5-98The Mine Regulation Reporter, Arlington, Virginia Attorney Fees: Citizens Coal Council
10-5-98The Mine Regulation Reporter, Arlington, Virginia Water Quality: Federal Agencies Expand Focus of Mountaintop Removal Study
11-13-98 The Charleston Gazette (ON- LINE),Charleston, West Virginia Byrd, Jay Weigh in On Mountaintop Mining
11-13-98 The Charleston Gazette (ON-LINE), Charleston, West Virginia Mountaintop Removal
11-12-98 The Casper Star-Tribune,Casper, Wyoming Feds Say Amax Blasting Worrisome
11-11-98 The Charleston Daily Mail (ON- LINE),Charleston, West Virginia Reports Urge Steps to Limit Mining Impact
11-11-98 The Charleston Gazette (ON-LINE), Charleston, West Virginia Mining Task Force Calls for Reforms
11-10-98 The Charleston Gazette (ON-LINE), Charleston, West Virginia Ruling Sets Up Next Mining Battle
11-9-98 The Coal Week, Washington, D.C. OSM Puts $5.9-Million into Clean Steams Effort
11-9-98 The Charleston Gazette, Charleston, West VirginiaFederal OSM is Showing a Double Standard
11-9-98 The Charleston Gazette, Charleston, West Virginia Decapitation DEP Wrong to Issue Permit
11-9-98 The Mining Week, Washington, D.C. OSM Calls for Nominations for Awards
11-9-98 The Times-News Feds Helping Clean Up Acid Mine Runoff
11-9-98 The Mining Week, Washington, D.C. Interim Ownership, Control Rules Still Unlawful, NMA Asserts in Brief
11-8-98 The Lexington Herald-Leader, Lexington, Kentucky Strip-Mine Measure Celebrated
11-6-98 The Charleston Gazette (ON-LINE), Charleston, West Virginia Judge Sets Hearing on Mining Permit
11-6-98 The Charleston Gazette (ON-LINE), Charleston, West Virginia Extremist?
11-2-98 The Coal Week, Washington, D.C. Federal Briefs: OSM Agreement; National Coal Council
11-2-98 The Mine Regulation Reporter, Arlington, Virginia Office of Surface Mining: OSM Solicits Comments on Complaints
11-2-98 The Mine Regulation Reporter, Arlington, Virginia Awards: OSM Launches 1999 Awards Program
9-27-98The Charleston Gazette (ON-LINE), Charleston, West VirginiaOSM Story Was False, and Ward Knew It
9-26-98The Charleston Gazette (ON-LINE), Charleston, West VirginiaCoal Tax Hearing Set for November
9-25-98The Lexington Herald-Leader, Lexington, KentuckyMountaintop Removal to Be Studied
9-24-98The Charleston Gazette (ON-LINE), Charleston, West VirginiaFeds to Look to West Virginia on Mine Issue
9-24-98The Charleston Gazette (ON-LINE), Charleston, West VirginiaEPA Mine Hearing Oct.24
9-24-98The Daily Independent, Ashland, KentuckyGovernment Agencies to Study Mountaintop Removal in State
9-24-98The Louisville Courier-Journal, Louisville, KentuckyMine Agency Plans Mountaintop Study
9-24-98The Charleston Gazette (ON-LINE), Charleston, West VirginiaDecapitation: Kentucky Under Scrutiny
9-23-98The Charleston Gazette (ON-LINE), Charleston, West VirginiaIndustry Wants Judge to Tour Mountaintop Removal Mining Site
9-20-98The Casper Star-Tribune, Casper, Wyoming Karpan Experiences a Tough First Year as OSM Director
9-20-98The Casper Star-Tribune, Casper, Wyoming Inspection Rate Falls, But Officials Say Oversight Not Affected
9-19-98The Lexington Herald-Leader, Lexington, KentuckySpare Black Mountain; Grow Industrial Hemp
9-19-98The Charleston Gazette (ON-LINE), Charleston, West VirginiaMountaintop Suit Won't Shut Down Industry, Lawyers Say
9-17-98The Balancing the Scales, London, KentuckyLetters to the Editor: There are a Lot of Reasons to Protect Black Mountain
9-17-98The Charleston Gazette, Charleston, West VirginiaFilm Documents Mountaintop Removal
9-17-98The Charleston Gazette, Charleston, West VirginiaCoal Taxes: Present System Unfair
9-17-98The Charleston Gazette, Charleston, West VirginiaArch Coal, Inc. (Advertisement)
9-13-98The Sunday Patriot-News, Harrisburg PennsylvaniaRuining Mountains for Coal Not Worth Price
9-9-98The Lexington Herald-Leader, Lexington, KentuckyRespect Black Mountain
9-6/7-98The Lexington Herald-Leader, Lexington, Kentucky Mountaintop Removal a Sign of Selfish Society
9-4-98The Louisville Courier-Journal, Louisville, Kentucky Daviess Seeks Crackdown on Coal Trucks
September 1998The West Virginia Coal Bell, Charleston, West VirginiaCoal and Tourism Industries Coexisting Well in West Virginia
September 1998The West Virginia Coal Bell, Charleston, West VirginiaSupreme Court Strikes Down Portion of Congress' Retiree Health Benefit Act
September 1998The West Virginia Coal Bell, Charleston, West VirginiaWVMRA Addresses "Anti Logical Concerns About
9-16-98The Charleston Daily-Mail, Charleston, West VirginiaOutlawing Valley Fills Will Cut Coal Mining In Half
9-16-98The Charleston Daily-Mail, Charleston, West VirginiaChange in Coal Law Sought
9-16-98The Charleston Gazette, Charleston, West Virginia Environmentalists Debate Job Impact of Mining Ban
9-16-98The Charleston Gazette (ON-LINE), Charleston, West VirginiaLocal OSM Chief Says He'll Keep His Position
9-15-98The Charleston Daily-Mail (ON-LINE), Charleston, West VirginiaActivists Develop Strategy
9-15-98The Louisville Courier-Journal, Louisville, KentuckyHilltop Mining Raises Ecological Concern
9-13-98The Sunday Gazette-Mail (ON-LINE), Charleston, West VirginiaMountaintop Removal Report Delayed
9-10-98The Greenwire *9: Mining : Species on Kentucky's Highest Peak May Be Threatened
9-9-98 The Charleston Gazette (ON-LINE), Charleston, West VirginiaOSM Charleston Office to Get Management Help
9-8-98The Charleston Gazette (ON-LINE), Charleston, West VirginiaStrip Mining Raises Concern on Kentucky Mount
9-8-98The Charleston Daily-Mail, Charleston, West Virginia Diamond in the Rough?
9-7-98The Charleston Gazette (ON-LINE), Charleston, West VirginiaMountaintop Removal to Be Discussed at October Hearing
9-7-98The Mine Regulation Reporter, Arlington, Virginia Office of Surface Mining: OSM Maintains Technical Program
9-7-98The Mine Regulation Reporter, Arlington, Virginia Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania Enters Disposal Rules
9-7-98The Mine Regulation Reporter, Arlington, Virginia Kentucky: OSM Reopens Comment Period
9-6-98The Sunday Gazette-Mail, Charleston, West Virginia OSM Shakeup Reportedly Coming
9-4-98The Charleston Gazette-Mail (ON-LINE), Charleston, West Virginia Underwood Stands By Methodists' Link to Threat
9-3-98The Chattanooga Times, Chattanooga, Tennessee Agency Looks Again at Park
9-2-98The Knoxville News-Sentinel, Knoxville, TennesseePark Mining Proposal Strikes a Public Vein
9-2-98The Charleston Gazette (ON-LINE), Charleston, West VirginiaArch Coal Launches Pro-Mountain-Removal Campaign
9-1-98The Charleston Gazette (ON-LINE), Charleston, West VirginiaCorrection
8-31-98The Greenwire*1 Mining: Feds Take Action on Mountaintop Removal in WV
8-31-98The Washington Post (ON-LINE), Washington, D.C. Massive New Mines Shake Coal Company
8-31-98The Washington Post (News Summary), Washington, D.C. 'Mountaintop Removal" Shakes Coal State
8-30-98The Charleston Gazette (ON-LINE), Charleston, West VirginiaYour Opinion: Don't Eliminate Mining Practice
8-30-98The Charleston Gazette (ON-LINE), Charleston, West VirginiaMine Plants Hurt Native Flora, Wildlife
8-27-98The Daily Camera, Boulder, Colorado Governors Want Cash for Mine Cleanup
8-27-98The Standard-Speaker, Hazleton, PennsylvaniaKanjorski, Eachus Visit Jeddo Tunnel to Talk Cleanup of River
8-27-98The Charleston Gazette (ON-LINE), Charleston, West VirginiaDecapitation
8-25-98The New York Times, New York, New YorkTime for Mining Law Reform
8-25-98The Charleston Gazette (ON-LINE), Charleston, West VirginiaGroup Fights Wildlife Habitat as Legal Post-Mining Land Use
8-24-98The Charleston Daily-Mail (ON-LINE), Charleston, West VirginiaAnother Kind of Mountaintop Removal
8-24-98The Mine Regulation Reporter, Arlington, VirginiaWater Quality: Corps Halts West Virginia Fill Permits; Lawmaker Asks OSM for Same
8-24-98The Mine Regulation Reporter, Arlington, VirginiaIndiana: OSM Okays Permit, Stream Rules
8-24-98The Mine Regulation Reporter, Arlington, VirginiaMississippi: Mississippi Substitutes Rule Change
8-24-98The Mine Regulation Reporter, Arlington, VirginiaWest Virginia: OSM Gathers Input on Reclamation
8-24-98 The Mine Regulation Reporter, Arlington, VirginiaEnforcement: Frank Hubbard
8-24-98The Mine Regulation Reporter, Arlington, VirginiaFees: Jerry Hylton, et al.
8-20-98The Lexington Herald-Leader, Lexington, Kentucky Perry Residents Complain About Blasting
8-20-98The Charleston Daily Mail (ON-LINE), Charleston, West VirginiaUnion Won't Fight Mountaintop Removal
8-19-98The Lexington Herald-Leader, Lexington, KentuckyCommonwealth of Kentucky Natural Resources
8-19-98The Lexington Herald-Leader, Lexington, Kentucky Miners to Be Offered Free Chest X-Rays
8-17-98The Charleston Daily-Mail, Charleston, West VirginiaMingo Coal Company Files for Bankruptcy
8-11-98The Charleston Daily-Mail, Charleston, West VirginiaCongressmen Slam Federal Mining Agency
8-1-98The Louisville Courier-Journal, Louisville, KentuckyBlack Mountain Neighbors Fear Mining Damage
8-19-98The Charleston Gazette (ON-LINE), Charleston, West VirginiaStream Dreams Revived
8-19-98The Charleston Gazette (ON-LINE), Charleston, West Virginia'Dumping': OSM Details Abuses
8-18-98The Charleston Daily Mail (ON-LINE), Charleston, West VirginiaMines Spark Debate
8-18-98The Charleston Gazette (ON-LINE), Charleston, West VirginiaCoalition Releases Report on 1996 Campaign Contributions
8-18-98The Charleston Daily Mail (ON-LINE), Charleston, West VirginiaBiologist Calls Reclaimed Mine Wildlife Quality 'Poor'
8-17-98The Charleston Gazette (ON-LINE), Charleston, West VirginiaMountaintop Removal Opposition Builiding
8-17-98 The Charleston Gazette (ON-LINE), Charleston, West VirginiaInterior Department Opposes Expansion of Mine Near Blair
8-17-98The Charleston Daily Mail (ON-LINE), Charleston, West VirginiaLetters to the Editor: Our Mountains Are All We Have
8-17-98 The Charleston Daily Mail (ON-LINE), Charleston, West VirginiaStrip Mine Proposal Draws Another Foe
8-17-98The Charleston Daily Mail (ON-LINE), Charleston, West VirginiaFederal Report Draft Critical of Mountaintop Removal Mining
8-17-98The Charleston Daily Mail (ON-LINE), Charleston, West Virginia Opposition Building to Mountaintop Removal
8-16-98The Lexington Herald-Leader, Lexington, Kentucky3 Small Perry Communities Just Want 'Good, Clean Water'
8-16-98The Louisville Courier-Journal, Louisville, KentuckyPerry Families Seek 'Good Clean Water'
8-15-98The Charleston Gazette (ON-LINE), Charleston, West Virginia Remove Miano: Director Can't Do Job
8-15-98The Charleston Gazette (ON-LINE), Charleston, West VirginiaFeds Confirm Mining Problems
8-14-98The Southern Illinoisan, Carbondale, Illinois Coal Mine Reclamation Working Well
8-14-98The Charleston Daily Mail (ON-LINE), Charleston, West VirginiaBacklash
8-13-98The Charleston Daily Mail (ON-LINE), Charleston, West Virginia Number of Projects, Terrain Vary Greatly in Neighboring State
8-13-98The Charleston Daily Mail (ON-LINE), Charleston, West Virginia Classes Help Mine for Coal Jobs
8-13-98The Charleston Daily Mail (ON-LINE), Charleston, West Virginia Corps Suspends Mining Permits
8-13-98The Charleston Gazette (ON-LINE), Charleston, West Virginia Field of Schemes: After-Mining Uses Vanish
8-13-98The Charleston Daily Mail, Charleston, West VirginiaKentucky, West Virginia Mining Practices Difficult to Compare
8-12-98The Charleston Gazette (ON-LINE), Charleston, West Virginia Mitigation: Too Late to Undo Bill
8-12-98The Louisville Courier-Journal, Louisville, KentuckyCongressman Again Calls for Halt to Mountaintop Removal
8-12-98 The Lexington Herald-Leader, Lexington, KentuckyMountaintops vs. Coal
8-12-98The Lexington Herald-Leader, Lexington, Kentucky CARTOON
8-12-98The Lexington Herald-Leader, Lexington, Kentucky Mine Office Ripped Over Mountaintop Removal
8-12-98The Charleston Gazette (ON-LINE), Charleston, West Virginia Corps Engineers to Halt Valley Fill Permits
8-12-98The Charleston Gazette (ON-LINE), Charleston, West Virginia Wise Renews Call for Ban on Strip Mines
8-12-98The Lexington Herald-Leader, Lexington, Kentucky Spare Black Mountain
8-12-98The Lexington Herald-Leader, Lexington, Kentucky OSM is Ripped Over Removing Mountaintops
8-11/13-98The Colorado Daily, Boulder, Colorado Activists Rally at Official's Home Again
8-11-98The Knoxville News Sentinel, Knoxville, Tennessee Protecting the Park
8-11-98The Louisville Courier-Journal, Louisville, KentuckyLeveling Peaks Falls Flat As Industry Lure
8-10-98The Mine Regulation Reporter, Arlington, VirginiaWater Quality: Regulators Push for Valley Fill Data; Coal Company Said Fills Do No Harm
8-10-98The Mine Regulation Reporter, Arlington, VirginiaKentucky: OSM Okays Budget, Staffing Levels
8-10-98The Mine Regulation Reporter, Arlington, VirginiaMontana: Montana Takes the Reins
8-10-98The Mine Regulation Reporter, Arlington, VirginiaPennsylvania: Comment Received On Coal Removal
8-10-98The Mine Regulation Reporter, Arlington, Virginia Valid Existing Rights
8-7-98The Charleston Gazette (ON-LINE), Charleston, West Virginia Remove Miano I: Mountaintop Monkey
8-7-98The Charleston Gazette (ON-LINE), Charleston, West Virginia Remove Miano II: Legal Argument Absurd
8-7-98The Charleston Gazette (ON-LINE), Charleston, West Virginia Underwood Backpedals on Mountaintop Removal
8-2-98The Times Leader, Wilkes-Barre, PennsylvaniaValley's Old Waste Now Its Protector
August 1998The Association PressPermit for Logan Mine Hits Snag
7-31-98The Pottsville Republican & Evening Herald, Pottsville, PennsylvaniaFunding Cut Keeps Mine Pits Unfilled
7-29-98The Times Leader, Wilkes-Barre, PennsylvaniaOur Region's Future Flows With the Susquehanna
7-28-98The Pottsville Republican & Evening Herald, Pottsville, PennsylvaniaHistory Channel Zooms in on Mollies
7-24-98The News Register, Wheeling, West Virginia Moving Mountains for Coal: Turning Hills into Grasslands
7-24-98The News Register, Wheeling, West Virginia Group Files Appeal to Keep Mining From Dysart Woods
7-23-98The Pottsville Republican & Evening Herald, Pottsville, Pennsylvania Use Reclamation Fund to Max, Senator Says
7-18/19-98The Pottsville Republican & Evening Herald, Pottsville, PennsylvaniaPerilous Legacy Continues Today for Deep Miners
3-12-98The Albuquerque Tribune, Albuquerque, New MexicoMine-Reclamation Funds on Hold As Buffer for Budget Deficit
7-21-98The Greenwire *11 Mining: Enviros Fight WV Mountaintop Removal in Court
7-21-98The Greenwire *12 Mining II: Remining Proposed As Way to Restore Old Sites
7-20-98The Times-Dispatch, Richmond, Virginia Remining / Advocates Say Reuse of Abandoned Strip Mines Could Create Jobs and Help the Environment
7-19-98The Charleston Gazette (ON-LINE), Charleston, West VirginiaCorps Says It Doesn't Regulate Valley Fills
7-18-98The Charleston Gazette (ON-LINE), Charleston, West VirginiaMountaintop Mine Task Force to Have 1st Meeting
7-18-98The Charleston Gazette (ON-LINE), Charleston, West VirginiaRemove Miano: EPA Concerns Serious
7-17-98The Tamba Bay (ON-LINE) One Dead, One Injured in Mine Accident
7-17-98The Lexington Herald-Leader, Lexington, KentuckyWest Virginians Sue State Over Mountaintop-Removal
7-17-98The Charleston Gazette (ON-LINE), Charleston, West VirginiaLawsuit Seeks to Curb Mountaintop Removal
7-16-98The Charleston Daily Mail (ON-LINE), Charleston, West VirginiaMountaintop Removal Called 'Field of Dreams'
7-16-98The Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, CaliforniaStrip Miners Get Their Way in Gore's State
7-15-98The Charleston Daily Mail (ON-LINE), Charleston, West VirginiaMiano Must Wait for OK
7-15-98The Charleston Gazette (ON-LINE), Charleston, West VirginiaMiano Stays?: Appointment is Illegal
7-15-98 The Charleston Gazette (ON-LINE), Charleston, West VirginiaMiano Must Distance Himself From Water Program, EPA Says
7-13-98The Mine Regulation Reporter, Arlington, VirginiaEndangered Species: Utah Protect Bats in Old Mines
7-13-98The Mine Regulation Reporter, Arlington, VirginiaReclaimed Utah Mine Property to Become Deer and Elk Preserve
7-13-98The Mine Regulation Reporter, Arlington, VirginiaLand Disturbances: Kenneth & Gwen Thompson, et al.
7-12-98The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Pittsburgh, PennsylvaniaStudy Finds Mining Rules Are Too Weak
7-09-98The Louisville Courier-Journal, Louisville, KentuckySen. Rockefeller Promises Help for Coal Miners on Health Costs
July 1998Tribune Review Audubon Report Looks into Mining
6-29-98The Herald, Debois County Volunteers Show Off South Fork Cleanup
7-6-98The Mining Week, Washington, D.C. OSM to Revise Rules on AML Reclamation Financing
6-22-98 The Kingsport Times-News, Kingsport, Tennessee Dickerson Resident Receives Environmental Award
6-21-98 The Knoxville News-Sentinel, Knoxville, Tennessee Proposal to Mine Near State Park Fiercely Resisted
6-21-98 The Sunday Gazette-Mail, Charleston, West Virginia Strip Mine Showdown Could Come This Week
6-19-98 The Colorado Daily, Boulder, Colorado Activists Bring Protest Home
6-19-98 The Chattanooga Times, Chattanooga Tennessee 300 Protest Mining at Park
6-19-98 The Tennessean, Knoxville, Tennessee Both Sides Want to Bury Strip-Mine Plan
6-18-98 The Charleston Gazette (ON-LINE), Charleston, West Virginia If Mine Fills Illegal, Change the Law, Coal Lobbyist Says
6-18-98 The Charleston Gazette (ON-LINE), Charleston, West Virginia Hundreds of Streams Highly Polluted
6-18-98 The Charleston Gazette (ON-LINE), Charleston, West Virginia Remove Miano: DEP Post Illegal
6-17-98 The Chattanooga Times, Chattanooga Tennessee Strip Mining vs. Fall Creek Falls
6-15-98 The Coal Week, Washington, D.C. Federal Briefs: OSM Grants; Prime Farmland Forum
6-15-98 The Chattanooga Times, Chattanooga Tennessee Groups Fight Mining Permit
6-13-98 The Associated Press Methodists Condemn Mining Practice
6-13-98 The Charleston Gazette, Charleston, West VIrginia DEP Environmental Advocate Resigns Post
6-13-98 The Charleston Gazette, Charleston, West VIrginia Ko'd Again: Damron's Record
6-13-98 The Charleston Gazette, Charleston, West VIrginia Lawmakers to Study Mine Blasting
6-12-98 The Charleston Daily Mail, Charleston, West Virginia Industry Report Downplays Mining Damage
6-12-98 The Charleston Daily Mail, Charleston, West Virginia Reforesting Mined Land
6-12-98 The Charleston Daily Mail, Charleston, West Virginia Methodists Say No to Mountaintop Mining
6-12-98 The Knoxville News-Sentinel, Knoxville, Tennessee Protestors Fear Mining to Damage Fall Creek Falls Water
6-9-98 The Charleston Gazette, Charleston, West VIrginia Mine Agrees to Treat Polluted Water
6-4-98 The Charleston Gazette, Charleston, West VIrginia Valley Fills: EPA Backs Up Threats
6-4-98 The Charleston Gazette, Charleston, West VIrginia Gilley Can Stand Heat of Strip Mining Issues
5-27-98 The Charleston Gazette, Charleston, West VIrginia Rules Bar DEP Chief, Lawyer Says
5-26-98 The Charleston Gazette, Charleston, West VIrginia No Conflict Seen for DEP Chief
Spring 1998 Women in Mining, Washington, D.C. Women in Mining Elects New Officers at National Meeting
6-16-98 The Charleston Gazette (ON-LINE), Charleston, West VirginiaEPA Should Remember Firing of Kostmayer, Underwood Says
6-16-98The Charleston Gazette (ON-LINE), Charleston, West Virginia Decapitation: Mountaintop Stance Amazing
6-16-98The Charleston Gazette (ON-LINE), Charleston, West Virginia Miano Case Will Need More Time, DEP Says
6-15-98The Mining Week, Washington, D.C. Court Upholds OSM Underground Coal Mine Subsidence Rules
6-14-98The Sunday Gazette-Mail, Charleston, West VirginiaOSM Hesitates on Mitigation
6-13-98 The Charleston Daily Mail, Charleston, West VirginiaBlasting Will Be Studied
6-13-98The Charleston Daily Mail, Charleston, West Virginia State Environmental Advocate Resigns
6-13-98The Charleston Daily Mail, Charleston, West Virginia EPA & State Environmental Department (Workshop Announcement)
6-13-98The Charleston Daily Mail, Charleston, West Virginia Church Debates Mining
6-13-98The Charleston Gazette, Charleston, West Virginia Coal CEO Wants Mountaintop Study
6-12-98The Lexington Herald-Leader, Lexington, Kentucky Pikeville Home Poised to Slide Off Mountain
6-12-98The Louisville Courier-Journal, Louisville, Kentucky 1st Pikeville Habitat Home Victim of Weather
6-10-98The Birmingham News, Birmingham, AlabamaAdger Coal Mine Closing Idles 40
6-9-98The Lexington Herald-Leader, Lexington, Kentucky Coal Production Up From Last Year
6-6-98The Charleston Daily Mail, Charleston, West Virginia Governor Fills Out Coal Mining Panel
6-5-98The Lexington Herald-Leader, Lexington, Kentucky Lawmakers Question Aim of Dust Hearings
6-5-98The Louisville Courier-Journal, Louisville, KentuckyState's Top Mine-Safety Official Opposes Helping Test Coal Dust
6-5-98The Louisville Courier-Journal, Louisville, KentuckyMine Agency Supervisor Suspended
6-4-98The Lexington Herald-Leader, Lexington, Kentucky The Miner's Friend
6-2-98The Lexington Herald-Leader, Lexington, Kentucky ShortTakes: Atlantic-Richfield, Arch Reach Coal Deal
6-2-98The Louisville Courier-Journal, Louisville, Kentucky Arch Coal Completes Acquisition
5-25-98The Charleston Gazette, Charleston, West VirginiaArch Coal Tour Impresses, If Only Through Devastation
May 1998The Charleston Daily Mail, Charleston, West VirginiaFar Away Dogway
7-31-98The Charleston Gazette (ON-LINE), Charleston, West VirginiaMountain Mining Digs Up Ire
7-28-98The Charleston Gazette (ON-LINE), Charleston, West VirginiaThe Earl Invites the Governor
7-27-98The Register-Herald, Beckley, West VirginiaActivists Rally Against Damage, View Sites
7-27-98The Charleston Gazette (ON-LINE), Charleston, West VirginiaHundreds Attend Anti-Mining Rally
7-27-98The Mine Regulation Reporter, Arlington, VirginiaApplicant Violator System: District Court Upholds Interim Rules; NMA Brings Fight to Appeals Court
7-27-98The Mine Regulation Reporter, Arlington, VirginiaValid Existing Rights: Coal Operator Asks for Decision to Preserve Future of Ohio Mine
7-27-98The Mine Regulation Reporter, Arlington, VirginiaWater Quality: Enviros Challenge Valley Fills in West Virginia, Pennsylvania
7-27-98The Mine Regulation Reporter, Arlington, VirginiaWater Quality: EPA Objects to Arch Coal Permit, and Could Play Role in Others
7-27-98The Mine Regulation Reporter, Arlington, VirginiaWater Quality: Feds Review Valley Fill Regulation
7-27-98The Mine Regulation Reporter, Arlington, VirginiaAppointment: U.S. Court Will Hear Challenge to Miano Appointment at West Virginia
7-26-98The Columbus Dispatch, Columbus, Ohio Coal Company Seeks to Extend Mine Under Woods
7-24-98The Los Angeles Times (ON-LINE), Los Angeles, CaliforniaStrip Mine Regulations
7-24-98The Charleston Gazette (ON-LINE), Charleston, West VirginiaRemove Miano: Serving Wrong Interests
7-24-98The Charleston Gazette (ON-LINE), Charleston, West VirginaBlasting Rules Submitted; Separate Plans Delayed
7-23-98The Charleston Daily Mail, Charleston, West VirginiaNatural: State of Mine / Developer Takes Old Mining Land and Creates Outdoor Sports Center
7-22-98The Rocky Mountain News, Denver, ColoradoMonsoon Rains Douse Colorado's Hot Spell
7-22-98The Charleston Gazette (ON-LINE), Charleston, West Virginia Mining Story Brings Worried Responses
7-21-98The Charleston Daily Mail
7-21-98The Greenwire 11 Mining: Enviros Fight WV Mountaintop Removal in Court
7-21-98The Greenwire 12 Mining II: Remining Proposed As Way to Restore Old Sites
7-20-98The Times-Dispatch, Richmond, Virginia Remining / Advocates Say Reuse of Abandoned Strip Mines Could Create Jobs and Help the Environment
7-19-98The Charleston Gazette (ON-LINE), Charleston, West VirginiaCorps Says It Doesn't Regulate Valley Fills
7-18-98The Charleston Gazette (ON-LINE), Charleston, West VirginiaMountaintop Mine Task Force to Have 1st Meeting
7-18-98The Charleston Gazette (ON-LINE), Charleston, West VirginiaRemove Miano: EPA Concerns Serious
7-17-98The Tamba Bay (ON-LINE) One Dead, One Injured in Mine Accident
7-17-98The Lexington Herald-Leader, Lexington, KentuckyWest Virginians Sue State Over Mountaintop-Removal
7-17-98The Charleston Gazette (ON-LINE), Charleston, West VirginiaLawsuit Seeks to Curb Mountaintop Removal
7-16-98The Charleston Daily Mail (ON-LINE), Charleston, West VirginiaMountaintop Removal Called 'Field of Dreams'
7-16-98The Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, CaliforniaStrip Miners Get Their Way in Gore's State
7-15-98The Charleston Daily Mail (ON-LINE), Charleston, West VirginiaMiano Must Wait for OK
7-15-98The Charleston Gazette (ON-LINE), Charleston, West VirginiaMiano Stays?: Appointment is Illegal
7-15-98 The Charleston Gazette (ON-LINE), Charleston, West VirginiaMiano Must Distance Himself From Water Program, EPA Says
7-13-98The Mine Regulation Reporter, Arlington, VirginiaEndangered Species: Utah Protect Bats in Old Mines
7-13-98The Mine Regulation Reporter, Arlington, VirginiaReclaimed Utah Mine Property to Become Deer and Elk Preserve
7-13-98The Mine Regulation Reporter, Arlington, VirginiaLand Disturbances: Kenneth & Gwen Thompson, et al.
7-12-98The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Pittsburgh, PennsylvaniaStudy Finds Mining Rules Are Too Weak
7-09-98The Louisville Courier-Journal, Louisville, KentuckySen. Rockefeller Promises Help for Coal Miners on Health Costs
July 1998Tribune Review Audubon Report Looks into Mining
6-29-98The Herald, Debois County Volunteers Show Off South Fork Cleanup
6-22-98 The Kingsport Times-News, Kingsport, Tennessee Dickerson Resident Receives Environmental Award
6-21-98 The Knoxville News-Sentinel, Knoxville, Tennessee Proposal to Mine Near State Park Fiercely Resisted
6-21-98 The Sunday Gazette-Mail, Charleston, West Virginia Strip Mine Showdown Could Come This Week
6-19-98 The Colorado Daily, Boulder, Colorado Activists Bring Protest Home
6-19-98 The Chattanooga Times, Chattanooga Tennessee 300 Protest Mining at Park
6-19-98 The Tennessean, Knoxville, Tennessee Both Sides Want to Bury Strip-Mine Plan
6-18-98 The Charleston Gazette (ON-LINE), Charleston, West Virginia If Mine Fills Illegal, Change the Law, Coal Lobbyist Says
6-18-98 The Charleston Gazette (ON-LINE), Charleston, West Virginia Hundreds of Streams Highly Polluted
6-18-98 The Charleston Gazette (ON-LINE), Charleston, West Virginia Remove Miano: DEP Post Illegal
6-17-98 The Chattanooga Times, Chattanooga Tennessee Strip Mining vs. Fall Creek Falls
6-15-98 The Coal Week, Washington, D.C. Federal Briefs: OSM Grants; Prime Farmland Forum
6-15-98 The Chattanooga Times, Chattanooga Tennessee Groups Fight Mining Permit
6-13-98 The Associated Press Methodists Condemn Mining Practice
6-13-98 The Charleston Gazette, Charleston, West VIrginia DEP Environmental Advocate Resigns Post
6-13-98 The Charleston Gazette, Charleston, West VIrginia Ko'd Again: Damron's Record
6-13-98 The Charleston Gazette, Charleston, West VIrginia Lawmakers to Study Mine Blasting
6-12-98 The Charleston Daily Mail, Charleston, West Virginia Industry Report Downplays Mining Damage
6-12-98 The Charleston Daily Mail, Charleston, West Virginia Reforesting Mined Land
6-12-98 The Charleston Daily Mail, Charleston, West Virginia Methodists Say No to Mountaintop Mining
6-12-98 The Knoxville News-Sentinel, Knoxville, Tennessee Protestors Fear Mining to Damage Fall Creek Falls Water
6-9-98 The Charleston Gazette, Charleston, West VIrginia Mine Agrees to Treat Polluted Water
6-4-98 The Charleston Gazette, Charleston, West VIrginia Valley Fills: EPA Backs Up Threats
6-4-98 The Charleston Gazette, Charleston, West VIrginia Gilley Can Stand Heat of Strip Mining Issues
5-27-98 The Charleston Gazette, Charleston, West VIrginia Rules Bar DEP Chief, Lawyer Says
5-26-98 The Charleston Gazette, Charleston, West VIrginia No Conflict Seen for DEP Chief
Spring 1998 Women in Mining, Washington, D.C. Women in Mining Elects New Officers at National Meeting
6-16-98 The Charleston Gazette (ON-LINE), Charleston, West VirginiaEPA Should Remember Firing of Kostmayer, Underwood Says
6-16-98The Charleston Gazette (ON-LINE), Charleston, West Virginia Decapitation: Mountaintop Stance Amazing
6-16-98The Charleston Gazette (ON-LINE), Charleston, West Virginia Miano Case Will Need More Time, DEP Says
6-15-98The Mining Week, Washington, D.C. Court Upholds OSM Underground Coal Mine Subsidence Rules
6-14-98The Sunday Gazette-Mail, Charleston, West VirginiaOSM Hesitates on Mitigation
6-13-98 The Charleston Daily Mail, Charleston, West VirginiaBlasting Will Be Studied
6-13-98The Charleston Daily Mail, Charleston, West Virginia State Environmental Advocate Resigns
6-13-98The Charleston Daily Mail, Charleston, West Virginia EPA & State Environmental Department (Workshop Announcement)
6-13-98The Charleston Daily Mail, Charleston, West Virginia Church Debates Mining
6-13-98The Charleston Gazette, Charleston, West Virginia Coal CEO Wants Mountaintop Study
6-12-98The Lexington Herald-Leader, Lexington, Kentucky Pikeville Home Poised to Slide Off Mountain
6-12-98The Louisville Courier-Journal, Louisville, Kentucky 1st Pikeville Habitat Home Victim of Weather
6-10-98The Birmingham News, Birmingham, AlabamaAdger Coal Mine Closing Idles 40
6-9-98The Lexington Herald-Leader, Lexington, Kentucky Coal Production Up From Last Year
6-6-98The Charleston Daily Mail, Charleston, West Virginia Governor Fills Out Coal Mining Panel
6-5-98The Lexington Herald-Leader, Lexington, Kentucky Lawmakers Question Aim of Dust Hearings
6-5-98The Louisville Courier-Journal, Louisville, KentuckyState's Top Mine-Safety Official Opposes Helping Test Coal Dust
6-5-98The Louisville Courier-Journal, Louisville, KentuckyMine Agency Supervisor Suspended
6-4-98The Lexington Herald-Leader, Lexington, Kentucky The Miner's Friend
6-2-98The Lexington Herald-Leader, Lexington, Kentucky ShortTakes: Atlantic-Richfield, Arch Reach Coal Deal
6-2-98The Louisville Courier-Journal, Louisville, Kentucky Arch Coal Completes Acquisition
5-25-98The Charleston Gazette, Charleston, West VirginiaArch Coal Tour Impresses, If Only Through Devastation
May 1998The Charleston Daily Mail, Charleston, West VirginiaFar Away Dogway
7-6-98The Mining Week, Washington, D.C. OSM to Revise Rules on AML Reclamation Financing
6-1-98The Mining Week, Washington, D.C. OSM to Engage in EDI Pilot Study
5-26-98The Washington Post, Washington, D.C. Obituaries: Julian Roy 'J.R.' Spradley: Lawyer
5-25-98Mining Week, Washington, D.C. WIM Convention Features Top Speakers, Mine Tours
6-1-98The Charleston Gazette (ON-LINE), Charleston, West VirginiaDEP Focuses on Negative Attention
6-1-98 The Charleston Gazette (ON-LINE), Charleston, West Virginia State Wants Permit Block on Marion Coal
5-31-98The Charleston Gazette (ON-LINE), Charleston, West Virginia Your Opinion: Mining Comment Was Poor Choice
5-24-98The Sunday Patriot, Harrisburg, PennsylvaniaMiners' Lives Remembered at Small Hegins Museum
5-22-98 The Charleston Gazette, Charleston, West Virginia Marshall's President to Lead Mine Task Force
5-22-98The Charleston Gazette, Charleston, West Virginia Mountaintop Removal Stance Based on One-Sided TV Show
5-20-98The Charleston Gazette, Charleston, West Virginia Banker Acquires Peabody Group
5-17-98The Charleston Gazette, Charleston, West Virginia Rape of the Land Damages Future
5-16-98The Charleston Gazette, Charleston, West Virginia Clear Landings Mean Mingo Mountain Goes
5-15-98The Charleston Gazette, Charleston, West Virginia DEP Hires Public Image Consultant
5-15-98The Charleston Daily Mail, Charleston, West Virginia State Official Refuses to Pay $2.34 to Resolve Dispute
5-14-98The Charleston Gazette, Charleston, West Virginia Massey Purchase of Concern to UMW
5-13-98The Charleston Gazette, Charleston, West Virginia Massey Purchases Pittston Operation
5-12-98The Charleston Gazette, Charleston, West Virginia States Face Tougher Rules for Coal Waste
5-11-98The Charleston Gazette, Charleston, West Virginia Lawyers Attack 'Irrational' Coal Tax Method
5-11-98The Charleston Gazette, Charleston, West Virginia Mining Destroys Beauty We Depend On
5-11-98The Charleston Gazette, Charleston, West Virginia Groups Seek Federal Review of Mine Mitigation Bill
May 1998The Charleston Gazette, Charleston, West Virginia Mine Program Chief May Have to Resign
May 1998The Charleston Daily Mail, Charleston, West Virginia Majority Oppose Mining Method
May 1998The Charleston Daily Mail, Charleston, West Virginia Miners Outnumber Residents at Hearing
5-27-98The Associate Press State, Federal Officials Agree to Preserve Coal Heritage Areas
5-27-98The Charleston Gazette (ON-LINE), Charleston, West VirginiaRules Bar DEP Chief, Lawyer Says
5-25-98 The Charleston Gazette (ON-LINE), Charleston, West VirginiaArch Coal Tour Impresses, If Only Through Devastation
5-25-98The Charleston Gazette (ON-LINE), Charleston, West Virginia No Conflict Seen For Appointee
5-24-98The Sunday Gazette-Mail (ON-LINE), Charleston, West VirginiaInspector 'Got in My Pocket,' Former Mine Manager Says
5-23-98The Associated Press (ON-LINE) Governor Strikes Back Against Letter
5-23-98The Charleston Gazette (ON-LINE), Charleston, West Virginia Hechler, Underwood Clash Over Removal Mines
5-23-98The Charleston Gazette (ON-LINE), Charleston, West Virginia Unsettling: Further Probe Needed
5-18-98The Mining Week, Washington, D.C. NMA Endorses Removing Barriers to Remining
5-18-98 The Mine Regulation Reporter, Arlington, VirginiaLouisiana: SMCRA: W.VA. Citizens Threaten to Sue State Over Mountain Top Mining
5-18-98The Mine Regulation Reporter, Arlington, Virginia OSM Approves State Revisions
5-18-98The Mine Regulation Reporter, Arlington, Virginia Ohio: Ohio Discusses Reclamation
5-18-98The Mine Regulation Reporter, Arlington, Virginia Alabama: Texas: OSM Reopens Texas Rule Comment Period
5-18-98The Mine Regulation Reporter, Arlington, Virginia Alabama Contemplates Revisions
5-09-98The Lexington Herald-Leader, Lexington, KentuckyState OKs Cleanup, Considers New Mining
5-07-98The Charleston Gazette, Charleston, West VirginiaMountaintop Removal? What's That?
5-07-98The Charleston Gazette, Charleston, West Virginia Jury: Coal Operators Tricked Banks into Loan
5-07-98The Charleston Gazette, Charleston, West Virginia Wise Wants Multi-Agency Review of Mountaintop Coal Removal
5-07-98The Charleston Gazette, Charleston, West Virginia DEP Sponsoring 2 Cleanup Projects
5-07-98 The Pottsville Republican & Even. Herald, Pottsville, Pennsylvania Holden Presses Mine Reclaiming
5-05-98The Charleston Gazette, Charleston, West Virginia DEP Cleanup to Focus on 4 Lakes
5-05-98The Lexington Herald-Leader, Lexington, KentuckyLeslie Man Shot Dead at Strip Mine
5-05-98The Charleston Gazette, Charleston, West VirginiaWise, Rahall Blast Coal Permit Process
5-05-98The Charleston Gazette, Charleston, West Virginia OK Expected for Boone Strip Mine
5-05-98The Charleston Gazette, Charleston, West Virginia Decapitation: Many Mines Illegal
5-04-98The Pottsville Republican & Even. Herald, Pottsville, Pennsylvania Politics Blamed for Coal-Fund Delay
5-04-98The Charleston Gazette, Charleston, West Virginia DEP Delays Massey Permit
5-02-98U.S.A. Today, The Nation's Newspaper Enterprising Team Solves TVA Coal Problem
5-02-98The Charleston Gazette, Charleston, West Virginia New Leader Addresses DEP Personnel Changes
5-01-98The Pottsville Republican & Even. Herald, Pottsville, Pennsylvania More Reclamation Aid Supported
May 1998The Charleston Gazette, Charleston, West Virginia Miners Pack Hearing to Support Strip Permit
May 1998The Associated PressMiners Outnumber Others at Mountaintop Removal Hearing
May 1998The Charleston Daily Mail, Charleston, West VirginiaCaffrey to Pass DEP Batom
4-29-98The Charleston Gazette, Charleston, West Virginia Coal: Not All That Matters
4-29-98The Charleston Gazette, Charleston, West Virginia Caffrey Replaces DEP Mine Cleanup Chief
4-27-98The Charleston Gazette, Charleston, West Virginia Fluor Corp. Says It Supports Rahall
5-21-98 The Charleston Gazette (ON-LINE), Charleston, West VirginiaMountaintop Removal
5-19-98The Coalfield Progress, Norton, Virginia Landfill Closure Rules Emerging
5-19-98The Charleston Gazette (ON-LINE), Charleston, West VirginiaAllegations Against DEP Deputy 'Old News'
5-19-98The Charleston Gazette (ON-LINE), Charleston, West Virginia AML Chief Still in Hot Water in Virginia
5-19-98The Birmingham News, Birmingham, AlabamaBabbitt Hurts Mussels: Praises Protection of Species in State
5-19-98The Coalfield Progress, Norton, Virginia Citizens Express Concerns About Solid Waste Proposals
5-19-98The Charleston Gazette (ON-LINE), Charleston, West Virginia Image Polishers: Substance is Needed
5-18-98The Charleston Daily Mail, Charleston, West VirginiaWorkers Move Mountains
5-17-98The Charleston Gazette (ON-LINE), Charleston, West Virginia Feds to Probe Massey Mountaintop Mine Variance
5-17-98The Charleston Gazette (ON-LINE), Charleston, West Virginia Testimony Alleges Extortion By Official
5-17-98 The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Pittsburgh, PennsylvaniaBattle Over Mining W.VA.'s Mountaintops
5-17-98The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Pittsburgh, PennsylvaniaClean Sweep
5-12-98The Observer-Reporter, Washington, PennsylvaniaResident: 'It's a Coal Company's County'
5-11-98The Newark AdvocateAbandoned Strip Mines Costing Taxpayers
5-10-98The Sunday Gazette-Mail, Charleston, West VirginiaOSM Chief Defends Variance Policy
5-10-98The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania State Will Get Tough on Dumping Coal Waste
5-08-98The Charleston Gazette (ON-LINE), Charleston, West Virginia Mountaintops: Regulators Falling Down
5-07-98The Democrat, Centralia, Illinois Letters to the Editor
5-07-98The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Coalition Works to Get, Use Mine Reclamation Funds
5-07-98The Charleston Gazette (ON-LINE), Charleston, West Virginia Wise Wants Multi-Review of Mountaintop Coal Removal
5-07-98The Daily Independent, Ashland, KentuckyState to Resolve Reclamation Sites
5-07-98The Sullivan Daily Times, Sullivan, Indiana Mine Reclamation Projects Take Different Approaches
5-02-98The Times Leader, Wilkes-Barre, PennsylvaniaKanjorski's Mine Reclamation Plan Draws Key Official's Attention
5-01-98The News-Item, Shamokin, Pennsylvania OSM Chief Gets Lesson in Remining
5-01-98The Hazleton Standard-Speaker, Hazleton, PennsylvaniaMine Agency Chief Tours Reclamation Sites
5-06-98 The Charleston Gazette (ON-LINE), Charleston, West VirginiaMiners Pack Hearing to Support Strip Permit
5-05-98The Knoxville News-Sentinel, Knoxville, Tennessee OSM Releases Study on Fall Creek Falls Mining
5-05-98The Charleston Gazette (ON-LINE), Charleston, West Virginia Wise, Rahall Blast Coal Permit Process
5-04-98The Charleston Daily Mail, Charleston, West Virginia Mountaintop Removal Gets State Review
5-04-98The Mine Regulation Reporter, Arlington, VirginiaKentucky: OSM Allows More Say On Rule
5-04-98The Mine Regulation Reporter, Arlington, Virginia Maryland: OSM Approves Maryland Revisions
5-04-98The Mine Regulation Reporter, Arlington, Virginia Missouri: State to Take Over Reclamation
5-04-98The Mine Regulation Reporter, Arlington, Virginia Pennsylvania: Coal Refuse Rules Pass Inspection
5-04-98The Mine Regulation Reporter, Arlington, Virginia Texas: OSM Gives Green Light to Edit
5-04-98The Mine Regulation Reporter, Arlington, Virginia Office of Surface Mining: OSM Releases Enforcement Figures; Citizens Group Says Inspections Low
5-04-98The Mine Regulation Reporter, Arlington, Virginia Office of Surface Mining: WEB Opens Communications for OSM
5-03-98The Charleston Gazette (ON-LINE), Charleston, West Virginia 'As High as God Did': Law to Rebuild Mountains Falls By Wayside
5-01-98The Louisville Courier-Journal, Louisville, KentuckyReno Asked to Review Mine-Test Oversight
5-01-98The Lexington Herald-Leader, Lexington, KentuckyOnce Trapped in Frankfort, Coal Tax Money is Released
4-29-98The Charleston Gazette, Charleston, West Virginia Caffrey Replaces DEP Mine Cleanup Chief
4-28-98The Louisville Courier-Journal, Louisville, Kentucky Special Session on Workers' Comp Urged in Response to Coal Series
4-28-98The Birmingham News, Birmingham, AlabamaDust from State Docks Coal Piles Blackens Neighborhoods
4-27-98The Coal Week, Washington, D.C. Federal Briefs: SCSR Problem Notification; OSM Grants; NCC Meeting
4-26-98The Lexington Herald-Leader, Lexington, Kentucky Appalachian Voices: Use the Money as Intended, on Reclamaiming Old Mines
4-25-98The Louisville Courier-Journal, Louisville, Kentucky Cumberland Gap Park Official Honored
4-24-98The Lexington Herald-Leader, Lexington, Kentucky Park Superintendent Honored
4-23-98The Birmingham News, Birmingham, AlabamaADEM, EPA Differ on Stream Reclassifications
4-23-98The Birmingham News, Birmingham, Alabama Bringing Back a Creek: Walker Effort Under Way
4-22-98The Lexington Herald-Leader, Lexington, Kentucky Flooded Communities Declare Emergencies
4-22-98The Louisville Courier-Journal, Louisville, Kentucky Floodwaters Force Emergency Calls in Southeast Kentucky
4-21-98The Lexington Herald-Leader, Lexington, Kentucky Swollen Streams Drive 1,000 From Their Homes
4-21-98The Lexington Herald-Leader, Lexington, Kentucky Dams, Walls Saving Some From Floods
4-18-98The Daily Mountain Eagle, Jasper, AlabamaOSM Director Tours Cane Creek Reclamation Site
April 1998The West Virginia Coal Bell, Charleston, West VirginiaUnderwood Signs Mitigation Bill
3-31-98The Coalfield Progress, Norton, Virginia Abandoned Mine Land Inventory System Available
3-30-98The Coal Week, Washington, D.C. Federal Briefs: MSHA Internet; Coal Toxics; MSHA Deadline
3-27-98The Charleston Daily Mail, Charleston, West VirginiaMining Leftovers a Source of Debate
3-25-98The Birmingham News, Birmingham, Alabama ADEM Chief: Advice to Upgrade Streams 'Flawed'
3-25-98The Cumberland Times-News Trout Fisherman Wants Access
3-24-98The Charleston Gazette, Charleston, West Virginia Veto Bill: Follow Staff Advice
3-24-98The Coalfield Progress, Norton, Virginia Veto: Gilmore Kills Bill on Mining
3-23-98The Times Leader, Martins Ferry, Ohio Public Comment Sought on Mining
3-23-98The Mine Regulation Reporter, Arlington, Virginia Louisiana: Water Replacement Addressed
3-23-98The Mine Regulation Reporter, Arlington, Virginia Kansas: Kansas Changes Win Approval
3-23-98The Mine Regulation Reporter, Arlington, Virginia Indiana: OSM Approves AML Revisions
3-23-98The Mine Regulation Reporter, Arlington, Virginia OSM Wraps Up Budget Meetings
3-23-98The Mine Regulation Reporter, Arlington, Virginia The Office of Surface Mining: Good Guys, Bad Actors Can Be Treated Differently: Karpan
3-23-98The Mine Regulation Reporter, Arlington, Virginia Endangered Species: Species Law Presents Hidden Pitfalls For Mine Operators: Lawyer
3-23-98The Mine Regulation Reporter, Arlington, Virginia Clean Water Act: Coal Operators Gets Home Detention
3-22-98The Sunday Gazette-Mail, Charleston, West Virginia Timber Industry, Not Deer, the Root of Forest Woes
3-21-98 The Charleston Gazette, West VirginiaMitigation Bill Unsettles DEP
3-19-98The Southern Illinoisan, Carbondale, Illinois U.S. Mining Office Asks Benton Residents How It Can Work Better
3-17-98 The Charleston Daily Mail, Charleston, West VirginiaBlasting to Be Studied
3-17-98The Charleston Daily Mail, Charleston, West Virginia Reputation Helps Official Get Job
3-15-98The Sunday Gazette-Mail, Charleston, West Virginia Both Houses Pass Stream Mitigation
3-15-98The Chicago Tribune, Chicago, Illinois Religion: Manna and the Infidel
3-15-98The Charleston Gazette, Charleston, West Virginia Logan Hospital Benefits From Coal Deal
3-15-98The Sunday Gazette-Mail, Charleston, West Virginia Lien Filed Against Head of Cherry Point Coals
March 1998Women In Mining, Chapter News D.C. Chapter
4-24-98The Birmingham News, Birmingham, AlabamaMine Agency Discriminates in Hiring, Holmes Says
4-21-98The Charleston Gazette, Charleston, West VirginiaCoal Industry Faces An Uncertain Future
4-21-98The Charleston Gazette, Charleston, West VirginiaRegulated to Become Regulator
4-20-98The Mining Week, Washington, D.C. Interior Board Rebuffs OSM 'Premature' Enforcement
4-20-98The Mine Regulation Reporter, Arlington, VirginiaSMCRA: Gary N. Cobb
4-20-98The Mine Regulation Reporter, Arlington, Virginia Illinois: Ill. Wins OSM Approval on Second Try
4-20-98The Mine Regulation Reporter, Arlington, Virginia Indiana: Indiana Considers Changes
4-20-98The Mine Regulation Reporter, Arlington, VirginiaKansas: Kansas Ponders Changes to AML Rules
4-20-98The Mine Regulation Reporter, Arlington, VirginiaMaryland: OSM Extends MD. Comment Period
4-20-98The Mine Regulation Reporter, Arlington, VirginiaUtah: Utah Proposes Changes
4-20-98The Coal Week, Washington, D.C. Federal Briefs: OSM Sets EIS Review; Pena Goes South; OSM Report
4-20-98The Charleston Gazette, Charleston, West VirginiaState Engineers Allege Cover-Up By Official
4-20-98The Charleston Gazette, Charleston, West VirginiaStrip Mines Pose Greatest Threat, Federal Study Shows
4-19-98The Sunday Gazette-Mail, Charleston, West VirginiaDespite Big Bills, Records Show Senator With Little Income
4-19-98The Sunday Gazette-Mail, Charleston, West VirginiaSuit Will Challenge Mountaintop Removal Mining
4-19-98The Charleston Gazette, Charleston, West Virginia Easement Opens Up Blackwater
4-19-98The Sunday Gazette-Mail, Charleston, West VirginiaDespite Big Bills, Records Show Senator with Little Income
4-19-98The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Pittsburgh, PennsylvaniaLongwall Mining Causes Damaging Land Subsidence
4-19-98The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Pittsburgh, PennsylvaniaLongwall Mining Releases a Harmful Gas
4-18-98The Daily Mountain Eagle, Jasper, Alabama OSM Director Tours Cane Creek Reclamation Site
4-17-98The Charleston Gazette, Charleston, West VirginiaSlurry Firm's Ex-CEO Sues to Recover His Salary
4-17-98The Charleston Gazette, Charleston, West VirginiaWestmoreland Announces Net Income in '97
4-17-98The Lexington Herald-Leader, Lexington, KentuckyOSM Awards Grant for Abandoned Lands
4-16-98The Charleston Gazette, Charleston, West VirginiaInternet Site Tracks Pollution Sources
4-15-98The Charleston Gazette, Charleston, West VirginiaInsult: Mine Owner Greed
4-15-98The Charleston Daily Mail, Charleston, West Virginia Coal Property Rule Vexes State Officials
4-14-98The Charleston Gazette, Charleston, West VirginiaMitigation: EPA Takeover Needed
4-14-98The Coalfield Progress, Norton, Virginia Coal Pellets
4-13-98The Mining Week, Washington, D.C. Agencies Invite Remining Discussion
4-13-98The Coal Week, Washington, D.C. Briefs: Pena Resigns, Doe Coal Symposium, OSM Grants
4-12-98The Times Leader, Martins Ferry, Ohio An Editorial: Mine Reclamation
4-12-98The Casper Star-Tribune, Casper, Wyoming States Should Get All Their Mining Funds
4-09-98The Charleston Gazette, Charleston, West Virginia Underwood Signs Strip Mining Bill, Blasts EPA
4-09-98The Lexington Herald-Leader, Lexington, Kentucky Mining Money Buried
4-08-98The Charleston Gazette, Charleston, West VirginiaEx-Pittston Official to Replace Caffrey as Director of DEP
4-08-98The Charleston Gazette, Charleston, West VirginiaWorkers' Comp Files $100 Million in Coal Suits
4-07-98The Charleston Gazette, Charleston, West Virginia Pittston Executive Named to DEP Post
4-07-98The Charleston Gazette, Charleston, West VirginiaStretch of Columbia Tops Endangered-Rivers List
4-07-98The Charleston Gazette, Charleston, West VirginiaMines Need Cash for Reclamation
4-07-98The Louisville Courier-Journal, Louisville, Kentucky Old Mines Need Attention Now, U.S. Official Says
4-07-98The Louisville Courier-Journal, Louisville, KentuckyCoal Severance Money Used to Attract New Business
4-07-98The Lexington Herald-Leader, Lexington, KentuckyFolks Say Water Stinks, Mining to Blame
4-06-98The Charleston Gazette, Charleston, West VirginiaAdministration Should Be Called on Bill
4-06-98The Charleston Gazette, Charleston, West VirginiaMitigation: Bill Should Be Vetoed
4-06-98The Casper Star-Tribune, Casper, Wyoming BNSF Railroad Shuts Down Southern Coal Route
4-02-98The Charleston Gazette, Charleston, West VirginiaFilm Joins Fight for Kayford Mountain
3-24-98The Casper Star-Tribune, Casper, Wyoming Opponents Say Coal Trains Will Foul Homes, Air with Dust
3-24-98The Casper Star-Tribune, Casper, Wyoming Arco Sells Black Thunder, Coal Creek Mines
3-23-98The Casper Star-Tribune, Casper, Wyoming BLM Oks Consideration of New Coal Leasing
3-04-98The Casper Star-Tribune, Casper, Wyoming Cyprus Coal Announces Layoffs
3-02-98The Casper Star-Tribune, Casper, Wyoming Coal Industry Major Contributor After 100 Years
2-25-98The Casper Star-Tribune, Casper, Wyoming Top Court Airs Indian Coal Tax Dispute
2-23-98The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaLove Affair with West Skips Wyoming
2-19-98The Casper Star-Tribune, Casper, Wyoming Wyoming Seeks Proposals For AML Funds
2-19-98The Casper Star-Tribune, Casper, Wyoming Other States Seek Part of Aml Fund
1-28-98The Casper Star-Tribune, Casper, Wyoming Kerr-McGee Selling Its Coal Mines
1-23-98The Casper Star-Tribune, Casper, Wyoming Small Coal Train Wrecks Near Glenrock
4-15-98The Lexington Herald-Leader, Lexington, KentuckyMoney Sought for Mine Cleanups
4-11-98The Putnam-HeraldUnderwood Ignores EPA, Signs Mining Bill
4-11-98The Putnam-Herald OSM To Study Mountaintop Removal Mining
4-10-98The Charleston Gazette, Charleston, West VirginiaIn the Industry: DEP Slant More Obvious
4-10-98The Charleston Gazette, Charleston, West VirginiaOSM Chief to Investigate Strip Mining
4-10-98The Charleston Daily Mail, Charleston, West Virginia Mining Method Under Study
4-09-98The Lexington Herald-Leader, Lexington, Kentucky Mining Money Buried
4-09-98The Charleston Gazette, Charleston, West VirginiaOSM Chief in hot Water With Rahall
4-07-98The Observer-Reporter, Washington, PennsylvaniaKarpan Vows to Fight for More Mine-Reclamation Spending
4-07-98The Charleston Daily Mail, Charleston, West VirginiaMine Agency Role Changing
4-07-98The Times Leader, Martins Ferry, Ohio Coal Tax Money UnSpent
4-07-98The Times Beaver, Pennsylvania Engineer: Center Mines Stabilized
4-07-98The Casper Star-Tribune, Casper, Wyoming Karpan Promises to Fight for More Mine Reclamation Spending
4-07-98The Charleston Daily Mail, Charleston, West VirginiaCaffrey Leaving Agency
4-06-98The Mine Regulation Reporter, Arlington, VirginiaBudgets: OSM Funnels Money to States
4-06-98The Mine Regulation Reporter, Arlington, VirginiaOffice of Surface Mining: OSM Seeks OMBApproval
4-06-98The Mine Regulation Reporter, Arlington, VirginiaWater Quality: Feds, States Mull Water Benefits Through Remining
4-06-98The Mine Regulation Reporter, Arlington, VirginiaWater Quality: Pittston Reduce Acreage in West Virginia Water Disputes
4-06-98The Mine Regulation Reporter, Arlington, VirginiaSMCRA: William Pullen ET. AL.
4-06-98The Mine Regulation Reporter, Arlington, VirginiaTexas: OSM Approves Texas AML Changes
4-06-98The Mine Regulation Reporter, Arlington, VirginiaMaryland: OSM OKs Spoil, Bond Revisions
4-06-98The Mine Regulation Reporter, Arlington, VirginiaExpense Money Listed in 98 AML Budget
4-06-98The Louisville Courier-Journal, Louisville, KentuckyBad Water Blamed on Coal Company
4-06-98The Times Leader, Wilkes-Barre, PennsylvaniaCoal's Future Reclaims the Past
4-05-98The Lexington Herald-Leader, Lexington, KentuckyBottle Bill Failed, But Other Protective Measures Prevailed
4-05-98The Louisville Courier-Journal, Louisville, Kentucky140 Animals From Out West Stirs Hopes, Fears
4-03-98The Herald-Standard, Uniontown, PennsylvaniaKasunic Offers Possible Solution
4-03-98The Herald-Standard, Uniontown, PennsylvaniaNorth Union Residents Affected By Mine Fire Seek Dousing or Money
April 1998The Big Stone Gap SW Va. Contractor Uses Horse Sense to Close Mine Portals
April 1998The Wall Street Journal CARTOON
3-31-98The Charleston Gazette, Charleston, West VirginiaGetting Tough on Valley Fills
3-30-98The Waste News U.S. Plastic Dredges Up Work
3-28-98The Lexington Herald-Leader, Lexington, KentuckyEditorials: Stripping the Law
3-28-98The Charleston Gazette, Charleston, West VirginiaEPA Urges Veto of Bill Making Valley Fills Easier
3-28-98The Charleston Gazette, Charleston, West VirginiaUnderwood Signs Budget Bill With Changes
3-24-98The Louisville Courier-Journal, Louisville, KentuckyArch Coal to Acquire ARCO's Western Branch for $1.14 Billion
3-24-98The Lexington Herald-Leader, Lexington, KentuckyArch Coal Agrees to $1.14 Billion Deal with ARCO
3-23-98The Coal Week, Wasington, D.C. OSM, Other Agencies Seek Water Quality Viewpoints
March 1998The Wall Street Journal (Correction) Arch Coal Has Deal to Buy An Arco Unit
3-27-98The Charleston Gazette, Charleston, West VirginiaCaffrey Undecided on Mitigation
3-25-98The Charleston Daily Mail, Charleston, West VirginiaAgency Losing Top Employee
3-24-98The Charleston Gazette, Charleston, West VirginiaArch Coal Buys Giant Coal Holdings
3-24-98The Coalfield Progress, Norton, Virginia Veto: Gilmore Kills Bill on Mine Penalties
3-24-98The Coalfield Progress, Norton, Virginia Reilly Wants OSM More Involved in Mine Law Enforcement
3-24-98The Rocky Mountain News, Denver, ColoradoArco Coal Sold; Denver Office May Close
3-24-98The CNBC & The Wall Street Journal Arch Coal to Buy ARCO's Coal Units
3-23-98The Bristol Herald-Courier, Bristol, TennesseeOSM Seeks Comments on Remining and Water Quality
3-23-98The Coal Week, Washington, D.C. OSM, Other Agencies Seek Water Quality Viewpoints
3-22-98The Sunday Gazette-Mail, Charleston, West VirginiaTimber Industry, Not Deer, the Root of Forest Woes
3-22-98The Sunday Gazette-Mail (ON-LINE), Charleston, West VirginiaStrip-Mining Battle Resurfaces in State
3-19-98The Southern Illinoisan, Carbondale, Illinois U.S. Mining Office asks Benton Residents How It Can Work Better
3-17-98The Charleston Gazette, Charleston, West VirginiaDEP Deputy Director to Leave for NICS
3-17-98The Southern Illinoisan, Carbondale, Illinois Coal Cash: $5.8 Million Meant to Help Area Mines Compete
3-17-98The Charleston Daily Mail, Charleston, West VirginiaReputation Helps Official Get Job
3-17-98The Charleston Daily Mail, Charleston, West VirginiaBlasting to Be Studied
3-17-98The Pottsville Republican & Evening Herald, Pottsville, PennsylvaniaHard Coal Asks More of Budget
3-17-98The Hazleton Standard-Speaker, Hazleton, PennsylvaniaFederal Mining Agency Visits City, But Can't Help Landfill Opponents
3-24-98The Coalfield Progress, Norton, Virginia Veto: Gilmore Kills Bill on Mine Penalties
3-22-98The Sunday Gazette-Mail, Charleston, West VirginiaTimber Industry, Not Deer, the Root of Forest Woes
3-17-98The Charleston Daily Mail, Charleston, West VirginiaReputation Helps Official Get Job
3-17-98The Charleston Daily Mail, Charleston, West VirginiaBlasting to Be Studied
3-24-98The Coalfield Progress, Norton, Virginia Reilly Wants OSM More Involved in Mine Law Enforcement
3-24-98The Rocky Mountain News, Denver, ColoradoArco Coal Sold; Denver Office May Close
3-24-98The CNBC & The Wall Street Journal Arch Coal to Buy ARCO's Coal Units
3-23-98The Bristol Herald-Courier, Bristol, Virginia/TennesseeOSM Seeks Comments on Remining and Water Quality
3-23-98The Coal Week, Washington, D.C. OSM, Other Agencies Seek Water Quality Viewpoints
3-22-98The Sunday Gazette-Mail (ON-LINE), Charleston, West VirginiaStrip-Mining Battle Resurfaces in State
3-19-98The Southern Illinoisan, Carbondale, Illlinois U.S. Mining Office Asks Benton Residents How it Can Work Better
3-17-98The Pottsville Republican & Evening Herald, Pottsville, PennsylvaniaHard Coal Asks More of Budget
3-17-98The Hazleton Standard-Speaker, Hazleton, PennsylvaniaFederal Mining Agency Visits City, But Can't Help Landfill Opponents
3-13-98The Charleston Gazette, Charleston, West VirginiaWater Quality Amendment Violates EPA Law, Official Says
3-13-98The Western Interstate Energy Board, Denver, ColoradoFederal Budget: WIEB Committee Offers Congress Views on OSM Budget
3-13-98The Charleston Gazette, Charleston, West VirginiaPetition Continues Push to Reset Coal Values, Calls for Supervision
3-13-98The Charleston Gazette, Charleston, West VirginiaClean Water: State Failing its Job
3-13-98The Charleston Gazette, Charleston, West VirginiaCaffrey Vows to Do Better Job on Water
3-12-98The Charleston Gazette, Charleston, West VirginiaEPA Warns Underwood to Beef Up DEP
3-12-98The Charleston Gazette, Charleston, West VirginiaCreek Dumping Irks Neighbors
3-17-98The Coalfield Progress, Norton, Virginia OSM to Give Mining, Reclamation Awards
3-12-98The Southern Illinoisian, Carbondale, Illinois OSM Schedules Public Meeting
3-11-98The Charleston Gazette, Charleston, West VirginiaStates Want Mine Cleanup Funds Released
3-11-98The Charleston Gazette, Charleston, West VirginiaFeds Warn Legislators Not to Weaken Stream Protection
3-11-98The Charleston Gazette, Charleston, West VirginiaMassey Seeks Lighter Fee for Stream-Filling Mines
3-10-98The Charleston Gazette, Charleston, West VirginiaPreston Polluter Placed on Five Years of Probation
3-09-98The Charleston Gazette, Charleston, West VirginiaValley Fills: Bill Makes Them Easier
3-08-98The Charleston Daily Mail, Charleston, West VirginiaCoal Dispute Near Final Settlement
3-06-98The Charleston Daily Mail, Charleston, West VirginiaLegislative News: Senate Passes Mountaintop Removal Bill
3-06-98The Charleston Gazette, Charleston, West VirginiaSenate Gives Mountaintop Mining A Boost
3-05-98The Charleston Gazette, Charleston, West VirginiaMountaintop Coal Mining Amendment Pending Today
3-04-98The Charleston Gazette, Charleston, West VirginiaMine Blast Still Echoes
3-04-98The Mountain Eagle, Whitesburg, Kentucky Officials Listen
3-03-98The Charleston Daily Mail, Charleston, West VirginiaBlasting: Hold Firms Responsible
3-03-98The Charleston Gazette, Charleston, West VirginiaKy. Company Plans to Buy Cyprus-Amax Mines in State
2-25-98The Charleston Gazette, Charleston, West VirginiaGovernors Unite Against Emissions Proposals
2-23-98The Charleston Gazette, Charleston, West VirginiaMassey Still Star for Parent Company
2-19-98The Charleston Gazette, Charleston, West VirginiaMorgantown Coal Operator Guilty of Water Pollution
2-18-98The Charleston Gazette, Charleston, West VirginiaMountaintop Removal: Bills Take Different Tacks
2-07-98The Charleston Gazette, Charleston, West VirginiaRahall Seeks More Funding for Cleanup of Coal Mines
2-01-98The Sunday Gazette-Mail, Charleston, West VirginiaMine Mitigation' Offers Flexibility
1-18-98The Charleston Gazette, Charleston, West VirginiaMingo Power Plant Could Depend on Underwood
3-12-98The Knoxville News-Sentinel, Knoxville, TennesseeOSM Has Meeting on Plans
3-11-98The Daily Camera, Boulder, Colorado Mine Reclamation Funds Being Held to Improve Federal Deficit Picture
3-11-98The Plain Dealer, Cleveland, Ohio Mine Cleanup Funds Plundered to Balance Budget
3-11-98The Knoxville News-Sentinel, Knoxville, TennesseePush On to Spend Mine Reclamation Allocations
3-09-98The Mining Week, Washington, D.C. Court to Consider NMA's Ownership Challenge Expeditiously
3-09-98The Mine Regulation Reporter, Arlington, VirginiaApplicant Violator System: Bakers Dozen Provide OSM With Early-Bird Comments
3-09-98The Mine Regulation Reporter, Arlington, VirginiaBonding: K.Y. High Court Upholds Bond Forfeiture Against Operator
3-09-98The Mine Regulation Reporter, Arlington, VirginiaGeneral News: OSM Seeks Comments on Noncoal
3-09-98The Mine Regulation Reporter, Arlington, Virginia SMCRA: Heatherly Mining INC.
3-08-98The Times Leader, Martins Ferry, Ohio An Editorial: Strip Mines
2-27-98The Lexington Herald-Leader, Lexington, Kentucky U.S. Official Seeks Money for Hiring Mine Inspectors
2-27-98The Tribune, Scranton, Pennsylvania Coal-Dust Danger Isn't Disappearing
2-24-98The Lexington Herald-Leader, Lexington, Kentucky Body of Pikeville Man Recovered
2-19-98The Lexington Herald-Leader, Lexington, Kentucky LCC English Professor Digging Up Coal Names for Asteroid's Features
2-19-98The Lexington Herald-Leader, Lexington, KentuckyMuch Mine-Cleanup Money Unused
2-18-98The Louisville Courier-Journal, Louisville, Kentucky Letcher County Collects $300,000 in Back Taxes from Coal Company
2-16-98The Times-Leader, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania Money is Left Unused While Mines Pose Risks
2-14-98The Standard-Speaker, Hazleton, Pennsylvania Abandoned Mines
2-11-98The Scranton Times, Scranton, Pennsylvania Two Month, More Than $500,000 Later, Culm Fire is Cold
2-08-98The Sunday Times, Scranton, Pennsylvania Mine Fire Has Residents Living in Fear
2-02-98The Standard-Speaker, Hazleton, PennsylvaniaBackfilling Set to Began at 3 Local Mining Pits
3-01-98The Times News, Cumberland, Maryland Coal Company Will Produce More Trout
2-26-98The Lexington Herald-Leader, Lexington, Kentucky Washington: OSM Awards Coal Grant to State
2-26-98The Times Recorder, New Philadelphia, OhioWayne National Forest Logging Debated in Supreme Court
2-24-98The Columbus Dispatch, Columbus, Ohio Anti-Mining Activist Taken By Logger for An Unplanned Ride
2-22-98The Sunday Gazette-Mail, Charleston, West VirginiaDredging Up the Past Fuels Company's Future
2-19-98The Sullivan Daily Times, Sullivan, Indiana States Wnat Mine-Cleanup Funds Freed
2-18-98The Sullivan Daily Times, Sullivan, Indiana States Seek Trust-Fund Money for Mine Cleanups
2-07-98The Tribune-Review, Pittsburgh, PennsylvaniaMine Fire Ignites Small Town Fears
2-04-98The Tribune-Democrat, Johnston, PennsylvaniaBabbitt Lavishes Praise on Somerset Projects
2-23-98The Kingsport Times-News, Kingsport, TennesseeJudge Cites Lack of Progress in SLAPP Suit
2-22-98The Bristol Herald-Courier, Bristol, Virginia/Tennessee OSM Budget Request Ups Funding for Reclamation
2-20-98The Birmingham News, Birmingham, AlabamaLandslide Threatens at Monte Sano
2-19-98The Olympian States Work to Clear a Minefield
2-19-98The St. Louis Post-Dispatch, St.Louis, Missouri U.S. Hoards Funds for Abandoned Mines
2-19-98The St. Louis Post-Dispatch, St. Louis, MissouriMissouri's Tab for Mine Cleanup is $39.4 Million
2-19-98The Bristol Herald-Courier, Bristol, Virginia/Tennessee Frozen Mine Fund Saving Budget but Costing Lives
2-19-98The Lexington Herald-Leader, Lexington, Kentucky Much Mine-Cleanup Money Unused
2-19-98The Des Moines Register, Des Moines, Iowa Money Needed to Douse Iowa Coal Mine Hazards
2-18-98The Charleston Gazette, Charleston, West Virginia Plan to Reduce Water Pollution May Be in Trouble
2-18-98The Birmingham News, Birmingham, AlabamaGuardsmen Stacking Sandbags to Avert Mudslides at Monte Sano
2-17-98The Kingsport Times-News, Kingsport, Tennessee Coal Company Hits Wise Couple with SLAPP Shot
2-17-98The Lexington Herald-Leader, Lexington, Kentucky Coal-Haul Bill Includes Gravel, Blacktop Loads
2-17-98The Lexington Herald-Leade, Lexington, Kentucky Letcher Collects Disputed Back Coal Taxes
2-16-98The Times Leader, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania Money is Left Unused While Mines Pose Risks
2-16-98The Charleston Daily Mail, Charleston, West Virginia Mining Funds Could be Used to Balance Budget
2-11-98The Louisville Courier-Journal, Louisville, Kentucky Coal Firm Cited for Perry Rock Slide
2-10-98The Lexington Herald-Leader, Lexington, Kentucky Proposal Would Increase Coal-Truck Weight Limits
2-10-98The Lexington Herald-Leader, Lexington, KentuckyProposal Would Increase Coal-Truck Weight Limits
2-10-98The Pottsville Republican & Evening Herald, Pottsville, KentuckyCentralia-Like Coal Fire Endangers Town
2-09-98The Coal Week, Washington, D.C. OSM's FY 1999 Budget Increases Funding for Acid Mine Drainage
2-7/8-98The Pottsville Republican & Evening Herald, Pottsville Kentucky Bats Safe and People, Too
2-08-98The Lexington Herald-Leader, Lexington, KentuckyRock Slide Injuries 1, Blocks Ky. 15 Traffic
2-08-98The Sunday Gazette-Mail, Charleston, West VirginiaState's Coal Prices Continue to Fall
2-08-98The Sunday Gazette-Mail, Charleston, West VirginiaMining Deaths Hit Record Low
2-07-98The Lexington Herald-Leader, Lexington, Kentucky Protect Our Forests
2-04-98The Pottsville Republican & Evening Herald, Pottsville, PennsylvaniaCoal-to-Oil Plan Praised by Senators
2-18-98The Charleston Gazette, Charleston, West Virginia Mountaintop Removal
2-16-98The Coal Week, Washington, D.C. Federal Briefs: AML Data; MSHA Penalty
2-16-98The Charleston Daily Mail, Charleston, West Virginia Mining Funds Could Be Used to Balance Budget
2-9-98The Mine Regulation Reporter, Arlington, Virginia Applicant Violator System: NMA Corporate Veil Can Be Pierced Only in Rare Situations
2-9-98The Mine Regulation Reporter, Arlington, Virginia Budgets: OSM Seeks $2M for Acid Run Off as Part of 1% Funding Increase
2-9-98The Mine Regulation Reporter, Arlington, Virginia Office of Surface Mining: Entries Sought for Awards
Winter 1998The Newsletter of Women in Mining, D.C. Chapter OSM Director is Guest Speaker at Holiday Luncheon
2-11-98The Columbus Dispatch, Columbus, Ohio Protestors Tie Up Mining Site Again
2-10-98The Columbus Dispatch, Columbus, Ohio Protestors Slow Logging in Forest
2-10-98The Coalfield Progress, Norton, Virginia House Approves Bill Dedicating Mine Discharge Fines to Tourism
2-09-98The Mining Week, Washington, D.C. OSM Seeking Surface Mining Award Nominations
2-08-98The Times Recorder, Zanesville, Ohio Putting the Big Muskie to Work
2-07-98 The Indianapolis News, Indianapolis, Indiana Residents Fear Smoldering Mine Fire May Wipe Out Pennsylvania Town
2-06-98The Lexington Herald-Leader, Lexington, Kentucky150 Lose Jobs With Closing of Arch Mine
2-03-98The Lexington Herald-Leader, Lexington, KentuckyCornett Woods Suit is Rejected
2-03-98The Lexington Herald-Leader, Lexington, Kentucky Some Kentucky Programs Would See Increased Funds
2-03-98The Louisville Courier-Journal, Louisville, KentuckyCoal Company Loses Suit Over Nature Area
2-02-98The Coal Week, Washington, D.C. Federal Brief: OSM
2-01-98The Lexington Herald-Leader, Lexington, KentuckyWildlife Officials Take Step Toward Restoring Elk Herds
2-01-98The Louisville Courier-Journal, Louisville, KentuckyCoal Industry Unites for Pollution Battle
1-29-98The Pottsville Republican & Even. Herald, Pottsville, Pennsylvania Coal/Gas Bill Aces First Test
1-29-98The Scranton Times, Scranton, Pennsylvania Aggressive Attack Planned for Mine Fire
1-28-98The Scranton Times, Scranton, Pennsylvania Cost of Fighting Coal Fire IncreasesBy $200,00
1-27-98The Pottsville Republican & Even. Herald, Pottsville, Pennsylvania 34 Centralia Holdouts Won't Abandon Coal
1-23-98The Pottsville Republican & Even. Herald, Pottsville, Pennsylvania Rich Seeks Support of Coal Gasification
2-4-98The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Pittsburgh, PennsylvaniaInterior Secretary Says Funds Available to Clear Mine-Polluted Streams
2-3-98The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Pittsburgh, PennsylvaniaAnti-Runoff Bid Could Aid Region
2-1-98The Sunday Gazette-Mail, Charleston, West VirginiaMine Mitigation' Offers Flexibility
1-31-98The Tribune-Democrat, Johnston, PennsylvaniaBabbitt to Visit Region
1-29-98The Louisville Courier-Journal, Louisville, Kentucky Patton Talks Mining to Sell Logging Bill
1-28-98The Lexington Herald-Leader, Lexington, KentuckyCommonwealth of Kentucky Natural Resources
1-26-98The Lexington Herald-Leader, Lexington, KentuckyState Worker Challenges Law on Running for Office
1-25-98The Sunday Gazette-Mail, Charleston, West Virginia
1-25-98The Associated PressPollution Settlement Reached
1-24-98The Charleston Gazette, Charleston, West VirginiaLittle Said About the Environment
1-22-98The Charleston Gazette, Charleston, West VirginiaOfficials Probe Mine Roof-Fall Death
1-21-98The Charleston Gazette, Charleston, VirginiaArch Coal Profits Top $30 Million
1-18-98The Sunday Gazette-Mail, Charleston, West Virginia Under Review: DEP Delays Big Strip Mine Permit
1-17-98The Charleston Gazette, Charleston, West Virginia DEP to Add Field Office Coordinators'
1-4-98The Charleston Gazette, Charleston, West Virginia Stripped Away
1-28-98The Charleston Gazette, Charleston, West VirginiaCorrection
1-26-98The Coal Week, Washington, D.C. Federal Briefs: OSM Forum; Noise Rule
1-26-98The Mine Regulation Reporter, Arlington, VirginiaBreaking News: Coal Agencies Focus on Safer, Environmentally Sound Production
1-26-98The Mine Regulation Reporter, Arlington, VirginiaSubsidence: Charles Parker vs. OSM
1-26-98The Mine Regulation Reporter, Arlington, VirginiaIBLA Decisions: Bonding: Glen Beverly.
1-26-98The Mining Week, Washington, D.C. U.S. Can't Turn Its Back on Coal, Says DOI Official
1-25-98The Columbus Dispatch, Columbus, Ohio AEP Wants to Open Museum in Coal Field
1-24-98The Bristol Herald-Courier, Bristol, Virginia/TennesseeEmergency Declaration to Help in Cleanup of Mud Slide
1-23-98The Lexington Herald-Leader, Lexington, KentuckyPatton Seeks Wider Range of Coal Tax Uses
1-23-98The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Pittsburgh PennsylvaniaImpatience Over Mine Fire Heats Up
1-22-98The Lexington Herald-Leader, Lexington, Kentucky Patton Budget Frees Up Coal Counties' Money
1-22-98The Lexington Herald-Leader, Lexington, Kentucky Mine Permit Near Park May Be Rescinded
1-22-98The Herald-Dispatch, Huntington, West Virginia Environmental Panel Blasts Mining Officials
1-22-98The Casper Star-Tribune, Casper, Wyoming Karpan Gets Earful From West Virginia Coalfield Residents
1-22-98The Patriot News Release Patriot Surface Mine Receives Commissioner's Award for Excellence
1-21-98The Charleston Gazette, Charleston, West VirginiaMountaintop Removal at Core of Debate
1-21-98The Associated Press Interior Says Treaty Can Be Met Without Using Less Coal
1-20-98The Charleston Gazette, Charleston, West VirginiaValley Fills: Mitigation Bill Unwise
1-20-98The Mining Week, Washington, D.C. IBLA Rejects Claims on Railroad, Pipeline
1-20-98The Mining Week, Washington, D.C. Request for Injunction Rejected by Federal Judge
1-19-98The Scranton Times, Scranton, Pennsylvania Water Poured on Burning Mix
1-15-98The Scranton Times, Scranton, Pennsylvania Fighting Underground Fire a Costly Enterprise
1-03-98The Casper Star-Tribune, Casper, Wyoming 5 Die in Abandoned Strip Mine
1-12-98The Lexington Herald-Leader, Lexington, KentuckyCoal Miners' Old City Refuses to Fade Away
1-08-98The Charleston Daily Mail, Charleston, West VirginiaTrying to Turn Back the Clock
1-05-98The Lexington Herald-Leader, Lexington, KentuckyCouple Work to Preserve Local History
12-09-97The Wall Street Journal Canadian Rockies Coal Project Sparks Ire
1-13-98The Coalfield Progress, Norton, Virginia Federal Coal Symposium Planned Jan.21
1-12-98The Mine Regulation Reporter, Arlington, VirginiaOffice of Surface Mining: OSM Touts Cleans Streams Effort as Human Rights Initiative
1-12-98The Mine Regulation Reporter, Arlington, VirginiaOffice of Surface Mining: Farmland Forum Draws Near
1-12-98The Mine Regulation Reporter, Arlington, VirginiaZoning:Deep Mining Ok'd Within VA. Town Limits
1-12-98The Mine Regulation Reporter, Arlington, VirginiaBlasting: Richard Gehres
1-12-98The Mine Regulation Reporter, Arlington, VirginiaSMCRA: Citizens Coal Council ET AL.
1-12-98The Mine Regulation Reporter, Arlington, VirginiaPennsylvania: PA. Encourages AML Coal Removal
1-12-98The Mine Regulation Reporter, Arlington, VirginiaBreaking News: OSM Hosts One-Day Forum On Coal
1-07-98The Bristol Herald-Courier, Bristol, Tennessee/Virginia Buchanan Board Bound for D.C.
1-07-98The Bristol Herald-Courier, Bristol, Tennessee/Virginia Supervisors Review Gas Well Tax
1-07-98The St.Louis Post-Dispatch, St.Louis, Missouri Exxon Seeks Buyer for Sealed Mine
Jan.-Feb. 1998The Carnegie Magazine Saving Our Mountain Streams
1-05-98The Times Leader, Martins Ferry Officials Doubt Signs Could Stop Disaster
1-05-98The Mining Week, Washington, D.C. OSM Director Outlines Initiatives, Announces Symposium
1-05-98St. Louis Post-Dispatch, St. Louis, Missouri$128,000 Grant OK'd for Public Park on Site of Old Mine
1-03-98THE MORNING CALL 5 Drown When Jeep Slides Into Mine Pit
1-03-98The Washington Post, Washington, D.C. Jeep Breaks Through Ice, Killing Five Pennsylvania Joy-Riders
1-02-98The Charleston Gazette (ON-LINE), Charleston, West Virginia Stripped Away

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