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U.S. / NEWS Mon Aug 27, 2007 @ 8:25am neoform

USA Today -- Rescuers admit it's a long shot, but a robotic camera dropped deep inside a Utah mountain could be the best chance officials have of finding any sign of six men missing for 21 days in a caved-in coal mine. The 8-inch robot was lowered more than 1,500 f.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Aug 22, 2007 @ 8:16am neoform

USA Today -- Coal mine boss Bob Murray said Wednesday he is hurt by critics who say he ran an unsafe mine and wasn't doing enough to find six missing miners trapped deep underground. He said he emotionally "came apart" after a second cave-in killed three rescuers... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Aug 15, 2007 @ 3:54pm neoform

USA Today -- Rescuers are running out of options to rescue six coal miners trapped by a cave-in nearly 10 days ago, and experts are giving long odds against finding the men alive. As crews slowly dig a path to the men's presumed location at the Crandall Canyon mine.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue Sep 4, 2007 @ 3:49pm neoform

USA Today -- A cave-in killed a miner in West Virginia's coal country, marking the second mine fatality in the area in a month. The state is investigating the death Monday at the mine in Mingo County, about 80 miles southwest of Charleston, said Terry Farley of the.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Aug 22, 2007 @ 8:17am neoform

MSNBC -- In that middle section, the mine was cut like a city block, leaving pillars of coal holding up the mountain above. MSHA approved a plan allowing the operators to pull out the pillars, a practice called “retreat mining,” which causes deliberate, contro.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Aug 9, 2007 @ 8:21am neoform

USA Today -- Barring mechanical breakdown, rescue teams hope to drill two lifelines by late today or Friday to six coal miners trapped deep inside a central Utah mountain, the mine's operator said Wednesday. A 2½-inch hole was drilled to 1,000 feet by 11:30 p.m. M.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Aug 9, 2007 @ 8:21am neoform

Washington Post -- As he keeps watch outside the Utah coal mine where six of his employees have been trapped since Monday, Robert E. Murray angrily fends off suggestions that it was his company's mining technique, and not an earthquake, that caused the collapse 1,500 feet b.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon Aug 6, 2007 @ 4:38pm neoform

BBC News -- Rescue teams are working to free six miners trapped after a tunnel in a coal mine collapsed in the western US state of Utah, local authorities said. The incident is believed to have been triggered by a 4.0 magnitude quake, which struck a few miles away.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon May 28, 2007 @ 9:59am neoform

SF Gate -- California took its final step toward weaning itself off coal last week, while the rest of the nation -- and the world -- continued going resolutely in the opposite direction, one that environmentalists say bodes ill for the fight against global warming... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon May 14, 2007 @ 3:10pm neoform

Washington Post -- A Depression-era program to bring electricity to rural areas is using taxpayer money to provide billions of dollars in low-interest loans to build coal plants even as Congress seeks ways to limit greenhouse gas emissions. That government support is a m.. Read More

U.S. / OPINION Fri Mar 23, 2007 @ 1:27pm neoform

Alter Net -- Banks have a habit of using your savings to give credit to unseemly industries like cluster bomb manufacturers and Big Coal -- but finding a practical alternative can be tricky. What if you had a solid, reliable business partner who, you discovered, ha.. Read More

U.S. / OPINION Mon Feb 5, 2007 @ 6:43pm neoform

Alter Net -- Find out which banks are part of the problem, and which are part of the solution, in the fight against global climate change... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Oct 20, 2006 @ 10:59am neoform

Real Cities -- Thanks to the high prices of oil and natural gas, the electricity industry is turning back to coal, America's oldest and most abundant fossil fuel, to drive a new generation of power plants. The upshot is that even as politicians take the threat of globa.. Read More