Mining

Politicians Save "Potent Weapon Against Global Warming," Canadian Boreal Forest

Reuters | Deborah Zabarenko | Posted 11.19.2008 | Green

Read More: Natural Resources, Environmental Policy, Green News, Mining, Climate Change, Boreal Forest, Oil, Environment, Logging, Conservation, Canada, Deforestation, Global Warming, Green News

Politicians actually listened when experts told them to protect Canada's boreal forest, a potent weapon against global warming, and the plan for this ...

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Bush Not Done Endangering Earth Just Yet

McClatchy Newspapers | Renee Schoof | Posted 11.07.2008 | Green

Read More: Grand Canyon, Mining, George W. Bush, Environment, Uranium, Grand Canyon Uranium, Endangered Species, Mountaintop Removal, Pollution, Coal, Green News

WASHINGTON -- In the next few weeks, the Bush administration is expected to relax environmental-protection rules on power plants near national parks, ...

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Speed Readers on Steroids

Carl Pope | Posted 10.27.2008 | Politics

Read More: Grand Canyon, Environment, Bush Administration, Endangered Species Act, Mining, Epa, Politics News
Carl Pope

The struggle between public servants in environmental agencies and the political servants of polluters in the White House continues. In writing about ...

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Rabbi Dennis Shulman: Battling an "Enemy of the Environment"

Simran Sethi | Posted 10.20.2008 | Green

Read More: Scott Garrett, Genius of Genesis, Dennis Shulman, Abraham Joshua Heschel, Congress, Psychotherapist, Sarah Palin, Jewish, 5th Congressional District, Blind, Religion, Chavurah Beth Shalom, New Jersey, David Patterson, Mining, Martin Luther King Jr., Global Warming, Rabbi, Green News
Simran Sethi

A portion of this interview first appeared in Heeb. Governor Sarah Palin has demonstrated that anyone can run for office. This is both good and bad...

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McCain Approves Bush's Rush To Open Grand Canyon To Toxic Uranium Mining

The Wonk Room | Brad Johnson | Posted 10.15.2008 | Green

Read More: Energy, Toxic, Grand Canyon, Mining, Uranium Mining, Uranium, Environment, Mccain, Bush, Green News

The Bush Administration is rushing forward with plans to mine the Grand Canyon for uranium, ignoring a command from Congress to cease such operations....

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And Now a Question for Governor Palin

Carl Pope | Posted 10.01.2008 | Green

Read More: Mining, Sarah Palin, Environmnent, Green News
Carl Pope

Question: "Should mining operators be permitted to destroy streams or should mining companies, have to protect their neighbors by keeping their waste material out of our waterways?"

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Wall of Silence Surrounds Campaigns as Africa Suffers

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 09.26.2008 | Style

Read More: Democratic Republic of Congo, Copper, Exploitation, Mining, United Nations, Gold, Obama, Mccain, Campaign Issues, Style News
Georgianne Nienaber

Make no mistake about it, there is a violent resource war happening in Congo and a great wall of silence has been erected around it.

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Both Ways on Coal? Obama, McCain Embrace "Clean Coal," Not Mountaintop Removal

The Daily Green | Posted 09.22.2008 | Green

Read More: Obama Energy Policy, Energy, John McCain, Clean Coal, Mining, Mccain Energy Policy, Mountaintop Removal, Coal, Coal Mining, Barack Obama, Green News

In a story, fittingly, featured in the Charleston Gazette, in West Virginia's coal country, about people are puzzling over how John McCain and Barack ...

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The Department of Labor: A Damage Assessment

Rep. George Miller | Posted 09.01.2008 | Politics

Read More: Labor, Elaine Chao, Workers, Labor Day, Wages, Mining, Labor Department, Katrina, President Bush, Worker Safety, Politics News
Rep. George Miller

Our nation's workers, battered by unfair global competition, stagnant wages, declining benefits, and poor employer compliance with labor laws, deserve a Department of Labor that lives up to its name.

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4 Things Sarah Palin Believes About the Environment

Maura Judkis | Posted 08.29.2008 | Green

Read More: Oil Drilling, Mining, McCain Palin, Mccain's Vice President Sarah Palin, Sarah Palin, Environment, Oil, 2008 Campaign, Polar Bears, Sarah Palin Vice President, Governor of Alaska, 2008 Presidential Campaign, Fishing, Alaska Oil, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Sarah Palin Vp, Sarah Palin Reaction, Green News
Maura Judkis

Palin believes that we should drill in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, which McCain has previously opposed. She also supports offshore drilling.

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It's Time to Reregulate Business, Part II

Hale "Bonddad" Stewart | Posted 04.01.2008 | Business

Read More: Economy, US Economy, Bush Economy, U.S. Economy, Faa, Mining, Airplanes, FAA Safety, Wal-Mart, Flying, Business News
Hale

As if on cue, more news is coming out that shows how the government has let business say and do things that aren't good for the U.S. public's health or overall working conditions.

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Max Follmer

Sticking With The Story: How One Newspaper Didn't Stop Digging

HuffingtonPost.com | Max Follmer | Posted 11.06.2007 | Home

Read More: Crandall Canyon, Mine Safety, Charleston Gazette, Sago Mine, Coal Mining, Mining, Home News

As Congress takes another look at the safety issues plaguing the nation's coal mines, a documentary team from PBS' Expose series is shining a spotligh...

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Max Follmer

Tougher Mine Safety Rules Clear Hurdle In House

HuffingtonPost.com | Max Follmer | Posted 10.31.2007 | Politics

Read More: Robert Murray, Richard Stickler, Msha, Mining, Crandall Canyon, Mine, Utah, Bob Murray, Mine Safety and Health Administration, Politics News

A panel of lawmakers investigating the August mine disaster that claimed nine lives at Crandall Canyon in Utah approved tougher mine safety rules Wedn...

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Mining in a Perfect World

Cecil E. Roberts | Posted 09.07.2007 | Politics

Read More: Mining Disaster, Mine Rescue, United Mine Workers of America, Bob Murray Mine, Bob Murray, Bob Murray Blame, Mining, Politics News
Cecil E. Roberts

You may have gathered that Bob Murray is none too fond of the United Mine Workers of America, nor of me personally. Over the last month, he has blamed us, other mine experts, the news media and phantom earthquakes -- everyone but himself.

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CEO Robert Murray Proves You Don't Have to be a Miner to be a Mine Hero

Katie Halper | Posted 09.05.2007 | Politics

Read More: Bob Murray, Heroes, Mining, Mine, Hearings, Politics News
Katie Halper

I speak of Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao, and MSHA president Richard Stickler, and, of course, CEO Robert Murray. To them I present the Awards for Non-Miner Mine Heroes.

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