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Appalachian miners decry what call Obama's 'war on coal'
2013-09-17 07:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LA Times: When President Obama laid out ambitious plans in June for combating climate change, coal miners like Roger Horton heard what they considered the latest fusillade in the administration's "war on coal." Until his retirement two weeks ago, Horton, 59, worked underground for decades in southern West Virginia's Logan County, then operated a 200-ton earth-moving truck to remove debris from blasted mountaintops. A milestone in Obama's initiative will come this week, when the Environmental Protection...
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Appalachian Power Not Seeking Fuel Rate Hike In VA
2013-07-13 23:11:45| Energy - Topix.net
Appalachian Power says it's not seeking to increase what the utility charges Virginia customers to recover its fuel costs.
Appalachian Power seeks Va. OK for power switch
2013-05-30 19:23:39| Energy - Topix.net
Appalachian Power is asking state regulators to approve the conversion of a coal-fired power plant in southwest Virginia to natural gas.
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Appalachian Power says crews ready for storm
2013-01-17 11:35:34| Energy - Topix.net
Appalachian Power says it's making preparations for possible power outages from a storm expected to bring heavy, wet snow to its service areas in southwestern Virginia and southern West Virginia.