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This Massey Energy impoundment near Whitesville, W. Va. Is permitted to hold nine billion gallons of coal waste sludge.

This Massey Energy impoundment near Whitesville, W. Va. Is permitted to hold nine billion gallons of coal waste sludge.

Legislative Update
 

Sludge in the news

“Massey has destroyed the wells and the water ” 7/27

Activists raise concerns about coal mine slurry injection in Illinois 7/19

Musician Kathy Mattea speaks on dangers of coal mining   7/10

Farewell to an Unlikely Hero   7/03

Senator Robert Byrd: An Appreciation   7/01

On Coal River: An Interview With Ed Wiley   6/30

Mingo coal slurry cases moved once again   6/18

Spill at base of valley fill on Clear Fork of Coal River   6/17

SBA agrees to provide remaining money for Marsh Fork school   6/15

More Money Needed   6/14

DEP, legislators await coal slurry health report   6/07

Mingo coal slurry cases moved to Jackson   6/03

Ansted water tests show regulated metals   5/24

Massey says prep plant nearing completion   5/13

A Study of Water Quality in Appalachia   5/01

Funds secured for new school   5/01

Annenberg Foundation Offers $2.5 Million to Relocate School   4/30

Coal River Valley community disappointed with SBA's decision   4/29

SBA shortfall creates a need for other funding resources   4/28

Official says Marsh Fork school grant is 'an insult'   4/27

The U.S. government as well as an arrogant corporation contributed to the deaths of 29 miners.   4/22

Study links stream coal-mine pollution to higher cancer rates   4/21

Documentary took aim at Massey   4/19

West Virgina Mine Company Involved in Other Accidents   4/10

Coal River Valley communities grab nation's attention   4/10

Safety advocates praise Obama's interest in mining disaster   4/10

Byrd on the Attack Against Massey   4/10

The Man Behind the Massey Disaster: Donald Blankenship's Storied Career of Misdeeds   4/8

Tip of Iceberg of Massey's Titanic Violations: 72-Foot Tidal Wave of Coal Sludge Looms Above Affected Mining Communities   4/8

WVDEP checking impoundments near explosion site   4/8

Raleigh County needs $7 million from state to replace elementary in shadow of coal silo  4/1

Ohio EPA and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Accept Public Comments about Slurry Pond 3/30

Byrd encouraged by Massey's donation for school 3/26

Senator Byrd's demands finally met by Massey Energy 3/26

Volunteers hope years of hard work will help get construction under way 3/25

Byrd encouraged by Massey's donation for school 3/25

Coal-Fired Plants Drink 1.5 Trillion Gallons of Water and We Drink the Dirty Backwash 3/23

Superintendent: Marsh Fork Kids Deserve Better  3/23

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