The Week in Coal - 1/4/10

by: heath_harrison

Mon Jan 04, 2010 at 23:00:31 PM EST

- U.S. mining deaths hit a record low in 2009, thanks to stricter safety regulations.
Don Nehlen and Friends of Coal's "Be more like China" plan foiled?

- Got a question for one of the participants in the upcoming Kennedy-Blankenship debate? Go here to submit it.

- The four Climate Ground Zero activists arrested last week have been freed.

"It was a trumped up charge by Walker Cat," said James McGuinness, " who we were told by correctional officers has just been sold to an out of state company. At this point it is not about jobs..."

- Judge Chambers allowed Fola Coal to continue operating until the dispute over fill permits is resolved.

-Ken Ward Jr.writes about the fourth anniversary of the Sago disaster.

-another week, another straw man editorial from the Logan Banner.

- Dunkard Creek:

John McCoy has a staff column in the Gazette about who will pay for the  clean-up.

WV Public Broadcasting reports on the restoration plans.

and Penn Future and Friends of Dunkard Creek have filed an appeal over the Shannopin Mine Dewatering Project.

Steve Earl - The Mountain