Appalachia (United States)

Type: City

Name: Appalachia (United States)

Country: United States

Latitude: 36.906799

Longitude: -82.781799

population: 1,704

First reported 9 hours ago - Updated 9 hours ago - 1 reports

West Virginia University

Weirton Madonna to hold commencement Sunday

From staff reports , Weirton Daily TimesSave | Post a comment |WEIRTON - Weirton Madonna High School will be holding commencement exercises for the Class of 2013 at 3 p.m. Sunday at St. Joseph the Worker Parish.The top students from the Class of 2013 ... [Published Weirton Daily Times - 9 hours ago]

Entities: Mary Parish, Mary Davis, Joseph Holmes, West Virginia University

First reported 23 hours ago - Updated 22 hours ago - 1 reports

Baker Hughes Inc

UPDATE 1-US natgas rig count edges up from 18-yr low -Baker Hughes

* Gas-directed rig count climbs slightly from 18-year low* Horizontal rigs fall for first time in three weeks* Oil rig count drops after three straight weekly gainsNEW YORK, May 17 (Reuters) - The number of rigs drilling fornatural gas in the United States ... [Published Reuters - 23 hours ago]

Entities: Baker Hughes Inc, Natural Gas, Appalachia (United States), US Energy Information Administration

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

Carleton College

We Are Defined by Our (Cultural) Boundaries

Recently, my friends Hazel Markus and Alana Conner published a book on culture. It isn't a book on exploring cultures or talking about why you should always accept a business card from a Japanese business man with two hands and admire it. Instead, Cl ... [Published Psychology Today - May 16 2013]

Entities: Camille Johnson, Ethnicity, Carleton College

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 2 reports

4th Circuit upholds Alpha mine permit decision

Read the ruling here.CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- A federal appeals court has upheld a decision that cleared the way for a Clean Water Act permit needed for a new mountaintop removal mine in Logan County.On Wednesday, a 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel ... [Published Charleston Gazette - May 16 2013]

Entities: Mining, Paul V. Niemeyer, Appalachia (United States), Environment

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

Noble Energy Inc

Bob Ovitz: Natural gas to power our region's transportation future

Improving air quality, increasing energy production, and enhancing security are all widely shared goals for our region and for the nation -- and the natural gas industry is making positive progress toward realizing them.Across Appalachia, including a ... [Published Charleston Gazette - May 16 2013]

Entities: Natural Gas, Compressed Natural Gas, Noble Energy Inc

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

EIA: Coal expected to recapture some market from gas

After losing a big chunk of market share to natural gas, coal is expected to snatch back some of its share as producer of domestic energy. That's according to data from the Energy Information Administration's newly released short-term energy outlook. ... [Published State Journal - May 15 2013]

Entities: Coal, Natural Gas, Adam Sieminski

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

Save the Children

Save the Children Supporters Draw Community Together in Annual Sale

Every inch of the Daum family’s lawn and driveway in Larchmont, N.Y., was stacked with a treasure-trove of clothes, electronics, furniture and books this past Sunday. At first glance, the tag sale may seem like any other large sale of its kind – well-stocked ... [Published Save the Children USA - May 15 2013]

Entities: Save the Children, Larchmont (United States), Appalachia (United States), Bar Mitzvah, Donations

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

May is National Bike Month — a perfect time for our community to recognize and celebrate all the ben

The San Joaquin Valley’s blessing is its curse.It was once part of a great inland sea stretching 450 miles from the Cascade Mountains north of modern-day Redding to the Tehachapi Mountains just south of Bakersfield. It varies in width from 40 to 60 miles ... [Published Turlock Journal - May 15 2013]

Entities: Central Valley (United States), US Environmental Protection Agency, San Joaquin Valley, Air Pollution

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

Editorial: Coal down, gas up

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Another national report confirms that West Virginia's economy is undergoing a historic transition: Mined-out mid-Appalachian coal operations are fading, while the new Marcellus gas industry booms. Easy-to-reach coal seams mostly are ... [Published Charleston Gazette - May 15 2013]

Entities: Coal, Appalachia (United States), Mineral, Mining, United States

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 2 reports

Foundation has big year

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- It was an especially good year for the Greater Kanawha Valley Foundation, which received $61.5 million in contributions in 2012, president and CEO Becky Ceperley said during the foundation's 2012 Annual Report to the Community on ... [Published Charleston Gazette - May 15 2013]

Entities: Charleston Area Medical Center, Appalachia (United States), Ford Foundation

First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 14 2013 - 1 reports

Rahall reintroduces legislation aimed at protecting coal, limiting the EPA’s overreach

WASHINGTOIN U.S. Representative Nick J. Rahall, D-W.Va., the top Democrat on the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, is reintroducing legislation today that would prevent the EPA?s overreach in the Clean Water Act permitting process. Rahall said ... [Published Bluefield Daily Telegraph - May 14 2013]

Entities: Coal, Appalachia (United States), Clean Water Act, Coal Mining

First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 14 2013 - 1 reports

Joanne G. Hill lobbies to save mountaintops

Mrs. Hill went to Washington ... and came down on the side of the mountains.Joanne Golden Hill, a Burnside resident with deep roots in the community, spent last week in Washington D.C. with the Alliance for Appalachia group, which bills themselves as ... [Published Individual.com - May 14 2013]

Entities: Hal Rogers, Clean Water Protection Act, John Golden, Black Mountain (United States), Toxic

Quotes

"Our pathology — where we actually see the lung tissue, we actually see the scars, we see the dust — confirms we're seeing a problem" says Robert Cohen, the lead researcher and chairman of pulmonary and critical care medicine at Cook County Health and Hospital System in Illinois

Doctors Confirm Black Lung In Victims Of Mine Blast [Published KCLU - May 17 2013]

"Worthington has always been an acquisitive company," he said. "The idea was to use steel downstream, where the value added is greater, and the profit was greater."

Worthington Industries expands with oil, gas boom [Published PredictWallStreet - May 17 2013]

"He said, 'That's why I put you on all those committees together,' " Betty recalled

Ex-UWM professor thrived on missionary work [Published Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - May 16 2013]

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Weirton Madonna to hold commencement Sunday [Published Weirton Daily Times - 9 hours ago]
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Worthington Industries expands with oil, gas boom [Published PredictWallStreet - May 17 2013]
We Are Defined by Our (Cultural) Boundaries [Published Psychology Today - May 16 2013]
Ex-UWM professor thrived on missionary work [Published Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - May 16 2013]
Running right: Are mountaintop removal concerns... [Published Charleston Gazette - May 16 2013]
Bob Ovitz: Natural gas to power our region's tr... [Published Charleston Gazette - May 16 2013]
4th Circuit upholds Alpha mine permit decision [Published Charleston Gazette - May 16 2013]
4th Circuit upholds Alpha mine permit decision [Published Charleston Gazette - May 15 2013]
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Pregnancy Test Frog May Have Spread Fatal Fungus [Published LiveScience.com - May 15 2013]
EIA: Coal expected to recapture some market fro... [Published State Journal - May 15 2013]
The Economic Benefits and Costs of Frac-Sand Mi... [Published Institute for Agricultural and Trade Policy - May 15 2013]
Report: Outlook not good for coal country [Published Daily Caller - May 15 2013]
Save the Children Supporters Draw Community Tog... [Published Save the Children USA - May 15 2013]
May is National Bike Month — a perfect time for... [Published Turlock Journal - May 15 2013]
PASSION FOR PLACE: Lockland [Published Cincinnati Enquirer - May 15 2013]
Editorial: Coal down, gas up [Published Charleston Gazette - May 15 2013]
Foundation has big year [Published Charleston Gazette - May 15 2013]
Foundation has big year [Published Charleston Gazette - May 15 2013]
Rahall reintroduces legislation aimed at protec... [Published Bluefield Daily Telegraph - May 14 2013]
Active Movers -MediSwipeInc, Strategic Rare Ear... [Published SBWire - May 14 2013]
Joanne G. Hill lobbies to save mountaintops [Published Individual.com - May 14 2013]
Penn Virginia Corporation to Participate in Upc... [Published GlobeNewswire - May 13 2013]

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In the West, Big Coal Makes Its Stand [Published Pike Research - 19 hours ago] Overshadowed by the debate over natural gas exports , a battle is brewing in the Western United States over exports of coal to Europe and, especially, to the booming economies of Asia. Buoyed by rising overseas demand for American coal, big coal producers ...
Charlotte Teach-In: “We can no longer afford to... [Published The Understory : Understory.RAN.org - May 08 2013] Last night, Saint Matthew’s Catholic Church in Charlotte graciously hosted a panel discussion on “Communities and Coal.” We were lucky to hear from panelists from communities impacted by coal in Appalachia and the Pacific Northwest, as well as from experts ...
Fracking ourselves to death in Pennsylvania [Published Grist - the Latest from Grist - May 04 2013] Not An Alternative More than 70 years ago, a chemical attack was launched against Washington state and Nevada. It poisoned people, animals, everything that grew, breathed air, and drank water. The Marshall Islands were also struck. This formerly pristine ...
What if we never run out of oil? [Published Grist - the Latest from Grist - May 03 2013] WCN 24/7 A fracking well in Lawrence County, Pa. As the great research ship Chikyu left Shimizu in January to mine the explosive ice beneath the Philippine Sea, chances are good that not one of the scientists aboard realized they might be closing ...
Fracking ourselves to Death: Hydrocarbons are b... [Published Informed Comment - May 03 2013] Ellen Cantarow writes at Tomdispatch.com : More than 70 years ago, a chemical attack was launched against Washington State and Nevada. It poisoned people, animals, everything that grew, breathed air, and drank water. The Marshall Islands were also ...

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