By Scott Harper, The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk, Va. Jun. 22--ST. PAUL By any standard, it is the biggest environmental controversy in Virginia today -- a $1.8 billion power plant, proposed by the state's largest electric company, in the heart of coal country here in mountainous southwest Virginia.

By SCOTT HARPER By Scott Harper The Virginian-Pilot st. paul By any standard, it is the biggest environmental controversy in Virginia today - a $1.8 billion power plant, proposed by the state's largest electric company, in the heart of coal country here in mountainous southwest Virginia.

By GREG EDWARDS After coal strip mining began around Kathy Selvage's Wise County home in 2005, early-morning Bible reading on the front porch became unbearable for her elderly mother, Selvage said.

By Greg Edwards, Richmond Times-Dispatch, Va. Sep. 26--After coal strip mining began around Kathy Selvage's Wise County home in 2005, early-morning Bible reading on the front porch became unbearable for her elderly mother, Selvage said.