Associated Press: State regulators have approved a permit change that will allow Massey Energy to start a mountaintop removal mine on a Southern West Virginia site that environmentalists are trying to preserve for a wind farm. Federal permits for the 6,000-acre Coal River Mountain project are pending, but last week’s action by the state Department of Environmental protection allows Richmond, Va.-based Massey to start mining on a 150-acre tract. It also removes another hurdle to the larger …