7-31
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Massey is still in red: Weak demand for coal blamed for quarterly losses
|
7-31
 
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Voting
and Democracy: The Challenges Ahead
|
7-31
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MSHA
launches safety sweep |
7-31
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Media
consolidation, lack of funding hurt local broadcasting
|
7-31
|
Old
bridges worry truckers (And
paying for upgrades so the coal industry can have a
free-for-all worries taxpayers)
|
7-31
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Commissioners
advance funds to coal project
|
7-31
 
|
ACLU
and Arab American Groups File Lawsuit Over Element of USA
Patriot Act
|
7-31
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Some
Indian Tribes Balk at Energy Measure
|
7-31
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GOP
Senators Block Changes in Power Industry Bill
|
7-31
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Senators
Wrestle With Impacts of Reducing Mercury
|
7-31
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AEP
plant reducing air pollution locally Weather
Cools Results for Duke and AEP
|
7-31
|
Drought
leaves Europe's farmers helpless Heat
wave, drought are crippling European economy Parts
of China facing worst drought in a decade Warming
Up to Reducing Greenhouse Gases Senators
urged to support carbon dioxide reductions
|
7-31
|
Ireland
gives 300 MW wind farm green light
|
7-31
|
Firm
may face criminal case over slurry
|
7-30
|
Massey
dam failure subject of criminal probe
|
7-30
|
Coal
road talks start with maps; Next public hearing is today in
Beckley
|
7-30
|
Ways to detect old mines studied
Mine-flood
prevention device on tap (...Sure
hope "Friend of Coal" Don Nehlen helps China get
this technology...but wait--he wants West Virginia to compete
with the world's deadliest coal industry...) 37
Miners Trapped in E. China Coal Mine Flood Accident
|
7-30
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New
Estimates on Senate Carbon Dioxide Emissions Plan
|
7-30
|
GOP
Senators Blame Nature for Climate Change
|
7-30
|
Canada's
climate change close up
|
7-30
|
Energy
Monoliths Could Return
|
7-30
|
Coalbed methane: Drilling
proposal divides Montana citizens Natural
Gas Search in W. Kentucky (scroll
down) Look out water!
|
7-30
|
With
Sun on Roof, More Yen in the Pocket In North Carolina:
Green
power ready for sale
|
7-29
|
Drill
going down deep to test rock formation; Group wants to know if
gas can be stored there
|
7-29
|
Gall--Monster
truck demand
|
7-29
|
MSHA
launches mine-safety blitz after increase in deaths
|
7-29
|
Fresh
Hope for Fat Cats
|
7-29
|
In
a power bar of a bill, the Senate tackles energy
|
7-29
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Kentucky
program rewards energy-saving ideas UK
fund pushes oil, mining firms to be more green (And
meanwhile, in West Virginia, coal companies spend millions on advertising
where they claim coal is "cleaner and greener,"
while carrying on a massacre of our forests, streams and
futures.)
|
7-28
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Besides
flat land, mountaintop mining creates 'godawful mess'
|
7-28
|
Cecil Roberts: Massey
CEO displays cavalier attitude toward state
|
7-28
|
Coal
truck drivers await changes
|
7-28
|
2
Senators Aim to Put Others on Record on Emissions Cap
|
7-28
|
Big
Sandy Plant says system cuts pollution
|
7-28
|
Bush’s
emissions plan is flexible, but not risky
Clean
Coal project
 (scroll
down for the audio) (Clear
Skies is more accurately called Clear Lies. Every day we learn
climate change is already worse than we thought--see below.
And as long as there is mountaintop removal, there is no such
thing as "clean" coal.)
|
7-28
|
Global
warming is now a weapon of mass destruction; It kills more
people than terrorism, yet Blair and Bush do nothing
Getting
Hotter
|
7-28
|
EPA
Will Reconsider Enforcement Policies
; Lawsuit
Spurs Retreat on Clean Air Act Provisions
|
7-28
|
GOP
Senators to Push Energy Bill
|
7-28
|
Orthodox
leader blesses green agenda
|
7-27
|
OSM
lacks plan for mine cleanup
|
7-27
|
Long
haul for new coal rules Surrounding
states handle coal truck limits differently Enforcement
is key if coal truck bill is to work
|
7-27
|
Some
bridges need upgrading
|
7-27
|
Pennsylvania
Mine Rescue Remembered Who's
a Hero Now?
|
7-27
|
Europe
and America, Partners (Sort of)
|
7-26
|
Mountain
Top Mining Debate Continues
|
7-26
|
Experts:
Global warming is real and getting worse Experts
at US Conference on Global Warming Say Bush's Position
‘Ludicrous'
|
7-26
|
Japan:
Fuel cell batteries eyed for household use
|
7-26
|
Wind
farms may face more scrutiny
|
7-26
|
Advance
coal fines struck down; Appeals court calls Kentucky measure
unconstitutional Coal
companies won't be required to pay fines before contesting
them
|
7-26
|
Senate
Considers Action on Energy Bill (From
extraction, to hauling, to burning to disposing of the ash,
there is no such thing as "clean" coal.)
|
7-26
|
Victim's
family sues trucking firm, driver
|
7-26
|
Supreme
Court refuses to hear Marsh Fork plea (Now
Massey can have at the mountains behind the high school. When
you see and hear the Massey public relations tripe about how
they support schools--just remember this is the second school
Massey has "supported" this year--"supported
all the way to closing forever.)
|
7-25
|
Witnesses
demand better use of mine reclamation funds; Officials say
backlog of projects must be addressed
|
7-25
|
Coal
industry spokesman defends study
|
7-25
|
Picnic
a boon for
Logan
; Massey event may be largest in county history, official say
|
7-25
|
Mountaintop
removal study ‘a sham and a shame;’ Environmentalists
outnumber coal supporters in 2nd hearing What
a great showing, and what informative, moving comments!
Many thanks
to all of you who came out or were with us in spirit!
|
7-25
|
Delusions
of grandeur; Mountaintop mine sites no basis for E. Ky.
prosperity
|
7-25
|
Kentucky
politics: More money, less debate
|
7-25
|
10
States to Discuss Curbs on Power-Plant Emissions
|
7-25
|
Cutbacks
'a real slap in the face'
|
7-25
|
Court
orders Massey to post secure bond in lawsuit it lost
|
7-25
|
Bald
tires may have caused coal truck accident, police say
|
7-25
|
Pa.
mining company gets loan for acid cleanup (Scroll
down)
|
7-25
|
Government
Offers Plan to Coordinate Climate Study US
Research Plan Another Tactic to Delay Action on Global Warming
Climate
Research Called No Excuse for Inaction
|
7-25
|
FCC
Chairman's Star a Little Dimmer; Defeat on Capitol Hill Raises
Questions About Powell's Political Savvy Bush
to Fight Congress on Rolling Back TV Cap
|
7-25
|
Congress
Has Second Thoughts On Patriot Act Patriot
Act abuses
|
7-24
|
Consol
bucks trend, posts profit; Natural gas sales credited with
coal company's results
|
7-24
|
Miner
killed in Raleigh was sixth state fatality of 2003 Officials
look into death of MacArthur man in Raleigh mine
|
7-24
|
City
police expect peaceful mine protest (That
"one group" includes OVEC; we contact police before
events to make sure they know our plans are peaceful.)
|
7-24
|
White
House to Unveil Global Warming Plan Taking
On Global Climate Change; Planned Study Is Decried as Stalling
Meanwhile... Global
warming interferes with Alaska oil drilling Abnormal
weather observed worldwide Northern
N.E. winter shrinking, study says Warming
tropics doom fauna States
taking measures to combat global warming
|
7-24
|
F.C.C.
Media Rule Blocked in House in a 400-to-21 Vote House
Votes to Prevent Change in Media Rule
Bush's Four Horsemen
|
7-24
|
Mass
extinction feared from carbon stored under Earth's crust
|
7-24
|
Roberts-Blankenship
Face Off On Talkline
Audio excerpts
|
7-23
|
Coal
industry dominates Ky. hearing WE
NEED YOU! Please come out for the Thursday hearing in
Charleston!
Click
here for details. (Dan
Kash, mentioned in the Gazette article, is an OVEC
board member) More
information here.
|
7-23
|
House
to Vote on PATRIOT Act Amendment - Action Needed Today
|
7-23
|
Mountaintop
removal foes, backers speak Mountaintop
coal mining vilified, praised at hearing
|
7-23
|
Coal
miners defend practice of mountaintop mining
|
7-23
|
Union
leader, coal chief square off
|
7-23
|
Maps
blamed for mine accident
|
7-23
|
Enough
is never enough for coal (Scroll
down)
|
7-23
|
Massey
picnic fight has no legal standing, board says
|
7-23
|
Official:
DEP didn't cause less water in Rock Lick
|
7-23
|
House
May Block Part Of FCC's Media Plan Republicans
Are Adding Weight to Reversal of F.C.C. Media Rule White
House Threatens Veto on Media-Ownership Cap Action
Alert: Call now to restore media cross-ownership ban
|
7-23
|
"Twenty
Hydrogen Myths" Challenges Fuel Cell Skeptics (pdf)
|
7-23
|
Judge
nixes effort to block Massey school bus rental
|
7-22
|
Mountaintop
mining: Permissive permitting doesn't jibe with study
INFORMATION
|
7-22
|
Forest
reclamation rules criticized; Proposal for mine sites amounts
to 'backsliding' from law, group says
|
7-22
|
Massey
picnic in courts again
|
7-22
|
President
Bush takes prudent stance on coal, pollution (Public Relations Spin doesn't change reality, and carbon
sequestration is an unproven technology at best, an ecocidal
delay from the transition to truly clean energies at worst.)
|
7-22
|
Methane-well
fight pits reservation, EPA officials Agencies
preparing EIS for drilling on the Front
|
7-22
|
Shadow
of extinction
|
7-21
|
Lawsuit
filed to stop Massey use of Logan school buses
|
7-21
|
Cracks
under inquiry
(Larry Gibson is an OVEC board
member)
|
7-21
|
Arch
Coal reports losses for second quarter of year
|
7-21
|
Wyoming
County mine lays off 182 workers
|
7-21
|
Quecreek miners note nearing anniversary: Men still suffering from nightmares, anxiety from ordeal
|
7-21
|
Report
on USA Patriot Act Alleges Civil Rights Violations The
USA PATRIOT Act
|
7-21
|
Miners
Return for Anniversary of Rescue
|
7-21
|
Three
Studies Point to an Improving Market for Wind Power
|
7-21
|
European
Ministers Plan to Limit Climate Change (Meanwhile,
in the USA...) Nevada's
climate may get even hotter
|
7-21
|
Tennessee
strip mine plan stirs controversy (OVEC's
Larry Gibson spoke at this event)
|
7-20
|
Synfuel
makers nervous
|
7-20
|
Down
on the windfarm
|
7-20
|
Raleigh
students to hold candlelight service (Massey
Energy wants to blast away mountaintops behind Marsh Fork High
School)
|
7-20
|
1
year later, Quecreek still unresolved Mining
Accident Unsettling One Year Later
|
7-20
|
Miners
recall narrowly escaping death
|
7-19
|
Coal’s
victims: Just the cost of doing business?
|
7-19
|
A
Kind of Fascism Is Replacing Our Democracy
|
7-19
|
Clear
Lies
|
7-19
|
Renewable Energy Enters Boom Period
|
7-19
|
Take
action to get real clean energy
|
7-18
|
Resident
of Boone community blames mining for damage
|
7-18
|
Water
users targeted
|
7-18
|
Unions
giving to Capito
|
7-18
|
Coal
shippers, receivers beholden to PSC under proposed rules
|
7-18
|
MOUNTAINTOP
REMOVAL MINING RUINING KY. WATERS
|
7-18
|
Rock
Lick water levels dropping, officials say
|
7-18
|
PBS
to air coal truck documentary (OVEC
organized the Flooded Out Film Festival)
|
7-18
|
Wayne
coal operation settles water well suit
|
7-18
|
Armbrecht
reappointed to environmental board
|
7-18
|
Allegheny
Energy Faces Cash Shortage
|
7-17
|
Coal
trucks road rules released State
has truck load of hauling guidelines
|
7-17
|
Coal
dust vote; Republicans let Kentucky miners down
|
7-17
|
House
Panel Adds Voice to Opponents of Media Rule
|
7-17
|
EPA
pumps up its record--Newspaper finds drug & terror cases
mask drop-off in pollution probes
|
7-17
|
Drilling
Begins to Evaluate West Virginia Site for Carbon Sequestration
(Heaven forbid we should attempt to make
a massive shift to less polluting alternative energy--as if
our lives depended on it)
|
7-17
|
New
mining regs set to take effect
WV Public Radio-scroll down
|
7-16
|
Peabody
reports $1.3 million loss
|
7-16
|
Agency
plans to release rules for coal trucks; Public Service
Commission already engaged in crackdown
|
7-16
|
Massey
chief blasts law
|
7-16
|
Workshops
on truck routes planned
|
7-16
|
Senators
Move to Block New Media Ownership Rules
|
7-16
|
Mass.
Senate votes for panel on energy
|
7-16
|
A
bid to preserve U.S. Highlands
|
7-16
|
Tennessee
Republican Opposes Bush's Clear Skies
|
7-15
|
Blankenship pitches coal gas, swipes at Legislature
|
7-15
|
Lawmakers
urged to keep mine rules; Environmentalists say state needs
more regulations
|
7-15
|
Massey
chief wants legislative support; Blankenship wants energy
policy to favor gasification
|
7-15
|
Death
in the mines
|
7-15
|
Gusty
Britain cranks up wind power; Aim is to fight global warming
while creating jobs
|
7-15
|
Coal
truck workshops planned at Armory, Logan state park PSC
to hold four coal truck safety workshops Aug. 12, 14
(scroll down)
|
7-15
|
Bush
'Bundlers' Take Fundraising to New Level
|
7-15
|
Poll:
FCC Media Ownership Rules Change Fuels Worries
|
7-15
|
Climate
change could be next legal battlefield
|
7-14
|
Kentucky
leads in miner deaths
|
7-14
|
Critics
Say E.P.A. Won't Analyze Some Clean Air Proposals Sen.
Alexander backs bipartisan proposal to cut air pollution
|
7-14
|
Coal
miners in China find danger is handmaiden of prosperity
|
7-14
|
Buying
Justice
|
7-14
|
In Britain: Government
signals £6bn wind farm expansion
|
7-13
|
Water
shortage likely in the U.S., GAO projects GAO
report (Coal
companies practicing mountaintop removal bury streams and destroy
existing groundwater flows!)
|
7-13
|
Increased
pace of Ky. mine deaths spurs concerns
|
7-13
|
How
Bush and Co. Obscure the Science
|
7-13
|
High
Gas Price Benefits Coal - Fired Power
|
7-13
|
Miner
gave up, survived anyway
|
7-13
|
Truck
route maps coming; so are public workshops
|
7-13
|
Pollution
remains a threat; People and economy at risk in the Louisville
region
|
7-13
|
In Britain: Wind
farms go to sea in huge boost for green power Tallest
turbine reaches for the sky
|
7-12
|
Windpower
dedication
WV Public Radio--scroll down
|
7-12
|
Coal
impoundment project
WV Public Radio-scroll down
|
7-12
|
Aerial
mine mapping
WV Public Radio-scroll down
|
7-12
|
Wind
Power Makes Inroads -- Slowly Successful
Public Demonstration of Wind-Hydrogen Car
|
7-12
|
Wariness
and Sadness in Town Changed by a Mine Rescue
|
7-11
|
New
acting top EPA officials named
|
7-11
|
Rahall
loses on coal dust rules
|
7-11
|
Company
revises windmill plan
|
7-11
|
Public
Participation Needed to Save Environment Environment
experts say governments must include the public in decisions
|
7-11
|
U.S.
C02 Emissions Will Rise Absent Strong Policy
|
7-11
|
Study
Finds Power Plants Harm Life in the Hudson
|
7-10
|
Feds OK state rules aimed at reducing flooding from mine runoff
|
7-10
|
Cheney
Task Force Loses Place To Hide
|
7-10
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7-10
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