10-31

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In Alabama: Lock
17 Road coal truck ban set
|
10-31
 
|
In Alaska: Legislation
on coal-bed methane drilling in the works - Coalbed
methane wells a bust
|
10-31
|
In
Tennessee: Judge
Refuses to Block Campbell Co. Coal Mine
|
10-31

|
Consent
of the Governed: The reign of corporations and the fight for
democracy
|
10-31
 
|
Election
contributions up, report says
|
10-31
 
|
Analysis
counts 2002 races as W.Va.'s costliest
|
10-31
 
|
Special
interests donate most when their issues come up; Study also
shows campaigns getting more money now
|
10-31
|
Ann Pancake, OVEC member and spirited
defender of the mountains, wins prestigious literary award:
Ten
Writers Win Annual Whiting Awards
|
10-31

|
Parent
company reviewing utility
|
10-31

|
Climate
change rejected; Byrd votes against plan, preferring his own
legislation
|
10-31

|
US Senate Turns Down Legislation Targeting Greenhouse Gases
|
10-31
 
|
Massey CEO Don Blankenship and Cindy Rank of the Highlands Conservancy debate mountaintop removal
|
10-31

|
IRS
focuses on coal synfuels ; "Significant chemical change’
key to past, future tax credits - Coal-to-synthetic
fuel process valid, IRS says -
I.R.S. Clears Way for Fuel Tax Credits, Amid Doubts
|
10-31

|
Coal-fired
plants not in utility plans; company expects sharp dip in use
as fuel
|
10-31

|
Byrd,
Jay split on measure to cap greenhouse gases - Senate
Defeats Climate Bill, but Proponents See Silver Lining - Senate
rejects measure aimed at curbing global warming - Senate
Rejects Mandatory Cap On Greenhouse Gas Emissions - Senate
rejects modest measure aimed at curbing global warming
|
10-31
|
Scientists,
others trying to make sense of Arctic changes - Warm
oceans are eroding Antarctic ice
|
10-31
 
|
Water
board members push for looser rules
|
10-31

|
Bush
Says Jobs Depend on End to Energy Bill Fight Of
course, he doesn't mean these kinds of jobs: 90
jobs on way at new solar energy plant - UK
energy minister boosts manufacturing - Bush
Administration Steps Up Energy Bill Efforts
|
10-31
|
Energy
Debate Needs Fresh Air
|
10-31
|
Energy-efficient
lighting comes of age
|
10-31
 
|
Ignoring
mining's danger
|
10-31
 
|
Damage
Estimate in Ecuador Lawsuit Mounts to $6 Billion -
U.S.
government to auction off oil and gas leases in scenic parts
of Utah
|
10-31
|
A
look behind the Senate's thumbs-up on Leavitt - An
agenda for Leavitt
|
10-30
 
|
Bush
plan allows excess W.Va. air pollution, report says - Georgia
PIRG says state has dirtiest power plants
- Report:
Florida air among worst
|
10-30
|
IRS
Agrees To Resume Credits for Synfuels
|
10-30
 
|
Energy,
Medicare Bills Caught in Republican Spat - Senate
Democrats Attempting to Close 'Enron Loophole'
|
10-30

|
Calculations
illustrate fossil-fuel crisis
|
10-30
|
Climate
change in the Senate - Changing
the Climate Signs
of radical change in Arctic ecosystem - Global
warming puts tropic's animals at risk - Arctic
life is treading on thin ice - Ozone
counters carbon storage
|
10-30
|
11
miners rescued after six days trapped underground
|
10-30

|
Beijing
to replace coal with natural gas as major energy source
|
10-29
|
Consol
Energy says SEC launched inquiry
|
10-29

|
US
Energy Official Testifies On US Oil And Gas Imports
|
10-29
 
|
Bush
tries to break energy bill logjam - Bush
to talk energy in Ohio - Russia,
China helping shape world's energy future
|
10-29
|
Utility
won't build conventional coal plants (Coal
will never be clean as long as their is mountaintop
removal...and then there's the issue of disposing of the fly
ash...)
|
10-29

|
Utility
seeing changes
|
10-29

|
Group
protests plans for coal plant - Ohio’s
air is rated worst for coal-fired plant emissions
|
10-29
|
Executive,
activist debate merits of coal - Massey
president, environmentalist spar on mountaintop mining - Environmentalist,
Massey executive debate mountaintop removal - Environmentalist,
Massey executive debate mountaintop removal
|
10-29
 
|
EPA
undecided on water appeal
|
10-29
 
|
State
key to global warming debate, ecologists told - The
Warming Is Global but the Legislating, in the U.S., Is All
Local - Life
Will Be Grim in 2020, Beckett Predicts
- The
Perfect Firestorm - Arctic
getting hotter faster - New
evidence of global warming in Earth's past supports current
models for how climate responds to greenhouse gases
|
10-29
|
After
Long Delay, Senate Confirms Utah Governor as Head of E.P.A.
- Senate
Confirms Leavitt as EPA Chief - Senate
easily approves Leavitt as EPA chief
|
10-29
|
Upshur
mine fatality state’s ninth this year
|
10-29
|
Russian
Miners Found and Most Are Alive - Coal
mine disaster in China kills 13 - Rescued
miners paid in coal
|
10-29
|
UK
Ofgem mulls financing green power grid upgrade
|
10-29
 
|
Mountain
residents find bubbling crude in their well and they're not
happy
|
10-29
|
State
legal chiefs team up to influence policy
|
10-28
 
|
AEP executive talks about future of coal and the environment
|
10-28

|
League
of Women Voters makes clean election presentation (OVEC's
Janet Fout co-leads Citizens for Clean Elections)
|
10-28

|
Report
supports coal tax; Advisory council says funds needed for
reclamation
|
10-28
 
|
Agency
files suit against Massey firms ; Officials say deal wasn't
reached on violations
|
10-28
|
Religious
leaders seek cleaner fleet
|
10-28
 
|
The
axis of oil: how a plan for the world's biggest pipeline
threatens to wreak havoc
|
10-28
 
|
U.S.
energy bill dupes the public Barton
draws criticism for energy bill amendment
|
10-28

|
DEP
takes Massey to court over repeated spills Moody's cuts Massey Energy senior implied rating
|
10-28

|
Judge
named to hear latest coal mining suit
|
10-28
 
|
Revocation
of Tax Credits for Synfuel Is Seen as Unlikely
|
10-28

|
Mine
cleanup fund to run short in '06
|
10-28
 
|
MHSA
finds inspector ‘deficiencies’
|
10-28

|
Coalbed Methane: Wyoming
Checks Mines for West Nile Source
|
10-28
|
Interfaith
group calls for greener W.Va. fleet
|
10-28

|
Anti-war
rally fee standard, officer says
|
10-28
|
Kentucky
Democrats stand to lose more than office
|
10-28
 
|
States,
cities sue EPA on clean air
|
10-28
|
Senate
vote first ever on greenhouse gases proposal
- The
once proud breadfruit humbled by Spam - Ford
Giving New Thought to Its Plan to Discontinue an S.U.V.
|
10-28
|
Companies
Buy Largest Colo. Wind Farm
|
10-27
|
Miami or bust : When Latin America's leaders gather in the US next month, they must oppose rampant free trade
|
10-27
|
Religious
campaign backing fuel economy for state vehicle fleet
|
10-27

|
Bush
chopping away at nation’s still-wild forests
|
10-27

|
Energy
Bill Again Sinks on Ethanol Tax Fight - Action
on Energy, Medicare Critical to GOP Scorecard - Energy
bill delays fuel speculation
|
10-27
|
Ala.
Jury Awards $20M in Overloaded Coal Truck Crash
|
10-27
|
Testing
the Senate's Mettle
|
10-27
|
Water
in Russian Mine Has Left 13 Trapped - Hope
Fades for Rescue of Trapped Russian Miners
|
10-27
 
|
Fletcher
won't protect us
|
10-27
|
Coal
power/Go slow on Hoyt Lakes project
|
10-26
 
|
Mountaintop-removal
report avoids details, Fish and Wildlife says
|
10-26

|
War
foes rally at Capitol A
New Battle Front: Pro-Warrior but Antiwar - Anti-War
Rallies on Both Coasts
|
10-26
 
|
City
conference to focus on global warming threat
|
10-26

|
Congress
Moves Toward Mandating Rules for Electricity
|
10-26
|
Alarm
over melting ice - Cutting
Greenhouse Gases, or Not - Carbon
`sinks' in doubt
|
10-26
|
Hope
Fades for Rescue of Trapped Russian Miners
|
10-25

|
Lawsuits
could slow permits, official says; Projects studied on
case-by-case basis, man says
|
10-25

|
New
lawsuit filed to stop mountaintop mining
|
10-25

|
Road
to Ruin: How America is Ravaging the Planet - Recent
Warming Of Arctic May Affect Worldwide Climate - Global
warming, the quadrillion dollar question
|
10-25

|
Lockyer
rips EPA on Clean Air Act - Mass.
joins bid to force greenhouse gas curbs - Reilly,
other AGs challenge EPA to take aim at pollutants -
Global
warming gases spur suits
|
10-25
|
Ashcroft's
War on Greenpeace
|
10-25
 
|
A
Brief History of Computerized Election Fraud in America
|
10-25
 
|
Report
Says E.P.A. Aide Knew Rule Change Could Hurt Lawsuits - Pollution
rules investigation sought
|
10-25
 
|
Energy
Bill Negotiators May Miss Deadline
|
10-25
|
GOP
plans to use 'nuclear option' to end Leavitt holds
|
10-25
|
Safer
Lamps Can Also Cut Energy Costs
|
10-25
|
3
Russian Miners Rescued; 43 Others Alive
|
10-25

|
Navajo
Get Opening to Revive Suit
|
10-25
 
|
In Ontario: Fate
of coal-fired plants up in the air
|
10-25
|
World's
First Coal Mine Methane Fuel Cell Powers Up in Ohio
|
10-24
|
Shareholders
file CONSOL lawsuit
|
10-24

|
Lawsuit would require Corps to do on-site work for permits
|
10-24

|
Groups sue Army Corps of Engineers over mountaintop removal permits
|
10-24

|
Lawsuit
challenges coal mining permits
|
10-24

|
Suit
challenges permits for mountaintop removal
|
10-24

|
ENVIRONMENTAL
GROUPS SUE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS FOR PERMITTING COAL
COMPANIES TO BURY STREAMS IN APPALACHIA
|
10-24
|
Massey
announces plan to close 3 mines; Company will focus on coal
for steam, chief says
|
10-24
|
Civil
talk on mining forum goal; Environmentalist, mining president
set for discourse
|
10-24
|
Conference
to offer opinions about global warming
|
10-24
|
Massey Energy reports loss of $3.8 million
|
10-24
|
Enviros
raise dollars, and dazzle, for the 2004 presidential elections
|
10-24
|
More
stuff found in Chauncey (EPA
lied in a press release!)
|
10-24
|
Suzuki
aims to launch fuel cell cars by 2010 Energy
Savings Help Solar Laundromat Owner Clean Up
|
10-24
|
The
Politics of Media Filtration
|
10-24
|
Arctic
ice cap melting at worrisome rate: NASA - States
Try to Force EPA to Regulate CO2 - Climate
Challenge: Poorer Nations Must Hang Together - UK
Joins Global Warming Challenge to US and Russia -
|
10-24
 
|
Studies,
Senators Knock EPA on Air Rules
|
10-24
|
Republicans
set showdown on stalled EPA nominee
|
10-24

|
Safety
agency issues 71 violations against Floyd County mine
|
10-24
|
Russia
Trying to Save 46 Trapped Miners
|
10-23

|
IRS
upholds credit for synthetic fuel science; Officials reject
field auditor's challenge to validity of claim
|
10-23
 
|
U.S.
energy bill vote called, tax items not ready
|
10-23

|
Presidential Ecospeak
|
10-23

|
Most gas companies raise prices: Agency approves increase for 13 of 18 utilities
|
10-23
|
Greenbrier
County commissioners have voted 2-1 to loan $50,000 to a group
planning to build a power plant in Rainelle
|
10-23

|
Coal
trucks hauling lighter loads, PSC says - Coal
truck weights drop, state official says
|
10-23

|
Senator seeks compromise on state water-use proposal: Chamber of Commerce, industry oppose bill
|
10-23
|
China's
Boom Adds to Global Warming Problem - 11,
449 Die in 2003 China Work Accidents
|
10-22
 
|
I.R.S.
Drops Inquiry Into Fuel Tax Credit
|
10-22
 
|
NEPA & Bush: If
It Ain't Broke, Break It - This
Land Is Your Land
|
10-22
 
|
When
Facts Don't Matter
|
10-22
|
Agitating
for a Change: Investor Activism Gains Momentum in Enron’s
Wake
|
10-22

|
Bill
Conserves Mostly Pork - Balance
energy, environment - Energy
Bill On Hold ENERGY
RUT: Proposed new strategy stuck in nonsustainable past - Uncivil
Society - Congressional
Standoff Delays Energy Bill Vote
|
10-22

|
Conference
to examine global climate change (scroll
down) - China's
Boom Adds to Global Warming Problem - Drowned
albatross colony is a dire omen for the future
|
10-22

|
Muhlenberg
power-plant construction delayed
|
10-22
 
|
Makers
of pollutant could win protection
|
10-22
 
|
Lawmakers
question stream rule updates
|
10-22

|
DEP
removing buried drums from Chauncey
|
10-22
 
|
Some
safety convictions against mine dismissed
|
10-21
|
Panel
studies whether to regulate payday lenders (The
data cited is from PERC, which OVEC co-founded and co-leads.)
|
10-21
 
|
Formal
US energy bill negotiations to resume next week
|
10-21
|
Agency discovers buried waste dump in Chauncey
|
10-21
 
|
Coal
seeks sweeping rules changes; Regulation, permits best done by
other office, group says (Must
be that once you get a taste of destroying mountains and
streams, you want more, more, more with no one and no laws to
keep you from it.)
|
10-21
|
West
Virginia mountains get flattened
|
10-21
 
|
Unknown peril: Residents need facts about coal waste disposal
- Find
out more on the web
|
10-21
 
|
Energy
Bill Held Up by Tax Package Dispute No
Deal on Energy Bill, Monday Vote Canceled
|
10-21

|
Scientists
find new way to make electricity
|
10-21
 
|
U.S.
Nears Decision on Tax Credits for Producers of Synthetic Fuels
|
10-21

|
State’s
water needs protection of law
|
10-21

|
Arch
Coal 3rd-quarter profit rises
|
10-21

|
Utility
can't bill customers for its defense - Both
sides claim win in water poll
|
10-21
|
Audit
urges end to energy board
|
10-21
|
Interest
growing in wind farms - Fueled
by Garbage - Crop
waste seen as new resource
- Solar
energy to light up Indian villages
|
10-21

|
Commission
asked to push forests
|
10-21

|
Push
to Boost LADWP’s Green Energy Clashes with Cash Crunch,
Cheap Coal - Deregulation
Did In Davis
|
10-21

|
Behind
the Blackout
|
10-21

|
Former
EPA boss sizes up Leavitt's task
|
10-20
 
|
Pit
water from mine flowed into Little Coal River tributary
|
10-20
 
|
Bush
Undoes a Century of Environmental Progress - The
Greening of the Beat-Bush Movement
|
10-20
|
Electronic
Voting: What You Need To Know
|
10-20
 
|
Energy
Bill Held Up by Tax Package Dispute - Snags
Delay Final Version of Energy Bill
|
10-20
|
Massey: Coal
company leader proud of W.Va. heritage (Oh,
I feel all warm and fuzzy...)
|
10-20
|
Sierra
snow pack shrinking, study says
- Global
warming withers S. Africa's desert plants - Polluters
Rally to Ratify Kyoto Pact -
Patagonian
Glaciers Thinning at Torrid Pace
|
10-20

|
COAL
opponents make their case in Madison
|
10-20
|
Metro
testing biodiesel fuel for buses Canada
warms to alternative energy - Tapping
Cow Output to Lower Car Output - China
to Put Corn Into Gas Tanks to Clean Up
|
10-20
|
Coalbed Methane: Gas
development controversy spreads to Homer - Coal-bed
Cautions
|
10-19

|
A
Costly Prison: Construction project prime case for not
building on strip mines
|
10-19

|
New
life for dead mines
|
10-19
 
|
Halliburton,
Again
|
10-19
 
|
Don't
Let GOP Leadership Bailout MTBE Polluters Energy
Bill's Effect on Consumers Unknown - Democrats
Push GOP for Greater Inclusion - Questions
remain about power of energy bill
|
10-19
|
At
age 89, Hechler wants his old job back
|
10-19
 
|
TOO
EASY ON MASSEY ENERGY
|
10-19

|
Massey
Energy is anti-union (scroll
down)
|