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(Jan) Archive - February, 2004 (Mar)

	News Links Relevant to OVEC Issues
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2-29	Coal recovery causes optimism; Company's effort converting slurry watched closely
2-29	Your Hard Work Pays Off! Clean Elections Victory!
2-29	Under Wise, state’s secrecy grew
2-29	Industry wants more say on water rule - Water quality board faces political ax
2-29	Synfuel credits may not do much to cut need for oil
2-29	We're Closer to the Edge Than We Think
2-29	Stephanie R. Timmermeyer: The sky is not falling
2-29	You Can't Duck This Conflict, Mr. Justice
2-29	Get the word on seafood that's safe to consume
2-29	Do tobacco contributions affect tobacco taxation?
2-28	Mining comment periods extended; Hearing scheduled for two proposed mining regulations
2-28	Justice Scalia and Mr. Cheney - Scalia Took Trip Set Up by Lawyer in Two Cases
2-28	Pentagon downplays report identifying climate change as national security threat
2-28	AEP to spend $1.2 billion in W.Va. on pollution control at two plants
2-28	Workers’ Comp revamps rules to cut expenses, help enforcers
2-28	America needs new energy policy
2-28	Mining companies use ‘WMD’ right here (go to page 2)
2-28	'Hydrogen highway' by 2010 says California official - Solar Energy Project to Bring Drinking Water to Rural Tanzania
2-28	Highlighting energy efficiency
2-27	Increase in coal-fired power draws criticism
2-27	New mining rules promised
2-27	UC forum covering state's energy future; Panel discussion focusing on how W.Va. advances (Perhaps some want us to believe our choices are coal, coal or coal)
2-27	Environmental board member says panel ignored; Armbrecht says industry goes to lawmakers instead
2-27	Plan would create eco-terrorism list (So this means Massey Energy, Arch Coal and other companies that blow up mountains and bury streams will be on the list, right?)
2-27	OSM planning hearings on 'buffer zone' rewrite
2-27	Terry Eagle withdraws protest of slurry permit
2-27	Capito co-sponsors Rahall abandoned-mine measure
2-27	Water pollution limits study halted
2-27	MSHA to demote academy chief; he had questioned slurry spill investigation
2-27	Weathering the Crisis - Global warming report warns to defend - Storm over Pentagon climate scenario
2-27	Winslow Green Fund Doubles Returns by Supporting Environment
2-27	Hot Trash-To-Fuel Technology Gathering Steam
2-27	Utilities go after energy measure
2-27	Wind farm to come to Arizona - Penn State scientists use bacteria to turn sewage into electricity
2-26	America's new coal rush; Utilities' dramatic push to build new plants would boost energy security but hurt the environment (What exactly is security--if the air makes you sick, the water makes you sick, your kid can't excel because of mercury poisoning and global warming threatens millions of lives...)
2-26	Jim Hightower: Mountain Massacre (scroll down)
2-26	Massey Energy sets annual shareholder meeting in Charleston
2-26	Board sides with union over votes; If upheld, ruling will allow Wayne mine to organize
2-26	House committee acts to replace water quality board
2-26	MSHA keeps Spadaro, but transfers him to Pa. - Whistle-blower in inquiry of slurry spill is demoted - The Junk Science of George W. Bush
2-26	DEP inspectors question Massey slurry plan
2-26	Public Deserves to Know What's Behind Energy Policy
2-26	Supreme Court Justice Asked to Leave Energy Task Force Case
2-26	EPA Hears Complaints About Mercury Plan
2-26	Pentagon Study Looks at Global Climate - The Pentagon Sounds The Alarm On Global Warming; Why Isn't President Bush Listening? - Natural disaster deaths rise sevenfold
2-26	Official: 'Hydrogen Highway' Realistic
2-26	Sucking energy out of the drain: Microbes in wastewater make a handy household battery
2-26	Conservation Voters Scorecard Marks Partisan Divide
2-26	Diebold, electronic voting and the vast right-wing conspiracy
2-25	Crumbling wall worries residents; Rockslide belies assurances from state, coal officials (Larry Gibson is an OVEC board member) - DEP, coal company begin work on stabilizing mine crack
2-25	Public-private projects bill comes alive
2-25	UK wind power industry says set for rapid growth
2-25	Coal owner wants to correct problems; Chickering says violations resulted from lack of money
2-25	Frist sees 'good chance' Senate to OK energy bill
2-25	National Public Radio: W. Virginia Strip Mining (Click pop-up window to hear audio. Four OVEC members are interviewed)
2-25	Slurry worry: Assess danger beforehand
2-25	Court nixes MSHA’s decision to drop air-quality rule
2-25	Panel clears new black-lung evaluation rule - House panel approves bill to alter black-lung reviews
2-25	Group flunks Capito, Mollohan on environment
2-25	Jackson campaign responds to mine workers' allegation
2-25	Candidates reveal ideas for economic development
2-25	Dramatic Climate Change Could Become Global Security Nightmare - Pentagon Study Describes Rapid, Catastrophic Climate Change - Pentagon-sponsored climate report sparks hullabaloo in Europe
2-25	Firing by MSHA is target of inquiry
2-25	Debate Rages On Oil Output By Saudis In Future
2-25	Switching to Clean Energy Will Help Stop Great Barrier Reef Destruction from Global Warming, says WWF
2-24	MSHA firing probe begins
2-24	Clean elections bill heads to Senate committee (OVEC's Janet Fout is coordinator of Citizens for Clean Elections.)
2-24	Changes In Campaign Financing Proposed
2-24	Critics urge cuts in mercury emissions
2-24	Sierra Club Wants Scalia To Sit Out Task Force Case
2-24	UMW defends endorsement of Manchin
2-24	Fayette lawmaker unhappy with environmentalists (Love and Deem seem to have no knowledge of the web of life, nor do they ask why flooding is increasing in areas where there's mountaintop removal, even though they've had studies presented to them.)
2-24	Supreme Court refuses review of coal mining rules
2-24	Fish Emulsion and the Albatross
2-23	Supreme Court stays out of coal dispute
2-23	Uses and Abuses of Science
2-23	Wilson Creek returning to its natural course ; Restoration in Bullitt aims to counter damage by humans
2-23	Energy Audit Program Is in Jeopardy on Hill
2-23	Great Barrier Reef faces coral destruction
2-23	Kerry Win Would Reshape Trade Policy - Labor
2-23	AEP, Cinergy in shareholder pact on emissions curbs
2-22	Slurry spill threat eclipsed in coal fight; Massey proposal’s safety is unclear
2-22	Mountaintop removal battle intensifying (Click on story or photo to enlarge)
2-22	Synfuel firms continue to cash in on credits (Scroll down and click on story to enlarge)
2-22	Senate Republicans to Push Smaller Bills; Focus Is on Malpractice, Energy Measures
2-22	Now the Pentagon Tells Bush: Climate Change Will Destroy Us; Secret Report Warns of Rioting and Nuclear War; Threat to the World is Greater than Terrorism
2-22	U.S. Senator Criticizes Tennessee Valley Authority for Coal-Plant Pollution
2-22	Appalshop to make film about Spadaro
2-22	Poultry Poop Power a Possibility
2-21	Sneak Preview--Coming in Sunday Gazette Mail: Mountaintop removal battle intensifying
2-21	Coal-burning waste gets another look
2-21	The Power Player
2-21	Solar energy brightens finances in Indiana Township
2-21	Assault on science
2-21	Crashing The Vote
2-20	Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. in The Nation on Jack Spadaro and More: The Junk Science of George W. Bush
2-20	CONTRACT SPORT: What did the Vice-President do for Halliburton?
2-20	Energy sector generous to likely House energy chair - Energy Ally Joe Barton Slated for Top Committee Post
2-20	Cheney's Future is Washington's Current Topic
2-20	One step closer to hydrogen economy?- Kernel of knowledge boosts energy efforts
2-20	AEP agrees to climate change report - Power Giants Agree to Report Climate Emissions to Shareholders
2-20	Panel discusses state’s place in global economy - Dark Side of Free Trade
2-20	SPOT CHECKS MIGHT POINT TO WIDESPREAD PROBLEM
2-20	New EPA samples confirm lead pollution in Chauncey
2-20	Bill Moyers to Leave PBS
2-20	Traditional knowledge 'in peril' - The Social and Cultural Effects of Mountaintop Removal / Valley Fill Coal Mining (pdf dcoument)
2-20	Preeminent Scientists Protest Bush Administration's Misuse of Science - Government bends, hides facts, say scientists; 60 leading researchers, including Nobelists, detail suppression under Bush - Scientific Integrity in Policymaking
2-20	Clear Lies: DOE Secretary Abraham Discusses Coal Technology, R&D with W.V. Miners; Advanced Technology Moves Coal Miners Back to Work - President Bush's Clean Coal Power Initiative Seeks New Round of Technology Improvement from Industry (Coal is dirty when you dig it, dirty when you haul it, and even if you clean up the emissions from burning, there's still the dirty, dirty coal ash to deal with. If coal is so good for homeland security, why are coal companies destroying southern West Virginia? Why is global warming a threat to the entire planet?)
2-20	Geophysicist: Coal plants unwise and irresponsible - Platte group studies coal, environment
2-19	Proposed workers' comp rule criticized for severity; New guideline governs length of health care
2-19	Bush Wins Triple Trifecta as Worst President Ever
2-19	Congressmen Question Industry Role in EPA Mercury Rule-Making
2-19	Board won’t stop Massey slurry pumping, wants study
2-19	Scientists Say Administration Distorts Facts - Bush 'bending science to his political needs'
2-19	Lees: Hike coal, timber, oil, gas taxes
2-19	Synfuels money to bring water
2-19	A Lawmaker's Ex-Aides in the Lobbies
2-19	EPA changes rules to reduce fish kills
2-19	Mercury level leads to alerts at 2 Arizona lakes
2-19	Swiss Study Predicts Scorching Euro Summers - Clean energy a distant dream - Scottish skiing meets global warming
2-19	More funding urged for climate program; Bush plan much improved, but needs follow-up, science panel says - Bush Climate Plan Rated Somewhat Improved - Science delegation takes to microphones to pressure Bush administration - Kerry hailed as ally of the wider world on environment
2-19	Green Groups Sue to Block Drilling in Alaska Reserve
2-19	Kansas wind farm opponents air their concerns
2-19	Whistleblower Alleges Obstruction in Investigation of Coal Slurry Disaster
2-19	Akron fails to meet first soot limits
2-18	DEP says studies were needed; Agency orders Massey coal company to study slurry
2-18	Speak Out Against Mercury Pollution
2-18	MSHA Whistle Blower Looks for Justice
2-18	Panel strengthens water study bill
2-18	Manchin dropped tax hike plan, landowners say
2-18	$373 million deficit
2-18	Ontario wants help from Ottawa in shutting down coal-fired plants
2-18	US likely to limit carbon emissions - AEP - UK C02 emission cuts hit power, offshore sector - Are greenhouse gases drying Africa's dust bowl?
2-18	Alaskan Reserve Drilling Plan Draws Lawsuit
2-18	Crystals Could End Up as the Fuel Tank of the Future
2-18	Vermonters battle over mountaintop wind farms
2-17	Environmental groups push legislative agendas
2-17	Kentucky behind on EPA air report
2-17	Green groups try to track water bills
2-17	Water quality bill altered
2-16	Scientists focus on global warming at Seattle conclave
2-16	RAG to sell U.S. coal mines for $1 billion
2-16	Many states expect pollution increase: W.Va. official agrees with finding in federal survey
2-16	Organizations to lobby at E-Day
2-16	Kentucky needs Web map of slurry impoundment sites
2-16	The Plight of Jack Spadaro and the Kentucky Coal Sludge Disaster Investigation
2-16	Senate Leaders Plan Vote on Energy Bill
2-16	World Bank Under Pressure from Tutu
2-16	Waste coal plant draws praise, criticism
2-16	Rich nations must reduce subsidies
2-16	Tuvalu prepares to disappear under king tides - Carbon Cutters
2-16	Corn-powered progress
2-15	Court to look at water use law in flood case
2-15	Coal suits not on comp board’s agenda
2-15	Power Plant Waste: arsenic, boron, lead, manganese
2-15	Housecleaning needed at DEP
2-15	Lees plan includes layoffs, taxes
2-15	Scientists warn U.S. ignores global warming at its own peril - Britain talks tough to Bush on Kyoto - Global Warming expected to further degrade coral reef systems - Reefs in hot water as climate changes - Tony Blair's Top Scientist Expected to Call for U.S. Action on Climate Change
2-15	The Standard-Benny Political Intelligence Test
2-15	An ill wind blowing?
2-14	Bingaman blasts latest energy bill - Slimmer $14 Bln Energy Bill Unveiled - Senate likely to take up revised energy bill next week
2-14	Pennsylvania DEP secretary bullish on alternative energy
2-14	German firm to sell rest of CONSOL shares
2-14	Miner's death similar to one in June on same boom truck
2-14	Bush air-pollution change opens door to coal-fired plant
2-14	He Ought to Know
2-14	University reactor shows promise for `hydrogen economy' - Scientist at Sandia National Laboratory develop photosynthetic energy production - FPL offers chance to fund 'green' energy - Colorado energy study sees savings from renewables
2-14	Environmental refugees: When the soil dies and the well dries - Soil erosion as big a problem as global warming, say scientists
2-14	Coal-bed methane expansion looming for southern Colo.
2-13	State ranks sixth nationally in federal fossil fuel research (There is no such thing as "clean" coal. Even if the emissions from burning coal are cleaned up, coal's still dirty when you dig it, dirty when you haul, and dirty when use dispose of the ash left from burning it.)