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(Oct) Archive - November, 2004 (Dec)

	News Links Relevant to OVEC Issues
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11-30	Massey lawyers seek to have justice removed from case
11-30	W.Va. must face the real cost of coal
11-30	Coal's global toll - Kyoto Re-Think Needed after U.S. Unmoved - Blair - UN seeks to broaden fight against global warming - Pro-Bush think-tank calls global warming `a myth' - Entering `Kyoto' Years, Warming World Wonders what Lies Beyond - Blair Urges Dialogue With US on Climate Change
11-30	Stand up against Don Blankenship (scroll down; write those letters to the editor to help counter Big Coal's massive propaganda campaign!)
11-30	Pa. shifting policy to protect streams; Order stopped long-wall mining near Fallowfield
11-30	Methylmercury and Children's Heart Function
11-30	Chemical spill teaches area many lessons
11-30	Judge: Truck weight up to legislature
11-30	A Premature Sunset for Pension Plans? - It's a fundamental wrong to punish workers for what's beyond control
11-30	Bhopal Disaster and Aftermath a Huge Violation of Human Rights: Amnesty
11-30	China acid rain "out of control"
11-30	Recount Effort Is Expanded To New Mexico and Nevada - Electronic Voting 1.0, and No Time to Upgrade
11-30	Tiny Fuel Particles Cause Heart Attacks
11-30	Energize Indiana with cleaner coal (Energize stupidity with repetition of the myth of "clean" coal! Cleaning up emissions may make the air cleaner, but what happens to what is removed form the smokestacks?) - Insisting on clean coal
11-30	Judge halts two Wisconsin coal-fired power plants
11-30	UK Coal's surface mine plan blocked
11-30	In a World Below, Bedrock Resistance to Protests in Kiev
11-30	Coal mine explosion in China kills 50 - Scant Chance of Survival for 141 Chinese Miners - 'Greed led to mine disaster'
11-30	Hydrogen Production Method Could Bolster Fuel Supplies
11-29	$ billion FutureGen plant (Let's throw more billions at real solar and other renewable energy technologies and remember that as long as there is mountaintop removal, there is no such thing as "clean" coal) - Microbes can digest abandoned coal seams, generating methane
11-29	Environmentalists troubled after Bush's re-election
11-29	Rescuers Trying to Reach Chinese Miners - Blast Traps Scores in Chinese Mine
11-29	Mining Jobs Growing
11-29	Bhopal still suffering, 20 years on
11-29	Spain Coal Emission Rights Seen Harmful to Endesa
11-29	Wind Industry Bids to Win Over Doubters
11-29	A Dream of Cleaner Fuel Just Might Be Realized
11-29	Carbon Storage Comes to Disused Texas Oil Fields
11-28	US still holds out on Kyoto - Greenhouse effect 'may benefit man'; Claims by pro-Bush think-tank outrage eco-groups
11-28	A temporary home: In Southern W.Va., more than 250 families still riding out flood
11-28	Life depends on fresh water
11-28	Coal Mine Blast in China Traps Hundreds - Mine Blast in China Traps Some 166 Worker - Coal Mine Explosion in China Traps 166
11-28	Survivors gaining ground in fight over deadly leak - Why my family are fighting for justice - 20 years on
11-28	Goodbye, golden-wings; Tiny West Virginia bird may make it to endangered list
11-28	Wind deadline; Time is running out for bats as new tax credit promotes the expansion of turbine projects
11-27	'We don't have much time'
11-27	Bhopal Chemical Also Stored in Charleston, WV - Remembering Bhopal - Fears of catastrophic chemical leaks remain - Bhopal gave corporations a financial incentive to be responsible
11-27	Coal's global goal
11-27	While the U.S. sells out its own environment to the highest bidder, China is getting serious about energy conservation
11-27	Commissioner: Coal trucks driving faster with lighter loads - Crackdown on Overweight Coal Trucks has Taken an Unexpected Turn
11-27	Mine program safe for another nine months
11-27	Greene residents learn about mining impact
11-27	Fate of company, miners (stream, residents) lies with Pa. judge's ruling on stream - Cases closed in Maple Creek hearing
11-27	Jackson plans rally with ministers to call for election investigation
11-27	Agencies approve exploratory coal-bed methane wells
11-27	U.S. will feel effects of warming treaty
11-27	Prompt action is essential if climate change is to be tackled
11-27	Energy Supply and Pricing for a Sustainable Future
11-27	Pa. co-op group gets national recognition for solar panel system
11-27	Moon gas could meet Earth's energy demands
11-26	Mine library: Not broken; why break it?
11-26	Fundamental Flaws Put Our Voting System at Risk - More voting questions raised - Saudis, Enron money helped pay for US rigged election - Hearings on Ohio voting put 2004 election in doubt - Thugs, Racketeers Counting American Votes
11-26	Birds Not Being Killed By Wind Farms - Ecologist
11-26	Market-based mercury rules best (Not! The EPA estimates that enforcement of existing toxic air pollution protections in the Clean Air Act will limit mercury pollution to 5 tons per year by 2008. "Clear" Skies weakens the limit to 26 tons per year by 2010!) - "Clear" Skies = Bush Smokescreen - "Clear Skies" plan falls far short - Mercury Rising: How Bush's Clear Skies Initiative Will Raise Pollution Levels - A mission to expose Bush policy on air, water - New Jersey Adopts The Nation's Strongest Mercury And Arsenic Standards
11-26	Asia Faces Living Nightmare From Climate Change - Climate change to ravage tropics - UNM study says more forest fires ahead as global warming continues
11-26	- Arctic People Seek Tropical Team on Global Warming - Health warnings urged for SUVs
11-26	Ancient climate switch could signify sharp increase in today’s global temperature - Global warming: a perspective from earth history
11-26	Coal gets another look as home fuel
11-26	China: Renewable energy law under consideration
11-26	Hard coal, hard life in anthracite mines
11-26	Fuel-Cell Firm Ceres Powers Ahead on London Debut - Statoil Says to Open Norway's First Hydrogen Station - Hondas and Hydrogen
11-26	Energy Bosses Urge EU to Back Nuclear Power
11-25	Giles officials defend approach; A friend of apparent murder victim Sue Daniels disappointed police were not more thorough - Friends discuss what happened on Richmond Indymedia
11-25	Nov. 26 is Buy Nothing Day: Buy nothing for Christmas and give a gift to Mother Earth - Stepping off the money-go-round - The Church of Stop Shopping
11-25	Thanksgiving's Hidden Costs
11-25	Good News Shows We Can Change
11-25	When will we retake our land from coal companies? (scroll down... Folks, help counteract the $millions the coal industry spends on propaganda by writing your own letters to the editors!)
11-25	Privatization of mine academy library worries federal workers
11-25	DEP sues TechSol Chemical
11-25	Decision likely Tuesday in Pa. longwall coal mining case
11-25	Global warming spurs disasters - Global warming a threat to insurers: IAG - Global warming appears to affect when Pennsylvania lakes freeze, thaw - It's Time to Get Serious About Global Warming - Global warming’s other effects on the oceans
11-25	McCain ruffles GOP feathers with continued calls for action on climate change - U.S. Resists Carbon Dioxide Limits - Arctic Countries Agree on Perils of Climate Change but Not Solution - Group Passes on Addressing Global Warming - Global warming fight to get harder from 2012 -U.N - Bi-coastal warming plans take shape in Kyoto-less US
11-25	A Virtual Ecotopia
11-25	Sandia pushes limits of solar technology
11-25	Company hopes for breakthrough with clean coal process (Company and government ignore the extraction part of the coal-using process--as long as there is mountaintop removal, there is no such thing as "clean" coal!) - THE COAL PARADOX
11-25	Coal Ash: Toxic timebomb at Leckwith
11-25	Killer Pollution
11-25	Wind cheaper than gas or coal
11-25	Governor Rendell Calls for Further Review of Dredged Sediment Standard
11-25	Organization of western coal has begun
11-25	Independent anthracite coal miners cling to traditional way of life
11-25	Coal sludge disaster: Aberfan survivor says flashbacks on nightshift cost her a factory job
11-25	Coalbed methane: Range Resources announces $219 million oil, gas field acquisition
11-24	State hopes to land big coal project - Deconstructing "Clean" Coal - Bush's "Clean Coal" Boondoggle - Critics call 'clean-coal' plan a sooty smoke screen
11-24	Twenty Things to Know About Dow Chemical on the 20th Anniversary of Bhopal
11-24	Massey fined in three safety violations, mining death
11-24	Massey worker 11th state mine death - Boone mine accident victim ID'd
11-24	Byrd criticizes mine academy privatization
11-24	Judge gives DuPont deal preliminary approval
11-24	Clarification
11-24	Rights group sues over election results - GAO Will Investigate 2004 Elections - The Unexplained Election Poll Discrepancy
11-24	Coloradans Vote to Embrace Alternative Sources of Energy - Wind Power Production Milestone
11-24	Fuel for nought: The adoption of biofuels would be a humanitarian and environmental disaster (In the US, the government subsidizes 51 cents per gallon!)
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11-24	Groups Join, Seek Action on Global Warming
11-24	Arctic Council report warns of dire consequences of global warming - Arctic Nations to Make Scant Promises to Slow Thaw
11-24	Energy firms continue coal bed methane quest
11-24	Plant in a position to survive after judge rules
11-23	Bones may be those of missing biologist - Search called off; deaths considered murder-suicide "Her passing will be viewed as a tragedy in the fields of wildlife biology and conservation biology. She was a brilliant scientist..." Goodbye Sue, We are so terribly saddened and sorry...
11-23	Funding bill extends mine cleanup program
11-23	Tragic: Miner protections gone
11-23	Byrd gets $15 million for King Coal Highway
11-23	Mining will ruin water and forests - Maynard, Massey ties worry plaintiff - Coal mining process will ruin state's water
11-23	Litigating the Election - Saving Your Right to Vote - How the Ohio election was rigged for Bush
11-23	Coal production on rise after dropping last year - Momentum for Canadian coal heating up - As Energy Spikes, Coal Company Considers IPO
11-23	DuPont settlement would fund study
11-23	Groups want to stop Cheat River logging
11-23	Diesel fuel spills into Mingo County creek
11-23	Big Spending Bill Makes a Winner of Mars Program but Many Losers Elsewhere - Congress ignoring future budget-busters
11-23	D.C.-Area Businesses Launch Coalition to Fight Global Warming and Air Pollution
11-22	Search continues for Giles County woman - After Suspected Arson, Niklan Jones-Lezama Believed Dead, Sue Daniels Missing
11-22	Massey created coalfield woes (Go Mary! Everyone, please get in those letters to the editors; together we can counter Big Coal's lies on the airwaves!)
11-22	Disappearance of the world as we know it - As Ice Thaws, Arctic Peoples at Loss for Words - Asian CEOs Warned of Threat From Climate Change - Bush's slapdown for Blair on climate change
11-22	More Ohio voter suppression testimony prompts upcoming legal filing for statewide recount
11-22	Energy guru preaches post-petroleum future
11-22	Is 'hydrogen highway' the answer?
11-22	China May Spend $10 Bln to Turn Coal Into Diesel, Other Fuels
11-21	Body found near fire site (Sue is an activist in the Stop Mountaintop Removal fight and an activist on many other issues.) Activists’ Field Trip to West Virginia: Reportback on Mountain Range Removal - Arson sparks search for missing 2 - Man's body found in Giles County
11-21	Coal River’s namesake root of problem, some say; Cleanup efforts focus elsewhere (Several of the people quoted are members of both OVEC and Coal River Mountain Watch)
11-21	Mining hearing to be open to public
11-21	CEO’s stock sale eclipses profits; Blankenship shares net $17.6 million
11-21	Mining officials investigating Boone County mining fatal
11-21	Wind energy has pluses - and minuses
11-21	Fish consumption guidelines being reviewed - Mercury found in Mich. lake fish - Reducing mercury in the environment seen as complex, global challenge
11-21	Kyoto Protocol Ratification Supports Church Action Against Global Warming - Clear effects of global warming, except on U.S. policy
11-21	Towards Alternative Cities, the Green-Friendly Way
11-21	US companies rediscover coal-fired power plants (US breathers, beware)
11-20	Blacksburg social activists listed as missing following suspected arson (Sue is an activist in the Stop Mountaintop Removal fight. Please, Sue, tell us you are safe!)
11-20	Home buyout program to be explored Dec. 9
11-20	Bush's second-term stamp on environment
11-20	No More Sham Elections - Study Finds Florida 'Ghost' E-Votes - 'Stinking Evidence' of Possible Election Fraud Found in Florida - Ohio Recount Must Start Now
11-20	Wanting the environmental watchdogs to be called off - Mining owner feels financial squeeze of DEP order - Longwall miners fighting DEP edict
11-20	Coal Fallout: Legislation To Stop Bankruptcy Judges From Allowing End To Health Benefits
11-20	N.C. set to sue over coal plants; EPA slow to act against polluters
11-20	Sessions put focus on reducing mercury emissions
11-20	Enjoy the Arctic while it's still here - Climate change affecting environment, 2 reports say
11-20	Fuel of the Future? Some Say Coal (Some are in denial about the ecological realties of global warming and unaware of the cultural and environmental devastation of mountain range removal) - Move over crude, it's coal's turn to shine - Burning to succeed
11-19	Meeting With Massey Chief Falls Short
11-19	Hearings on Ohio Voting Put 2004 Election in Doubt - Why Kerry Conceded Though He Had the Most Votes
11-19	Statistical Analysis - the Sole Method for Tracking E-Voting - Shows Irregularities May Have Awarded 130,000 - 260,000 or More Excess Votes to Bush in Florida; Research Team Calls for Investigation - Preliminary analysis shows electronic voting needs much improvement
11-19	Jay, Rahall seek protection for miners; Bill would prevent coal companies from terminating health care for retirees - 2 bills introduced to help miners
11-19	Bush fund-raisers get rewards; 246 ‘pioneers’ win appointments
11-19	Shuffling is afoot in Bush administration's environment-related slots - 11th-Hour Additions to Funding Bill Trouble Environmentalists
11-19	Bets are on for drilling in Arctic refuge; New Senate mix finally favors GOP, president
11-19	The EPA wants stricter curbs on air pollution; Lax enforcement may undermine its "goals"
11-19	EDA set to issue bonds for power plant improvements
11-19	Melting Glaciers Threaten World Water Supply - A cold, hard look at a telltale region - Climate change already affects Arctic animals
11-19	After seven-year gestation, Kyoto Protocol set to be born - US giants swinging to Kyoto - Russia Ratifies Kyoto, Starts on Feb. 16
11-19	Climate change issues heat up in D.C.; EPA signs partnerships, McCain wants more action - Greens declare war on Blair for 'failures' over climate change
11-19	STATE-LEVEL CANDIDATES RAISE $2 BILLION FOR 2002 ELECTIONS
11-19	Coal company manager sentenced to six months in jail
11-19	Lehigh Coal evades bankruptcy
11-19	PA Community Upset With Coal Trucks
11-19	PA DEP Promotes Recovery of Metals From Acid Mine Drainage as Economic Driver
11-19	Methane a danger in stripped land (scroll down)
11-18	West Virginians Reverse Trend of Election Complacency
11-18	McGraws' Revenge Hot, Cold and a la Mode
11-18	Lawyer Pours Controversy on Flood Case - Supreme Court Decision Still Pending; New Crop of Lawsuits Being Filed
11-18	Massey CEO stock sales nets millions - Massey still top coal producer in West Virginia - Coal Production
11-18	Mining peaks does damage to more than environment; `Appalachians' examines cultural residue of mining
11-18	MSHA's Lauriski gets job in mining industry - Not a proud legacy: Lauriski leaves woeful record at MSHA
11-18	Vote Recount to Settle Doubts? - Post-Election Statement of the Voting Justice Delegation of International Observers - Election Officials Find Possible Double Votes, Ballots Counted Twice - WAS IT HACKED? - Official Orders Recount in Washington State Race - Media Accused of Ignoring Election Irregularities
11-18	Manchin expects wave of voting system changes
11-18	THE END OF THE AGE OF OIL
11-18	Bush Administration Wants Artic Meltdown
11-18	Kyoto protocol doesn't have to be out of our reach- Chinese gov't moves to comply with Kyoto- Can we stop global warming?
11-18	Climate change skeptics 'wrong' - Greens Paint Grim Picture of Future, Warmer World - Australians face buffeting from climate change - Under pressure, scientist changes his statement: Global warming won't cause human extinction, just civilization's end - Global warming could make large areas of world uninhabitable - Everest Needs UNESCO Status as Glaciers Melt - Climate change 'ruining' Everest - Inuit start to feel the heat in a world warming up
11-18	Science counts species on brink - Nearly 16,000 sp