(Dec)  Archive - January, 2005  (Feb)

	News Links Relevant to OVEC Issues
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1-31	MSHA manipulates fatality figures
1-31	'Clean coal' is back (That's strange, how can something that doesn't exist be back? As long as there is mountaintop removal, fly ash and global warming, there is no such thing as "clean" coal.)
1-31	Report: pollution worsening at Indiana's dirtiest power plants - Some N.J. plants not curbing emissions - Amid The Pollution, a Silver Lining for Va. Power Plants - Environmental picture in Va. mixed, study says - Study Says Indiana Power Plant Pollution Getting Worse - Pollution from FPL plant at Port Everglades rises 80% since 1995 - Report: Old power plants not getting cleaner - Region's older power plants spewing airborne problems
1-31	'Clear Skies' measure named to cloud issue
1-31	Global warming: Grim news expected from scientists' council of war - Global warming chokes Earth's 'lung' - Scientists assess climate dangers - Disasters take their toll on amphibians - Global warming is happening right now
1-31	Japan, Canada Should Link to EU on CO2 - Analyst
1-31	Steel Sector Fuels Demand for Coking Coal
1-31	China Coal Crunch Expected to Worsen
1-31	European Commission proposes strategy to deal with mercury pollution including a ban on exports - Questions & Answers on the Mercury Strategy
1-31	Electric utilities renew pitch for renewable-source power - Rural Oregon bets on renewable energy industry -
1-31	Wind power buffeted - Wind farms chaos leads to demands for rethink - Britain is top spot worldwide for renewable investment
1-30	Abandoned Mine Pools - Flood dangers hidden underground - Experts predict more mine water blowouts will occur in region through spring - Mine leak jolts public
1-30	Manchin agenda passes; Legislature approves comp, ethics measures - Worker's comp bill passes
1-30	Let coal earn money for state
1-30	Witnesses’ use questioned; Criminals being asked about vote buying
1-30	Bill McKibben: Where Do We Go, Where Do We Go Now?
1-30	Contaminated Yards Making Neighborhood Like A Prison
1-30	'Dangerous' Global Warming Possible by 2026 - WWF   - 'State of Fear': Not So Hot - Glaciers Shrinking in a Warming World - ‘Global warming bigger threat than terrorism' - Global warming remains world's biggest threat--experts - WWF: Global Warming May Kill Polar Bears
1-30	Whitman speaks out against White House policies
1-30	Hybrids? Some opt to go all-electric
1-30	Driver acknowledges DUI evidence in fatal crash
1-29	3 groups sue over permits for valley fills; Mining practice blamed for destroying streams  - U.S. sued to stop mountaintop mining; Kentucky mirrors one in West Virginia
1-29	Lack of funds, data make preventing mine blowouts difficult - Streets dry out in McDonald as gushing mine is controlled; Water is piped into creek; longer-term remedy sought
1-29	Origin of ash lost in history - 'Tidal wave' of muck, led to temporary evacuation
1-29	Greenpeace: Clean coal not possible
1-29	Global heat on Bush increases - US responds coolly to Blair call for action on climate change - Water shortages, global warming to hit grain supply - Global warming remains world's biggest threat--experts
1-29	River blockage hurts industry, nature; Rockefeller says closure costs $4.5 million per day
1-29	Retreating from clean air - Clean-air scofflaws
1-29	Coal industry lobbying manipulates emissions plan
1-29	World demand drives mining industry
1-28	Lawsuit would expand valley fill limits to Kentucky - Suit filed to stop mining method; Mountaintop removal harms water, groups say - Government sued over mining companies dumping mountain tops into valleys - Environmentalists file suit against feds to stop 'destructive' mining practice - And over 40 other venues carry the story
1-28	Judges for Sale? - Judges for Sale - American RadioWorks Series
1-28	Whitman speaks out against White House policies
1-28	Clear Skies in Morning, Bushies Take Warning - Bush Air Pollution Plan Up Against Deadlocked Senate Committee
1-28	Old power plants as dirty as ever - Official calls EPA mercury plan inadequate
1-28	McDonald situation may take weeks to resolve - West Virginia researchers predicted mine burst
1-28	Pa. testing ash debris from slide - Landslide woes worsen in Forward - Slide Sparks Fly Ash Concerns - Collapsing Hillside Threatens Four Homes
1-28	Manchin, Massey are not our kings  (scroll down; letters to the editor from you help all of us counter coal's propaganda campaign!)
1-28	Severance tax
1-28	U.S. WIND INDUSTRY CONTINUES EXPANSION OF CLEAN, DOMESTIC ENERGY SOURCE - Tax Credit Uncertainty Slowed US Wind Growth In '04
1-28	A Warming Climate
1-28	Global warming novel a hit with politicians, but not scientists - Scientists respond to Crichton's global warming data, studies
1-28	Massey Energy Reports Fourth Quarter and Year End 2004 Financial Results
1-28	China's coal shortage expected to worsen this year
1-28	Bill McKibben: Bad Boys, Bad Boys, Whatcha Gonna Do?
1-28	Kentucky Tough On Environmental Disasters?
1-27	Tax hikes drawing protests - Some See Risks in Bond Proposal; Natural Resources, Gambling Could Be Tapped as a Source of Money to Pay Debt
1-27	American Electric agrees to pay $81 million settlement
1-27	At age 60, progressive singer-songwriter Si Kahn soldiers onward through conservative times
1-27	Kentucky Groups Sue U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for Permitting Coal Companies to Destroy More Than 35 Miles of Kentucky Streams; 'Streamlined' Permit Violates Clean Water Act, Groups Say
1-27	Manchin holding the line on proposed severance tax hike
1-27	Bill McKibben: Changing the Climate-Change Climate
1-27	'Scary' science finds Earth heating up twice as fast as thought - Alarm at new climate warning - Gases Could Raise Temperatures 19.8 Degrees - Glaciers are shrinking in a warming world - Scientists Debate Climate Change Amid Stark Warnings - Blunt warning over current levels of CO2 - Global warming could be twice as bad as feared: computer model - Soaring global warming 'can't be ruled out'
1-27	Americans Are Trying to Discredit Me, Claims Chief Scientist
1-27	Climate Debate Threatens Republican Clean-Air Bill
1-27	U.S. Faces 'Pivotal Moment' on Clean-Air Regulations
1-27	Governors want clean air protections - The Clear Skies' the Limit - Tightening Clear Skies Bill Would Kill It - Lawmakers - U.S. faces key decision on clean-air rules - Legislature should nix Clear Skies ploy - Official: 'Clear Skies' proposal hinders power plant cleanups - Bush Air Pollution Stalls in Committee - Voinovich frustrated with impasse over clean air bills - Pataki, Schwarzenegger Urge Congress Not To Weaken States' Environmental Powers - Senate urged not to alter clean air act
1-27	64% percent of West Virginia’s dirtiest power plants have increased pollution in past decade; Bush Plan Will Make Problem Worse
1-27	Ohio's dirtiest power plants worsen - Kentucky group says emissions have risen
1-27	Critics Challenge White House "Clear Skies" Proposal - Bush's 'Clear Skies' Plan Is a Step Back, Report Says - Report: "Clear Skies" plan falls short
1-27	SIERRA CLUB URGES SENATE NOT TO TURN ITS BACK ON CLEAN AIR SUCCESS - NAM Member's Senate Testimony Supports ‘Clear Skies’
1-27	Fitch: Another Strong Year Predicted for U.S. Coal Industry
1-27	Scientists worry that mercury dangers mimic deadly lead
1-27	EPA's mercury Web site has some hot under the collar
1-27	Senate Panel OKs Bush's Pick for Energy Job
1-27	Watchdog sold out for Massey money (Letters to the editor are great tools--use them!)
1-27	DEP needs new beginning (Scroll down; Make your voice heard-write!)
1-27	Lawmakers introduce bill to restore intent of Coal Act
1-27	STUDY: MONEY, INCUMBENCY HARD TO BEAT IN LEGISLATIVE RACES
1-27	Satan is My Co-Pilot
1-27	Water from abandoned mine cascades through McDonald - Mine water still flooding McDonald
1-27	Chunk of road sends ash flying - Landslide dumps fly ash in Forward creek
1-27	CONSOL Energy Reports Fourth Quarter and Calendar Year Results - Consol earnings beat Wall Street estimates for 4th quarter, year - AEP Reports 2004 Year-End and Fourth-Quarter Earnings
1-27	Georgia dairy will turn manure into energy
1-27	We must look beyond coal - Coal is no answer to energy challenges
1-27	B.C. coal project near U.S. border raises concerns over water quality
1-26	Massey drops support for workers' comp bill; Coal company CEO criticizes proposed tax increases
1-26	Ethics: Swarming lobbyists
1-26	Two clean air plans duel in Senate; Proposals differ on timelines, carbon dioxide cap
1-26	CEC receives revised submission on mercury emissions from US power plants
1-26	W.Va. power plant developer clears one of several hurdles
1-26	"Collapse": Diamond's new book explores why civilizations crumble
1-26	PM ignores calls to criticise Bush over global warming
1-26	Ohio coal plant controversy: Village divided about health, property effects of power plant
1-26	Keep lid on global warming to avoid catastrophe: report - Global Warming Causing Mt. Everest To Shrink?
1-25	Climate Change: Countdown to Global Catastrophe - Panel: Irreversible crises loom with global warming
1-25	Silencing science: U.S. seeks to purge report on warming - Panel Urges US to Do More on Climate "Time Bomb"
1-25	Antarctica, Warming, Looks Ever More Vulnerable
1-25	Mine safety bill sails through Va. House - House OKs mine-safety measure - Va. House Endorses Measure To Tighten Mine Safety Rules - A mountain of problems
1-25	Governor Manchin wants to revive energy agency
1-25	Workers’ comp consensus lacking; W. Va. Lawmakers not sold on funding sources Manchin has proposed
1-25	Foul air  (Letters to the editors are excellent tools. Use them!)
1-25	AEP transmission line project progressing, spokesman says
1-25	Party On, King Coal (Yeah, party till we all drop!)
1-25	Energy plant goes green - Scottish Coal unveils plans for hydro energy scheme -Austin: Clean Air Capital of the World
1-25	China to revise coal mining laws - Undermined Chinese land's costly sinking
1-24	Special Interest Displeased with Media Policy (Today's lessons in semantics: CEOs and lobbyists who invest a lot of money in politicians are "important constituents." People who want clean air to breathe, clean water to drink and intact mountaintop look at, are a "special interest" group.)
1-24	Citizen groups serve to counter governor’s gagging of DEP - Also Posted on Common Dreams
1-24	Global warming to reach point of no return in 10 yrs - reports -  Byers Warns over Global Warming - 'Global warming has hit the danger point'
1-24	Let's all read this legislation carefully
1-24	U.S.: Remove Global Warming From U.N. Report - Spain Rejigs CO2 Emission Plan in Favour of Coal
1-24	Bush judicial nominees could shake the foundations of environmental law
1-24	Nations Ranked as Protectors of the Environment
1-24	Renewables Could Save U.S. Consumers $49 Billion, Create Up to 157,000 Net New Jobs
1-24	Va. House Endorsees Measure to Tighten Mine Safety Rules
1-24	Fortis Bank Wants to be Number One in EU CO2 Trading
1-24	International conference fires anti-coal protest
1-23	Global warming approaching point of no return, warns leading climate expert - NASA expert wages global warming fight
1-23	Waiting to exhale - Colorado legislature should nix hooking up with Bush's Clear Skies ploy - A roadblock on clean air
1-23	Ireland sees pockets of election fraud in W.Va.
1-23	Comp bill not quite ready; Reduction of unfunded liability unclear in draft
1-23	No cigarettes in the mine, or you're fired
1-23	Pa. landfill plans ignite uproar
1-23	Energy Dept. slow to mandate efficiency
1-23	Three accidents kill 19 Chinese miners, Xinhua News Agency reports
1-22	Kennedy: Fascist America (Kennedy's book highlights mountaintop removal as a crime against nature--and humanity.)
1-22	Mountaintop Removal: Encouraging Efficiency in Mining or Ruining Lives?
1-22	Coal trucks are once again ignoring limits
1-22	Wind Farms Blamed for Killing Migrating Bats
1-22	Despite Dangers, Miners Smoking in Mines
1-22	Congress drops ball on coal mine cleanup
1-22	Fly ash sales increase at Coal Creek power plant
1-22	U.S. Solar Industry to Unveil Solar Road Map
1-22	New Mexico: Report touts renewable energy's economic benefits - Renewables Work: Job Growth from Renewable Energy Development in the Mid-Atlantic
1-22	Life on Earth snuffed out by global warming - Hot climate killed off life - Climate change caused mass extinction - Global warming = Great Dying
1-22	Paying to ease greenhouse gases -- and consciences - Britain fiddles while the world warms
1-22	German coal industry granted multi-billion cash aid
1-21	Group spreads the word about mining (Larry Gibson is an OVEC board member)
1-21	EX-RESIDENT FEATURED
1-21	Charleston: Group at courthouse protests Bush ceremony -        DC: Unwelcome and Unfazed, Demonstrators Push Messages
1-21	Public info: Manchin complication
1-21	Bush Plans Pollution Rules by March, Disappointing Utilities - New Report Catalogues How White House Rewrote Rules for Industry in 2004
1-21	Cutting Mercury Emissions 90 Percent Wouldn't Be Too Costly
1-21	Ireland cracking down on candidates lacking finance reports
1-21	Why take damage from coal trucks? (scroll down; letters to the editor are a great tool, please use them!)
1-21	Former official ordered dirt dumped at slide site
1-21	LC&N gets OK to use coal ash mix - ‘Sludge’ mix can be used
1-21	Peabody Coal controversy floods community
1-21	National Coal Corp. Provides Update to Earnings Guidance for Fiscal 2004 and Withdraws Guidance for 2005
1-21	Breakthrough in climate research; New research suggests that climate warming may be occurring even faster than previously recognized
1-21	Russian Rivers Prove Man-Made Climate Change - Arctic rivers 'flowing faster'
1-21	Extinction Tied to Global Warming; Greenhouse Effect Cited in Mass Decline 250 Million Years Ago
1-21	'Sinks' Feasible, Effective in Fighting Climate Change
1-21	EU suing on delays in Kyoto plans - UN Storm Brews Over Hurricane-Global Warming Link
1-21	New water treatment allows mines to clean up their acts
1-20	Tax hike plan has unusual support (Remember, coal companies' refusal to pay workers' comp fees are a big part of the debt...)
1-20	Forum to address selection of state Supreme Court justices
1-20	Truth About Gob
1-20	Manchin wants talks with media OK’d; Administration sees it as being kept in the loop by employees (DEP jumps right on it! Is Manchin emulating communist regimes?) - Workers' Comp changes underway
1-20	Governor's office defends restrictions on talking to press
1-20	WV DEP water resources chief gets ax
1-20	After boy's death, Virginia panel backs tougher mine safety rules
1-20	Bush 'Clear Skies' Proposal Hinders Power Plant Cleanups, Official Says - Report: Mercury can be cut 90% (But not with Bush/Coal's plan)  - Texas coalition pushes for reduced mercury emissions - NRDC Assesses Bush First Term Environmental Record
1-20	Mercury in Fish
1-20	Pa. coal company may use a mix of coal ash, river dredge and kiln dust to fill a huge mine pit
1-20	Bodman Vows to Seek to Expand Alaska Oil Drilling - Senate Panel to Question Bush Energy Nominee
1-20	Putting Some Heat on Bush; Scientist Inspires Anger, Awe for Challenges on Global Warming
1-20	US Forests Cost-Effective vs Global Warming - Snow, Where'd You Go? - Forests cost-effective in global warming - Arctic rivers discharge more freshwater into ocean, reflecting changes to hydrologic cycle - Researchers studying effects of carbon dioxide on ocean
1-20	U.S. seeks to scuttle conference text linking climate change to disasters - Blair's greenhouse gas policy 'scandalous' - Climate Change Debated at U.N. Meeting
1-20	China Shelves 23 Power Stations, Citing Environment (Hey Don Nehlen, ya hear that?)
1-20	Coal-bed methane survey draws questions
1-20	Australian Greens warn of massive protests if government  continues to promote coal over cleaner energy
1-19	W.Va. in race for clean coal (As long as there is mountaintop removal, there is no such thing as "clean" coal!)
1-19	Truck weight violations climb
1-19	Seven Massey executives given stock, firm reports
1-19	Momentum builds for severance tax hike - Workers’ comp session gives W. Va. businesses hope - Manchin's strong start - Surcharge on comp premiums considered; Manchin proposal would lead to lower employer cost, official says
1-19	Development Office staff bonuses halted; Secretive payouts from private sources frequently criticized
1-19	EPA charges DuPont hid Teflon's risks
1-19	Berkeley, California, endorses the Kyoto Protocol; Calls on cities and their citizens across America to address global climate change now - Canada Considers Copying California's Greenhouse Gas Law
1-19	Drought's Growing Reach: NCAR Study Points To Global Warming As Key Factor - TREES COULD CUT GLOBAL WARMING
1-19	Mississippi county OKs coal ash disposal
1-19	Train derailment dumps 2,000 tons of coal in Knoxville
1-19	France to Accelerate Green Diesel Output - New British Biodiesel Plant Ready to Roll
1-18	Daily Mail: Momentum builds for severance tax hike
1-18	Area events honor legend of civil rights - Kerry Cites Suppressed Votes in Election - More Than a Dreamer
1-18	Gubernatorial Inauguration 2005 - Agreeing on solutions may be difficult, lawmakers say
1-18	Bush’s Choice for Energy Secretary Was One of Texas’ Top Five Worst Polluters
1-18	They flattened this mountaintop to find coal - and created a wasteland: A ravaged US state is fighting back against mining bosses who backed Bush
1-18	Peabody gets permit for Illinois coal plant
1-18	Climate: The Arctic Goes Bush - Global warming melts winter joy at top German resort
1-18	Home-Made Biofuels Are Best - UK Green Groups
1-18	Spain's Gamesa to Build Wind Power Plant in US
1-18	China's coal sector haunted by its safety record
1-18	Spitzer comes through for the people
1-17	MLK Jr. In His Own Words - MLK's Moral Values - I Have a Dream...
1-17	WV accounted for almost half of US miners killed on job in 2004 - Chinese coal mines claimed over 6,000 lives in 2004 (Friends of Coal--