OVEC News Links Archive, March 2005

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3-31	Experts Warn Ecosystem Changes Will Continue to Worsen, Putting Global Development Goals At Risk - INTERNATIONAL STUDY HIGHLIGHTS NRDC CALL FOR U.S. COMMISSION ON GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL THREATS - Earth is being over-exploited to the point of collapse, study finds
3-31	Manchin should heed his uncle (scroll down; letters to the editor are great tools; use them!)
3-31	Rewards: Pork barrel bonanza
3-31	In bid to cut mercury, US lets other toxins through
3-31	Nine US States File Suit Challenging Federal Mercury Emissions Rules, Say Policy Does Not Protect Fetuses, Children
3-31	Ohio agency proposes fees for developers, coal mines
3-31	Avoid Oil Crisis with Renewables, Security Leaders Advise
3-31	Hopi Tribe explores alternative energy sources
3-31	Drug tests have up, down sides for mines
3-31	Carbon dioxide continues its rise
3-31	Kyoto Protocol spurs race to develop fuel cells - Deals to Develop Fuel Cell Vehicle - GM, Daimlerchrysler in Fuel Cell Deals with US
3-31	Japan Government Panel Approves Proposal to Cut Emissions under Kyoto Protocol - Tough Steps Urged to Cut CO2 Emissions in Japan
3-31	Global Warming of Atlantic Could Hit Fish - Fish stocks down due to warmer seas
3-30	Capitol rallies to reflect divergent opinions on coal
3-30	The state of the world? It is on the brink of disaster - Two-thirds of world's resources 'used up' - Scientists warn of Earth's declining environmental health - Study highlights global decline - What on Earth are we doing to our planet? - Human damage to earth worsening fast: report
3-30	Future of energy should steer away from coal
3-30	Senators stand up for Alaska but not W.Va. (scroll down; letters to the editor are great tools; use them!)
3-30	Wilderness resolutions make outlandish claims
3-30	States Sue EPA Over Mercury Emissions - 9 states sue, say new rules on mercury fall short - N.J. leads nine-state challenge of EPA mercury pollution rules
3-30	Australians More Concerned With Global Warming Than Terrorism
3-30	No movement in Ky. lawsuit that sparked debate on overweight trucks
3-30	Utilities Move Toward Cleaner Coal Processing (As long as there is global warming, mountaintop removal, longwall mining, abuse of workers' rights, coal $ influence over politicians, massive tax breaks and subsidies for huge corporations, etc, there is no such thing as "clean" coal.)
3-30	A New Era for Oil? - China Fuel Tax its Best Weapon to Check Oil Demand
3-30	Kyoto pact plan avoids carbon tax; buying of emissions credits expected
3-29	EPA’s mercury allowance is a joke - Maine to sue EPA over mercury emissions - Senators request probe of charges that EPA withheld info on mercury rule - Breathe in
3-29	DEP stays out of dispute over stream protection
3-29	Coal gasification could solve power plant efficiency and emissions problems (As long as there is global warming, mercury, acid rain, mountaintop removal, longwall mining, abuse of workers' rights, coal $ influence over politicians, massive tax breaks and subsidies for huge corporations, etc, there is no such thing as "clean" coal.)
3-29	Kyoto Protocol Tough For Emerging Economies - UK and Brussels clash over emissions - Pa. adds to global warming
3-29	Cloud people run for the rain
3-29	Unlikely Bedfellows Lobby Against US Gas-Guzzlers
3-29	Peabody Coal Illinois Plant permit tossed out by judge
3-29	EKU's coal-fired boilers emitting too much soot, state tests show
3-29	Industrial pollution on the rise
3-28	Environmental activists plan summer mining protests
3-28	Coal cure: ‘Bridge technology’ (A multi-billion dollar bridge to what kind of future? How about a leap to a better future--invest those billions in a no-holds-barred effort to conserve, improve efficiency, localize economies and develop truly cleaner, renewable energies?)
3-28	Fishing for New Environmentalists
3-28	Proposed Power Plant Challenges Great Lakes Ecosystem, Sovereignty; Opponents Maneuver to Thwart New Coal-Burning Efforts in Wisconsin
3-28	Indigenous communities fight Irish coal mining co. over ancestral lands
3-28	Global warming is a human rights issue - Call for action on climate change
3-28	Wildlife winces at early spring
3-28	Blair 'fails to lead on global warming' - MPs chastise Blair over climate change - Sparring officials to delay Kyoto proposals
3-28	Higher and higher: ski resorts in fight to survive global warming
3-28	Asian pollution linked to polar climate change; NASA reports the soot emissions seem to contribute to global warming
3-28	Whistling up millions from trucks and fly ash
3-28	Carbon boom to hit energy bills
3-28	Lights out for a new nuclear age in Scotland
3-27	Aluminum study panel ignored suggestions
3-27	Response to recent article written by Steve Walker of Walker Machinery
3-27	Senator reports death threat
3-27	West Virginians need their EQB (scroll down; letters to the editor are great tools; use them!)
3-27	Patrick Mann: Wind power
3-27	Study sees sprouting of green power; In a decade, market may reach $100 billion a year
3-27	Geo-Greening by Example - New oil discoveries outpaced by increasing demand - Oil dependence can be solved with hybrid vehicles
3-27	Climate shift? It's just warming up - Global warming allows beetles to attack whitebark pines
3-27	Turning a coal mine into a tourist attraction
3-27	OVERWEIGHT TRUCK BILL
3-27	Illinois state attorney battles power plant construction
3-27	Mountain tourism is on the map (An OVEC staffer was invited to write a paragraph about Appalachia for this map.)
3-27	Energy research 'failing UK needs'
3-26	Support “Voter-Owned” Elections! - Campaign Finance Reform
3-26	Read the WV Environmental Council's Legislative Update and take action on WV government issues--TODAY!
3-26	Take Action with WVCAG: March Mineral Madness
3-26	Manchin government-redo bid looks dead
3-26	ATVs boost tourism in Harlan County
3-26	Industry Cites Effect of EPA Rule on WV Power Plants - N.H. toughens rules on mercury - Carper, Casle slam new EPA mercury regulation - New EPA 'Do-Nothing' Mercury Pollution Rules Dangerous to Public Health - Region's senators ask EPA to toughen mercury rules
3-26	Texas company (Harken!) will drill for coal bed methane gas in Evansville area
3-26	Is the 'End of Oil' on the horizon? - What's going to happen as we start running out of cheap gas to guzzle? - Despite high prices, Wyoming oil industry not booming
3-26	Ohio economy to get jolt from new power plant (As long as there is global warming, mercury, acid rain, mountaintop removal, longwall mining, abuse of workers' rights, coal $ influence over politicians, massive tax breaks and subsidies for huge corporations, etc, there is no such thing as "clean" coal.) - Power plant could have huge impact
3-26	Goldtooth: 'We only have one Mother Earth' - Health of Mother Earth is our responsibility
3-25	Extension of mine reclamation tax considered in House
3-25	Wallboard plant planned near Moundsville power plant
3-25	Mine reclamation advertising is fake (scroll down; letters to the editor are great tools; use them!)
3-25	Mountain State is losing its hills (scroll down; letters to the editor are great tools; use them!)
3-25	Blair Mountain crucial to history (scroll down; letters to the editor are great tools; use them!)
3-25	Coal in a Nice Shade of Green (As long as there is global warming, mercury, acid rain, mountaintop removal, longwall mining, abuse of workers' rights, coal $ influence over politicians, massive tax breaks and subsidies for huge corporations, etc, there is no such thing as "clean" coal.) -The other side: ‘Clean’ coal doesn’t do much to protect environment
3-25	What Happens Once the Oil Runs Out?
3-25	UK nuclear energy: set for a comeback soon?
3-25	Emissions busters vie for billions; Market for pollution control equipment seen growing
3-25	Tech gets $12 million grant to research coal slurry uses
3-25	Kentucky county gets $50,000 to transform mines (land, which pre-mining, was a TRUE paradise) into off-road paradise - Harlan County gets grant for ATV tourism; ABANDONED MINING ROADS WILL BE DEVELOPED
3-25	Rendell unveils $60 million mining project for W. Pa.
3-25	It’s a great weekend to see film from Appalachia
3-25	Where is the 'morality' in Clear Skies Act? (letters to the editor are great tools; use them!)
3-25	Estimates of greenhouse warming double
3-25	Hot air and global warming
3-25	Britain’s top climate scientist backs global warming claims
3-25	National Geographic puts Appalachia on the map (An OVEC staffer was invited to write a paragraph about Appalachia for this map.)
3-25	Energy Panel Broke Law, Groups Say
3-25	Bioheat gaining steam as home-heating option
3-25	Leupp residents want their share of C-aquifer
3-25	Eight killed, six injured in central China coal mine explosion - Safer Chinese coal mines a long way off
3-25	Experts Warn Ships May Bring Lake Invaders
3-24	W.Va. May get massive plant
3-24	Coal severance tax suit worries some officials
3-24	Coal wants taxes repaid; State could pay up to $500 million if companies win case
3-24	Massey turned visitors away (letters to the editor are great tools; use them!)
3-24	Arianna Huffington: Paying the Price For Bush's Retro Energy Policy
3-24	Converting your car to straight veggie oil
3-24	Friends of Cheat not suing logging firm, member says
3-24	Law limiting mercury draws environmentalists’ ire
3-24	Judge refuses to close hearing in Wyoming coal-bed methane case
3-24	EU Leaders Drop 2050 Emissions Reduction Target
3-24	Call to demolish polluting homes
3-24	New Greenhouse Gas Reporting Guidance Issued
3-24	Climate change poorly understood by US public, MIT survey finds
3-24	Report: Rivers may get too hot for fish - Global warming spoiling unpopulated arctic, says study - 'Eternal snow' melts as temperatures rise
3-24	NASA Study Finds Soot May be Changing the Arctic Environment
3-24	Power answers blowing in the wind
3-24	EU Leaders Want Nuclear Fusion Agreement by July
3-23	Green Energy Seen as $100 Billion Market in Decade
3-23	Massey mine cited again for violating safety rules
3-23	The Capitol Report: Interim panel recommended no water changes
3-23	Senate panel approves request for turnpike coal truck waiver
3-23	Comp tries to speed up benefit process
3-23	Global warming: "Tragedy of the Commons" revisited
3-23	Mercury in Fish Linked to Increased Heart Disease - EPA Chided for Disregarding Study of Benefits from Mercury Curbs
3-23	Fly ash tests in Forward are negative - Arsenic levels prove normal
3-23	LTE: Industrial wind power is a fraud
3-23	Dozens of States Declare Support for Nuclear Power
3-23	'China boom unsustainable as eco-costs skyrocket'
3-23	China: Renewable energy given priority
3-23	Australia: Coal dust fears
3-23	Testing of 'clean coal' product under way (As long as there is global warming, mercury, acid rain, mountaintop removal, longwall mining, abuse of workers' rights, coal $ influence over politicians, massive tax breaks and subsidies for huge corporations, etc, there is no such thing as "clean" coal.)
3-23	Professor, Students Donate Website Proceeds to Renewable Energy Projects
3-22	Bush, industry seek reversal of mine ruling - Mountaintop mine permit ruling appealed
3-22	Raleigh judge upholds Massey permit suspension
3-22	New EPA Mercury Rule Omits Conflicting Data; Study Called Stricter Limits Cost-Effective
3-22	Revisiting the UMW cleanup
3-22	Bill could change elections in state (scroll down; letters to the editors are great tools--use them!)
3-22	The Fall of the 527: New legislation aims to rein in groups that can collect unregulated documents
3-22	Blankenship could have aided miners (scroll down; letters to the editors are great tools--use them!)
3-22	Christian obligation (scroll to bottom; letters to the editors are great tools--use them!)
3-22	Goal: Make abundant coal clean (As long as there is global warming, mercury, acid rain, mountaintop removal, longwall mining, abuse of workers' rights, coal $ influence over politicians, massive tax breaks and subsidies for huge corporations, etc, there is no such thing as "clean" coal.) - AEP proposes clean coal plant in Ohio
3-22	47 state sites land on cultural tourism map (An OVEC staffer has an 100-word blurb about Appalachia on this map!)
3-22	Comment is allowed on sludge proposal; Tennessee sewage may go to Hopkins
3-22	Arch Coal upgraded to "buy" - update
3-22	Building green to save green - Greening Affordable Housing
3-22	Goldman Sachs To Buy Wind-Power Development Firm
3-22	U.N.: Nuclear Energy May Be Back in Vogue
3-22	Global warming could trigger ant invasions
3-22	Britain Off Course on Domestic CO2 Emissions Targets
3-21	MSHA chief sought industry job for 6 months
3-21	Cecil Roberts: Massey’s poor safety record speaks louder than hype
3-21	Permits reissued for DuPont landfill in Wood County; DEP refuses to limit discharges of chemical C8, not covered by pollution rules
3-21	Group battles plan to log in Cheat River Canyon - W.Va. state parks boast colorful history
3-21	EPA AIR POLLUTION SETTLEMENT WITH OHIO UTILITY SHOWS ENFORCING THE LAW WORKS, SAYS NRDC; Polluters Continue to Lobby Feds to Drop Remaining Clean Air Act Enforcement Cases - Emission cuts suffer setback
3-21	The biggest challenge of our time; The Kyoto treaty makes a step towards reducing greenhouse emissions, but it's far from enough
3-21	Former state Sen. Mike Ross and coal
3-21	Horses thriving in Appalachia on pastures that were once mountaintop mines (The most biologically diverse temperate forests on Earth are decimated and biodiversity is lost forever. Is creating horse pastures for rich people an acceptable reason for destroying communities and the vital ecosystems service provided for all by intact forested mountains?)- Mountains get new industry
3-21	Saving the life aquatic: The effects of overfishing and climate change are taking a dire toll
3-21	Iraq invasion may be remembered as start of the age of oil scarcity; Production tumbles in post-Hussein era as more countries vie for shrinking supplies
3-21	Planned Illinois coal plant could cast haze over refuge
3-21	Carrying coal from new castles
3-21	Modest experiment in methane gas production
3-21	Report: Renewable energy equals jobs - Baldacci backs far-reaching energy measures
3-21	Sustainable Development: Heading in the right direction?
3-21	Britain expects more cooperation with China on renewable energy
3-21	Renewable energy--Every source leaves a footprint
3-20	Miners’ insurance about to expire
3-20	An ex-miner, but still killed by coal; MINISTER'S DEATH IN CRASH ILLUSTRATES DANGERS OF OVERLOADED TRUCKS
3-20	Anti-war rally - Some 100,000 to Protest in London Two Years after Iraq Invasion
3-20	Many oppose Consol project (scroll down; letters to the editors are great tools--use them!)
3-20	The Money Behind the Debate Over Drilling in ANWR
3-20	Death toll rises to 59 in Shanxi coal mine blast
3-20	Proposed Idaho power plant triggers heated exchange at meeting - Polk Champions Clean Coal; County Houses One of the World's Only Power Plants Capable of Gasfication
3-20	ONGC, HPCL, REL bet big on wind energy
3-19	Take Part TODAY! Rallies to Mark War Anniversary - Interview with WVPFP's Lida Shepherd - Soldiers' Families to Hold Anti-War Rally at Ft. Bragg - IVAW Statement on the Second Anniversary of the Iraq War
3-19	Global Warming to affect millions this century - Reports say Global Warming is here for real - Global Warming Could Decimate Crops - Shareholder Pressure Gets Results on Global Warming - Global Warming Fatal For Coming Generation - A sobering projection on sea-level rise - Global warming here to stay
3-19	Massey to appeal verdict, calls $50 million unjustified
3-19	Power Plant That Pollutes Northeast Agrees to Cut Emissions - FirstEnergy settles clean-air lawsuit for $1.1 billion
3-19	Fly ash slide in Forward declared safe - Toxic Sludge is Good for You!
3-19	Acid Rain Stunts Eastern Forests
3-19	Stinky sewage sludge may be shipped to W. Kentucky, used to help "reclaim" strip-mined land
3-19	Open records laws vital part of free society
3-19	Senator Pledges Fight in Energy Committee - Senate Nod to Arctic Oil Drilling Stiffens Opposition
3-19	Shanks Named President of Arch Coal's Eastern Operations
3-19	AEP Ohio Seeks Cost-Recovery Means for Proposed Clean-Coal Plan (Read: Your money used to prop up dinosaur, deadly industry disguised as bright new "clean" technology)
3-19	The mercury mess - In the mercury hot spot - Mercurial Rulemaking
3-19	Greens call for sustainability criteria to be applied to hydrogen economy
3-19	City's green-energy aspirations start with tiny turbine - Replacing your electric supplier with windmill isn’t good idea for some
3-19	Peabody buys Illinois, Indiana coal reserves for $61 million
3-19	China Coal Mine Blast Kills 17 Miners
3-19	Deforestation blamed for worsening Thailand drought (Mountaintop removal is permanent deforestation!)
3-18	Fate of Campaign Finance Reforms Rests with Senate Judiciary
3-18	‘Clean’ coal doesn’t do much to protect environment
3-18	Check out the facts before issuing praise (scroll down; letters to the editors are great tools--use them!)
3-18	No Stopping Global Warming, Studies Predict - Climate change inevitable in 21st century; Sea level rise to outpace temperature increase - Oceans extend effects of climate change - Global warming has momentum, 2 studies show - Climate Models Reveal Inevitability of Global Warming - How to prepare a planet for global warming
3-18	Study Links Mercury from Power Plants to Autism - Mercury Pollution, Autism Link Found - US Study
3-18	Too little, too slow - Act quickly on reducing mercury - Mercury's new friends - Rule change puts babies in the womb at risk - Mercury Rule Analysis Questioned
3-18	Coal fly ash can contain poisonous metals - Pa. DEP: No Fly Ash Dangers in Forward Twp
3-18	Secrecy hasn’t risen, state agencies say - Public has right to voice opinions in open meetings
3-18	Tourism conference to focus on creating, marketing packages
3-18	Massey To Appeal Multi-Billion Verdict
3-18	International Coal Group Appoints Ben Hatfield as CEO
3-18	High-tech review boosts Consol's coal reserves in W.Va.
3-18	Get ‘On the road again’ with Nelson’s new biodiesel - German Biofuel Firms to Become Large Grain Buyers - UK Biodiesel Plant With Tesco Backing Gets Go-Ahead
3-18	Americans See Fuel Efficient Cars as "Patriotic"
3-18	$53 Billion in New Investment Required to Meet U.S. Renewable State Standards
3-18	Toxic coal tar residue cleanup plan unveiled; poison leftover from plant that converted coal to gas - State Asks Utility To Clean Up Hudson River
3-18	China acts on coal mining safety - Explosion in Chinese coal mine kills 18
3-18	China could transform global market in renewables
3-18	Renewables May Have Minor Impact on GHG Emissions, Says Oxford Study -