OVEC News Links Archive, May 2005

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5-31	Appalachian Power's new plant stack is growing ever skyward
5-31	Good life: Perfect retirement area--if mountaintop removal not expanded
5-31	Race issue sparks fuss over immigrant workers
5-31	Sex sells. But can GE use sex to sell coal?
5-31	Thursday at 1 p.m. on Kentucky.com: Online Chat with Bill Caylor, president of Kentucky Coal Association
5-31	African Drought and Global Warming
5-31	Hurricane Season could Renew Global Warming Debate
5-31	Is world’s gas gauge on empty?
5-31	Solar and Wind Energy Fail Exxon's Economics Test - $2 Billion in Renewable Energy Exports for Green Energy Resources, Gets EU's 'Sustainable Procurement' Nod - Waking a sleeping buffalo: MSU students explore renewable energy on the Hi-Line
5-31	Coal mine flooding kills 8 in Fujian
5-30	Residents and others ask for closure of processing plant
5-30	Kathryn Stone responds to Steve Walker's "Criticism of mining oversimplified a complex issue"
5-30	Criticism of mining oversimplified a complex issue (Walker, with his bank account fat from the destruction of our forested mountains and streams, chooses to ignore what mountaintop removal is doing to our future.) (An e-mail we received on this op-ed: One thing he is forgetting that in making a "moral choice" (as he puts it) about using electricity from coal, driving a car, and eating meat that doesn't destroy any one else's home, property or lives. What they do does affect everyone, including the animals.)
5-30	Politicians ignore solar energy (Scroll down; letters to the editor are great tools--use them!)
5-30	Mini-generators fill demand for clean energy, alternative power
5-30	Crude awakening - Oil: Caveat empty
5-30	Scientist digs into global warming - Global warming actions can be controlled by people's participation
5-30	G8 SUMMIT: The Climate Does Not Look Good
5-30	Coal mine blast kills three, injures eight in C. China
5-30	Serious UK nuclear leak 'went unnoticed for nine months'
5-29	Reforesting the mountaintop: UK researchers' method facing some resistance (Not another inch of MTR until all existing sites are successfully reforested--including the understory. Prove it can be done!)
5-29	Scientific inquiry: Is the White House helping researchers reach the 'right' conclusions?
5-29	Experts: Petroleum May Be Nearing Peak
5-29	Documentary maker here still mountain girl at heart
5-29	Ohio paying for coal that can't be mined
5-29	Nothing's free in Freetown
5-29	Utah will study level of mercury in state fish
5-29	Coal mine flood in eastern China traps 12
5-29	Philippines: Firm asked to stop coal plants
5-29	Britain: No more middle of the road: the crunch is coming for pollution - Owners of gas-guzzling cars to be hit by five-fold tax increase
5-29	California to tackle global warming; Governor to buck Bush, set own rules
5-29	Global warming? A small few non-believers say no
5-29	How smoky was my city, how green it is now
5-29	Wind farms emerging on the horizon
5-29	The winds of change: the future belongs to renewable energy
5-29	UK blew wind power, we can’t let Holyrood sink wave energy - Wave technology industry is on the crest of a slump
5-29	Business Interests Target "Activist" Attorney Generals
5-28	Dirty Money --As coal plants win the right to burn dirtier and dirtier, the administration is subsidizing coal as the “clean fuel” of the future
5-28	Consol to add 400 jobs at mine - Consol may expand Pa. mine, creating 400 jobs
5-28	Board wants more review of DEP’s C8 deal
5-28	Mine-safety lawyer's firing questioned - Prosecutor of coal operators and miners replaced
5-28	New Climate Stewardship Bill Would Subsidize Nuclear Development - Nuclear power is wrong answer - Nuclear Power Not Needed to Reduce Global Warming Emissions
5-28	Massey Energy Annual Meeting Webcast Replay
5-28	Critics upset about process for proposed Nevada coal plant
5-28	Montana labor organization endorses developing coal, power plants
5-28	Aviation is fastest-growing source of C02 emissions
5-28	Climate and energy: what the United States needs
5-28	Industry chiefs' environment plea - Large firms call on govt to do more to cut CO2
5-28	Europe Tackles Climate Change During Green Week 2005 - - Leaked G8 climate draft sets no specific targets - G8 will not set targets to cut global warming
5-28	Arctic trek may heat up warming concerns - Climate change refugees could crowd Europe's central belt - Rising sea levels pose global threat
5-28	Buried treasure, deadly price
5-27	Businesses call for urgent action on climate change
5-27	Residents speak out against Massey permit
5-27	Court refuses appeal of Mingo school delay
5-27	Leave Blair Mountain proud peak of history
5-27	Permit deal would leave C8 issue up in air
5-27	Ohio regulators approve mining plan under old-growth
5-27	Appalachian Treasures presentation In Mississippi (scroll down)
5-27	Senate Panel OK's Energy Bill, Ends Utility Law - Energy Package Clears Senate Committee
5-27	State challenges mercury rule; Review sought for Bush pollution plan - Feds must protect Maine from other states' toxins
5-27	State unveils 'permanent' fix to town's gushing coal mine
5-27	Policy debate: Power plants on Navajo land
5-27	President's Air Pollution Initiative Is Revived
5-27	Global Warming Will Increase World Hunger - Africa Faces Food Crisis Under Global Warming
5-27	British museum that tells story of coal wins biggest arts prize - Disused British coal mine wins lucrative Gulbenkian museum prize
5-26	Mountain Justice Summer: A grassroots group on a mission to save the mountains
5-26	Peak Outrage
5-26	Court won’t hear arguments in DEP enforcement case - Court declines to hear appeal of mine inspector decision
5-26	Increasingly, evangelists are embracing environmentalism
5-26	Pruett now helping destroy mountains (Scroll down. Winnie is an OVEC board member; letters to the editor are great tools--use them!)
5-26	Arctic Leaders Appeal Over Global Warming - Global warming happening faster
5-26	Coal ash to become concrete additive
5-26	First woman named to mine safety board
5-26	Bush Says Tired Of Waiting On Energy Bill (his Big Coal and Oil funders are getting tired of not getting exactly everything they want right now)
5-26	US wants to review BC coal mine
5-26	Oil supply shortage may be made up with China coal - Coal mine tragedies leave endless suffering
5-26	Toxic Avengers
5-26	Italy Cuts C02 Allocation Plan, Wins EU Approval
5-26	Massey Energy Company reported -Don Blankenship on board through 2008
5-25	For the sake of the kids; West Virginia Residents Confront Massey Energy
5-25	Two protesters arrested at coal prep plant
5-25	Environmentalists Rally
5-25	Two arrested after protesting Massey facility near school - Coal mine noise, dust protested; Two arrested for trespassing on Massey Energy property - Raleigh County Protest - Two protesters arrested at coal prep plant
5-25	State court urged to protect mine inspector powers
5-25	Mountaintop removal mining of coal should be outlawed (It already is outlawed! Mountaintop removers are breaking state and federal laws!)
5-25	Is a man with a bullhorn adequate flood warning? (letters to the editor are great tools--use them!)
5-25	Republican Environmentalists for Kaine? (Possibly cleaning up some of the emissions from burning coal is a great goal, but as long as there is mountaintop removal, there is no such thing as "clean" coal.)
5-25	Perceptions, global warming and coal (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 coal corporations, etc, there is no such thing as "clean" coal.)
5-25	China to Face Increasing Coal Shortage - China's coal shortage to hit 330 million tons by 2010
5-25	Record high for European emissions trade
5-25	Oil Firms to See Windfall From EU CO2 Scheme
5-25	Chicken Little and the canary in the coal mine
5-25	Global warming threatening traditional medicine - Will global warming impact tourism hotspots?
5-25	Dissident shareholders push Exxon Mobil on global warming
5-24	'The Last Campaign': Movie documents McGraw’s battle against big money
5-24	Nine groups oppose New River Gorge development
5-24	Workers' Comp begins award review
5-24	Consol: Rescue Teams Enter Virginia Mine
5-24	Anti-emissions mission
5-24	Mega-mall in upstate New York could give birth to a clean-energy awakening
5-24	Clean-coal advances urged at meeting (Possibly cleaning up some of the emissions from burning coal is a great goal, but as long as there is mountaintop removal, there is no such thing as "clean" coal.)
5-24	China's coal riches could ease oil insecurity (As long as the world's "leaders" remain oblivious to the true costs of coal, that is...)
5-24	Coal-to-oil plan worth a look - Gamble in the desert
5-24	U.S. official defends stance on environment
5-24	Scotland 'can lead world in renewable energy' - World Renewable Energy Congress - Renewable Energy Projects expected to spend $13 billion
5-24	Renewable energy has users smiling
5-23	Mountaintop removal protests planned in four states
5-23	Miners, environmentalists stand at the ready as interest in coal reignites
5-23	Pike residents take on TECO - Regulators Fine, Scrutinize TECO Coal - Environmental Report Sees No Harm From TVA Land Swap
5-23	Coal industry leaving an ugly, tragic legacy
5-23	How to win a global-warming suit - The business end of global warming
5-23	Groups push renewable energy for power line project - Senator pushes renewable energy credits
5-23	Portugal to Get World's First Commercial Wave Farm
5-23	School officials say year-old energy program paying off
5-23	Tilting at windmills: Britian split over energy eyesores - 2,000 more wind turbines in countryside - Chavez Frias wants new solar and wind energy agreements with Iran
5-23	New data may mean more fish warnings - Man blames mercury poisoning on Gulf fish
5-23	Cleaner coal plants fail to find acceptance
5-23	The Courage to Develop Clean Energy - 'Clean coal' may soften Wyo's low-sulfur edge (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 coal corporations, etc, there is no such thing as "clean" coal.)
5-23	Death toll rises to 45 in Hebei coal mine blast
5-22	Dirty Secret: Coal Plants Could Be Much Cleaner
5-22	Global warming could lead to crowding in Europe - Measuring the reality of climate change - PM warms to climate evidence
5-22	Focus On Pollution Cleanup
5-22	US House Rejects Lifting Offshore Drilling Ban
5-22	China coal mine blast kills 20
5-21	American Electric advances clean-coal plans with deal (See purple rants below - there is no such thing as "clean" coal.)
5-21	Climate change and industry - Ice sheet confounds climate theory
5-21	Sierra group sues to block coal plant
5-20	Human Activities Cause of Current Extinction Crisis - Ecosystems, economic choices and human well-being
5-20	Ohio to get first AEP clean-coal plant; W.Va. a good bet for second facility (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 coal corporations, etc, there is no such thing as "clean" coal.) - GE, Bechtel sign study agreement for AEP clean coal plant
5-20	Ex-mining contractor to pay back premiums to Comp
5-20	Mountaintop removal themes included in Tamarack exhibit (Dalporto is an OVEC member!)
5-20	DuPont faces C8 criminal probe
5-20	Money to Burn (OVEC's Janet Fout was asked to give a quote for this story, but the paper edited her comments out. Janet said, "It is good news that Arch is working with area residents. We hope the company is honestly and fully informing the local community about the potential devastating impacts of longwall mining, especially as they relate to subsidence which can damage homes and property. Individuals will have to pay for city water, but unpolluted groundwater provides free drinking water. Polluting water is another way the coal industry externalizes its cost--that is passes it costs along to the public." To learn more about subsidence and the toll on coalfield residents from longwall mining, see Tri-State Citizens Mining Network.)
5-20	State Still Depends on Coal Industry (Make no mistake--the State Journal's parent company investors include at least one coal baron...But the truth endures: The coal industry will do all it can to continue its ecocidal, greed-driven bid to whisk all the wealth out of West Virginia it can, despite the fact that it could but won't mine coal safely and responsibly. We have many reasons to stand up and fight for an end to the most irresponsible coal mining practice ever--mountaintop removal. Top reasons: Our communities, our way-of-life, our futures!)
5-20	FBI fears bunny huggers - FBI, ATF address domestic terrorism - Eco-warriors are 'US terror risk' (Hey, how about going after the REAL eco-terrorists--the mountaintop removers who are terrorizing entire ecosystems!) - ACLU accuses FBI of 'spying' on activists - Senate committee to mull expanded police powers
5-20	Sierra Club files lawsuit against coal-fired power plant
5-20	Residents concerned about contamination
5-20	UK Firm Claims Breakthrough In Fuel Cell Technology
5-20	Start-up drills for oil in algae
5-20	In U.S., fight against global warming finally reaching a boil
5-20	Warming Is Blamed for Antarctica's Weight Gain
5-20	Two Bodies Found After China Coal Mine Blast; 49 Still Missing
5-20	Rule made to hem China's coal-fired power plants
5-19	Bringing Down the Mountain (Click on Features)
5-19	Blair Mountain could be attraction (scroll down; letters to the editor are great tools, use them!)
5-19	Pike residents protest at coal company; TECO mines are danger, they say
5-19	Coal firm is sued for fatal crash; Widow's suit says truck overloaded
5-19	11 States Challenge Break on Mercury for Coal Power Plants - NJ again takes lead in multi-state suit against EPA - Pa. to set tougher rules to cut mercury emissions
5-19	State should consider all costs of plant - U.S. must continue to study clean coal (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 coal corporations, etc, there is no such thing as "clean" coal.)
5-19	Senate Panel Rejects Better Mileage for Gas Guzzlers
5-19	Miners' advocate charged with fraud - President of sick miners group indicted on Medicare fraud charge
5-19	Not in My Backyard! - Golden Gamble in Grass Valley, Part 4: Tailings to Tiles
5-19	Shanghai seeks clean energy rather than coal
5-19	US Doubts New Kyoto Climate Deal after 2012
5-19	Papuans seek forest carbon credit
5-19	To track global warming, watch the water flow
5-19	Global Warming Kills Species, Endangers Humans - Scientists
5-19	China Coal Mine Blast Traps More Than 50
5-18	Massey Energy to Webcast Annual Meeting - And We Broadcast the Disastrous Costs of Massey Stockholders' Profits--Join Us May 24!
5-18	Pollution scuttles plant
5-18	Solar and Wind Energy Potential
5-18	U.S. mercury rule lets hazardous air pollutants off the hook
5-18	Groups to sue over EPA rules on mercury - National Wildlife Federation: EPA Approach to Mercury Violates Law
5-18	Federal vote-fraud trials to be separate
5-18	US cities snub Bush and sign up to Kyoto
5-18	Global Warming 'To Hit Africa Hard'
5-18	Clinton: Beware of global warming
5-17	Human costs cloud future of state coal
5-17	1921 mining battlefield's future at stake; Group seeks to save mining battlefield (Kenny King is an OVEC member)
5-17	Forest's Colorful Jewels in a Fight for Their Lives (Mountaintop removal destroys the forests' understory forever!)
5-17	Groups contest mercury emission cuts
5-17	Bush Urges Development of Alternate Fuels (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 coal corporations, etc, there is no such thing as "clean" coal.)
5-17	Spring's start coming earlier, study blames global warming
5-17	Un Climate Talks Start Hunt for Kyoto Successor
5-17	Global warming speeds up glaciers melting in Mount Qomolangma
5-17	U.S. Mayors Support Global Warming Treaty
5-17	Wind-power fate up in air
5-17	Gas explosion kills 21 miners in China
5-16	Norm Steenstra: ‘I have too many windows open’
5-16	Hechler carried Logan without using ‘black bag’
5-16	Ceres power cell sets world alight
5-16	America's 50 Dirtiest Power Plants Emit Up To 20 Times More Pollution Than Plants With State-Of-Art Controls; Needless Pollution Linked to 20,000 Premature Deaths, Fetal Damage and Global Warming
5-16	American mayors unite to implement Kyoto goals on carbon dioxide levels
5-16	Bush Refocuses on Domestic Priorities
5-16	Climate change policy in tatters: Urgent action needed to cut greenhouse gas emissions - Drowning by numbers
5-16	Scientist digs into global warming
5-16	Dam rover goes where no inspector can
5-16	Renewable energy important for future of Minnesota
5-16	Big California Wind Farm Wrestles with Bird Deaths
5-16	Coal waste to be cleared following pair's deaths
5-16	Gas blast in northern Chinese coal mine kills at least 14
5-15	Asking the impossible: Victims from last year’s flood face deadline to find homes
5-15	New York Times: A New Campaign to Preserve an Old Mining Battlefield (Kenny King is an OVEC member)
5-15	Religion shouldn't neglect this world for the next
5-15	Some see link between toxins at power plant and workers' deaths
5-15	Importing power, fostering pollution; 31 coal-fired electric plants in permitting stage - The mercury's rising: No more dirty power plants for Utah - Dishing more dirt on Hatfields Ferry
5-15	Old Foes Soften to New Reactors
5-15	For fuel cell innovation, the tank is half full
5-15	British government report gives new wind to green energy
5-15	Problems Aplenty in a World of Plenty
5-15	Bring on this year's scorcher - if only to give Dubya the hint
5-14	CONSOL worker second W.Va. coal death of ‘05
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