(Jul)  Archive - August, 2005  (Sep)

	News Links Relevant to OVEC Issues
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8-30	Mining will go on till mountains gone (scroll down; letters to the editor are great tools--use them!)
8-30	Raping the land (scroll down; letters to the editor are great tools--use them!)
8-30	Va. judge dismisses UMW from Massey defamation lawsuit - Massey Will Refile Suit Against UMWA
8-30	Mining, health care keep job growth on plus side
8-30	Pressure for permit
8-30	Plant's pollutants head downriver
8-30	Bigger storms: A result of global warming or natural cycles? - Storm Turns Focus to Global Warming - Robert F. Kennedy Jr.: “For They That Sow the Wind Shall Reap the Whirlwind” - Is Global Warming Fueling Katrina?
8-30	Couple offer lessons in life after doomsday
8-30	Republicans accused of witch-hunt against climate change scientists
8-30	Maine on right energy course
8-30	Solaris Nanosciences Demonstrates the World's First Rechargeable Long-Life Solar Cell
8-30	Global Warming Led to Mass Extinction 250 Million Years Ago
8-29	Article sparks interest in environmental group
8-29	Massey CEO controls GOP (scroll down; letters to the editor are great tools--use them!)
8-29	Don L. Blankenship: State needs to change, not review, laws to keep jobs
8-29	Barge facility will ruin river’s assets (scroll down; letters to the editor are great tools--use them!)
8-29	Beckley museum gets federal grant
8-29	Coal ash spill ruining life by river, residents say
8-29	Madigan says EPA goes easy on coal plants - Issues of mercury contamination discussed
8-29	The deepening climate crisis - Katrina may be strongest hurricane ever seen in Gulf - Global Warning? - Analysts see Katrina as 'perfect storm' for already high energy prices
8-29	CO2 Reduction Efforts Save BP $650 Million
8-29	US CO2 Market Needs Federal Push to Blossom
8-29	Pity the lost opportunities in our myopic energy bill
8-29	CBM operators must bond ponds
8-29	Spain Aims to Double Energy from Renewable Sources - Firm Expects Solar Market to Heat Up - Vashon group eyes own energy - Self-sufficient energy deemed possible - Solar energy finds a home - Solar Harvest: Boulder's First Zero-Energy Home - Energy Hard Cell
8-29	Would Tondu power plant trade health for jobs?
8-29	Clean energy now!: Greenpeace activists occupy coal power plant in Turkey
8-28	Biodiesel basics to be covered at WVSU forum
8-28	Who makes the big bucks? - PDF of salaries and compensation
8-28	Remember J. Steven Griles?   Abramoff Cited Aid Of Interior Official
8-28	Cons outweigh pros of new barge facility (letters to the editor are great tools--use them!)
8-28	PEOs looking for bigger role after comp changes
8-28	Oil, blood and the future - World running out of time for oil alternatives
8-28	Digging into the support pillars: PROFITABLE PRACTICE HAS KILLED 17 MINERS IN THE PAST 7 YEARS
8-28	Fly Ash Leak Stopped; Residents Should Still Cut Back on Water - Water-ash leak slows at Pennsylvania power plant
8-28	Toxic burden for poor, minorities; And EPA looks set to ease remedy efforts
8-28	Building `Green' Around The World
8-28	AEP's 765 kV transmission line winding its way toward completion
8-28	Takeover Panel investigates US tycoon's stake in UK Coal
8-28	Scientists Try to Harness Wave Energy
8-28	Nuclear Renaissance Threatens Canada’s Green Future: Environmentalists
8-28	Washington island considers energy independence - New incentives have many Italians scrambling to install solar power
8-28	PPL, DEP handling fly ash flood near Easton
8-28	Fire Station 8 powered by rays; Belmont Shore unit is first to rely on solar energy - Italians scrambling to install solar power
8-28	Japan fish catches may drop because of global warming - Global warming is clearly not junk science
8-27	Marsh Fork air quality unknown; State never tested school for coal dust, chemicals - Respiratory morbidity in Merseyside schoolchildren exposed to coal dust and air pollution - Coal opencasting and health
8-27	Spill of coal byproduct kills stream wildlife
8-27	Houseboat-barge collision death toll rises to four
8-27	DEP awards contract to begin reclamation of Coalwood mining site
8-27	New Hope
8-27	Fly ash leak cut back, but activists fear damage
8-27	Retreat Coal Mining Comes Under Scrutiny
8-27	Appalachian Power files for $183 million rate hike
8-27	California trying to fight global warming
8-27	Expo offers education in alternative energy
8-27	Spain passes Renewable Energy Plan - when will we? - Spain sees renewable energy accounting for 12 pct of electricity output in 2010 - Sold on solar energy - Spain govt targets rise in bio-fuel consumption
8-27	Department of Natural Resources Help Farmers Use Solar Power to Water Cattle, Protect Streams - Research Begins on Converting Manure to Heat
8-26	Raleigh school near coal preparation plant to open as scheduled -Massey Opens Doors to Parents and Teachers  -  School near coal prep plant opens without a hitch (Why didn't Associated Press and Bray Cary's media outlets ask tough questions? See 8-27 Gazette article on Marsh Fork above)
8-26	Coal Slurry Spill Cleanup Continues  -  Slurry Spill In Captina Creek
8-26	Banner Drops in Knoxville Target National Coal
8-26	Tri-State Multicultural Festival looking for a few good volunteers
8-26	Mountain Justice Summer working for greater cause
8-26	McDowell Looks at Ways to Rebuild From Devastating Floods - McDowell EDA Director Has Seen High, Low of County
8-26	Wal-Mart remains state’s top private employer
8-26	Retreat mining
8-26	Head of coal association convicted of scamming miners - Black-lung advocate convicted
8-26	Deadline looms for coal train decision
8-26	Override lax rules
8-26	States to the Rescue - Kyoto on the horizon
8-26	Global warming 'has doubled storm threat' - Global warming to make HK wetter - Peru's glaciers in retreat
8-26	Montana's governor eyes coal to solve U.S. fuel costs - Energy Prices Hit Americans on All Fronts
8-26	How to Engage in Moral Discussion with the Political Right Part IV
8-26	Mirant Power Plant To Close Temporarily
8-26	Town tries to pull plug on power plant
8-26	Seize the chance to give Maryland a brighter future with solar power
8-26	Car Owners in the Driver's Seat - Daimlerchrysler and GM Sign Hybrid-Vehicle Pact
8-26	Italy Eyes Concept of Selling Sun's Energy
8-26	‘Energy police’ to enforce new conservation moves - China Preparing to Tax Vehicles With Large Engines
8-25	Environmentalists call proposed buffer-zone change 'absurd' - Environmentalists tell OSM to leave buffer-zone rule alone - Buffer Zone Rule Change Opposed - COAL PROTEST - Mining officials lead rule discussion
8-25	Massey removes more than coal (letters to the editor are great tools--use them!)
8-25	OSHA fines AEP, subsidiary for asbestos-related violations
8-25	Arctic Ocean could be ice-free in summer within 100 years, scientists say - Panel Sees Growing Melting Arctic Threat
8-25	Town council opposes proposed coal gasification plant
8-25	Northeastern states get tough on coal-fueled power plants - Nine US States Break with Bush on Greenhouse Gases
8-25	Illinois must act to protect its own - Forecast for Skies Over Bush Ranch in Crawford: More Air Pollution From New Coal Plants Nearby - Leahy, Snowe Send 'Dear Colleague' Letter Urging Support for Resolution of Disapproval of Administration's Mercury Rule
8-25	TVA Reports $15 Million Loss in 3Q
8-25	A mountain of coal waits for a ride
8-25	Overflowing PPL pipe to blame for flooding
8-25	Federal Judge OKs Global Warming Lawsuit - Court allows suit linking U.S. aid, global warming
8-25	China tells coal mines: Clean up or close
8-25	Renewal through Renewable Energies - Home-built solar energy devices will help the poor - Renewable Energy Day features 'Oil on Ice' film
8-25	Higher Solar Efficiencies Could Surface - California to Save Over $6 Billion From Million Solar Roofs Initiative - New Tax Breaks For Solar Use
8-25	Another Blow to the Pseudo-Science of Global Warming Skeptics
8-24	Arch Coal's chief to speak at Concord
8-24	Reversing the brain drain; Plenty of young professionals now prefer to stay
8-24	Coal mining rule may be relaxed; Some fear proposal endangers streams - Public Expresses Concerns About Mining Regulation - Proposed mountaintop mining rule change draws dozens to meeting
8-24	Workers’ Comp revises regulations
8-24	Second silo won't go up without my disapproval (scroll down; letters to the editor are great tools--use them!)
8-24	9 States in Plan to Cut Emissions by Power Plants - Coal-powered plant told to get clean or shut down
8-24	Coal-import terminals planned for Virginia
8-24	Blankenship Launches New Ad Blitz
8-24	Forecast sunny for solar panels - College's solar array dedicated - Solar project second largest in nation for community college
8-24	Poor need renewable energy sources says Annan - Renewable Energy Brings Water to the World
8-23	W.Va. does not share Blankenship's values (scroll down; letters to the editor are great tools--use them!)
8-23	Massey cited for strip-mine death; Highwall collapse killed excavator
8-23	Activists complain about agency - Environmentalists criticize meeting on mine proposal - Changes in coal-mining rule fought
8-23	How hypocritical can one community be?
8-23	Mingo hit by flash floods Friday; Two houses were damaged when valley fill failed
8-23	Privatization of W.Va. Worker’s Comp (scroll down; letters to the editor are great tools--use them!)
8-23	Barge facility will hurt Westmoreland (letters to the editor are great tools--use them!)
8-23	Girl Scouts to honor Farmington miners
8-23	Southern W.Va. to get new federal penitentiary - McDowell prison boom - Construction of prison will bring 300 jobs
8-23	Gov. Manchin tours Mingo flood damage
8-23	Power Plant Faces Shutdown Over Pollutants
8-23	Better Ways to Use Chemical Bonds to Store Solar Energy - IBM'S RESEARCH DIVISION DEVELOPS A NEW AND BETTER SOLAR-ENERGY ABSORBER - Around the World on Solar Power - Syracuse City Hall to be Powered by 100% Renewable Energy - Company reports 'surface polarization' in solar cells - Cow patties seen as entree for Texas-size fuel appetite - Energy Companies Team-Up for Renewable Power
8-23	Alaska: Where Global Warming Is Changing The Landscape - Global Warming Blamed for Ice Melt
8-22	Green Religion: A West Virginia librarian takes on mining companies—in the name of Jesus Christ
8-22	Didn't come to protest Massey on cabbage leaf (scroll down; letters to the editor are great tools--use them!) - Return of elk doesn't justify mountaintop removal - 'Destruction' of land (scroll down)
8-22	Food tax battles expected - Blankenship's campaign begins: Coal executive to air ads seeking end to food tax; may also target gasoline tax
8-22	Roberts justice
8-22	Raleigh seeing economic growth
8-22	Piedmont native dies in coal truck accident
8-22	Hot-spot unknowns complicate mercury regulations - Mercury taints area waterways - Toxic mercury linked to developmental disorders and learning disabilities in children
8-22	Coal's price is rising, but can it clean up? A rival to costly oil waits in the wings if environmental issues can be overcome
8-22	A Big, Dirty Growth Engine
8-22	Visitors rush to glimpse vanishing glaciers - Western U.S. states unite on new regulations cut greenhouse gases from cars
8-22	Oregon attracts growing solar-panel industry - Residents opting for clean energy - 'Million solar roofs bill' gathering energy - On CMU campus, students build solar-powered house for national competition - Cow Manure Eyed As Alternate Fuel Source - Need to take up new energy R&D in mission mode
8-21	Protesters want responsible mining (scroll down; letters to the editor are great tools--sue them!)
8-21	Massey’s Blankenship heats up growing debate to repeal state food tax - Massey contributes money toward emergency system in Raleigh County - Blankenship: I don't live in Kentucky
8-21	Two Killed In Freak Accident At Coal Prep Plant - 2 killed, 2 hurt as dump truck strikes building
8-21	Friendship has benefited both Patton and Lawson
8-21	Mercury is the hot topic - Pataki must keep up fight for environment
8-21	Gob piles disappearing
8-21	T.O. submits case to U.S. court on cross-border smog
8-21	Making China green: The world has a stake in the developing giant's balance of industry and environment - China nuclear-plant surge may generate U.S. interest
8-21	Saving energy can be lucrative undertaking - Slash your electric bill 6 easy ways
8-21	Knock $4,000 off your taxes for going solar - Save $3,000 on a hybrid -- if you hurry - The costly secrets of some hybrid cars
8-21	Spare wind turbine power to fuel hydrogen cars - Japan: Fuel cell-based co-generation system cuts CO2 emissions by 23%
8-21	Caltech to study solar power - Queen bores hole to heat palace - PM emphasis need to be laid on renewable sources of energy
8-20	Valley fill washout damages two homes - Mingo hit by flash flooding - Updated: Mingo hit by flash flooding
8-20	Public radio’s dam story was a ‘scare tactic,’ Massey says; Spokesman’s memo alleges report ‘defames’ company - Massey Operation Near School Fined 84 Times
8-20	TWO MEN KILLED, TWO HURT IN ACCIDENT AT COAL PLANT
8-20	State GOP leaders plan for 2006 election cycle
8-20	WVU class on exporting to China
8-20	Tainted 'justice' at the EPA: A proposed policy ignores pollution's effects on low-income and minority communities
8-20	Legislators, activists seek solutions to mercury pollution
8-20	A plot to drill Arctic Refuge
8-20	Global warming threat laid out
8-20	Plea to stop squabbles ends global warming talks
8-20	WHO: Dirty Air a Regular Killer in Asia
8-20	Two Hyatt hotels to buy renewable energy only - Enbridge, Suncor to Build Alberta Wind Power Plant - German Biodiesel Sales Strong as Oil Prices Rise - Farmers dig renewable energy
8-19	Massey responds to impoundment report (scroll down 8-19) - Massey's memo to West Virginia Public Radio
8-19	Massey subsidiary fined $9,228 since 2003
8-19	Mountaintop coal mining is harmful (scroll down; letters to the editor are great tools--use them!)
8-19	Decision on barge plan to take time - 300 letters sent opposing barge storage facility - Westmoreland wrong place for barge dock
8-19	Reforesting the ravages
8-19	Massey CEO to address Republican Party
8-19	Legal Fees Piled Up in Mingo
8-19	World Running Out of Time for Oil Alternatives - Will hydrogen fuels replace petroleum?
8-19	World Officials Want Global Warming Action
8-19	Global warming: Will you listen now, America? - Global warming forces Britain's birds to take flight
8-19	Tenn. governor tours TVA coal, nuclear plants
8-19	MINE CITED FOR DISCHARGE (scroll down)
8-19	Coal lobby pressuring Leahy on power plant-mercury issue
8-19	Women's hair tested for mercury - With Sales Plummeting, Tuna Strikes Back
8-19	Solar Power's New Hot Spot
8-19	WIND POWER - POTENTIAL FOR 3 X TOTAL CURRENT ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION--As cheap or cheaper than coal and gas
8-19	Feather-light industrial strength solar sheets -  Carbon nanotube diode aimed for solar cells - Development Yields Antifreeze from Biodiesel - Largest Hotel Purchase of Renewable Energy in the Nation - The Holland commits to using 100% renewable wind power - Regional burger joint vows to use wind power at all franchises
8-19	Flame flickers again for King Coal
8-19	City council speaks out against coal trains
8-18	Massey waste site repeatedly cited; Violations at impoundment occurred roughly every six months over last decade - Officials: No structural problems with Raleigh County impoundment
8-18	Cool and refreshing; Burnwell man vows to protect his stream from Massey sludge pond
8-18	War protesters hold vigils honoring "Peace Mom" - Anti-War Vigils Held Across State - West Virginia Mother Agrees With Cindy Sheehan
8-18	Agreement promotes the planting of trees on strip-mined land (agreement ignores ecological diversity--can you say "understory"?) - Ky. joins push for woods at mountain mine sites
8-18	Audio report on Mountain Justice Summer Mountain Takeover in Tennessee - Zeb Mountain Takeover
8-18	Defendants Want Massey Suit Dismissed
8-18	Barge facility not good for Ohio (letters to the editor are great tools--use them!)
8-18	Mingo Board Member Asked State to Take Over
8-18	Pennsylvania given OK to draft stricter mercury rules
8-18	Midwest utilities scramble in wake of Wyoming coal slowdown
8-18	Another Methane Move
8-18	US Senators: Global Warming Obvious in Far North - Global warming brings earlier thaw to Great Lakes - Alaska Trip Prompts Call for Global Warming Action
8-18	Carbon trading takes off
8-18	Concerned citizens want further toxic soil testing at coal gasification plant
8-18	Guide explains clean, green power for homes
8-18	Hybrid vehicles at crossroads
8-18	China hunts for clean energy
8-18	Creating technological awareness in current energy conservation and management
8-18	Lax supervision behind fatal China coal mine disaster
8-17	MSHA, DEP find no problems at Massey dam in Sundial
8-17	Despite Violence from Company and Police, Mountain Take Over Halts Blasting - Mountain Justice Summer activists assaulted by cops and coal thugs - National Coal Corp. Reports Second Quarter 2005 Financial Results
8-17	Mingo school board dysfunctional, auditor testifies
8-17	MSHA open house shows state-of-the-art equipment
8-17	Crack in mine roof called sign of danger - Harlan mining deaths reviewed
8-17	Comp board urged to keep eye on leasing of workers
8-17	Feds' ginseng report could reduce harvest (Want to protect ginseng? Stop the forever-habitat-destroyer: mountaintop removal)
8-17	State Officials Steering Clear of Strong Mercury Protections -   Pa. administration gets support for tougher mercury rule
8-17	Energy Contributes Big to Republicans - Facing Our Energy Dependency - U.S. fuel rules are likely to exempt big SUVs
8-17	New Paltz gets juiced with solar power - Quantum Dots and Smart Materials the Future of Solar Energy - Greener energy is natural theme for roadshow
8-17	Massey Energy Declares Dividend and Reviews Uses of Free Cash Flow
8-17	Denmark Urges "New Thinking" on Climate Change - Record-Breaking Heat: Is Global Warming to Blame? - From permafrost to permatan, Alaska basks in record heat
8-16	Massey dam leaking, feds say - Massey impoundment
8-16