(Aug)  Archive - September, 2005  (Oct)

	News Links Relevant to OVEC Issues
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9-30	W.Va. takes different approach toward attack ads
9-30	Labor insurrection landmark questioned by National Park Service
9-30	Land sale won't halt school
9-30	Kentucky Citizens Voice Concerns About Mountaintop Removal
9-30	Bush administration polluting the EPA
9-30	Forward Township residents want session with state DEP
9-30	Pa. Plant to Turn Waste Coal Into Diesel - Fill 'er up with ... coal scraps?
9-30	Mercury alert: 2 duck species too toxic to eat - Mercury emissions expose extreme right’s ‘family values’ hypocrisy
9-30	AEP hires Bechtel, GE Energy for clean coal design (Oh, that is so swell--war profiteers at work in the coal industry. As long as there is mountaintop removal, there is no such thing as "clean" coal.)
9-30	With Natural Gas Prices Soaring, Is It Time to Switch to Alternative Energy for Home Heating? - Tour of solar homes puts on display ways to cut energy bills - The Veggie Fuel Tank Ignites Palm Outlook
9-30	China needs renewable energy sources
9-30	Indigenous Peoples Urge Action on Arctic Thaw -  Sea ice melts to record low because of global warming - Fears Over Climate as Arctic Ice Melts at Record Level
9-30	Gulf Currents That Turn Storms Into Monsters
9-29	Congress Poised to Gut Environmental Laws
9-29	Bush nominates Haden successor
9-29	UMW endorses Byrd
9-29	Mingo consolidation nixed?
9-29	WVU Building Energy Bridge With China
9-29	Kentucky: Fewer die in coal truck accidents since crackdown on overweight loads - Lighter trucks = fewer accidents - Crackdown on overweight trucks may have saved lives, official says
9-29	Massey to consider new stock sale; Coal company acknowledges investment critics in SEC statement
9-29	DEP awards contract for coal waste landslide (scroll down; just one of many expensive ways you and I end up paying for coal--while the coal barons profit)
9-29	Meth Makers Target Coal Mines
9-29	Blankenship not paying his share
9-29	Battle of Blair Mountain title preserves local history
9-29	Pombo: A Scandal That's Business As Usual
9-29	Partners unveil their plan to start testing system to capture carbon dioxide at utility's coal plants
9-29	Bush pardons W.Va. coal mine bomber - Bush Pardons Coal Mine Bomber, 13 Others
9-29	DEP talks with PPL over ash cleanup
9-29	Three-Eyed Fish Alert! TeXas No. 1 in Power Plant, Mercury Emissions
9-29	Ask the candidates: Will you cut mercury emissions?
9-29	Mahalo Looks to Coal Bed Methane
9-29	Time to Connect the Dots
9-29	Warming Causes Record Arctic Ice Melt - Alaska Landscape Transformed by Warmer Climate - Investors warm up to idea of global warming's effects
9-29	Energy Intelligence? - EU Energy Chief Wants Oil Cos. to Do More
9-29	China Seen as World Leader in Clean Energy - Green energy 25-30 pct of world mix by 2050 - Shell
9-29	Renewable Energy By and For New England - Oil prices motivating studies for renewable energy sources - Australia's Babcock Confident Wind IPO Will Fly - Homeowners turn to ecologically sound design as an alternative to soaring energy costs
9-29	French Drivers Illegally Use Vegoil as Fuel
9-28	Video of arrests at Whitehouse - Why I Was Smiling and Hurricane Rita - Conyers Wants Answers on Protester Treatment - Video of peace march - More video here
9-28	Go Coal River Mountain Watch - Citizens' Group Awaits Governor's Marsh Fork Elementary Response
9-28	Mining pollution in Coal River needs drastic cut, state says
9-28	Big coal cutting jobs and destroying land (Fox is an OVEC board member)
9-28	Coal 101: The evils of removal
9-28	Coal firm begins Putnam HQ work
9-28	US Green Rules Seen on "Chopping Block" Post-Rita
9-28	State commits $500,000 to clean up site of slide
9-28	Interior Secretary Says U.S. Will Push Search for Energy  - Bush in Texas to Survey Energy Resources - The president stresses a need for more refining capacity; Environmental groups express worry - Lobbies Line Up For Relief Riches - Energy Consumption: Bush follow the leaders - Donate to Refinery Reform! - After Katrina and Rita, Bush sees the light
9-28	Solar Thermal Power - Oil price rises focus Pacific attention on renewable energy sources - Getting things done the old fashion way - Renewable energy 'not to be underestimated'
9-28	Short-term greed ignores Kyoto reality - Global Warming and the Airline Industry - As weather intensifies, business climate is changing - Climate change transforms Alaska landscape - In global warming's kitchen, hurricanes love the heat - Global warming: Death in the deep-freeze
9-28	Steps to Limit Global-Warming Gas - Burying carbon dioxide isn't the answer, say green groups
9-28	Environmental chemist says officials in New Orleans and the surrounding parishes are underestimating the post-Katrina health hazards
9-28	Women act on mercury exposure worries
9-28	China Ponders Cost of Energy-Guzzling Industries
9-27	Civil Resistance at the White House -  Cindy Sheehan Arrested at White House - Cindy Sheehan arrested - Anti-war mother Sheehan arrested near White House - Anti-war mother held at White House - Sheehan Arrested During Anti-War Protest - My First Time
9-27	Can’t trust Massey or Blankenship
9-27	3-day teach-in at UK focuses on mountaintop removal mining - Biggest stories ignored by the media
9-27	Tri-State needs better disaster response plan
9-27	Coal firm to break ground for new HQ
9-27	Warming? More hurricanes coming - Hurricanes can be tied to climate change - Global Warming: Lukewarm Policy, Red-Hot Politics - Scientists feeling heat of global warming
9-27	Call for clean energy from water, wind, wood and sun - Hurricanes prompt initiative
9-27	Burying CO2 may curb global warming, but cost high
9-27	More Funding for Local Fly Ash Cleanup
9-27	Massey Energy Company Acknowledges Letters From JANA Partners LLC and Third Point LLC
9-27	Ex-hostage happy with life in region
9-27	Scientists Conduct Wind Energy Projects - African states consider body to harness renewable energy
9-27	Renewable energy booming in China
9-27	Clean car, but will its fuel be?
9-27	California to save power; Utilities to set $2 billion aside for conservation - President Calls for Less Driving to Conserve Gas
9-26	Veterans, Grieving Families Give Somber Mood to Iraq War Protest
9-26	Bond bankers feeling snubbed
9-26	Acquisition of Nicewonder coal group
9-26	A month after ash spill, resentment along the river
9-26	Bidding for FutureGen
9-26	EPA Wants Power to Suspend Pollution Laws
9-26	KENTUCKY'S LOW ELECTRIC RATES ARE IN JEOPARDY, REPORT SAYS
9-26	Before the oil runs out: The search for alternatives
9-26	Diesels to Take on Hybrids as King of Green - Solar Cars Driving Towards A Hydrogen Future
9-26	Man's creation could make solar power more accessible - Once again, alternative energy is in spotlight
9-26	Food Security Worries Could Limit China Biofuels
9-26	Guest opinion: Montana coal can help fuel America's future
9-26	Early Snowmelts Heating Alaska Arctic
9-25	Contingent from W.Va. shows unity (Fox is an OVEC board member)
9-25	Cindy Sheehan's speech - Antiwar Fervor Fills the Streets - Antiwar Rallies in Washington and Other Cities - War Protest Generates Strong Turnout - War protesters take to US, UK streets - War Protest Generates Strong Turnout - Tens of thousands voice opposition to war in Iraq - Demonstrators protest Iraq war - Anti-War Demonstrators March on Washington - For Many, Anger Has Grown Since Start of War
9-25	Christians form spiritual group that honors God and the environment (Fout --now Keating-- is OVEC's co-director)
9-25	Recusals keep same judges on most mine cases
9-25	Environmentalists challenge Blair Mountain mining permit
9-25	Coal shale brings boom and words of caution
9-25	Clear and Present Danger - Breath of life -- and death
9-25	Renewable energy group to tour Miami Valley sites -  Canada must produce more renewable energy - PM vows more cash for renewable energy research - Solar tour Saturday
9-25	Cars That Guzzle Grass - Fuel cells could power cleanups
9-25	Washington all but ignoring debate on climate change
9-25	Hurricanes a 'climate wake-up call' - The Gulf Coast: A Victim of Global Warming?
9-25	So Who Is Right in Debate on Role of Global Warming?
9-24	Anti-War Rally Will Be a First for Many - Calendar of Events for This Weekend - Nonviolent Direct Action Monday, 9/26 - Protesters, Book Lovers, Segway Riders Among Those Holding Weekend Events - Antiwar Bus Tour Rolls Into Capital for Protests
9-24	Benjamin shows need for judicial selection reform - Bar votes for appointment of Supreme Court justices - Chief Justice says he favors continued partisan election
9-24	Coal companies reason for workers’ comp debt
9-24	Maple Creek, DEP wrangle over mine reopening
9-24	Jimmy Carter: Gore beat Bush in 2000 - Paper Trail Urged as E-Voting Fix
9-24	Global warming? You better believe it -  More Scientists Say Global Warming Causes Stronger Hurricanes - Civilisation's darkest hour - The worried weatherman - Hurricanes and global warming - a link? - Hurricanes ‘definitive proof’ of global warming: scientists
9-24	Sunnier times for solar energy?
9-24	Council denies request to build power plant
9-24	Shaping Cape Cod's Energy Future -  Solargenix To Build World's Largest Solar Electricity Plant Approved In 14 Years
9-24	Sites Chosen for First U.S. Nuclear Plants in 30 Years
9-23	Lawsuit seeks more study on Blair Mountain mining permit - Environmentalists challenge Blair Mountain mining permit
9-23	Thousands Expected For DC Peace Rally - Going For Peace - Soldiers are not defenders of all things free
9-23	DEP taps public in water rule-making caucus
9-23	Massey files new version of defamation lawsuit
9-23	EPA seeks toxic-report change from 1 to 2 years - EPA Proposes to Halve Toxics Release Inventory Reporting
9-23	Lobbyists spend nearly $70,000, reports disclose
9-23	Super-powerful hurricanes now hitting the United States are the "smoking gun" of global warming - Stronger Hurricanes Blamed on Global Warming - British Scientist Criticises US Climate "Loonies" - EU Sees No Major Post-Kyoto Climate Deal at Talks
9-23	Rescue teams master coal mine disasters
9-23	Students for Environmental Action
9-23	2004 Election Ranked #3 on List of Stories Ignored by Mainstream Media - The media's sin of omission
9-23	One year later, answers to spill are still needed
9-23	Community to remember 13 miners killed in blasts
9-23	U.S. meets the finite world
9-23	More Mercury Will be the Legacy of New Coal-Burning Plants - Mercury pollution linked to coal-fired plants
9-23	Running on the Right to Vote
9-23	Rising energy costs put spotlight on wind power  - California Officials Approve Permits for Wind Farm - Solar energy tour planned in county
9-23	Chinese officials found reluctant to retract stakes in coal mines
9-22	Global warming kills 10,000 each year - Global warming 'a killer' - Report says global warming could spark conflict - Impact Of Global Warming On Weather Patterns Underestimated - Report predicts global warming's deadly impact - Global warming cause of intense hurricanes?
9-22	Sheehan, Supporters Descend on The Capital; Antiwar Activists in Town For Weekend Protests
9-22	Media Accountability Day needed to focus on major stories missed - Happy Media Accountability Day!
9-22	OSM staff criticize state-approved permit for mine
9-22	Manchin still popular, but slipping a little, poll says
9-22	City hears Mon plan revisions
9-22	Federal report details events of Westmoreland chemical spill
9-22	America needs new, bold energy solution (letters to the editor are great tools--use them!)
9-22	Renewable power effort now driven by states, experts say
9-22	State commerce group forms energy committee
9-22	Lawsuit possible over ash
9-22	Pa. ranks high in mercury emissions
9-22	Illinois governor announces $14.8 million in grants for coal-related projects
9-22	A Low-Cost Energy Future
9-22	Europe's 2003 Heat Wave Altered Carbon Cycle
9-22	Verizon sees $250,000 per Year Savings from Energy Pilot
9-21	Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. : We Must Take America Back
9-21	Global Warming 'Past the Point of No Return'
9-21	Coal industry seeks an end to export tax - Manchin Says Coal Case Beyond Belief - Justices hear arguments at Marshall - $500 million question: Sales tax or severance tax? - Justices meet to inform students, community about court issues
9-21	Mettiki permit flawed, feds say
9-21	Reckless disregard: Settlement doesn't clear coal firm, MSHA
9-21	Investment groups put pressure on Massey
9-21	Project Censored - #10 Mountaintop Removal Threatens Ecosystem and Economy
9-21	Arctic Refuge Action Day Draws Thousands to Capitol Hill
9-21	Mercury and clean air: When federal leaders fail to protect citizens
9-21	Mirant To Reopen Alexandria Power Plant
9-21	Peabody Energy Opens Office in Beijing - US coal firm now in China - Peabody sees big future in Chinese coal - How can energy shortage be blamed on China - Indonesia's Illegal Coal Mines Feed China - Bad air drifts across Pacific - China Mine Disaster Families Paid Hush Money
9-21	Connecticut promoting renewable energy sources to businesses
9-21	Spanish solar property ultimatum
9-21	Gas From Cow Manure Provides Renewable Fuel for Vehicles, Energy Study Shows
9-21	Aviation 'huge threat to CO2 aim'
9-20	Judges grill lawyers in mining case - Court hears appeal in mountaintop mining case
9-20	More families settle coal-waste lawsuits -     Ky. coal sludge case settled out of court  -  Coal firm settles sludge spill suit; Torrent in 2000 killed fish, blackened land
9-20	DEP orders Massey operation to shut down after slurry spill
9-20	GAO calls for more federal involvement in wind farms
9-20	Dave Cooper: Investigate state of Ky.'s roads
9-20	Keeping drills from disturbing the peace
9-20	Before the oil runs out: How will this era end? - Clinton: Why High Oil Prices Are Good Thing
9-20	PPL resumes fly ash cleanup - PPL again using fly-ash basin
9-20	Nearby coal-fired plants polluting Lake Michigan - What's More Important: Profits Or Our Health? - RFK Jr. Blames Bush for Environmental Health Crisis - Senate punts on mercury
9-20	The New Clean Fuel: Coal Producer Goes Green (Orwell rolls in his grave! Coal is dirty when you dig it, dirty when you burn, and if you do clean up the emissions, then the ash gets even dirtier--and the disposal of that is not regulated. And let us not forget, coal cash sure dirties up politics!)  Gov: Synfuels are the future - Plan for coal-to-oil conversion picking up some steam
9-20	West's Natural Resources Industries Booms
9-20	Another shareholder urges Massey buyback
9-20	Peabody eyes investment in Chinese coal mines
9-20	Global warming: Siberia feels the heat - Firms Pressure Russia to Adopt Kyoto Mechanisms - It would seem that I was wrong about big business - Is there a link between global warming and Hurricane Katrina?
9-20	Hydrogen Can Be Produced from Zinc Using Solar Power - Greenpeace launches “Sure Wind” campaign and website
9-20	Shoe Leather as a Renewable Resource: Penn Biologists Invent Power-Generating Backpack
9-19	Coal industry racing to meet demand
9-19	Blasting halted after fly-rock incident - A&G Coal Co. lawsuit in mediation
9-19	Politicians’ tempers still hot after special session - Both parties see big wins from special session - Blankenship and Manchin. Or is it Manchin and Blankenship? (scroll down)
9-19	Same sorry pattern
9-19	King Coal Highway Authority
9-19	Fayette. Pa. residents seek end to mine fire
9-19	US Judge Dismisses States' Global Warming Suit - Judge declares global warming too political for US courts
9-19	STORM WARNINGS - Study links global warming to stronger storms
9-19	The Conservative Case for Green Energy
9-19	Ireland 'must switch to renewable energy'
9-19	Is coal gasification the fuel of the future? - Green technology that uses Indiana coal must power the future (Coal can never be green)
9-19	Global warming, eroding glaciers alarm Greenlanders
9-18	Mountaintop removal fight returns to appeals court - Arguments to be heard in mountaintop removal appeal
9-18	Wind energy industry lacks regulation, feds say
9-18	'The new Kuwait'; " Could W.Va. be sitting on the answer to the energy crisis?
9-18	Powerful storms pose growing danger in mountains, too
9-18	Harnessing The Sun: New tax credits take a bite out of the costs of installing solar power  -  Commitment to renewable energy blows hot and cold
9-18	Climate change: a golden opportunity for business  -  Katrina shows effect of climate change, says Gore  -  Antarctic hole in ozone layer nears record size
9-17	Coalfield kids deserve good schools
9-17	Coal town to get fresh water at last
9-17	U.S. rescues miners' drug plan
9-17	Property damage suit begins in Martin sludge spill
9-17	Bush Admin Email Shifts Levee Break Blame To Enviro Groups
9-17	Katrina: Wake Up Call on Oil  -  44 Oil Spills Found in Southeast Louisiana
9-17	Bush's Holy War on Nature  -  Senate Republicans Push for EPA Rule Waivers  -  Senator Wants EPA Rules Eased for Katrina
9-17	Hurricane study whips up warming debate  -  States lose carbon emissions battle  -  U.N. Says Ozone Layer Should Keep Healing
9-16	W.Va. native to head mine safety agency
9-16	Coal-sludge spill lawsuit will go to trial Monday in E. Ky. -  Coal sludge case scheduled for trial next week
9-16	Massey CEO won't back off  -  Cent-sible
9-16	W. Va. in line for $1 billion plant, official says
9-16	Bush nominates former industry exec to MSHA
9-16