(Oct)  Archive - November, 2005  (Dec)

	News Links Relevant to OVEC Issues
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11-30	Grant residents sue to block wind turbine project - Wait for newer, efficient windmill technology
11-30	Rendell pushes for new coal-burning plants; Pa. governor wants to scrap older facilities rather than upgrade them
11-30	Study pegs value of Canada’s forests at $3.7 trillion : Worth more intact than harvested (A similar study here would show the same! Hear that mountaintop annihilators? Back off our forests!)
11-30	Peabody seeks to improve coal's image (No amount of public relations can change the truth about coal and it's deadly history. There is no such thing as "clean" coal. Coal's dirty when you dig it, dirty when you haul it, dirty when you burn it, dirty when you dispose of the ash, and it sure dirties up politics.)- "Clean Coal" Technology - Babcock wants to see 'clean' coal generation - Worried about fuel? The end may not be near
11-30	China's Deadliest Mining Disasters - Coal mine death toll expected to reach 151 - Mongolian coal to fuel China's economic boom
11-30	Carbon, Clean-Tech and Sustainable Markets Set to Attract Trillions
11-30	Nuclear power: Divided opinions - No one is immune from the effects of global warming - British Review of Energy to Include Atomic Power - World Watches Britain for Nuclear Energy Steer - Countries' Nuclear Power Strategies
11-30	How Europe is choking itself - and the world
11-30	Fundamentalism is hampering global efforts to tackle climate change
11-30	Busy hurricane season ever ends, but get used to it - Hurricane season ends -- but next year could be brutal, too - Storm season ends: Are potent hurricanes linked to global warming? - Hurricane Season Finally Ending - 2005 Hurricane Season Rewrites The Record Books
11-30	New climate change deal to take years - UN chief
11-30	US Rules Out Extra Pledges on Global Warming
11-30	A solution to climate change in the world's rainforests
11-30	No one is immune from the effects of global warming
11-30	Pawlenty to pitch renewable-fuels plan to Ford
11-30	BP angers greens with plan to use more tankers in US beauty spot
11-29	DEP seeks to block Massey silo questions
11-29	Pa. Gov. Rendell pushing synthetic gas (While we of course support retrofitting power plants for lower emissions, we must point out the full cycle, the full toll from our continued over-reliance on coal. There is no such thing as "clean" coal. Coal's dirty when you dig it, dirty when you haul it, dirty when you burn it, dirty when you dispose of the ash, and it sure dirties up politics.)
11-29	When burned, coal is the dirtiest of all fossil fuels but a range of technologies are being used and developed to reduce the environmental impact of coal-fired power stations (See above comment) - Dirty reputation
11-29	A Growing Wariness About Money in Politics
11-29	Impact of climate change 'can be likened to WMD'
11-29	US resists climate change pressure at UN conference - U.S. To Battle Allies on Post-2012 Global Warming
11-29	‘Biggest ever’ climate change demo
11-29	Climate change increases awareness
11-29	Germany to Push for Deeper Emissions Cuts - Canada Urges Wider Global Warming Fight - Canada Stresses Green Agenda, But Emissions Soar
11-29	Australia Urged to Reconsider Nuclear Alternative - Blair Energy Review Delayed by Protest
11-29	Many British Farmers See Climate Change as Threat
11-29	Panasonic Builds an Model House in Tokyo Powered by a Fuel Cell
11-29	BP to double investment in greener energy - BP to invest 8 bln usd in renewable energy business
11-29	Taiwan companies ramping up solar cell production
11-29	Chinese Mine Bars Relatives As Accident Toll Reaches 138
11-28	NEPA: A tough look at a key environmental law
11-28	The Case For Synthetic Fuels - Manchin: States Must Come Up With Energy Plan - Rendell plans Scranton stop - How coal is cleaning up its act (While we of course support retrofitting power plants for lower emissions, we must point out the full cycle, the full toll from our continued over-reliance on coal. There is no such thing as "clean" coal. Coal's dirty when you dig it, dirty when you haul it, dirty when you burn it, dirty when you dispose of the ash, and it sure dirties up politics.)
11-28	Is coal the answer? (Is the question do we want to destroy the forested mountains, poison the air and water, and perish from global warming?)
11-28	Blast in China Coal Mine Leaves 68 Dead, 80 trapped
11-28	Kentucky's oil, gas boom spurring concerns; Critics push for tougher rules to protect people, environment - Some fear leaks from gas wells pose threat - Kentucky faces big backlog of abandoned oil, gas wells - Oil, natural gas boom causing environmental concerns
11-28	"It's About Us!": Climate Change Fires Young Minds
11-28	Climate change: It's now or never - Climate talks - hoops and hot air - Montreal climate summit to begin - U.N. talks seek to ease global warming dispute - Canada Confident of Progress at UN Climate Talks - Europe's Pollution Trade Scheme Faces Tough Times  Europe's CO2 Emissions Trading Scheme -Green Investors Hope for New Kyoto Rules Post-2012
11-28	Nanoscientists and biologists copying, co-opting nature for solar fuel
11-28	European breakthrough in renewable clean energy in abundance may change the earth forever
11-28	Solar power benefits should be old news for builders - Raymond man gets paid for saving energy - SOLAR ENERGY COSTS DIFFER - Heat streams from the sky in Berthoud couple’s solar home - Solar power doesn't go out after a hurricane
11-28	Shell Consortium Profiting from the Riches of Russia’s Far East
11-27	Coal has given millions to candidates, report says
11-27	Massey's Blankenship a lightning rod in West Virginia - Don Blankenship quotes and comments - Don Blankenship timeline
11-27	World Leaders to Discuss Strategies for Climate Control; Bush Administration Shuns Conference On Strategies to Build on Kyoto Pact - Global warming beyond Kyoto - Climate Change: Warming to ideas
11-27	A Rise in Deadly Storms Since '95 Has Researchers Worried About the Future
11-27	Arctic booms as climate change melts polar ice cap: The global hunger for oil is fuelling a new gold rush
11-27	Taking stock in Wyoming's energy
11-27	UK is threatened with an ‘energy timebomb’
11-26	Environmentalists try again to stop mining near Buckhorn Lake
11-26	The Future of Carbon-Dioxide Storage Might Lie Under West Virginia (The future of humanity lies in moving away from fossil fuels ASAP)
11-26	Coal liquefaction offers no silver bullet; The United States can't develop true energy independence by turning to yet another nonrenewable fossil fuel
11-26	'Near-zero' emissions coal plant to be studied (While we of course support retrofitting power plants for lower emissions, we must point out the full cycle, the full toll from our continued over-reliance on coal. There is no such thing as "clean" coal. Coal's dirty when you dig it, dirty when you haul it, dirty when you burn it, dirty when you dispose of the ash, and it sure dirties up politics.)
11-26	Battle Lines Set as New York Acts to Cut Emissions
11-26	Forest report puts dollar value on clean water, stable climate - Canada: Boreal forest worth $93B: report
11-26	More than 400,000 people die from pollution-related illnesses in China every year, putting Beijing under pressure to develop renewable energy
11-26	Illinois scientists closing in on renewable energy source - Solar power will provide California's low income citizens with financial relief - Solar plan lights up province - Achieving energy freedom for the people of Washington
11-26	Move past era of oil, experts say
11-26	Forests Paying the Price for Biofuels
11-26	New era of energy for tribes; Renewables conference drives innovative ideas
11-26	Small Leak at Indian Point Eludes Diver and Cameras
11-26	Oil sands make Canada complicit in global warming
11-25	Rise in Gases Unmatched by a History in Ancient Ice - Global warming doubles rate of ocean rise - Sea level rise doubles in 150 years -Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide Highest in 650,000 Years
11-25	Can "Tipping Points" Accelerate Global Warming?
11-25	‘Sins of the past’ - Use of landfill upsets Wilmington residents
11-25	The surge in solar power
11-24	Mining permit ruling tossed; Federal appeals court reinstates removal process - Court Backs Quick Permits for Mountain Coal Mines - Federal court reinstates streamlined permitting process for mountaintop mining
11-24	Commissioners hear both sides in wind farm controversy
11-24	Manchin freezes gas tax (There is no such thing as "clean" coal. Coal's dirty when you dig it, dirty when you haul it, dirty when you burn it, dirty when you dispose of the ash, and it sure dirties up politics.) - The Peak Oil Crisis: Solutions a First Cut
11-24	Demand for coal is booming
11-24	Oil Expert To Address Theory That Peak Oil Has Arrived - PEAK OIL CAUCUS FORMED - World at tipping point; oil peak arrives - Shell, ExxonMobil tout a cleaner fuel for megacities
11-24	Environment Hurt by Canada's Oil Sands Boom
11-24	United Coal acquires mines, seeks return to former stature
11-24	Top court refuses to extend injunction on coal blockade
11-24	Coal fight heats up; Union predicts economic disaster if coal plants shut (While we of course support retrofitting power plants for lower emissions, we must point out the full cycle, the full toll from our continued over-reliance on coal. There is no such thing as "clean" coal. Coal's dirty when you dig it, dirty when you haul it, dirty when you burn it, dirty when you dispose of the ash, and it sure dirties up politics.)
11-24	SOCM Rejects Federal EIS Plan for Strip Mining in Southern Appalachia
11-24	Four years of twists (Remember J. Stephen Griles? Another tidbit on Griles. And another.)
11-24	Myriad mirrors turn desert into energy farm
11-24	Drift to nuclear power angers UK environmentalists
11-24	UK demo on climate change 'to be biggest ever'
11-24	Patchwork US Greenhouse Gas Market Grows Slowly
11-23	Big Oil 'Participation' at Issue
11-23	W. Va.: Residents speak out against wind farm
11-23	Va.: Experts predict upturn in residential renewable energy
11-23	Dominion plans to reduce air pollutants over next decade
11-23	California decides against Wyoming coal plants - Group forms to fight coal plant
11-23	Kyoto's the key - What is the Kyoto Protocol? - US Efforts to Reduce Greenhouse Gases - Possible Solutions to Global Warming
11-23	The Deal That Even Awed Them in Houston
11-23	Obama and a bipartisan crew of colleagues unveil eco-friendly bills on energy - Peak Oil resolution in U.S. House of Representatives
11-23	Demand for solar power continues to grow - New Paltz solar power already saving money
11-23	Britain opens way for new climate deal
11-23	Britain is ready to go nuclear - Meacher condemns pro-nuclear 'spin'
11-22	The devastating costs of Appalachian coal
11-22	Protesters cry fowl over fed's mountaintop mining revisions
11-22	Guess who gets left with the tab for pensions
11-22	W.Va. buying property for disaster housing (Why not stop mountaintop removal, rather than expect that the destruction of people's homes and lives will be side effects--collateral damage--of our quest for "cheap" energy.)
11-22	Environmentalists fear land-grab; Bill would lift ban on selling land holding mining claims
11-22	Religious leaders to encourage greater use of renewable energy
11-22	California: No to 'old' coal power (While we of course support retrofitting power plants for lower emissions, we must point out the full cycle, the full toll from our continued over-reliance on coal. There is no such thing as "clean" coal. Coal's dirty when you dig it, dirty when you haul it, dirty when you burn it, dirty when you dispose of the ash, and it sure dirties up politics.) - Montana Gov. Pushes Coal as Energy Source
11-22	State and local regulators offer plan as alternative to Bush Administration rule
11-22	U.S. Backs Squeezing Oil From a Stone: Seeing potential in shale, Interior is opening federal lands to industry, but extraction methods are unproven, and in Colorado some see risks
11-22	Biodiesel Energy Industry Sparks Interest in Maryland Soybeans
11-22	Ontario Awards C$2 Billion in Renewable Power Deals - Norway focuses on renewable electricity
11-22	Studies: Fighting global warming is affordable
11-22	Nations set to feud over new global warming plan - New Jersey and Global Warming - Second phase of Kyoto faces battle
11-22	Munich Re Bond Insures against More European Storms
11-22	China closes nearly 2,000 coal mines
11-21	Millions face glacier catastrophe - Global disaster will follow if the ice cap on Greenland melts; Now scientists say it is vanishing far faster than even they expected - In Arctic, evidence for global warming mounts- Steeped in Greenhouse Gas, Pine Trees Deviate
11-21	Professor’s ideas behind the times (scroll down; letters to the editor are great tools--use them!)
11-21	Seeking Clean Fuel for a Nation, and a Rebirth for Small-Town Montana (There is no such thing as "clean" coal. Coal's dirty when you dig it, dirty when you haul it, dirty when you burn it, dirty when you dispose of the ash, and it sure dirties up politics.)- Montana Governor: There's Coal In Them Thar Hills
11-21	Running on Empty
11-21	Waste authority warns of crisis
11-21	Wind less costly than coal in every way
11-21	$20 million revives dormant coal mine near Montevallo
11-21	14 miners killed in north China coal mine flooding
11-20	Coal miners in big demand; Energy boom has workers naming their own price - Perks, noncompete clauses for Eastern coal miners - Prices spur coal rush
11-20	Guard prevented walk at Hazy Creek (scroll down)
11-20	Wheeling-Pitt Seeking Massey Price Disclosure
11-20	W.Va.’s natural gas pockets, long left idle, suddenly worth tapping
11-20	Windmill project needs research
11-20	Preserving the Earth, One Joke at a Time
11-20	Can Nuclear Power Become Just Another Business?
11-20	Clean Energy Tops Agenda of Sino-US Science Co-Op (There is no such thing as "clean" coal. Coal's dirty when you dig it, dirty when you haul it, dirty when you burn it, dirty when you dispose of the ash, and it sure dirties up politics.) - Bush, in Beijing, Faces a Partner Now on the Rise - East Texas could land major power plant, FutureGen
11-20	New energy economy emerges from lab; Scientists work on hydrogen engines, fuel cells and biofuels
11-20	Climate change in Arctic studied for keys to Earth's warming
11-20	Study links global warming to disease
11-20	Seven confirmed dead in Hebei coal mine flooding
11-19	Miner memorializes 1968 disaster
11-19	Chesapeake Energy meets with Manchin
11-19	More job openings expected for state - State's Economic Outlook is Looking Up
11-19	Pa. sues PPL over damage caused by ash basin spill
11-19	Byrd initiative crucial to West Virginia  - Let's Not Squander Energy Opportunity - D.C. confirms Rentech is clean (oh, that's re-assuring...not!) -  Officials: Coal gasification plant a ‘very clean’ industry (There is no such thing as "clean" coal. Coal's dirty when you dig it, dirty when you haul it, dirty when you burn it, dirty when you dispose of the ash, and it sure dirties up politics.)- China starts world's first direct coal liquefaction project
11-19	Oil alternatives badly needed
11-19	Saving our breath - Quick sliver: Hair snips reveal mercury - NCPIRG Blasts EPA For Continuing Efforts To Weaken Mercury Protections
11-19	Windpower Microgeneration: Home Wind Turbines - Sustainable entrepreneur: Blow your own
11-19	Less power! - Adopting an energy lean lifestyle
11-19	Rising seas from global warming would engulf county bayshore - World's fish seen in peril from global warming
11-18	Toxic: Don't weaken reporting
11-18	Md. to Restrict Coal-Burning Power Plants
11-18	Renewable energy may bring economic boom - Solar's day in the sun?
11-18	Abramoff Witness Frustrates Panel - CREW Demands Federici Be Referred to Dept. of Justice for Perjury Investigation (Remember J. Stephen Griles? Another tidbit on Griles. And another.)
11-18	Climate change will fuel disease among poor  -  EU on track to miss Kyoto target  -  Hot, hungry and gasping for air – climate change puts fish at risk, warns WWF
11-17	Energy production  doesn't justify rape of natural world
11-17	High acid levels found in 35 streams  -  Acid Drainage Killing Some Fish in Ky.
11-17	Oil Company Officials Accused of Lying to Congress  -  Leak raises doubts about Cheney's industry links
11-17	Byrd champions coal-to-liquids proposal in Senate (There is no such thing as "clean" coal. Coal's dirty when you dig it, dirty when you haul it, dirty when you burn it, dirty when you dispose of the ash, and it sure dirties up politics.)
11-17	Millions face water shortages due to climate change  -  Rich nations' greenhouse gas emissions may rise-UN  -  Climate Shift Tied To 150,000 Fatalities
11-17	Key witness to testify about Abramoff link
11-17	BEST ENVIRONMENTAL MOVEMENT: Mountain Justice Summer
11-17	Solar energy has potential to dominate by 2030
11-16	Document Says Oil Chiefs Met With Cheney Task Force
11-16	Peeling the Mountains: Mountaintop Removal Meets Fresh Resistance in Tennessee
11-16	Byrd Amendment Spurs Coal Liquefaction (There is no such thing as "clean" coal. Coal's dirty when you dig it, dirty when you haul it, dirty when you burn it, dirty when you dispose of the ash, and it sure dirties up politics.)
11-16	Massey Energy to restructure capital, buy back shares
11-16	High prices spur a new coal rush
11-16	SBA delays decision on Mingo land
11-16	Administration Ignores Scientific Evidence and Pushes Forward with Mountaintop Removal
11-16	Poorly designed log led to spill, says PPL - PPL: Weakened logs caused fly ash leak
11-16	Park pollution traced to coal
11-16	The battle over mercury; Local, state officials need support to impose stricter limits
11-16	After Switch to Natural Gas, UK Lakes and Rivers Recovering From Acid Rain
11-16	FBI Settles with Wrongly Accused Environmentalist
11-16	Island's future is blowin' in the wind
11-16	Sharp to Expand Its Solar Business
11-16	Global warming could mean end of coastal life as we know it; Princeton study says drinking water, ecosystem, even N.J.'s land mass could be affected
11-16	Finding profitable ways to fight global warming
11-16	France takes new steps to fight global warming
11-16	U.S.: Test to bury global warming gas a success; 5 million tons of carbon dioxide sent into oil wells to increase production (Red flags anyone?)
11-16	Solar future? Schwarzenegger pitches to China
11-16	OIL PRICES AND GLOBAL WARMING ISSUES FUEL RENEWABLE ENERGY INVESTMENTS AND INITIATIVES
11-16	Here comes the sun king in solar surge
11-16	Report Cites Benefits of Adopting Renewable Energy
11-15	SBA to consider waiver of contract rules for Mingo Co.
11-15	Folks in Lester, you are getting the sham
11-15	Officials confident in forest proposal - The World's Forests - World Forest Losses Slowing But Still Alarming
11-15	Pombo's Poison Pills
11-15	Senator wants accountability in flood board ("So much land spoiled in southern counties"--from mountaintop removal and virtually unregulated timbering!)
11-15	Climate Change Could Spread Plague - New England's Winters Growing Warmer - Warning for today: Massive climate change rocked ecosystems, animals 55 million years ago
11-15	Udall highlights muddled thinking on renewable energy research
11-15	Officials base mercury plan on N.J.'s stricter standards
11-15	Texas hears plan for clean coal project (There is no such thing as "clean" coal. Coal's dirty when you dig it, dirty when you haul it, dirty when you burn it, dirty when you dispose of the ash, and it sure dirties up politics.)
11-15	Syntroleum to Speak to U.S. Senate Committee on Coal-to-Liquids Opportunities (see above comment)
11-15	Coal hearted: Blair dumped on over warming -Campaigners attack plans to 'buy way out' of CO2 goal - Blair's environmental credibility up in smoke
11-15	Natural Gas: Big Worry This Winter - Hidden cost in wood burning: Pollution
11-15	Tax breaks and rebates brighten solar-heating sales
11-15	Australia Pioneers Energy From Hot Rocks
11-15	German Wind Lobby Hails Policy, Utilities Uneasy
11-15	Wastewater: Energy of the future?
11-15	Chinese Develop Renewable Power Generation System
11-14	Massey settlement agreement scuttles insider trading allegations
11-14	UMWA Speaks Out
11-14	Candidate, U.S. Attorney Warner discussed getting around laws on campaign finance, inquiry says
11-14	Coal truck drivers commended
11-14	Groups Propose Alternative to E.P.A. Rules on Mercury
11-14	Scottish Greens call for miniaturised power plant in every home - Campaigners Say, Every Little Helps - Make your house a powerhouse
11-14	Reaching the Point of No Return: A renewable energy manifesto
11-14	Fish numbers plummet in warming Pacific; Disappearance of plankton causes unprecedented collapse in sea and bird life off western US coast
11-14