(Nov)  Archive - December, 2005  (Jan)

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12-31	Climate Shock: We're on Thin Ice - Way Past a Devastating Season, the 27th Tropical Storm Festers
12-31	Apollo Now
12-31	Energy-Efficient Homes Can Help Curb Global Warming - Your Power's Performance
12-31	Man killed in underground Harlan Co. mine; Miner wanted new job, stepmother says -  Ky. Miner Killed in Underground Accident
12-31	Why is it only Massey families thank company? (Scroll down; letters to the editor are great tools--use them!)
12-31	Montana governor pushes for plant  (Coal's still 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. Those billions could be spent far more wisely, but politicians kowtow to the coal industry!)
12-31	LG&E plant permit opposed
12-31	National Coal moves to expand
12-31	EPA's rules on fine dust still too weak
12-31	The Peak Oil Crisis: Coal Conversion and Growing Our Fuel
12-31	Northwest power consumers going "green"
12-31	Babcock sails into ninth wind energy project
12-31	GO RENEWABLE, PACIFIC URGED; US$60m could be saved in fuel bill
12-31	Permafrost Thaw Might Speed Global Warming
12-30	Mother Nature wreaked havoc on U.S. in 2005 - Review of the year: Climate Change - Fires Reflect Wider Disaster: Drought
12-30	Paving way to a clean energy future - Clean Air Act is an imperfect necessity; Regulations could push harder to encourage renewable energy
12-30	Coal mine fatalities down nationwide in 2005
12-30	Stocks of local interest (there's blood on coal money)
12-30	Sides ready to debate fly-ash proposal
12-30	SoCal Edison to close coal plant at center of pollution dispute
12-30	Carbon Dioxide from Coal Erodes Acres of Bay Coast - Group raises concerns about carbon dioxide
12-30	His Car Smelling Like French Fries, Willie Nelson Sells Biodiesel
12-30	Clean car gets a powerful plug
12-30	Reflections on My Amtrak Peak-Oil Tour
12-30	Top 10 British green energy schemes named - DTI Selects 10 Best Green Energy Projects for 2005
12-30	Clothes You Wear Might Double As Latest Source Of Solar Power - Solar power for wilderness treks
12-30	Goldman Sees Markets as Solution to Global Warming - Rhodia Gets UN Nod for CO2 Trading Project
12-29	Racing Toward Climate Disaster - Giant thaw threatens Far North  - No more time to stall on global warming
12-29	Reform: Caution required
12-29	Is the burning of Marsh Fork school enough? (Letters to the editor are great tools--use them!)
12-29	Buffalo Creek flood film to be included in National Film Registry
12-29	Coal mine fatalities down nationwide in 2005 - Man dies in Wy. coal mine accident
12-29	Pa.: Coal Truck Flips Over, Slams Into Vehicle
12-29	PPL power plant back in business
12-29	Homegrown fuel: a waste of energy?
12-29	Alaska site was never the answer
12-29	Native Americans try to reap the wind for power
12-29	Solar Energy Helps Fuel Socially Responsible Investing
12-29 ?	Mo. Gov. Orders Turkey Oil Plant Closed
12-29	Wind-Powered Sewage Treatment Plant Cuts CO2 Emissions by 96%
12-29	China to Monitor Economy-Wide Energy Efficiency
12-29	China to set up solar energy center for cooperating with developing countries
12-28	Senator pushes publicly funded races (OVEC leads the Clean Elections coalition)
12-28	Valley needs air monitoring - Take Action: Don't Let EPA Sell Off Your Right to Know about Toxic Pollution
12-28	Testing Important Part of New Voting Machines
12-28	PPL gets approval to reopen ash basin
12-28	'Disaster tourism' edges into view
12-28	Appalachian Town Looks to Flatten Mountain
12-28	River advocates fear new law harms rivers
12-28	Hurricane Insurance Losses $57.6 Billion, Advisen Says
12-28	States team up on environment
12-28	Forest landowners playing role in fight against global warming - Action needed to reduce global warming
12-28	In Russia, Pollution Is Good for Business
12-28	China firm to spend $2.5 bln on renewable power - Nuclear Plant Now Overshadows China Protest Village
12-27	Governor means business - Manchin's metaphor under scrutiny
12-27	Tourists watch as mining companies lop off mountaintops in Appalachia
12-27	Reliant plans to pump fly ash into abandoned mine
12-27	Payola: Other people's money
12-27	Past Hot Times Hold Few Reasons to Relax About New Warming
12-27	Turbine co. harnesses wind power - Solar hot in venture capital circles - Sales of solar heating systems are up
12-27	Valley's brown cloud emphasizes need for renewable energy
12-27	Liquidating Enron's Maze of Partnerships Could Cost More Than $1 Billion
12-27	Scientists Try to Resolve Nuclear Problem With an Old Technology Made New Again
12-27	Evangelicals direct clout at global warming
12-27	Inuit leaders blame U.S. for global warming
12-27	It's better to green your diet than your car - Green diets vs. global warming
12-27	Burying Greenhouse Gas
12-27	Europeans missing their Kyoto targets
12-27	Downside of cleaner air: more warming?
12-27	China Closes Down Thousands of Coal Mines
12-26	DEP staying out of wind-power debate; Mollohan concerned windmill owners could exploit state as coal barons did (do)
12-26	Concern surfaces over mine project
12-26	A federal agency is putting pressure on Montana regulators to back away from a proposed crackdown on coal-bed methane waste water
12-25	Star Light, Star Bright: Towards a Solar-Powered America - Solar use can reward homeowner
12-25	Trying to Catch the Wind
12-25	Mountaintops leveled for coal
12-25	"Help" for WV Blankenship-style (second paragraph)
12-25	Sen. Jay Rockefeller: Time for reflection and thanks despite troubles (Senator, can you say "global warming"" "mountaintop removal"? an you say "I will promote renewable energy because I ant West Virginia to have a bright future"?)
12-25	Permafrost-thawing concern deepens
12-25	Bill McKibben: The Coming Meltdown
12-24	Going Solar in the Snow - I'm dreaming of a solar Christmas
12-24	W.Va. ranks last in immigrants
12-24	Mr. Pataki vs. Mr. Bush - Local governments are asserting leadership on global warming that White House won’t - Northeastern emissions agreement is out ahead of federal standards
12-24	And the Saga on Arctic Oil Drilling Continues - Both sides of drilling debate say the fight isn't over yet
12-24	Colfax County Backs Down on Coal Bed Methane Drilling
12-24	Shell bids for coal-to-liquid project in China's west
12-24	Vanuatu: A village flees for safer ground - Polar bears treading on thin ice
12-24	Tree-planting projects may not be so green; Attempts to undo CO2 damage a short-term fix
12-24	Evangelicals converted on the environment
12-24	China's Probe of Mining Disasters Finds Corruption, Chaos
12-23	Massey extends contract with Blankenship into '06
12-23	DEP reorganizes water, enforcement divisions
12-23	Cecil E. Roberts: Coal and the Supreme Court: Severance-tax win is big for West Virginia
12-23	New Look for Coal Impoundment Web Site
12-23	Many Local Leaders Weren't Aware of Government Pollution Health Risk Scores
12-23	Baltimore air ranks high in health risks - DNREC tracks who pollutes to pursue a solution - Dirty waters: Nearly two-thirds of the river miles that Virginia monitors are polluted
12-23	MAN GETS 9 YEARS FOR FRAUD, MONEY LAUNDERING
12-23	Coal mining memorial being built in Roanoke
12-23	141 Unregulated pollutants contaminate tap water in the US
12-23	No Way Found to Cut Need for Foreign Oil
12-23	Clean Energy Update--Nothing Listed for WV
12-23	Assamese scientist gets patent for floating power plant
12-23	Melting of permafrost threatens homes and roads, scientists warn; Study foresees huge release of carbon by 2100
12-23	China Prosecutes 96 for Coal Mine Deaths
12-22	Senate blocks drilling in refuge - Senate Rejects Bid for Drilling in Arctic Area - Cheers heard on both sides of border - Arctic Drilling Opponents Cheer Nip-and-Tuck Vote - Standing up to Stevens - More about Senate
12-22	State man leaving OSM for fossil energy position
12-22	Mountaintop Mining Destructive Practice - W. Va. Energy Sector Offers Competitive Pay (But watch out for your health in later years, and never mind about the people whose homes and lives you are ruining to get your paycheck...)
12-22	State-raised brown trout put on advisory list; Mercury, PCBs found in tissue samples
12-22	Congress gives Hinton hydro-electric project its OK
12-22	Kennedy slams Bush administration’s corporate cronyism - (The reporter says "The Adirondacks" but it's actually The Appalachians)
12-22	Earth to ELF: Come In, Please
12-22	United States Congress continues support for coal-to-liquid fuels (Congress continues its allegiances to its campaign funders, at the expense of the people and our future!) - - Indiana, Illinois form coal pact - China - UK coal fired carbon capture deal announced
12-22	Private Developer Plans Retrofits  (Retrofit every existing plant, but remember cleaning up the emissions somewhat still does not account the entire filthy dirty cycle of coal!)
12-22	Blair faces organised rebellion on nuclear issue - Blair urged to drop nuclear option
12-22	Dirty waters: Nearly two-thirds of the river miles that Virginia monitors are polluted
12-22	One region's bid to slow global warming
12-21	Take Action: Save the Arctic
12-21	Please Call Your Senators This Morning--Tell Them No Drilling in ANWR! - U.S. Democrats To Fight Arctic Oil in Defense Bill -    Senators must stand firm - A Senator's Bold (Corrupt) Ploy on Arctic Drilling - Key Facts about ANWR's Land, Oil, Wildlife - Congress Wrestles With ANWR Oil Drilling - Arctic Drilling Has Been His Burning Issue
12-21	Forest Service proposes trail access for Blackwater logger
12-21	Natural beauty of New River Gorge must be protected
12-21	Arson ruled cause of old Marsh Fork High School fire
12-21	Numbers don't reflect boom period for coal mining in E. Ky.
12-21	As the late author Harry Caudill noted, coal pollutes everything it touches, but some still want to prop up the coal industry
12-21	Huntington Marine must reply to worries
12-21	Mining to add flat land to city
12-21	Company should focus on mine safety
12-21	West Virginia is setting aside housing for victims of local floods - or national emergencies
12-21	We must increase renewable energy for national security
12-21	Seven States Agree on a Regional Program to Reduce Emissions From Power Plants - Maryland rejects pollution accord - NORTHEAST GOVERNORS SIGN LANDMARK GLOBAL WARMING POLLUTION PACT
12-21	EPA toughening soot standards, but air-quality critics unhappy
12-21	Why are growing numbers of 'green' visionaries hopping on the bandwagon of the most ill-conceived and dangerous energy source in the world?
12-21	Permafrost Meltdown Across the Arctic
12-21	EPA Slammed for Allowing Power Plants to Emit Mercury
12-21	Environmentalists Declare Opposition to Alito for Supreme Court
12-21	Biologist uses carbon trading to grow forests
12-21	SDG&E gets state approval for solar power plan - Ex marks the spot for biggest Ontario solar power project
12-21	New Zealand: Govt dumps carbon tax - Govt throws drowning polar bears a lump of coal
12-21	Stars line-up for climate change concert
12-21	Vestas Wins US Wind Turbine Order, Share Up
12-21	Toronto Globe and Mail: A new take on eco-tours in Kentucky
12-20	Climate in the Balance
12-20	Unclean Coal Campaign noted in Rachel's Weekly (scroll down)
12-20	W.Va., Ky. get $6 million to train more coal miners
12-20	Wind project firm wants hearings in Greenbrier, too
12-20	States fight emission rule; Illinois, 14 others say Bush mercury proposal fails to safeguard health
12-20	U.S. Greenhouse Gases Rose 2 Percent - Energy and our Climate
12-20	Two Electricity Giants to Combine, With Focus on Coal and Nuclear  - FPL - Constellation Merger Worries Advocates
12-20	Life and Death In the Arctic
12-20	Wind turbines deal creates 60 jobs - Research Helps Colorado Thrive Using Renewable Energy - Scots firm wins £5m contract for giant turbines
12-20	Sea power to provide electricity
12-19	Fire destroys old high school at Marsh Fork
12-19	13th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Symposium to focus on education
12-19	Kyoto Treaty Powers Up U.S. Alternative Energy Firms; American companies benefit from European demand for solar and wind power products
12-19	A big wave of mini-hydro projects; Interest revives in hydropower on a small scale, sparked by the new energy bill and high fuel costs
12-19	Boston Globe: Tourists watch as mining companies level mountains in Appalachia  - Courier Journal: Mining method draws visitors; Mountaintop removal growing easier to see
12-19	"Clean Coal" Facility Possible -(What they are talking about here is making some of the emissions from coal-fired power plants less deadly. That's excellent. But remember the full cycle of 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!) - Cleaner Coal: Texas should require utilities to consider it
12-19	Majestic, mysterious, monstrous
12-19	US States Forge on With Slimmer Plan to Cut CO2
12-19	Power and peril
12-19	House Opens Way for Oil Drilling in Artic
12-19	Is the U.S. ready for real energy conservation efforts?
12-19	Peak oil piques energy concern
12-19	High energy costs spur solar interest - UK energy bills set to soar
12-19	BLM to speed permit process for wind energy
12-19	Ryan trial focuses on lobbyists, including one from Wis Energy
12-19	Feds Approve Duke Energy-Cinergy Merger
12-19	Honda to Mass Produce Next-Generation Thin Film Solar Cell
12-19	Temperatures rising in West; Evidence of global warming is popping up in the region's mountain climates
12-18	The Devil in the Deep Blue Sea
12-18	Tourists watch as mining firms lop off mountaintops
12-18	Gazette reporter wins Patterson Fellowship
12-18	New York exhibit pictures coal town life
12-18	Witness to history: A reporter looks back at some of the most memorable moments in West Virginia politics
12-18	UMWA health care: From the cradle to the grave
12-18	The facts were skewed; Another cloud over 'Clear Skies' initiative
12-18	Fly ash repairs pass review
12-18	The Price of Oil - Oil shale may be fool's gold - Two massive pipelines proposed
12-18	Emission control - Temperatures Climb As Warming Talks Stall - India must show leadership on climate change
12-18	Look to renewable energy for Montana's future
12-18	Solar power heating up - Bright future expected for solar project  - Honda to mass-produce solar batteries
12-18	Renewable Devices snubs Nasa over green energy’s silent revolution
12-18	MDE, industry blocked a bill
12-18	Chinese media print names of villagers slain in clashes over land seizure
12-17	West Virginia miner 20th U.S. coal death in 2005 - Officials probing McDowell mine death
12-17	Vivian Stockman: Massey at center of its 'total environment'
12-17	Why China needs a free press and why America needs Chinese anger
12-17	China visits Mountain State; Delegation from coal province discusses similarities to W.Va. - Chinese Pressing to Keep Village Silent on Clash - Chinese Evade Censors To Discuss Police Assault
12-17	Marlinton, Logan County, Milton work nearly done; Richwood project to start - Where's the money for the Island Creek flood project?
12-17	Global oil addiction to boost coal (Addiction kills)
12-17	Climate campaigners warm to "advanced coal" and sequestration, despite Bush backing - International alliance calls for end to term "clean coal," calls for responsible transition
12-17	Robert Kennedy Jr.: An Ill Wind Off Cape Cod
12-17	Drilling in ANWR
12-17	Boom time for solar energy -- or is it?
12-17	Microgeneration: Blow your bills away - Let there be (renewable) light
12-17	Carbon to cost us sooner or later - Australia bakes in hottest year
12-17	Scientists Sound Warning on Global Warming - Global warming may be shrinking Alaska’s lakes
12-16	2005 Continues the Warming Trend; Year's Temperatures Are Among the Highest on Record, Scientists Announce - U.S. Endured Record Heat, Drought, Hurricanes in 2005 - 2005 warmest on record in north - Climate, Storms Hit Extremes in 2005 - UN Weather Body - Polar bears living on thin ice after record temperatures - Is Global Warming Killing the Polar Bears?
12-16	West Virginia asked to get tough on mercury pollution - Stricter mercury rules will improve Virginia's waters
12-16	Administration notes ‘clean coal’ protest
12-16	KENTUCKY BILL TO PROTECT STREAMS IS PRE-FILED (scroll down) (This, believe it or not, is already law in West Virginia. That's why we have filed some of the lawsuits we have filed--coal companies are breaking the law! The past two years, the West Virginia Environmental Council has stopped coal industry proposals to change the law. Please support E-Council, and sign up for their action alerts.)
12-16	Retirees fearing loss of benefits; Official concerned about pressure by coal companies
12-16	DEP to weigh water protection changes
12-16	Blacks have power to transform renewable energy field
12-16	China making push for wind energy
12-16	Summit forecasts future of energy in the Tri-State
12-16	Natural gas prices are soaring, but you can lower your bill
12-16	Wind farms
12-16	Steps toward mine safety
12-16	PSI reaches deal with state, industrial users
12-16	Bill Moyers: In the Kingdom of the Half-Blind
12-16	Northeast States' Greenhouse Gas Pact Is in Disarray - States Breaking With Bush on Carbon Fail to Agree
12-16	Tax deduction for energy efficiency improvements - Energy law could bring taxpayers relief
12-16	California Solar Rebates Tripled for Next Year - PUC Approves 11-Year Solar Power Plan
12-16	A Slick Oil Offer - (Remember J. Stephen Griles? Another tidbit on Griles. And another.)
12-16	Democrats to Fight ANWR Drilling in Defense Bill
12-16	How South American biofuels are gaining steam, and why that freaks the U.S. out
12-15	Environmental Group Protests "Clean Coal" Label
12-15	DuPont settles case on toxins
12-15	Turbines concern Mollohan - State officials playing catch-up in regulating wind farms
12-15	People living in air pollution hot spots worry about kids
12-15	US EPA to Act on Air Quality Standards Next Week
12-15	G.O.P. May Harness Arctic Drilling to Pentagon Budget
12-15	Coal operator gets 6 citations
12-15	Fletcher wants drug-test law for coal miners
12-15	Proposed coal plant's emissions scrutinized - Coal mine will see large-scale review
12-15	Mercury emissions must be controlled
12-15	Northeast Emissions Talks Break Down
12-14	Julian Martin: In coal game, ex-coaches in Hall of Shame
12-14	'Clean coal' dirty, groups say
12-14	Payola: Political money taint
12-14	Massey's Sidney Coal cited by Kentucky
12-14	Tennessee: OSM misses deadline on petition; Agency needs more time to review request to restrict coal mining in New River watershed
12-14	Greenbrier native keeps eye on coal dust
12-14	Barge company files lawsuit against city
12-14	Air pollution worse for blacks, poor; Wood County air rated among top 10 in U.S. for health risk - Industrial pollution high for Cabell; Project studies air pollution for every square inch of U.S. -More Blacks Live With Pollution - Renewable energy can help that wheeze
12-14	NAFTA Secretariat Deems U.S. Mercury Emissions Worth Investigating - Mercury watch
12-14	Bush officials trying to win back GOP moderates on Arctic drilling - Drilling divide threatens GOP budget plans -Bush administration promotes "benefits" of ANWR drilling
12-14	Utility to test burning corn stalks, not coal - FPL chief: St. Lucie out for coal plant - Controlling our energy appetite
12-14	Kentucky delivers citations to coal company where two were killed
12-14	Dawdling on drugs in mines
12-14	Consol Energy resumes output at Va. mine
12-14	Airing concerns
12-14	Microgeneration potential revealed
12-14	America's Shame in Montreal
12-14	Extinction alert for 800 species - The Plague Upon Eden
12-14	Earth's uneasy breathing measured on Niwot Ridge
12-14	Carbon Market Still Green
12-13	State water data lacking, DEP says
12-13	A CENTURY OF COAL AND FUTURE'S STILL DIM IN MOUNTAINS
12-13	One Person's Externalities...
12-13	Why the Montreal climate summit was too painful to watch - The U.S. in Montreal
12-13	Mining-measure foes fear sale of public land
12-13	Pollution trading plan targets carbon dioxide
12-13	Environmentalists criticize Blount St. coal plant pollution
12-13	Mohave's Closure Could Be Imminent
12-13	More die in China coal mines in 2005 despite government safety pledges
12-13	Energy, the Hot Deal Field, Is Likely to Get Still Hotter
12-13	How GE Captures New Energy Markets
12-13	Cali's 'million solar roofs' back from dead tomorrow - Colorado Governor's Offices Announce Two New Tools for Economic Development Using Renewable Energy
12-13	Portugal turns to wind, sun to reduce import
12-12	Coal companies' damage easy to see (Larry Gibson is an OVEC board member)
12-12	Booster Pump Failure Results in Slurry Spill in Coal River Tributary
12-12	State inspectors caught 714 overweight coal trucks this year — six times more than in 2004 — and levied nearly $420,000 in fines, about $600 per offense. Former Gazette writer Ray Evans wonders whether dishonest companies earn more by overloading trucks and paying $600 fines as a routine cost of business.
12-12	Wind farms must file copies of permits, studies with PSC
12-12	Energy companies swarm the Rockies - Gas Drilling Raises Dust Clouds in the West - Alaska '04 Oil Spill Damages Still Being Tallied
12-12	No bill yet on drug tests for miners; Disputes may stall Kentucky action
12-12	Cutting Through Haze of Governor Schwarzenegger's Stance on Coal: Does he favor clean air or low-cost power?
12-12	China coal giant plans 1.0 mln T coal-to-oil plant
12-12	Renewable Energy Project Nearly Complete - The time has come to speak of renewable energy
12-12	Hydrogen's Time Has Come
12-12	California energy needs soil region
12-12	Six-Nation Climate Talks in Sydney Next Month
12-12	US Under Fire as World Climate Talks Near End - Clinton Steals Show at UN Climate Talks
12-12	Forget Climate Targets, Timetables, Australia Says
12-12	Businesses Move Past Kyoto Regardless of US
12-12	German Minister Eyes Nuclear Power Rethink - Finland Rekindles Interest in Nuclear Power
12-12	Military Officer Tied to Killings Is Held by China
12-11	Coal slurry spills into Raleigh creek - Slurry spill reported at Marfork plant - Slurry spill reported at Massey Energy subsidiary ...Meanwhile: Thousands celebrate Christmas at Massey's Extravaganza - TV news reported on the sludge spill caused by a broken pump, and the segue-wayed into Massey "pumping gifts to poor kids. Here's you Christmas kiddies, and don't drink the water.
12-11	Joy as climate talks take Kyoto to next phase - Last-minute climate deals reached - UN talks set road map for Kyoto beyond 2012 - U.N. climate conference ends with pivotal deal on emission cuts
12-11	U.S. Won't Join in Binding Climate Talks; US retreats at climate change talks; 'Obstructive' White House stung by criticism of its stance as 157 nations extend the Kyoto agreement
12-11	Nearly lost, panoramic coalfield photos now bound to endure
12-11	(Un)Clean coal
12-11	Renewable energy features keep homes cozy
12-11	Laws to allow solar energy use vary from state to state
12-10	150,000 deaths blamed on climate change; U.N. calls toll conservative; Study finds poor nations hit hardest
12-10	Coal miner unions rally at Peabody headquarters
12-10	Massey lawsuit settlement OK’d - Judge approves Massey settlement agreement
12-10	Bankrupt: $46 trillion U.S. liability
12-10	Hardesty’s $25,000 pay hike finalized
12-10	Protesters Say Police in China Killed Up to 20
12-10	Coal bed methane development leads to dust problems
12-10	(False) Hope for cleaner coal plants - Key Project - (Cleaning up emissions is great, but coal's still 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. Those billions could be spent far more wisely, but politicians kowtow to the coal industry!)
12-10	Kicking the Oil Habit and Creating Jobs
12-10	Oil Firms May Pay $10 Billion To Drill in Alaska - To the Victor Go the Oils
12-10	Iowa Municipal Utility Votes for 20 Percent Renewable Energy Standard - Rhode Island’s renewable energy projects generate a buzz
12-10	Changes to land cover may affect global climate: study - Ecosystem Changes a Threat to Human Health: WHO
12-10	Africa's forests can buffer climate change
12-10	Youths Make Spirited Case at Climate Meeting
12-10	U.S., Under Fire, Eases Its Stance in Climate Talks - U.S. Joins Informal Talks on Warming; Other Kyoto Parties Back Stronger Action - Hot Air: Summit Heads to a Close with No Sign of Progress - Bush 'isolated in US' on climate - Clinton says Bush is 'flat wrong' on Kyoto - US States Differ Over Emissions Plan -Castro: Rich Nations Endangering Planet
12-10	Over 150 feared dead after brutal week in coal mines
12-10	Study: GRU should delay its coal plant
12-10	Solar Hydrogen Production Station From Landfill Gas Announced
12-9	Much at stake in petition to block Tennessee MTR mining
12-9	How America Plotted to Stop Kyoto Deal
12-9	Revived energy board meets - Manchin touting "alternatives" to burning coal for energy (that is, liquefying coal) - New Energy for Old Authority - Susman wants more southern input on energy authority - Energy Forum Sparks Action - Pa. Leads Push for New Coal Plants - Concerns over Coal to Liquids Schemes - National Security and Energy
12-9	Reader fascinated by Blankenship publicity
12-9	Workers’ Comp changing; Manchin signs proclamation kicking off privatization
12-9	Wind power less destructive
12-9	Close call: Mine expansion would have hurt lake, park
12-9	Rendell envisions local coal waste plant
12-9	INTERNATIONAL COAL STOCK PRICE SLIPS
12-9	EU Governments Agree on Rules To Tackle Pollution from Mining Waste
12-9	U.S. Attacked on Its Climate Stance - Plea to US, Australia on emissions - Climate talks go down to the wire - In Final Days of Climate Conference, U.S. Resists `Post-Kyoto' Push
12-9	Oil industry targets EU climate policy
12-9	Melting ice caps: Inuits file an international human rights complaint against the United States - Inuit decry global warming
12-9	Global Warming After Katrina
12-9	Scientists Say Greenland Glaciers Retreating
12-9	Day 3 of climate protest in Asia
12-9	U.S. execs clamping down on environment
12-9	Flying kites... under water
12-9	Idaho residents hold dim views on power plant
12-9	Hearing gets hot over mercury plan; officials countered criticism that they gave utilities and industries special access to suggest revisions
12-9	74 killed, 39 missing in latest Chinese coal mine disaster
12-8	Global Warming: Seven Hard Realities for Americans (pdf)   -  Planetary doom prediction by global warming scientist
12-8	The worst weather ever? At $200bn, it's certainly the costliest - Climate Talks: 2005 Weather Disasters Most Costly Ever - Hottest, stormiest, driest year on record - and costliest
12-8	U.S. Resists New Targets for Curbing Emissions - Australia shifts on climate change
12-8	E Magazine "Parody": Memo From the President's Environmental Task Force
12-8	Housing fund to buy Mingo trailer park - From the archives: Valley fills, sludge spills, flood chills and judge thrills
12-8	Readers Voice Opinions (Bullet point two on page one and two on page two)
12-8	Safety will judge coal road results
12-8	Wyoming to compete for coal plant - Texas to try for futuristic plant  (Cleaning up emissions is great, but coal's still 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. Those billions could be spent far more wisely, but politicians kowtow to the coal industry!) - Rentech Issues Progress Report on Coal-to-Liquids Product Development Unit
12-8	US should prepare for global oil flow peak -  Lawmakers: Will we run out of oil? - The Peak Oil Crisis: The Gulf Stream
12-8	China Mine Blast Leaves Nearly 100 Missing
12-8	International Coal Group stock declines - B.C. mine plan goes ‘major’
12-8	Climate Change, Economic Change
12-8	Pacific Island Villagers Become Climate Change Refugees
12-8	EMPTY SKIES: WORLD’S BIRDS AT RISK
12-8	Martin urges nations to get tough on energy consumption - EU to water down energy saving plans
12-8	Climate talks deadlocked over tough US stand
12-8	DiCaprio to Produce Environment Film
12-8	Inuit accuse Washington of violating human rights
12-8	Climate Change Threatens Southern Africa's Food Security
12-8	CHILDREN BACK SOLAR AND WIND POWER OVER NUCLEAR
12-7	Mining permit near Buckhorn Lake rescinded - Ky. rescinds maligned mine permit
12-7	Slicing off the top of Kentucky's mountains
12-7	Bush treats planet as his alone - Bypassing Bush, Americans Take Local Road to Kyoto - DiCaprio joins tide turning against Bush over Kyoto
12-7	Coal truck citations increase - Coal Truck Law Working (Sort of) - PSC says changes in truck weight law are working - Visit OVEC's Overweight Coal Truck Informational Pages
12-7	Readers Voice Opinions (Bullet points two and four)
12-7	Voting Machines Under Scrutiny
12-7	US in Deal With Group for $950 Million Coal Plant – Department of Energy - Pact Signed for Prototype of Coal Plant (Cleaning up emissions is great, but coal's still 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. Those billions could be spent far more wisely, but politicians kowtow to the coal industry!)
12-7	PPL says coal ash basin fixed
12-7	Property owner loses appeal in coal dust dispute
12-7	U.N. Talks Seen Averting Deadlines for Climate Pact - US Snubs Canada Call for Two-Year Talks on Climate - US Should Pursue Climate Talks, 24 Senators Say
12-7	The Struggle against Ourselves
12-7	Beckett urges binding targets to fight climate change - Incentives Could Lure China to Carbon Dioxide Market
12-7	Arctic, Tropical Islands Unite in Climate Fight
12-7	The link between hurricanes and global warming - World Weather Disaster Losses Hit Record in 2005 - Forecasters See More Big Hurricanes Ahead - Earth feels effects of global warming
12-7	CO2 emission from int'l air carriers doubles in 30 years: IEA
12-7	Rising gas prices shine light on solar energy options
12-7	Green vs. green: Environmentalists hail renewable energy, but are split on Cape Wind's proposal
12-7	Sail and Solar Powered Ship Project Steaming onto the World Stage
12-7	China Police Open Fire on Wind Farm Land Rights Protesters
12-7	The men who die in China’s coal mines
12-6	What are all those Blankenship ads selling?
12-6	Ken Hechler: Act now to preserve wild, wonderful W.Va.
12-6	Manchin said he also is determined to bring a coal gasification plant to the state. “We can do it in a cleaner, healthier environment,” he said. “We know we can — the technology is there, and it’s only getting better.” (Scroll down; The rich white men in power will continue deluding themselves at our peril, as long as they can pocket big donations for the coal industry.)
12-6	Group opposes power plant; Organization says project is bad deal for Ohio consumers
12-6	Two-pronged finance reform could ease voter cynicism
12-6	Appetite For Energy: Ohio power plants respond to growing electricity demand by burning more coal - Despite concerns, two new sites could add to Ohio River Valley pollution - Ohio River Coal Fired Power Plants - How AEP's Gavin power plant works
12-6	Scientist hopes for CO2 storage; China's CO2 emissions are expected to double by 2030 - North Sea 'carbon capture' boost for coal reserves - Store carbon dioxide in ground, scientists say
12-6	Report: Feds plan high-tech coal plant (Cleaning up emissions is great, but coal's still 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. Those billions could be spent far more wisely, but politicians kowtow to the coal industry!)
12-6	Eating fish: There's a catch - Hold the fish, please
12-6	Breaking with the Bush administration, officials from California propose new fees on greenhouse gas emitters and call for use of alternative fuels
12-6	AFL-CIO Urges Director Election Reform at Peabody Energy
12-6	Kyoto Questioned as U.S. Moves on Coal - Don't go soft on Kyoto promises
12-6	Arctic Feels the Heat from Climate Change
12-6	Europe's Health Woes May Worsen With Global Warming
12-6	Green May Mean Money for Many at UN Climate Meet
12-6	Arctic Soil Carbon Vastly Underestimated
12-6	Climate at record extremes
12-6	The most destructive crop on earth is no solution to the energy crisis
12-6	Future of Biofuels in Europe Hinges on State Aid
12-6	Renewable Energy as a Human Right
12-5	Mission to save planet is 'failing'
12-5	WVDNR: Habitat Destruction--Mountaintop Removal and Logging--Accounts for Decline on Wild Boar in Southern West Virginia
12-5	Windmills harm state’s beauty - Wind farm protests increase
12-5	Fletcher aide goes before grand jury
12-5	Study Finds Economic Gains in Greenhouse Gas Rules
12-5	Cinergy Answers Burning Questions - Fight over energy regs stirs - Nevada Blazes Trail to Control Airborne Mercury - California Relies on Dirty Coal Power Plants
12-5	A 'Great Pipeline Race' in Canada; Two Plans to Send Natural Gas to U.S. Would Transform Pristine Land
12-5	UN Seeks to Streamline Third World Energy Scheme - More of Third World Fit for Wind Power - UN Study
12-5	Solar is about to become decade's comeback story
12-5	Solving our greatest environmental threat
12-5	US facing pressure to sign up to future climate protocols
12-5	State of Emerging Global Greenhouse Market - EU States Back Inclusion of Airlines in Emissions Trade
12-4	W.Va. Republicans form group to back Byrd
12-4	Capito to shed tainted money; $6,000 in funds from shamed GOP congressman will go to YWCA
12-4	Surface mining more dangerous (scroll down; letters to the editors are great tools; use them!)
12-4	Pa. Governor Pushes Coal Gasification
12-4	Govs Fear Sale of Public Lands for Mining
12-4	New limits planned as more mercury found in rivers
12-4	Abundant Energy or Floating Bombs?
12-4	On Climate Change, a Change of Thinking - Thousands turn out for march coinciding with UN Climate Change Conference - Activists Gather for Climate Change Marches
12-4	Climate change wreaking havoc on Canada's North
12-4	Vermonters hooked on solar
12-3	Climate change: time for action! Today, protesters unite in 30 nations - this is what lies ahead if nothing is done - Jargon obscures Montreal message -   - Thousands join walks supporting Kyoto
12-3	State wins coal lawsuit; W.Va. companies must pay severance taxes, high court rules - Court rejects argument that severance tax violates federal protections
12-3	W.Va. Floods Offer Lessons for Katrina Victims (Correction: it was 5-7 inches of rain. By May 2002, 15 people had died in floods that many old-timers felt were worsened by mountaintop removal and virtually unregulated steep-slope logging.)
12-3	Report Accuses EPA of Slanting Analysis; Hill Researchers Say Agency Fixed Pollution Study to Favor Bush's 'Clear Skies' - Congress Researchers Fault EPA Studies
12-3	Wind farm opponents go to Charleston; Concerns about proposed project voiced to governor’s legislative director
12-3	Study finds economic gains in greenhouse gas rules
12-3	Ten things that the government can do... -  ...and 10 things you can do at home
12-3	Arctic peoples seek U.N. help to slow warming
12-3	Coal mine flood traps 42 in China
12-3	Illinois Lawsuit Challenges Longwall Coal Mining Method
12-3	Utahns pay with their environment for selling coal-generated power to the Golden State
12-3	Venezuela Touts Cheap Fuel to US as Bush Takes Heat - Venezuela delivers subsidized heating oil for thousands of Massachusetts residents
12-3	Leftovers may be source of electricity
12-2	Coal conversion: Public Energy Authority schedules first meeting (Any public money used to bolster Dirty Coal is money robbed from our future--perhaps its even robbing the future itself if that money is diverted from truly clean renewable energy!)
12-2	It Takes a Statehouse Scandal (OVEC is working for Fair and Clean Elections --real campaign finance reform-- here in W. Va.)
12-2	Rallies planned to combat global warming
12-2	EPA proposal would ease toxic-data reporting rules
12-2	FBI's Sham Candidate Crawled Under W.Va.'s Political Rock - Sham '04 candidate didn't poison election fraud case, judge rules - Eastern Kentucky vote-buying case appears to continue
12-2	State taxes top $257m in November
12-2	Pennsylvania Governor Promotes Energy Plan to Cut Oil Imports (Turning to coal to "solve" our energy crisis is like turning to Stalin to "solve" human rights violations.)
12-2	Mercury rises as Kentucky plan stalls; Task force was to warn of dangerous levels in fish - Federal government should be leading the way instead of dragging behind states
12-2	Coal-fired plants harm environment in West, report says - California relies on dirty coal power plants
12-2	Allies Hope Overcome US Climate Talk Refusal - US stand poses hurdle at environmental talks
12-2	Energy Body Urges Bigger Investment in Clean Fuels - U.S. renewable energy use low
12-2	BP Solar Aims to Lead China Market in Joint Venture - BP ramps up solar program
12-2	Renewable fuels have big impact on local economy
12-2	Australian industry embraces green energy while government fights emissions cuts
12-2	Solar Decathlon provides lessons for home builders
12-2	Criminal Trial Related to California Energy Crisis May Start Soon
12-2	Run Your Car on Cow Fuel, Canadian Company Says
12-2	Nuclear lab gets OK to double plutonium; U.S. Energy Dept. approves storage of 300 bombs' worth
12-2	Growing demand for coal in Asia will fuel global warming
12-2	EU Says Will Fulfil Kyoto Target Early, in 2010 - Forests help fight global warming, UN hears
12-2	What should be done about global warming?
12-2	Global Warming Trends Are a Current Affair, Study Finds
12-2	Senate Democrats Demand Investigation of Oil Execs
12-2	There's too much blood on our coal
12-2	Neste Sees Growth in Green Diesel
12-1	Coal companies should buy houses (scroll down; letters to the editors are great tools--use them!)
12-1	State group seeking more tort reform (that is, big-business wants to pollute and pillage the treasury without any means of being held accountable)
12-1	State Journal: Army Corps Regulations Approved on Appeal - Ruling Riles Residents, Responsible People Everywhere
12-1	Administration Ignores Scientific Evidence and Pushes Forward with Mountaintop Removal - Court Rules in Favor of Mountaintop Mining
12-1	Massey Energy Plans Private Offering
12-1	BP's U.S. Unit Says Officials Met With Cheney Energy Task Force
12-1	Mercury law is backward - Pennsylvania Fish Consumption Advisories Updated
12-1	Wisdom of the Ancestors
12-1	Oil Executives Deny Misleading Congress - Oil and trouble: Growing consumption means higher prices, but effects could be even farther-reaching
12-1	Alternative methods of generating electricity: Old or new? - New Coal Technology Will Buy Time For Future Shock (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.)
12-1	Forests Urged as New Front in Global Warming Fight (Mountaintop removal coal mining destroys our incredibly biodiversity temperate forests for a minimum of 500 years!)
12-1	Scientists Say Slower Atlantic Currents Could Mean a Colder Europe - Currents that warm Europe seen slowing - Fears of big freeze as scientists detect slower Gulf Stream
12-1	US rejects Blair's climate hopes - UN talks adopt Kyoto rules on global warming - Kyoto climate accord becomes operational -  New Climate Change Deal to Take Years - Australia says 'son of Kyoto' deal not possible - China urges U.S. to sign Kyoto treaty -UN Examines Prospect for Climate-Change Litigation - U.S. defends climate change position
12-1	EU Emission Trading Comes of Age, Not so in US
12-1	Storm Season Ends: Are Potent Hurricanes Linked to Global Warming?
12-1	Frederick's BP Solar Plant to Add 82 Jobs - Renewable Energy May Bring Economic Boom to Native Americans
12-1	Australia awaits installment of massive solar power plant
12-1	Don’t Destroy Rainforests To Grow Biofuels Warns CLA
12-1	Making Money Greener
12-1	DNREC probing reports of ash-dumping at Pigeon Point landfill