(Dec)  Archive - January, 2006  (Feb)

	News Links Relevant to OVEC Issues
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1-31	Mountaintop mining faces scrutiny again
1-31	Global Warming Demands Urgent Solutions - Scientists - Floods and Drought Boost Global Disasters in 2005 - Risks of climate change 'greater than we thought' - California warming - Parts of Portugal could become desert - When EPA chiefs talk, president should listen - Vehicular envirocide
1-31	Take Action: Exxpose Exxon - Exxon Mobil's profits set U.S. record - Exxon profits surge to new record - Exxon Mobil 4th-Qtr Profit Climbs to $10.7 Bln From $8.42 Bln  - Energy royalties ripoff
1-31	Federal mine bill almost ready
1-31	Federal Mine Agency Considers New Rules To Improve Safety; Plan Was Rejected Early in Administration
1-31	Redefining Mine Safety
1-31	Revealing strip mining's consequences: UK lecturer jets to New York to promote new book
1-31	Mine reform is good - but mind reform is even better
1-31	We have the ability to save miners; how about the will?
1-31	N.C. sues TVA, citing air pollution
1-31	No new approvals for extra coal axles - Newfound provision in truck-weight law increases coal loads
1-31	All 72 Canadian miners trapped by fire are rescued after staying in safe rooms
1-31	Being green is good for business
1-31	A Plan for Nuclear Waste
1-31	Bush Will Use Address to Focus on Alternative Fuels and Nuclear Plants (Bush's "alternatives" are business as usual--big energy, big political campaign funders win, people and our futures lose)
1-31	Ohio should woo clean-coal plant but keep risks, rewards in perspective
1-31	Winds of change stir energy market
1-31	Project Is Counting On the Power of Hydrogen
1-31	Sugar Prices Boom, More Cane Seen Used for Biofuel - EU Beefs Up Biofuels Strategy to Fight Emissions
1-30	Stark warning over climate change - Report: Global warming soon irreversible
1-30	Critical Vote for “Clean Elections” . . . Ask Senators to Support S.B. 124
1-30	Tragedy eclipses Massey chief
1-30	70 Canadian miners safely above ground after fire (They retreated to underground safety rooms with oxygen, food and water; US could mandate same)
1-30	BLACK COAL MINERS: A long legacy of struggle
1-30	2nd Alma No. 1 victim is buried
1-30	Kentucky loophole lets coal loads grow
1-30	Mountaintop removal’s end would create jobs (Letters to the editor are great tools, use them)
1-30	Potpourri
1-30	Latest deaths prompt more mine safety calls
1-30	A discredited regime
1-30	Wind developer says opponents misleading public to stop project
1-30	W.Va. mine disasters make governor 'comforter in chief'
1-30	US (Big Business, not family) Farmers Big Winners in Booming Ethanol Business
1-30	EU Energy Chief Says Europe Must Cut Consumption
1-30	Bush Wants to Resume Nuclear Recycling
1-29	Some Experts on Global Warming Foresee 'Tipping Point' When It Is Too Late to Act
1-29	Climate Expert Says NASA Tried to Silence Him - Claims US gagging climate expert
1-29	Clinton calls climate change world's 'no 1 issue'
1-29	Two Top Papers Ask: Is the World on a Path to Doom--With an Assist from the White House?
1-29	Bush MSHA cast aside text devices; Technology might have saved W.Va. miners’ lives - Heck of a job, Dave: 2004 rule change increases fire risk in mines
1-29	Coal vs. gas: ‘Boom time’ prices escalating battle over rules designed to keep wells, mines from intersecting
1-29	3 died at operations managed by Bush nominee
1-29	Details of 1915 mine disaster similar to this month’s
1-29	Region has seen steady stream of mine deaths
1-29	Ky. mines' safety fines often unpaid - Action on mining
1-29	Blankenship not making mines safer - Blankenship’s Sago gesture not sincere (Letters to the editor are great tools! Use them!)
1-29	Mountaintop removal
1-29	Interview with Diebold e-voting Security Hacker
1-29	Capturing energy from the sun
1-29	Sea energy to power Britain
1-29	Renewable energy gets second wind on AIM
1-29	Air Force ranks No. 1 for renewable energy use
1-29	What is the real price of cheap air travel?
1-29	Is it Climate Change Yet? Canada's weird weather gets weirder
1-29	Steven Milloy and Fox News - Another Day, Another RW Pundit on the Take - Bought and paid for: Fox News commentator received cash from Big Oil, Tobacco
1-28	Redefining Mine Safety
1-28	FBI collecting 'research' reports on 'direct action' environmental groups produced by right wing think tanks
1-28	States following Manchin on new mine safety rules; Massey's Blankenship critical of W.Va. regulations
1-28	Alma No. 1 miner Hatfield buried - Coal boss greed kills two more miners in West Virginia
1-28	Unionize the mines! Build the UMWA!
1-28	Kanawha sets mine-safety plan
1-28	Robb files for Capito’s seat
1-28	Melting ice starts rush for Arctic resources - Canada issues warning to US over Arctic passage
1-28	Public health in a post-petroleum world
1-28	Pollution Limits Sun in China
1-28	You've got the power
1-27	Sago probe starts; UMW takes part - Judge orders Int'l Coal to let union help in probe
1-27	Coal's other victims: Protect Kentuckians from overloaded trucks, too
1-27	Julia Bonds: In wake of disaster, mining damage should not be overlooked
1-27	Manchin seeks belt airway ban - Kentucky follows West Virginia's lead, moves to stiffen mine safety laws
1-27	MSHA: In search of credibility
1-27	Lawyer: MSHA doesn't collect fines
1-27	Meigs power-plant proposal prompts a variety of support and questions - Ohio seeks 1st near-zero emissions coal power plant - Next generation in power plants
1-27	IGCC: Environmentalist questions need for proposed 'clean coal' operation
1-27	Ominous: Global climate change (What a pitiful conclusion to an editorial. Sequestration of CO2 from power plants is at least a decade away and hugely expensive. Put that same money into conservation, energy efficiency, promotion of renewable energy, especially microgeneration)
1-27	A mad lemming rush
1-27	Energy gap: Crisis for humanity?
1-27	Ala. Judge: State Mine Inspections Lacking
1-27	ABC News: Mine Owner Defends Safety Record (Jack Spadaro interviewed) - Coal Mining Steeped in History
1-27	High coal prices fuel big profits for U.S. miners (they mean mine companies and CEOs, not the miners themselves) -  Consol Energy posts larger 4th-qtr profit - Massey: $211.8 million loss in 4th quarter due to restructuring
1-27	National Mining Association Creates Safety Commission
1-27	Virginia: Tighter rules on mercury urged - Minnesota: State seeks public input on polluted waters - Idaho: Coal plant opponents organize resistance - South Dakota: Area residents raise concerns about power line - New Mexico: Power Plant Developers Pitch a Coal-Fired Future
1-27	Global Warming May Cause Sea Levels to Rise 34 Centimeters by 2100 - Climate Change Has Unexpected Effects
1-27	GE Bets on Energy, Water, New Economies for Future
1-27	Consumer demand expected to fuel solar energy progress
1-27	Europeans vote: Solar
1-27	Wales takes lead in clean power vision
1-27	Wave power 'could provide 20% of UK electricity'
1-27	Time to seriously consider solar energy
1-27	Solar to offset wastewater energy costs - Reliable Odor Control from Renewable Solar Power
1-26	Earth could warm up fast
1-26	Bush Plan Expands Nuclear Energy, Takes Spent Fuel From Other Countries - Spinning Nukes - Bush Seeks to Jump-Start Nuclear Power
1-26	MSHA goes to court for union
1-26	ICG misled investors, union says
1-26	Sen. Byrd: Better mine safety is only acceptable response
1-26	Ohio seeks $1 billion coal plant
1-26	Coal Ash Storage Site Draws Concern as Toxic Dump
1-26	Bush Names Choice for Mine Administrator - Union fighting Bush's mine-safety pick
1-26	"Clean" coal doesn't do much to protect environment (See page 8 of this PDF)
1-26	Raese, Lewis file for Byrd Senate seat
1-26	Mine disasters included in new county emergency plan
1-26	Tragedy in 1976 sparked mine rescue efforts in Bluegrass State
1-26	Head of Ky. Mine Safety Agency Resigns
1-26	We must prepare for oil crisis - Peak America: Is Our Time Up? - Under Strains of Peak Oil and Gas, Ideology Stretches to the Limit - GLOBAL PEAK IN OIL PRODUCTION: THE MUNICIPAL CONTEXT - Iran and Peak Oil
1-26	2005 Edges out 1998 as Warmest Year on Record
1-26	Sleaze probe into nuclear lobbying at Holyrood
1-26	Power-Hungry China Drafting Energy Law
1-26	Coal truck hits Indiana school bus
1-26	Group lists Alabama plant among top mercury polluters
1-26	Coalition of conservationists launch renewable energy initiative drive
1-26	Scottish Scientists Explore Solar Hydrogen Production - Marine energy could be major UK supplier - and big Scots industry
1-25	Group wants wind farm barred from starting construction
1-25	Coal Miners' Slaughter
1-25	King Coal: Out of Control
1-25	Global Ecological Assessment Calls for Humanity to Value Nature
1-25	All politics
1-25	Contempt for Congress - Mine safety official snubs Senate hearing
1-25	Manchin urges federal mine reforms - West Virginia legislators vow swift mining reform - W.Va. Governor Presses Congress on Safety
1-25	MSHA nominee faces tough questions at confirmation
1-25	Tennessee Gov. wants comprehensive statewide review of the environmental issues surrounding coal mining
1-25	Entire E Magazine article "In Defense of Mountains" now available online
1-25	UMW warns of 400 ‘near misses’ since 2000 - History of bitter struggle by US miners
1-25	Officials Order Kentucky Coal Mine Closed
1-25	State Attorneys General Oppose EPA Move to Narrow Toxics Reporting
1-25	Data Sought on Royalties Paid for Gas -
1-25	From tasty to toasty: Used cooking oil heats a diner
1-25	Energy: Look at demand and efficiency, not so much at supply Reducing Demand Key To Energy Supply Problems
1-25	Chemists Design and Create Nano Motor Powered by Solar Energy -  Nano World: First solar-powered nano motor - Scientists Develop Tiny 4-stroke Solar "Nanomotor"
1-25	Survey shows Europeans lukewarm on nuclear energy - Poll: Europeans Favor Wind/Solar over Nukes
1-25	Annual Global Market for Industrial Solar Roofs Exceeds $100 Billion
1-25	2005 Was Warmest Year on Record - NASA - 'We can't wait' on warming
1-24	Coal in W.Va. is a complex story
1-24	Court to hear coal dust case
1-24	W.Va. has long known that timbering causes flooding
1-24	Mine cited for 7 violations days before fire
1-24	Mine safety legislation passes - Miners, families pleased with legislation - Hickam doubts feasibility of mine proposals - W.Va. Lawmakers Approve Mine Safety Rules - Action on mine safety pledged
1-24	U.S. senators query MSHA, industry officials on safety - Senators Say Budget Cuts Have Left Mines Unsafe
1-24	Judge dismisses most of Massey Energy lawsuit
1-24	Fund started for Hatfield, Bragg families
1-24	Commodification of life: Big Coal has oppressed the Appalachian working class
1-24	Julian Martin: Vultures with cash-- The poor are more vulnerable to vote-buying pressure
1-24	Mine safety: Old and new
1-24	National Film Registry: Film scripted by OU prof gets honor
1-24	Mountaintop coal mining would be safer, some say (And those "some" are likely those who profit off of human misery. They care as much about the safety of coalfield communities as they do about the safety of miners. That is, not at all.)
1-24	COAL TRUCK RUNS OVER DRIVER
1-24	Early county residents react to proposed coal-burning power plant
1-24	Mining groups back rule delay
1-24	Popular Sushi Fish Loaded With Mercury - EPA, Clean up our air!
1-24	A new gust of wind projects across the US
1-24	UK Launches Energy Review in Face of Global Warming - Mind the energy gap - experts query need for nuclear - Nuclear fears as energy review is launched
1-24	A climate of reality: Ex-EPA chiefs criticize inaction on warming
1-24	FirstEnergy to pay $28 million fine for lying; Davis-Besse’s punishment largest in nuclear industry
1-24	Report finds that efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions may earn California $60 billion
1-24	A rare consensus urges immediate action on global warming
1-23	United States Ranks 28th on Environment, a New Study Say
1-23	World health: Gloomy state
1-23	Climate change may bring more violent weather swings -- and sooner -- than experts had thought
1-23	Mine safety demands increasing - 14 miners' deaths prompt action
1-23	Complaints continue about Sago investigation - Small community comes together during tragedy - Potpourri
1-23	IS BUSH TOO EASY ON MINING INDUSTRY?
1-23	Montana Governor's Vision for Coal Conversion Draws Attention (Heavy metal in coal don't magically disappear if they don't go up the smokestack when coal is burned. They end up in the ash.)
1-23	Working with coal caused fatal disease
1-23	Dominion Virginia Power changes slated to trim pollution
1-23	Politics Alleged In Voting Cases
1-23	Mining coal: How important is it? Alternative forms of energy are needed
1-23	Is climate change turning emission sinks into emission producers?
1-23	A Solar-Powered Interstate Travel System
1-23	As Profits Soar, Companies Pay U.S. Less for Gas Rights
1-23	Micro-renewable home projects save Scottish bill payers thousands
1-23	Energy savings begin at home, DTI says
1-23	Firstenergy Admits to Nuclear Power Plant Cover-Up
1-23	Call to halt nuclear power plans - 'Decision time' on nuclear power
1-23	Two independent analyses say an effort, opposed by business, to cut greenhouse gases could be beneficial for California's economy
1-23	The death of winter
1-22	Both Logan miners dead - Two W. Virginia Miners Dead; Governor Vows Action - Mining deaths to spur new legislation
1-22	Alma No. 1 belt that burned doubled as fresh-air intake
1-22	In previous disasters, MSHA missed problems -
1-22	‘Coal has to be mined’
1-22	Protecting whom? MSHA closing meetings, not mines
1-22	Group seeks to join state fly ash lawsuit
1-22	Book Review: Lost Mountain by Erik Reece
1-22	Stinting on safety
1-22	“West Virginia — Come Exploit Our Natural Resources”
1-22	Homer Hickam: "What needs to be done"
1-22	Coal companies take over expressway partnership
1-22	Schweitzer to be subject of ‘60 Minutes’ segment
1-22	Environmentalist Witch-Hunt Underway
1-22	Struggle and Lose, Struggle and Win!
1-22	Miners to dig for coal beneath interstate
1-22	'Blue' States Tackling Energy On Their Own
1-22	As Elections Near, Officials Challenge Balloting Security
1-22	Blair warned on 'rush for nuclear'
1-22	Advances spur search for state's oil
1-21	Rescue effort continues in Logan
1-21	Massey safety record has long been an issue - Safety & Inspection Records for the Alma Coal No. 1 Mine
1-21	MSHA belt-fire plan, introduced in 1992, ignored, then killed
1-21	Tomblin: Lawmakers to tackle mine safety -W.Va. coal board wants say in Sago inquiry
1-21	Bush Administration to Review Mine Safety (Don't you feel safe now? Not.)
1-21	Corp Watch: Time Again to Expose a Mining Company's Safety Record
1-21	Safety not seen costing coal co.'s after deaths
1-21	Senators pay visit to Sago families
1-21	Marsh Fork dreams went up in flames
1-21	Riverside residents sue PPL over spill
1-21	You can harness the sun's energy to provide power for your home - Hot on Solar
1-21	Potential rewards make public-private partnership worthwhile
1-21	11 Indicted in Cases of Environmental Sabotage -  Watching Rove bait the media with eco-activists' lives - Justice Dept. accuses 11 of US eco-terrorism
1-21	U.S. accused of spying on those who disagree with Bush policies
1-21	Wind Generator to Use Fire to Examine Bats
1-21	Regulators Approve Liquefied Natural Gas Terminal in Massachusetts Town
1-21	Next generation of nuclear reactors may be fast tracked
1-21	A Nuclear Incident “Worse Than Three Mile Island”
1-20	Fire strikes Logan mine - Fire erupts in West Virginia mine; two miners missing - Miners missing - Accidents at Logan County mine
1-20	MSHA never pushed increased penalty proposal
1-20	ICG, UMW sidelined in Sago Mine interviews
1-20	Mining agency: Increase top fine
1-20	The United States of Appalachia: How Southern Mountaineers Brought Independence, Culture, and Enlightenment to America
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