(Mar)  Archive - April, 2006  (May)

	News Links Relevant to OVEC Issues
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4-30	The Decider Nominates Chief Polluter for the EPA
4-30	Sago lacked lightning protectors  -  Small Market Seen as Hampering Mine Safety Advances
4-30	Al Gore on global warming: "At some point, reality has its day"  -  Ecological threat is most serious of all  -  World Aware of Global Warming Threat
4-30	Greenbrier’s towering turbines will be hard to miss
4-30	Officials at Mahanoy SCI worry about pollution from proposed coal-gas plant
4-30	Massey CEO speaks to local GOP
4-30	Lehigh Coal mining restarts under new management
4-29	Charges filed against Massey mine  -  Buffalo Coal appeals fine for alleged pollution
4-30	24 Killed in Mine Explosion in China  -  China Mine Blast Kills 24
4-29	UK lecturer witnessed the death of a mountain, shares lessons learned
4-29	US mine denies survivor's charge  -  Sago families call for safer mines  -  Sago victims' relatives call for swift action on air packs  -  Mine improvements demanded  -  Miner' s Letter Both Hurts and Soothes the Grieving
4-29	Has Global Oil Production Reached Maximum Capacity? A Debate on Peak Oil  -  Experts: Global Oil Production May Peak Soon  -  The State of the Peak Oil Movement at the Cusp of Collapse
4-29	Deal calls for rapid mercury reduction  -  State moves forward on mercury reduction
4-29	Ten States, DC Sue EPA Over Power Plant Emissions
4-29	Massey Energy says profit plunges ahead of proxy contest
4-28	Help preserve Blair Mt  -  The Battles of Blair Mountain
4-28	Letter writer misstated the situation pertaining to mine hazards, damages
4-28	Federal prosecutors say safety records falsified at Nicholas County mine  -  U.S. files criminal charges against W.Va. mine's owner  -  Massey subsidiary faces charges  -  Massey mine hit with criminal charges over safety
4-28	Sago survivor says some miners' air packs didn't work  -  Randal McCloy's letter  -  McCloy: Sago miners hit gas pocket 3 weeks before blast  -  Sago survivor says air packs failed
4-28	Condition of Miners' Air Packs Disputed  -  Text of Sago Mine Survivor' s Letter  -  Sago Air Equipment Has History of Problems  -  Surviving Miner Says Air Masks Failed to Work
4-28	Mine Survivor Tells Families About Failure Of Air Packs  -  Feds Try to Reassure Miners on Air Packs   -  Sago survivor: At least four self-rescuers failed
4-28	Ten States, DC Sue EPA Over Power Plant Emissions
4-28	Generation Next
4-28	Do West Virginians want wind power?
4-28	More Lawlessness at EPA  -  Partisan Vote Advances Bush Nominee to Head EPA Air Office
4-28	Coal miner Massey's qtly profit plummets
4-27	A sense of urgency?  -  Opinions clash at hearing on mine-safety rules  -  More safety for miners  -  New mine safety rule sparks debate
4-27	MSHA shouldn't grant flexibility to coal operators, union says
4-27	National energy conversation getting louder  -  It ain't just the oil you use, it's the way that you use it
4-27	EarthTalk: Environmental Issues with Mining
4-27	Cape Cod Debates First US Offshore Wind Farm  -  World's Biggest Solar Farm Planned for New Mexico  -  Kennedy faces fight on Cape Wind
4-27	Hurricanes and the peril of global warming  -  Alaska students take global warming worries to Washington
4-27	Mingo Water
4-27	Nearly Half of States Reject Federal Mercury Rule   -  White House EPA Pick Decried
4-27	NAACP brings out many local political candidates
4-27	Reportback on the Dirty Money Campign leading up the April 25th Wells Fargo AGM  -  Protesters criticize Wells Fargo Bank's lending policies
4-26	Mine safety rules
4-26	EarthTalk: Environmental Issues with Mining
4-26	Turning Dirty Coal Into Clean Energy
4-26	Mercury bill accord should become law  -  Business, Labor, Coal Industry Coalition Supports Bipartisan Move to Cut Mercury Emissions from Power Plants by 86%
4-26	Global Warming Behind Record 2005 Storms  -  Global warming debate is behind us; the focus is on solutions  -  Only the WTO can stop global warming
4-26	Peak Oil not to be ignored
4-26	Hedge fund filings detail issues about Massey, CEO
4-26	A Mighty Wind  -  Residents say 'wind factory' would spoil life
4-26	Coal severance collections likely exceed $270 million  -  Coal severance tax hits record $280 million in W.Va.
4-25	Kentucky writers speak out against mountaintop removal  -  Kentucky writers speak against mountaintop removal
4-25	Coal operators assail emergency mining rules  -  Mine rules may be dangerous, industry says  -  Mine safety
4-25	Coal mining's toll
4-25	Global warming behind record 2005 storms-US expert  -  Around the World, Warmer Temperatures Mean More Infections
4-25	Wind project clash expected  -  Solar Energy Milestone Reached in the Arizona Desert
4-25	Bush Faces Dissent From Republicans on Climate Change  -  World Bank Says Climate Change Will Hamper Development
4-25	Coal tax revenue jumps
4-24	Kentucky writers speak out against mountaintop removal
4-24	Dirty Money -- The Economy of Coal
4-24	Mine fire warnings thwarted
4-24	Global warming is 'inconvenient'   -  A fate worse than global warming?  -  Yelling 'Fire' on a Hot Planet
4-24	The wind farm state?  -  A True Test on Energy
4-23	Big Massey shareholder calls for more reforms
4-23	Earth Day met with political `gridlock on the environment'
4-23	Documentary turns the heat on global warming
4-23	Mountain Justice Summer 2006
4-23	Mine rescue demos tout lifesaving technology
4-23	Morgantown may be home to windmill factory
4-22	Details of ICG’s inquiry into Sago disaster sought
4-22	Miner 2nd to die in 2 days  -  Fifth miner killed in Ky.  -  Coal miner killed in Harlan County
4-22	Planet Earth, Year 2050  -  Celebrating Our Eco-Heroes
4-22	Expect little from personnel shifts at the Interior Department
4-22	EPA Official Decries Climate Change
4-22	Gov. looking forward to signing mercury bill  -  State gives warning about mercury in fish
4-22	Higher price deals drive up Arch Coal profit  -  Strong Pricing And Margin Boost Arch Coal Q1 Profit, Lifts Lower End Of FY06 EPS Outlook
4-21	Celebrate nature this Earth Day
4-21	Global warming solutions debated; Scientists, politicians discuss what to do at WVU; Rahall defends coal
4-21	Mine rescue flaws called ‘glaring’  -  Wheeling conference focuses on mine rescues  -  Talking Mine Safety
4-21	Supervisor knew of gas line, state report says
4-21	Pike County mine accident kills man  -  28-year-old coal miner dies in Pike County
4-21	Rep. Mollohan should step aside
4-21	A Campaign Gore Can't Lose  -  Conceding on climate change  -  Events Of Past Year Revealed Certainty Of Climate Change, Says Oregon State University Researchers  -  The Emerging Environmental Majority
4-21	"Peak Oil and the Environment" Conference To Address World's Most Pressing Challenges
4-21	Friends of Blackwater kick off petition drive
4-20	Why Solartopia! Can Be Won By Earth Day 2030
4-20	So it begins
4-20	Byrd discloses Chinese-American coal-to-gas initiative
4-20	A bipolar solar disorder  -  Gore Revs Up Campaign - on Global Warming  -  Global Warming? Not in My Backyard
4-19	Deadline looming for acid-mine funds
4-19	FutureGen puts whole new spin on mining
4-19	Mollohan fills his war chest
4-19	PA DEP Secretary McGinty: 'Environmental Challenges Drive Economic Growth'
4-19	King Coal makes a return as dirty man of Europe goes green
4-19	Governor orders mercury reductions: Coal-fired plants targeted
4-19	Gore revs up campaign - on global warming  -  Coal dominates plans despite greenhouse angst  -  Scientists condemn US as emissions of greenhouse gases hit record level
4-18	Vanity Fair: The Rape of Appalachia
4-18	Vanity Fair: While Washington Slept   -  The Moment of Truth
4-18	Enemy of the Planet
4-18	Jobs that save the earth
4-18	Internet Visionaries Betting On Green Technology Boom
4-18	Michigan governor orders 90 percent mercury reduction for power plants  -  Tough on Mercury
4-18	FutureGen puts whole new spin on mining  (There's no such thing as "clean coal"--it is dirty when you mine it, dirty when you haul, dirty when you burn it, dirty when you dispose of the ash, and it sure dirties up politics!)
4-18	Chemical Companies Look to Coal as an Oil Substitute
4-18	Sago miners, owner await results of tests on seals  - Company says code not to blame for Sago miscommunication
4-18	Stand up against barge expansion
4-18	Proposed coal-fired power plant in Kentucky clears hurdle; It could bring more pollution to Southern Indiana
4-18	Supreme Court to rule on time limits for coal methane royalties
4-18	The Fight Over the Water Beneath Black Mesa
4-18	What are New Brunswickers supporting when they pay their power bill?
4-18	More foe than friend of clean air
4-18	Measuring Environmental Impact: True Value Added
4-18	Activists March Against France's Plans to Build New Generation of Nuclear Reactors
4-18	Britain Warned Not to Dash for New Nuclear Power  -  UK Government Faces Tough Choices on Future Power   -  UK's Brown Wants US$20 Billion Clean Energy Fund
4-18	California tackles greenhouse emissions
4-18	Global warming sparks a scramble for black gold under retreating ice  -  UK scientists attack oil firms' role in huge Arctic project
4-18	Global Warming Is A Moral Issue
4-18	The perils of global warming
4-18	Field of Nightmares
4-17	Secret code led to false rescue news at Sago? Fears of leaking to the press caused confusion on surface   -  Transcripts reveal Sago officials ignored methane buildup  -  Details of Sago Mine Disaster
4-17	New rules do not require mine lifelines to resist fire
4-17	Smart voters
4-17	Vanity Green (Snippet: Michael Shnayerson writes about the "Rape of Appalachia," mind-boggling devastation in the search for coal, lorded over by corporate bad guy titan Don Blankenship, CEO Of Massey Energy.)
4-17	W.Va., Minn. have similar problem
4-17	Deadline looming for mine funds
4-17	New Zealand activist fears for his family
4-17	Scientists Say They're Being Gagged By Bush
4-17	Bush's energy plan stalls  -  Ethanol mandates pump up prices
4-17	Sacred activism
4-17	Pa. offering wind turbines to show the power in a breeze
4-17	Blair hints at go-ahead for new nuclear power plants
4-17	Renewable energy means business opportunities
4-17	Time to go solar: Energy costs have homeowners looking skyward
4-17	WINDS of CHANGE
4-17	Running out of gas and time
4-17	The shape of things to come
4-17	Life in the Green Lane
4-17	Fiddling While the Earth Burns
4-17	In The Balance
4-17	China: the sky darkens
4-16	Mine’s methane buildup ignored
4-16	Sago official lied about training; examiner's notes 'disappeared'
4-16	Coal's economic promise masks high cost of ruination
4-16	Pilots Working For Environmental Preservation
4-16	The Bridge Between Ecology and Economic Justice (scroll down)
4-16	Mingo Co: New school clears major hurdle
4-16	Newcomer helps put Senate race at top in spending
4-16	Joint interim committees have many issues to study
4-16	Milky stream conditions raise questions
4-16	Challenge to Pa. Mercury Rules
4-16	Illinois selects four finalists in bid to lure coal plant  -  AEP's Planned IGCC Plant Gets Boost from Ohio Commission
4-16	Power plant zaps eco-fragile zone
4-16	At last top celebrities wake up to plight of the planet
4-16	Wind energy: India ranks fourth in the world, leads in Asia
4-16	Panelists urge developing mix of energy sources
4-16	Blair dealt nuclear power blow by parliament body   -   Going Nuclear (written by co-chair of industry-funded initiative)
4-16	'Doing nothing isn't an option - Britain's in the mood to go green'
4-16	Global warming: Media coverage has improved but still bows to corporate masters
4-16	Is This Humanity's First Planetary Emergency?
4-16	Grim future with 3C rise
4-16	Global warming may be to blame for rise in hurricane activity
4-16	Warming Arctic Is Taking a Toll
4-16	Early Signs: Water Disappearing
4-16	Savvy traveller: guilt trip
4-16	Global Warming Capable Of Sparking Mass Species Extinctions
4-16	Could Global Warming Be Worse Than You Think?
4-16	As China, U.S. Vie for More Oil, Diplomatic Friction May Follow
4-16	It's hard work being good
4-15	Spare the Taxpayer, Spur the Economy, Save the Planet
4-15	Death, famine, drought: cost of 3C global rise in temperature  - 'Too late' to stop 3C rise in temperature  - 3 degrees: Chief scientist warns bigger rise in world's temperature will put 400 million at risk  - Scientist issues grim warning on global warming
4-15	EPA plan would give political officials more say over air-quality standards
4-15	Jurors get weeklong Easter break in flood trial
4-15	New clean coal power plant is closer to reality  (There's no such thing as "clean coal"--it is dirty when you mine it, dirty when you haul, dirty when you burn it, dirty when you dispose of the ash, and it sure dirties up politics!)  -  New Report Says West’s Coal Industry Will Lag Unless it Cleans Up Its Act
4-15	Nation's energy needs open new, old opportunities  -  Summary Box: Coal's comeback?
4-15	Illinois records 3 years without coal death as state pushes for high-tech plant
4-15	A walk through a world of darkness, noise, coal dust
4-15	Abandoned mines: a deadly playground
4-15	Manchin reversal might raise workers' comp rates
4-15	Barry Receives NEH Fellowship (scroll down, last entry, bottom right)
4-15	Author discussed Appalachia
4-15	Pa. DEP says utility companies not forthcoming on mercury rules
4-15	San Francisco Becomes First U.S. City to Pass Peak Oil Resolution
4-15	Nuclear puts renewable energy at risk  -  United Kingdom: Government close to approving nuclear stations
4-15	Time to stop fighting windmills
4-15	Chemical Giant Plans New Solar Strides
4-15	EU Utilities Rush for Renewable Energy
4-15	Maryville couple powers home with solar energy
4-15	Green Sun Over China
4-15	Heat's on as Spain battles desert spread
4-15	Is Colorado's Ski Industry Doomed Due To Global Warming?
4-14	Justices have to have a certain latitude
4-14	Election calendar
4-14	Stark warning over climate change
4-14	EPA is ordered to release documents on mercury rule  -  Mercury report details toxic fish
4-14	Forget Computers. Here Comes the Sun.   -  It's time to get serious about energy of wind   -  Renewable Energy Will Power New Jersey
4-14	U.K. looks to renewable energy from wave power
4-14	Natural light 'to reinvent bulbs'
4-14	Research culminates in forum about mountaintop mining
4-14	Save energy, mountains and money  -  Saving Energy  -  Why standby costs us £62m a year
4-14	Governor says state must keep promise to widows, widowers
4-14	King Coal Highway group seeks help from D.C.
4-14	Massey Energy Seeks to Rebuff Rejection  - U.S. Hedge Fund Activism Turns up Heat on Miners  -  Coal miner Massey says Q1 profit expected in range
4-14	Too clean for Kentucky
4-14	Clean-coal power plant looking more likely in Meigs; not everyone pleased (That's because there's no such thing as "clean coal"--it is dirty when you mine it, dirty when you haul, dirty when you burn it, dirty when you dispose of the ash, and it sure dirties up politics!)
4-14	Bill advances Wyoming clean coal ambitions  -  Clean coal reps eager for federal incentives  -  New Way to Make ‘Green Diesel’ from Coal  -    RWE plans 'clean coal' plant in southern England
4-14	Short-term fix: Coal to hydrogen (addicts' short-term fix can lead to quick death...)
4-14	Coal gasification: "clean coal" or subsidy-hungry boondoggle?
4-14	Reality Check: Coal Power Plant Industry Ad
4-14	Coal value in snail habitat disputed
4-14	Pollution has no boundaries: US official
4-14	China's Hu Heads to US on Energy Efficiency Wave
4-14	Drilling the Wild
4-14	You Call This a Wetland?
4-14	Nuclear power is not energy solution, say MPs  -  Ministers urged to back green power
4-14	Tough questions on future power
4-14	Can sugar cane sweeten up the global-warming picture?
4-14	Fragrance of pine forests helps to slow climate change
4-14	Study: Don’t look to plants to cure global warming
4-14	Insurance Risk Models Rise With Elevated Storm Frequency, Severity
4-14	Climate change expert muzzled
4-13	Reports detail mountaintop destruction
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