(Apr)  Archive - May, 2006  (Jun)

	News Links Relevant to OVEC Issues
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5-31	Coalfield residents launch fundraising campaign for new school - Marsh Fork Parents Ask Manchin for Help  -  Raising Money For New Marsh Fork School - TV News Video: Marsh Fork Residents Want New School
5-31	Doris "Granny D" Haddock at our Healing Mountains Conference: Preparing for the Post-Carbon Age
5-31	Hedge fund wins at least one seat on Massey board
5-31	Families excluded from mine hearings  -  Buy more time for trapped coal miners
5-31	Mis-minding the mines
5-31	Window for Wind  -  Impact on Wildlife a Part of Wind Power Debate  -  Counties Adjust to Wind Energy Developers' Needs
5-31	New Cape Cod Wind Farm Plan Drawing Positive Spin
5-31	Canada Pays Environmentally for U.S. Oil Thirst; Huge Mines Rapidly Draining Rivers, Cutting Into Forests, Boosting Emissions
5-31	Coal-based liquid fuel gaining interest  -  BLM: King coal will keep growing
5-31	Coal-fired plant will inject gas into wells
5-31	Elkhorn City residents question water quality
5-31	Richard Heinberg: Energy Geopolitics 2006
5-31	USA Today: Sea change coming for the Everglades  -  It happens like a boat tipping  -  Animals scramble as climate warms  - Global warming worry flows from Arctic ice to tropical waters - Sports offers a new arena for climate change concerns  - Alaska the 'poster state' for climate concerns  -  A warmer world may, or may not, be wetter  -  Track the lilacs, help researchers
5-31	You Control Climate Change - Or Do You? - The Second Superpower – Cooperation, Politics and Activism
5-31	Climate Change: An Evangelical Call to Action
5-31	2 Studies Link Global Warming to Greater Power of Hurricanes
5-31	Global warming threatens Baltic Sea marine life
5-31	Arctic vault to protect world's seeds
5-31	Bill McKibben: Time is ripe to address climate change
5-31	UN Kyoto chief judges climate change options
5-31	Gore's plea on climate change wins ovation
5-31	Renewable Energy Must Be Competitive With Oil At $30 A Barrel
5-31	Canada lagging in wind power, Wind Energy Association chief says
5-31	Grazing sheep may be enlisted for wind energy
5-30	Terror or error: is humanity on the eve of destruction?
5-30	The Greener Guys   -  Renewable energy can replace fossil fuels: World Bank
5-30	Low primary turnout doesn't help the public
5-30	New mines to open in southern W.Va.
5-30	Coal, coal, and more coal  -  A look at how coal is converted into synthetic gas  -  Cleaner air resuscitates recruiters  -  Technology stokes bullishness about future of Illinois coal
5-30	Volunteers preserve Morris Creek cemetery
5-30	Why all the uproar over Beech Ridge windfarm?
5-30	Inquiry may bar miners' families  -  Self-rescuers: A key to survival for local miners
5-30	Duke officials support N.C. emission plan; environmental groups want more  -  Proposed coal-fired power plants raise pollution concerns with area leaders  -  Navajos OK Lease on Planned US$2.5 Billion NM Coal Plant
5-30	'Alternate energy' increasingly mainstream  - From biofuels to wind, quest for energy alternatives steps up  -  Germany Leading the Future of Renewable Energy
5-30	At national lab, vehicle research focuses on alternatives to oil
5-30	China, India, Brazil could slash energy use-report   -  Bid to slash energy waste in Brazil, China and India (United States should lead by example--slash your energy use at home!)
5-30	European Commission launches campaign to convince Europeans they can help stop climate change
5-30	Study: global warming boosts poison ivy
5-30	Rising sea is future threat
5-30	Global warming is hurting Spain's vineyards
5-30	Climate change: Nuclear is no solution!
5-29	Many mountains sacrificed already
5-29	When my old Kentucky home meets the new Kentucky satellite
5-29	Public pays for administration of attrition
5-29	Mine Casualties Rise With Coal Prices -  Miners' deaths could reflect overtime work, increased fatigue
5-29	Capturing mountain life and drama of coal mining
5-29	Diesel a Savior in Squeeze on Energy? Obstacles Exist
5-29	Talk swirls of Great Lakes offshore windmills
5-29	Wind farms gain popularity as natural gas costs rise  - Region takes lead role in wind farms  -  As oil costs soar, energy companies lean toward clean, renewable wind power
5-29	GE says China sales could soar
5-28	Flood trial could spell industry trouble
5-28	Spirit: Mountain magnet
5-28	2 Industry Leaders Bet on Coal but Split on Cleaner Approach
5-28	Harlan County has a long coal history
5-27	Massey Energy: Race track battle isn't over
5-27	Pennsylvania company buys additional coal reserves
5-27	Bob Edwards keeps weaving his radio magic
5-27	Bill McKibben: Welcome to the Climate Crisis
5-27	National Coal Names Roling CEO
5-27	Rail woes keep utility from using Wyoming coal
5-27	Toepfer warns climate change could destabilise world
5-27	Rare Powerhouse Under the Sun
5-26	The Nation focuses on Massey and Government Connections:  Why Mine Deaths are Up
5-26	Jeff Biggers--A day without coal: Mining crises may require ‘moving mountain’
5-26	Earth & Sky Radio Series: Mining Mountains 2
5-26	Three groups appeal permit for Greenbrier power plant
5-26	Beckley flood trial may signal new attitude toward logging and mining
5-26	University investment ignores principles   -   The Poorest for the Trees
5-26	Mine safety: Question of dedication
5-26	Sago disaster: Public hearings provided much-needed scrutiny
5-26	Mine-safety bill stalls as blast inquiry proceeds  -  A big step on safety
5-26	MSHA releases preliminary report on W.Va. miner's death  - Mine blast area mapping begins
5-26	Death in the Mines, Action in Congress
5-26	Coal truck driver overturns at Laurel
5-26	Electronic voting can be scammed (letters to the editor are great tools; use them)
5-26	Massey picnic continues to grow (Mountains, forests, streams continue to shrink to extinction...)
5-26	House Votes to Allow Drilling in Alaska Refuge
5-26	How will you live in a world without cheap oil?  -  Why Palast Is Wrong
5-26	Pataki Seeks Greater Cuts in Mercury Emissions
5-26	Groups express concern over coal-fired plant
5-26	In homes across Pennsylvania, electric meters are slowing down, stopping -- and even turning in reverse
5-26	Kennedy eases his stance on wind plan
5-26	More Scottish renewables funding for marine and biomass
5-26	China Mine Manager Arrested After Flood Traps 57
5-26	Government told to 'get serious' over climate change worries
5-25	Coal miner killed operating equipment at ICG mine  - A Deadly Pattern
5-25	On Kentucky mountaintop removal site, man killed when truck plunges off coal mine access road  -  Water truck operator dies in accident at eastern Kentucky mine
5-25	Mine policing: Another fox nominated   -  Feds must do their part for mine safety
5-25	Oxygen training questioned  -  Oxygen pack training for miners known to be weak for years  -  Ky. Mine Rescue Team Leader Clung to Hope  - Quick response is seen as cruicial in saving one life  - Anna McCloy wants air pack investigation  -  Mourning in the mountains
5-25	AEP asks to build power plant in Ohio  (There is no such thing as "clean" coal! Coal is dirty when you blow up mountains and bury streams to get it, dirty when you prepare it for market, dirty when you haul it, dirty when you burn it, and even if you do spend a boatload of money on cleaning up emissions--money that should be going into truly clean renewable energy, it is dirty when you dispose of the ash. Plus, it sure dirties up politics!)
5-25	Environmentalists want agency to block mercury discharges in Ohio River
5-25	Enough coal on hand to keep US cool? (Enough global warming on hand to get US to work like made for renewable energy?)
5-25	False assumptions feed wind power
5-25	Senate Passes Coal Mine Safety Bill  -  Senate passes bill to improve safety at coal mines
5-25	Seals, Air Packs to Be Part of Sago Report
5-25	Coal, coalbed methane cost Montana precious water
5-25	Owner flees as explosion kills 8 at Chinese coal mine
5-25	The Al Capone of Electricity Ken Lay Will Get Away with His Real Crimes
5-25	Sunken Barge Lifted From Mon River
5-25	Power firm eyes world's cleanest coal plant (Cleaning up emissions from existing coal plants is a good idea; investing billions in building new coal plants and calling them "clean" is investing in climate hell for humanity--that money should go into truly clean alternative energy.)
5-25	A Parkway ramble discovers dramatic views
5-25	China coal demand to reach 3.2 bln tons by 2020  -  China's energy demand to be mainly self-satisfied
5-25	Nuclear fusion ok, but conservation, regulation, better for energy problem  -  Seven Nation Group to Pursue Fusion Energy Research
5-25	Extracting clean renewable energy from the ocean
5-25	Cincinnati Charges Up With Solar Electric Power  -  Rising Oil Prices Send Solar Stocks Up  -  BP Expects Asian Solar Power Sales to Jump, Led by China, Korea
5-25	A Million Manhattan Projects
5-25	Ethanol: Viable fuel option or green pipe dream?
5-25	Hydrogen production could come through swine manure
5-25	Solar funding lights up British buildings
5-25	Doubt cast over nuclear power debate
5-25	By 2020, kiss the snows of Kilimanjaro goodbye
5-25	Feeling the heat
5-25	"The world is ready for climate change action"
5-25	Rather than face up to climate change and do what can be done, humanity may opt to let it happen
5-25	Scientists look to B.C. glaciers for climate change answers
5-25	Wall St. Develops the Tools to Invest in Climate Change
5-24	Mine deaths: Where are improvements
5-24	Sealant Use Is Questioned in Kentucky Mine Deaths
5-24	Kentucky records 11th death in '06
5-24	Miner tells investigators of harrowing escape  -  Investigator thinks methane to blame for Darby mine explosion  -  Culprit in mine deaths thought to be methane  -  Coal dust ruled out in mine collapse; investigators will continue work in Harlan
5-24	Synfuel tax credits may be in jeopardy
5-24	Exxon-Backed Pundit Compares Gore To Nazi Propagandist
5-23	Mountaintop Removal Opponents Slate Memorial Day Gathering at Cedar Lakes  -  Mountaintop removal activists to meet in Jackson County
5-23	Layoffs hit ‘synfuel’ plants
5-23	Ky. miners used air packs like those that failed at Sago Mine  - Families react to news that three miners died from carbon monoxide
5-23	MSHA halts use of foam mine seals  -  Seals come under suspicion
5-23	McAteer Says Oxygen Devices Need More Testing
5-23	Wind farm likely to be much larger than 124 towers
5-23	More dead miners: Bush axed rule that might have saved some
5-23	Push renewed for mine safety  -  Mine safety
5-23	Everybody knew the dangers
5-23	AEP CEO sees W.Va. in clean coal lead (There is no such thing as "clean" coal! Coal is dirty when you blow up mountains and bury streams to get it, dirty when you prepare it for market, dirty when you haul it, dirty when you burn it, and even if you do spend a boatload of money on cleaning up emissions--money that should be going into truly clean renewable energy, it is dirty when you dispose of the ash. Plus, it sure dirties up politics!) - Energy czar leads charge for coal plant
5-23	Wind Blade Spins through Texas on Renewable Energy Tour
5-23	Bacteria might prove to be energy source
5-23	Three thousand people make global warming statement with human sign
5-22	Cooking the Climate with Coal
5-22	Bush's Surface Mining Nominee Up To His Neck In Improper Behavior While At MSHA
5-22	King Coal again raises his sooty scepter
5-22	Coal dust may have sparked Ky. blast  -   ‘They need more oxygen’  -  3 Ky. Miners Likely Survived Blast  -  Families React to News of How Miners Died
5-22	Corruption cited in China mine deaths  -  China coal pit flood traps some 57 miners: report
5-22	'An Inconvenient Truth': Al Gore's Fight Against Global Warming
5-22	Look what we have done
5-22	How to cut your carbon footprint
5-22	Road closed after collapse
5-22	Power expansion leaves environmentalists frustrated
5-22	Warm waters: Climate change and the floods
5-22	Where Have All the Icebergs Gone?
5-22	Rising Ocean Temperatures Threaten Florida's Coral Reef
5-22	China bets big on coal-to-oil projects
5-22	French energy boss in nuclear warning
5-22	Global warming - will Malta vanish from the face of the Earth?
5-22	Fusion problem cracked, energy in sight?
5-21	Blast kills five in Kentucky coal mine  -  Underground Blast Kills 5 Kentucky Miners  -  Cause of blast not yet known; gas leak suspected   -  Tragedy a mile deep  - Nationwide, 31 coal mine fatalities have been reported in 2006  -  'If I'm going to die, I'm going to die trying to get out'  -  News is agonizing in Eastern Kentucky
5-21	Disaster intensifies demands for reform -  Darby Mine No. 1 had 'normal' number of safety citations  - Kentucky Darby has 10 federal safety citations this month; 4 serious  -  Here are some of the temporary rules ordered after the Sago mine disaster
5-21	Flood in China Coal Mine Traps 44 Miners
5-21	New York Times: For Many West Virginians, Leaving Is First Step Home (Be sure to check out the interactive feature which features , among others, OVEC members Denise Giardina and Bob Henry Baber)
5-21	Turbines will ruin W.Va. views
5-21	Agency red tape blocks miner aid
5-21	Fire crew helps clear coal dust from silo
5-21	Energy secretary says coal, oil will power U.S. for decades  - Seems they CAN teach an old fuel new tricks
5-21	Hank Jr., Bo Bice coming to Massey picnic in Logan
5-21	Energy giant buys Wyo land
5-21	Crews unable to recover barge
5-21	JUST TRANSITION COALITION SECURES FIRST STEP TOWARDS A SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIC FUTURE FOR NAVAJO AND HOPI PEOPLE
5-21	Thousands of Iowa's Corn Farmers See the Future in Fuel
5-21	Houses As Renewable Energy Providers
5-21	CEI--Deadly Irresponsibility and Spin?: TV Ads Take Aim at Global Warming
5-21	Clinton says must "get off our butts" to stop warming
5-21	Energy audits can save you some green
5-21	New and Improved Home Energy: The Solar Electric House
5-21	A new generation of reactors is suddenly likely in Britain--But at what cost? And what will happen to the waste?  -  How Blair made nuclear power green
5-21	Occupy the world’s biggest coal port
5-21	The EU's carbon credit trading system is in crisis
5-20	Voter turnout hits rock bottom for primaries  -  Check each county's turnout  -  Voter turnout figures for the 2006 primary election released
5-20	State campaign laws could be eclipsed, panelist says
5-20	Fayette Co. Commission Hears From Western Greenbrier Co-Generation Power Plant
5-20	Capito, Rahall co-author mine safety legislation  -  Congressional Inaction on Mine Safety Legislation is Unacceptable
5-20	Violations found at sites of separate coal mine fatalities
5-20	Arch Coal CEO to sell some company stock
5-20	Crews To Try To Lift Sunken Coal-Ash Laden Barge Out Of Mon River
5-20	Coal-based liquid fuel seen promising (As long as you don't consider how the coal is mined--then it seems devastating, irrational and deadly.) -  Alternative Fuel Not Hard to Find  -  Meanwhile, another unfashionable fuel is ready for comeback
5-20	Benefit for Katuah Earth First! (scroll down)
5-20	Growing Number of Householders Generating Green Energy According to Report
5-20	Funding For Households Who Want To Generate Their Own Energy  -  BWEA's New Online Resource 'Disappointing'
5-20	The Nuclear Option Would be Reckless and Wrong  -  No Nuclear! Our electricity needs can be met from renewable sources
5-20	Nuclear backers' energy surges
5-20	End Times
5-20	Shanghai focuses on research of solar, wind power
5-20	Solar-powered fridge presented to Red Crescent
5-20	Scientists endorse radical plan to save rainforests through emissions trading
5-19	Rahall criticizes nominee for federal OSM director
5-19	Throw him back: OSM nominee bad choice to oversee strip-mining
5-19	527 Group Fundraising Grew More Slowly in First Quarter of 2006 than 2004
5-19	Greenbrier wind project hearings conclude with no compromise  -  Wind farm’s fate now in hands of PSC  -  Six Days and Still More To Say About Windmills
5-19	State wants FEMA trailers
5-19	Voting costs inquiry opens
5-19	Their lives dusted dark, residents sue coal company  -  Residents sick of coal dust, battle coal company in court
5-19	Poor weather delays raising of barge
5-19	Protesters plan to greet Bush
5-19	Solution or Distraction? An Ethanol Reality Check  -  Big Companies Invest In Biodiesel
5-19	A Call For A Sane Energy Policy
5-19	Campaign to discredit wind blows to NSW
5-19	Poll shows hunters, anglers worried about warming
5-19	US states, investors attack Exxon on global warming
5-19	New Hybrid, Diesel Models on Tap for Honda
5-19	Going nuclear is a half-baked strategy
5-19	INDIVIDUAL householders across Scotland are being encouraged to consider using new technology to produce energy for their own needs
5-19	China Faces Rising Temperatures, Shrinking Crops  -  Strongest May cyclone on record rocks China  -  Temperatures Hit Record May Highs in Central Spain
5-18	Another Nail in Coal’s Coffin: Cheap Solar Power
5-18	HEALING MOUNTAINS CONFERENCE (scroll down; You can still register, but only dorm rooms, camping, or off-site hotels are available now.)  - GO OUTDOORS: Area high schools to explore the great outdoors
5-18	Blankenship addresses critics at shareholders meeting
5-18	From treasure to tragedy (scroll down)
5-18	Man pleads guilty to false safety checks at Sago
5-18	Senate committee passes mine safety law
5-18	Barge full of coal waste sinks
5-18	Wind farm opponents to be heard today
5-18	Election problems, yes, but no chads  -  Vote Canvass Nearly Complete
5-18	Pennsylvania advances mercury-reduction rules  -  TXU's coal plant plans may do more harm than good
5-18	Big George gets rolling  -  Zoning regulations restrict coal-bed methane drilling on Bozeman Pass
5-18	After the peak: Alternative fuel choices largely non-existent  -  Has the Long Peak-Oil Emergency Begun?  - Faith leaders urge tree planting to curb climate change
5-18	Swell Potential for Maine Ocean Energy
5-18	As states look to the sun for power, could a new energy age be dawning?  -  State looks to solar energy for relief from rising energy costs
5-18	DuPont to invest $100 million to develop solar-cell technologies
5-18	A Growing Number of Householders Generating Green Energy
5-18	Three Gorges Dam Nears Completion, at High Human Cost
5-18	Blair Presses the Nuclear Button
5-18	Under fire, Exxon Mobil touts environmental record
5-18	'Carbon Dioxide... We Call It Life,' U.S. TV Ads Say
5-18	Transport a Black Spot for Global Warming
5-18	Climate Expert to Lead Talks on Extending Kyoto Deal
5-17	Massey mine indicted over safety violations  -  Coal company charged with safety violations
5-17	Massey Energy defends work  -   Massey protester cites Va. problems  -  Protest outside Massey meeting  -  No One Does It Better (This is "must listen!" audio; The booklet the Sister refers to was prepared for OVEC by Carol Warren)
5-17	Massey board vote won't be declared for weeks; 40 representatives of environmental groups protest outside stockholders meeting
5-17	OVEC members at the United Nations Committee on Sustainable Development
5-17	Wind: Alternative power   -  Wind power is still far from perfect
5-17	Project’s land value impact disputed  -  The Greenbrier joins wind project fight
5-17	Students blanket nature with healing
5-17	Some disagree about election spending laws
5-17	Candidates seek election recounts
5-17	First Annual Lexington Peace Fair: May 20th
5-17	Report criticizes U.S. mercury plan  -  Inspector General Questions EPA's Assertion That Federal Mercury Rule Will Not Cause Toxic 'Hot Spots' Of Contamination
5-17	Hazleton dredge project is seen as on schedule
5-17	Use Chemistry To Tap Solar Power, Professor Says
5-17	I-77 tests solar-powered lights  -  NJ wastewater plant goes solar  -  City sewage now generating electricity  -  Iran builds first solar-powered car  - Big UK schemes back renewable energy fund  -  Funding boost for Scottish microgeneration
5-17	China is world's leading investor in renewable energy
5-17	1989 Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Still a Threat - Study
5-17	Coal mine gas blast leaves nine missing in southwest China
5-17	EU's Gyrating CO2 Mart Teaches US About Balance
5-17	New reports from global-warming hot spots explore a chilling reality: Life as we know it is changing fast  -  Global warming is problem, needs fixing, sportsmen say
5-17	Disease follows global warming
5-17	Seattle's big role in fight on global warming
5-17	University of Alberta leads investigation into disappearance of ancient people
5-16	Senators reach deal on federal mine safety bill  -  Sago families rally; senators push money  -  Victims' Families Rally for Action on Mine Safety
5-16	Appalachian Delegation Shares a Story of Community Determination and Hope
5-16	Some disagree about election spending laws
5-16	Justices to Hear Environmental Appeal on EPA Emissions Rule  -   Supreme Court to decide on pollution rules  -  Supreme Court accepts Duke Energy clean air plant appeal  -  Supreme Court to Decide When Best Pollution Controls Required
5-16	The Court and Clean Air: When is an increase in pollution not an increase in pollution? Ask the EPA.
5-16	Big test for Blankenship at shareholders meeting   Massey faces proxy showdown with stockholder; CEO the target
5-16	Two join to fight wind farm in Greenbrier
5-16	Byrd holds up MSHA nominee
5-16	Court upholds strict remining rules
5-16	Who gets the credit for mine safety?
5-16	Alternate Fuel-Powered B-52 to fly in September
5-16	Danger in declawing, defanging the Endangered Species Act
5-16	Bush Is America's Worst President
5-16	Moving Mountains  -  Coal mine's neighbors say they're living on the edge
5-16	National Coal shares fall
5-16	Supporters of EPA's Mercury Rule Downplay Serious Dangers of Toxic Pollution
5-16	Are You Ready for the Energy Crash?  -  Rising price of oil highlights affordable energy alternatives  -  Peak Oil will change our lives
5-16	July 15 International Action against Climate Change and G8 !
5-16	Meltdown fear as Arctic ice cover falls to record winter low  -  Climate fears high over record ice lows
5-16	Glaciers in Africa Expected to Disappear
5-16	New figures reveal scale of industry's impact on climate
5-16	Carbon trading chaos as Brussels gets numbers wrong
5-16	Canada Defends U.N. Climate Role, Overshoots Kyoto
5-16	U.S. Shows Interest in Post-2012 Climate Plan, E.U. Says  -  US denies post-2012 emissions discussion with EU
5-16	New wastewater turbines to save city $70K a year in power costs
5-16	Americans and Climate Change: Problem summary
5-16	Climate change will be catastrophe for Africa  -  Lethal effect from global warming predicted
5-16	Global warming likely to speed up, CSIRO finds  -  Global warming may have damaged coral reefs forever  -  Global warming turns pristine coral into rubble
5-16	Commit to sustainable development, fight global warming, Vatican tells U.N.
5-15	West's failure over climate change 'will kill 182m Africans'  -    Climate change 'may kill millions in Africa' -  Climate change a threat to low-lying B.C.
5-15	West Virginia Democrat is Scrutinized
5-15	Delegate sees more mine safety work ahead  -  MCTC offering mine safety training program
5-15	Budget Cut Would Shutter EPA Libraries
5-15	Records tally up lobbyist dinners
5-15	Art display honors fallen coal miners
5-15	More election problems surface
5-15	Methylmercury explodes after acid rains  -  The mercury that power plants send into the atmosphere may act differently than expected
5-15	Late bid puts Ky. at disadvantage in power-plant quest, Fletcher says
5-15	Coming soon to the U.S.: Cleaner diesel from dirty coal  -   Utilities Consider Coal Technology To Limit Greenhouse Gases  -   Technology to Bring Back Coal Plant to Front Stage (What the proponents of "clean coal" fail to mention is the dirty truth of coal extraction: ecosystem annihilating and community killing mountaintop removal and longwall mining, as well as deadly deep mines. The truth is coal is dirty when you mine it, dirty when you transport it, and even if you clean up some of the emissions, the resulting ash is laden with heavy metals that wind up in the groundwater.)
5-15	Exploring past, while learning of coal's future (The past should make it perfectly clear: there is no such thing as "clean" coal!)  -  Burying fossil fuels, sowing renewables
5-15	Alexander waging war on harmful emissions
5-15	Ethanol, Biodiesel Eats Into US Corn Stockpiles
5-15	Ohio builds parts for wind power, but doesn't utilize energy source
5-15	Iceland harnesses green energy for heat, power  -  Vietnam begins energy saving project  -  Indian state governments talk power savings  -  Beginning of Days
5-15	Global warming is about to hit high gear
5-15	Poor Nations to Tell Rich to Do More on Climate
5-15	Canada Suggests Softening Second Phase of Kyoto  -  EU C02 Emissions Below Quota, Carbon Price Falls  -  EU Undershoots Emissions Cap That Critics Call Lax
5-15	Kyoto Project Financing Demand Seen Robust to 2012
5-15	US has low-cost alternatives to oil  -  Triage for the post-peak oil age
5-14	Pike Countian visits New York to talk about coal
5-14	New mining rules no answer when the goal is destruction  -  Caylor predicts bright future for coal
5-14	Byrd meets with MSHA choice, but hold on nomination continues
5-14	Project Planned Off Cape Cod Shows Contentiousness in Energy Development
5-14	Texas Plans Nation's Largest Offshore Wind Farm
5-14	Birds of the Mid-Atlantic #9: Cerulean Warbler  -  CERULEAN WARBLER (DENDROICA CERULEA) MICROHABITAT AND LANDSCAPE-LEVEL HABITAT CHARACTERISTICS IN SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA
5-14	More precise job risk ratings to cut premiums
5-14	Kentucky governor first raided, now controls, coal funds
5-14	State deserves help
5-14	Richmond group debuts solar energy system
5-14	More Schools to Run on Solar Power
5-14	With Gas Prices Flying High, Annan Calls for Energy Revolution
5-14	Micro-power for all Scottish homes plan unveiled
5-14	Greening Up With the Joneses
5-14	Why global warming is to blame for Britain's hay fever epidemic
5-14	Global Warming Threatens Planet’s Biodiversity
5-14	The Great Coral Reef disaster
5-14	Japan rated as No. 1 buyer of carbon credits
5-14	Droughts in India to worsen with climate change
5-14	China forcing world to rethink its economic future
5-13	Mine rescue teams would cost $1.2 million yearly
5-13	It's time to change your light bulb
5-13	12 sites considered for FutureGen
5-13	Questions raised at wind farm hearings
5-13	Groups appeal approval of gorge development
5-13	The Greening of Nuclear Power
5-12	Environmentalists sue to stop Western Kentucky power plant  -  Environmental groups sue over power plant
5-12	Readers refuse to be seduced by clean coal
5-12	Riverside residents suing over pollution
5-12	Bye Bye Birdies
5-12	Earth will warm 3 degrees by 2050, says leaked report
5-12	Company mulls tidal energy project on Penobscot River  -  Offshore Wind Farm Is Approved
5-12	The War of Internet Democracy
5-12	News stories should report, not interpret, statements (Hatfield apparently believes reporters should simply transcribe, like the WH press corps)
5-12	Eight Individuals (including Jack Spadaro) Honored for Personal Achievements in Defending Basic Rights
5-12	Chinese Coal Mine Blast Kills 11
5-11	Blair Mountain on endangered list
5-11	Mountaintop removal mining opponents support wind farm
5-11	Massey CEO's pay vastly exceeds the salaries of peers, reports find
5-11	The Nantucket wind farm: A chance for clean electricity
5-11	Are You Ready for the Energy Crash?
5-11	Bush Seeks More Offshore Drilling, Lawmakers Act
5-11	White House Proposes Mine Clean - Up Rule Changes
5-11	Al Gore Emerging; Presidency Secondary to Global Warming?  -  Global Warming Will Be Core Focus Of Gore-Led Group
5-11	China, India are Fast-Growing Polluters
5-11	Raese Prepares to Challenge Byrd  -  Byrd to face Raese next in November  -  Callaghan Ready to Take on Capito
5-10	W.Va. site competes with 11 others for FutureGen
5-10	West Virginia Town Fights Blanket of Coal Dust  -  Sylvester's Dustbusters: Feisty elders fend for town, homes
5-10	Coalfield Residents Pave Way for Grassroots Voice in U.N.
5-10	Massey subsidiary files defamation suit (mp3, WV Public Radio)
5-10	Celebrating the History of Appalachia
5-10	What price nature? Bogs $6,000, reefs $10,000
5-10	Industry objects to mining proposals  -  Mining industry seeks air-pack change
5-10	Vanity Fair: The Rape of Appalachia
5-10	New voting machines blamed for slowness of Wayne's returns
5-10	AEP To Add New Line Soon
5-10	US Group to Make Power Conservation a Commodity
5-10	12 sites in running for FutureGen coal-fueled power plant
5-10	Community survival during the coming energy decline
5-10	Thirst For 'Green' Fuels Propels US Soyoil
5-10	Swedes Favor Renewable Energy
5-10	Toronto project to buy solar panels for homes
5-10	Airtricity to build European wind energy grid
5-10	High time for electricity from unconventional sources
5-10	Nuclear power 'not needed' for UK  -  Chasing the green pound
5-10	White House mischief on new climate report
5-10	Scientists warn of ecological catastrophe across Asia as glaciers melt and continent's great rivers dry up
5-9	Coal-to-gas process has been around for decades
5-9	New voting machines to receive first big test in today’s primary
5-9	New rules to be focus of mine safety hearing  -  No cost too high for mine safety
5-9	The Decline of Oil  -  Author David Goodstein's lecture explores peak oil  -  Peak oil letter from UK energy minister  -  Will We Hit $100?
5-9	Utility celebrates completion of line
5-9	Railroads, utilities square off over coal
5-9	Massey Energy to Webcast Annual Meeting
5-9	Wood-burning plants are the next big thing in electricity generation
5-9	Pa. governor to award $10M for clean energy projects
5-9	Pressure Builds to Revive Wind Farm Plan for Nantucket Sound  - US official opposes Cape Wind measure
5-9	Bay Area is hot spot for solar technology  -  Lennar Homes to Build Nation's Largest Solar Community
5-9	Portuguese to Build World's Largest Solar Energy Center
5-9	UK to harness solar power from space?
5-9	In Kanpur, power plant emission sings an ode to wasteland
5-9	China vows to close unsafe coal mines
5-9	Kyoto Carbon Trading on Track, UN Body Says
5-9	National Campaign Connects Drivers to Global Warming Solutions
5-9	Climate change fosters disease, scientists say
5-9	The EU and the fight against climate change
5-9	What will happen if Britain becomes 3C warmer?
5-8	Tycoon Ross Undermined
5-8	Project Vote Smart  -  Election Day is Tuesday  - Don’t let your vote be undersold in the upcoming election
5-8	Lobbyist spending reports come in  -  Legislative races rake in $3.2 million as primary draws near
5-8	State encyclopedia on the press
5-8	Waste-coal energy debate will continue  -  Debate rages over plan to build power plant in Washington County
5-8	Miners to be checked more often on use of emergency oxygen packs
5-8	Senators introduce clean air bill
5-8	Utility investing $700M to cut pollutants
5-8	Global warming is killing the planet, and only clean energy systems can save us
5-8	Hands off ANWR
5-8	Death toll in Henan coal mine blast rises to 10
5-8	Mexican Mine Disaster Brings Charges of Collusion
5-8	Wells Fargo annual meeting was fertile ground for controversy
5-8	Behind the GOP Attack on Science
5-8	Al Gore Screens Global Warming Film
5-8	The peak oil crisis: a frenzy in Washington
5-8	Asian Development Bank announces $1 billion Clean Energy Fund: Not enough, says Greenpeace
5-7	Sago hearing offers few answers
5-7	The Battles of Blair Mountain
5-7	Three wind projects to go before PSC  -  Wind power is safe, beautiful
5-7	States teaming to lure clean-coal, zero-emission power plant
5-7	Congress full of sound and fury on energy policy as time runs out
5-7	Dirty Water Goes Into Kanawha River
5-7	It's Not Easy Being Green
5-6	Hearing doesn't bring closure, but allows families to question officials  -  Sago Mine Hearing Ends With More Questions
5-6	W.Va. deserves clean elections
5-6	Mine safety board OKs equipment, worker changes  -  Coal Mine Board Passes Rescue Team Rules  -  Senate earmarks $35.6 million for coal mine safety programs  -  Wooton proposes special coal mine trust fund, center
5-6	Six states apply for FutureGen plant
5-6	Below the Belt - New Industry Ads Use Kids to Pimp Coal Laurie David
5-6	Warming extends diseases into new areas, scientists say  -  Global warming to wreak greater havoc than terrorism  -  Wind shift caused by global warming  -  Pacific climate system victim of global warming
5-5	Sago water pump may be blast clue  -  Managers at Sago Mine face further scrutiny from MSHA  -  Sago Families Say Few Questions Answered  -  Kin Lay Blame at Hearing on Mine Disaster  -  Report: Lightning, Methane Caused Sago Mine Blast  -  MSHA Expert: Sago Air Packs Not Fully Used  -  Sago Families Still Looking For Closure  -  Senate approves $35M to improve coal safety
5-5	150 attend meeting on power plant: Facility to use waste coal for fuel
5-5	Attorney responds to coal company
5-5	Massey shareholders urged to put management critic on board
5-5	Survey shows majority of state voters favor building wind farms
5-5	Susman: Coalbed methane is risky, creates few jobs
5-5	Bush's climate change view challenged  -  Climate change data 'overwhelming'  -  'Clear' human impact on climate   -  Climate change causes backflips  -  Climate Change Drives Disease To New Territory  -  400 million face famine as pollution pushes up temperatures
5-5	MSHA replies: Agency 'took action' and has 'strong record of enforcement'
5-5	State asks high court not to hear case involving coal severance taxes  -  New View of Antitrust Law: See No Evil, Hear No Evil
5-5	[Coal] Train derailment closes schools, damages floodwall
5-4	[Coal] Train derailment closes schools
5-4	Sago investigation focuses on foam block seals, lightning theory  -  WV Public Radio coverage of SAGO (scroll down)  -  Sago lightning theory discounted  -  Lightning theory in mine deaths explained  -  “I think I said ‘they’re alive,’ ” rescuer tells hearing panel  -  Sago Blast Probe Focuses on Lightning  -  One Miner' s Moans Led to False Cry That ' They' re Alive,' Rescuer Discloses  -  Tearful and Angry, Sago Miners' Families Demand Answers  -  Sago Blast Probe Focuses on Lightning  -  Love hopes probe will uncover truth about mine tragedy  -  Professor Says Lightning Caused Sago Blast  -  Illinois mines could see new safety requirements
5-4	W.Va. proposes site for coal plant  -  Illinois pitches four cities for next-generation coal plant  -  Emission-free plant site proposed
5-4	Cost; Heaped onto taxpayers
5-4	Massey SEC filing has response to Third Point
5-4	Coal company accuses firm of defamation
5-4	Debate rages over plan to build power plant in Washington County  -  Topinka Joins Blagojevich In Call To Limit Mercury
5-4	Global warming fastest for 20,000 years - and it is mankind's fault  -  US scientists reject Bush scepticism over global warming  -  Secrecy breach by US officials steals thunder of climate change report   -  Trade winds weaken with global warming   -  Global warming weakens Pacific trade winds  -  Hurricane Destruction Powers Global Warming Debate  -  Climate Change Science Sharpens, Urgency of Massive Policy Response Increased
5-4	'A force to be reckoned with'  -  Wind industry giant invests in U.S.  -  Sustainable Development Commission must tackle energy concerns – UN official
5-4	Raleigh jury rules in favor of residents in first flood lawsuit  -  Jury decides improper logging practices led to flooding  -  Jury finds for plaintiffs in flood case  -  WV Public Radio coverage
5-4	Ex-maid alleges Blankenship bullied her out of job  -  Former maid reveals unflattering portrait of Blankenship (scroll down)
5-3	Sago families describe losses, demand answers to disaster  -  Company faces tough questions  -  Families of Sago Mine Victims Seek Answers  -  Bush has let miners down: Callaghan  -  Sago hearings begin with families hoping for answers  -  Sago Mine Hearing Opens With Questions  -  'Did our Dad have to die?'  -  Inside a Campbell County coal mine  -  More Sago hearings possible  -  Pointed Questions for ICG
5-3	Mercury bill a 'step in the right direction'
5-3	Federal Study Finds Accord on Warming   -  Greenhouse Gases Showed Steady Rise in 2005  -  China: Global Warming Is Melting Glaciers  -  The Global Warming Denial Lobby
5-3	Ohio joins two other states to woo federal clean coal project  -  Governor Rendell Partners With Kentucky, Ohio to Attract $1 Billion Clean-Coal, Zero-Emission Power Plant [Of course, there is no such thing as "clean coal"]  -  Ky. offers Henderson site for coal plant  -  Emission-free plant site proposed
5-2	Sago hearings begin today  -  MSHA seal rules too weak for Sago  -  Lawmakers prepare to solve Sago riddle  -  Sago Mine Families Await Answers  -  Avoiding The Same Mistake
5-2	Pike mine cited over death in roof fall  -   Pike County coal company cited after miner's death
5-2	Loeb Continues Assault On Coal Company
5-2	Climate change science stands up to scrutiny, says Fitzsimons   -  Global warming is a fact, but what's next?  -  Gorbachev Calls G8 to Invest in Solar Energy
5-2	House Unanimously OKs Mercury Reduction Bill  -  Burning coal is bad for everyone's health, period  -  Skeptics drag heels on mercury emissions
5-2	WV Democratic Chairman Nick Casey Slams Don Blankenship
5-2	Death toll in coal mine blast in NW China rises to at least 30; 2 missing
5-1	Evacuation alarm went unheeded: Mine blew up 20 minutes later  -  Perils of coal mining are not so distant  -  Sago Mine Disaster hearings begin on Tuesday
5-1	Mercury emissions from power plants increasing  -  Coal plants in Illinois putting more mercury into the air
5-1	U.S. can't afford to ignore alternative fuels
5-1	UN acknowledges climate change
5-1	Death Toll in Coal Mine Blast Rises to 30