(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
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