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6-30	Sago blast cause might never be know - Court upholds role of UMW in probe of Sago disaster
6-30	Its time to end Montanas coal-burning debate (West Virginia's too! Apollo Alliance)
6-30	Coal Bowl naming rights deal was not bid
6-30	Denise Giardina: The coal industry exploited football (scroll down; letters to the editor are great tools--use them!)
6-30	Heavy rainfall causes several problems (i.e. mountaintop removal and global warming cause mega-problems)
6-30	UUA General Assembly confronts global warming and mountaintop removal
6-30	Massey Energy / Logan Banner: 'You get more flies with honey than with vinegar'
6-30	Woman killed in car, coal truck wreck in Tennessee
6-30	MSHA muddying Darby mine investigation
6-30	United States' problems are not fairy tales
6-30	Lawmaker complains to Chao on mine blast; Agency didn't ask some questions
6-30	Is global warming to blame? - Northeast US Floods Stir Global Warming Debate
6-30	Support for Key Climate Change Graph
6-30	Climate Change-Crops
6-30	Kyoto Climate Pact Backers Waver as Emissions Rise - EU's Fledgling Carbon Market Faces Crunch Date - UK to Deepen CO2 Cut in EU Scheme, Miss Own Target
6-30	Incentives help power solar technology
6-30	Majority of Americans Think Solar Power Should Be Offered on All New Homes
6-30	Power Industry Urges Britain to Develop Wave Power
6-30	West's Watchdog Urges Switching Off to Save Energy
6-30	Ireland's Airtricity to Buy US$550 Million of GE Turbines
6-30	BA Says Time to Speed Up Alternative Fuel Research
6-30	The Peak Oil Crisis: Our Government Forecasts the Future
6-30	Big Oil Has Had Its Way With Americans For Much Too Long
6-29	Work underway on Lick Creek water project as a result of citizen organizing and lobbying, media exposure
6-29	Flooding, mudslides hit Logan area - Massey, ICG cited after heavy rains cause mudslide, other problems
6-29	A Call to Investigate the 2004 Election
6-29	US EPA Suffers From Chronic Management Problems: GAO
6-29	Blow To Fair Elections
6-29	Guarding the land from above - Hot ticket
6-29	Our options were next to none - Report on Sago disaster to be ready July 19, Manchin says - McCloy sheds light on Sago disaster - DOOMED SAGO MINERS HAD EXPECTED TO BE SAVED
6-29	Voice of America on Marsh Fork Elementary: Studies Report Danger of Breathing Coal, Diesel Particles
6-29	Protesters face slew of charges, but not for rioting
6-29	Proposed explosives tax defeated
6-29	Fletcher signs tax relief bill
6-29	UMWA rally draws thousands
6-29	The Nation: Harlan County Blues
6-29	Massey Energy says it will fight board election outcome in court - Third Point LLC Wins Massey Energy Proxy Contest - Massey Energy Announces Election Results
6-29	New long-term contracts to boost coal miner profits
6-29	Worldwatch Institute: 16 of World's 20 Most-Polluted Cities in China
6-29	Fifty-five bodies pulled from China coal mine in year's worst accident
6-29	Bush admin to offer $170 mln for solar energy (And $$$billions in subsidies to the already hugely profitable fossil fuel industries--but, hey, the Bush admin IS the fossil fuel industry.)
6-29	Jews build businesses with earth in mind
6-29	Wind energy issue already addressed
6-29	GLOBAL WIND POWER EXPANDS IN 2006 - Funding Proposed for Canadian 1750 MW Wind Farm in 2009
6-29	High cost keeps demand for energy-efficient homes low
6-29	BP and DuPont Partner to Develop New Biofuels
6-29	BP, Caltech team up on solar power; Silicon in nanorods 'could open door to radical' breakthrough
6-29	PG&E Offers $300,000 in Grants for Solar Habitat Program
6-29	Turning sewage sludge into gasoline
6-29	Daimler to Launch Smart Car in US in 2008
6-29	Sweden Aims to Cut Oil Use, Transport Targeted
6-29	Apocalypse now - We must cut global warming pollution
6-29	Mid-Atlantic States Reel Under Deluge; 10 Dead - Take Action: Global warming - put a cap on it! - Flooding forces 200,000 from homes; Record-breaking deluge sweeps Northeast, killing at least 12
6-29	State closes Perry County mine
6-29	Rising Insurance Rates Push Florida Homeowners to Brink
6-29	Some earthquakes may be linked to climate change
6-29	Markets not prepared for climate change
6-29	Climate change threatens glaciers
6-29	Warming to the challenge - Global warming challenge: 'Feed SUVs or us' - Business urged to address global warming
6-29	California government moves on global warming
6-29	New German Rule Could Increase Greenhouse Gas Emissions - Germany Gives Coal Opt Out Under CO2 Emission Plan - France to Cut But Keep Generous CO2 Cap in 2008-12
6-29	Report: Warming of N. Hemisphere Unprecedented in Past 1,000 Years
6-28	Save the Internet - Net Neutrality -Take Action by Calling Your Senators Today! Tell them you support Net Neutrality the First Amendment of the Internet and ask that they support the Snowe-Dorgan bill on net neutrality. Congress must protect this set of principles to keep the Internet free and open to all comers. Make that call now.
6-28	PSC OKs $1 billion power plant - State approves $1 billion coal-fired power plant near Morgantown
6-28	DEP investigates spill at Pigeon Creek (coalfield residents say you can pretty much count on blackwater "spills" (intentional releases) any time there is significant rain.)
6-28	State must use incentives to compete for FutureGen (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!)
6-28	Road built in wrong spot in state forest
6-28	Appalshop has lasted and done more than 'Killer Truck' Cornett
6-28	Idaho board opts out of federal program that would encourage coal plants
6-28	Calls grow louder in Congress to revamp US energy policy
6-28	Ontario coal plants will close, premier says
6-28	China Miners' Bodies Found as Disaster Strikes Again
6-28	New Report Cites U.S. Motorists For Production of Greenhouse Gases - Big Three cars emit 230 mln tons of greenhouse gas
6-28	Crowd power the latest in renewable energy - New technology aims to convert footsteps into renewable energy
6-28	Vermont officials eye new renewable energy projects
6-28	Trash will fuel new power plant
6-28	Scramble for China's Wind Power Market Heats Up
6-28	Water more valuable than oil (Well, duh)
6-28	Climate experts: Gore's movie gets the science right
6-28	How to Cool a Planet (Maybe)
6-28	Climate Change - Root Causes & Radical Solutions
6-28	Help Protect Glacier National Park from Global Warming
6-28	Luntz Converts On Global Warming, Distances Himself From Bush
6-28	What business should do about global warming
6-27	Cabell library to show election documentary - Justices Blocks Vermont Campaign Finance Law
6-27	Earth's Climate Warming Abruptly, Scientist Says (Scientists also say global warming will create more frequent, more intense storms. About 5 - 7 inches of rain fell around DC, shutting down government offices, including the EPA. Can the EPA say "global warming"? Imagine if that same amount of rain hit coal sludge impoundments and valley fills in West Virginia! See stories just below. According to rain gauges for Logan and Mingo counties, less than 1.5 inches of rain fell, yet we have valley fill failures and blackwater spills.)
6-27	East Coast Rains Trigger Coal Company Slides, Spills - DEP cites 2 coal companies for rain-related incidents - Weather damage comes from above and below in Logan County - Rains displace 2 families (See above note!)
6-27	Energy literacy - what you don't know can hurt you
6-27	Mother Jones magazine: Off the beaten path in coal country
6-27	Catholics services make scholarships available to miners, families
6-27	Manchin windmill moratorium guided by tax; Governor says all of America needs to look at renewable energy
6-27	S. Korea signs on as supporter of proposed no-emission coal plant
6-27	Supreme Court to Hear Bush Climate Case - Justices to hear global warming case; 12 states want Bush administration to regulate carbon dioxide emissions - Supreme Court to Hear Key Environment Case
6-27	First things first
6-27	New warnings on mercury; California study should prompt stricter controls on emissions - Mercury Emissions
6-27	Air pollution boosts autism risk by 50 percent in newborns
6-27	Dirty Secret: `Big Coal' Examines the Global Impact of Mining
6-27	ARC working on energy completion
6-27	Businessmen: Develop coal tracts, then decide how to use coal
6-27	Country star leads charge in coalbed methane protest
6-27	John Kerry: Three New Bold Ideas for Energy Independence and Global Climate Change - Kerry maps out energy plan to fight terrorism
6-27	US has duty to lead on global warming - scientist - Science of global warming
6-27	Report targets Ohio emissions; Group says state at crossroads in global warming fight, suggests strategies for reducing pollution - Group: Cleaner Ohio is good business - Greener Ohio could cash in
6-27	Global Warming Surpassed Natural Cycles in Fueling 2005 Hurricane Season
6-27	Japan Has Ambitious Plan to Fight Warming
6-27	US Grants First License for Major Nuclear Plant in 30 Years
6-27	Lessening The Impact Of Climate Change On Health
6-27	EU drifting from Kyoto target
6-27	Boom in Ethanol Reshapes Economy of Heartland
6-27	'Green' house will help save greenbacks
6-27	Giving power back to the people of Wales
6-27	Wind boosts India in renewable energy - Zimbabwe working on renewable energy policy
6-27	Asia Shows Solar Power is Not Just for the Rich
6-26	Internet: Toll road? - Save the Internet - Net Neutrality -Take Action by Calling Your Senators Today! Tell them you support Net Neutrality the First Amendment of the Internet and ask that they support the Snowe-Dorgan bill on net neutrality. Congress must protect this set of principles to keep the Internet free and open to all comers. Make that call now.
6-26	141 trout streams to lose protection under DEP plan
6-26	Mingo County getting new air park
6-26	Don't put sludge pond near school (scroll down; letters to the editor are great tools--use them!)
6-26	Manchin eyeing more mine safety measures - More mine gas detectors urged - Air packs at mine not used to full capacity
6-26	Weeks, Green spar over gambling money
6-26	States offer millions to win power and fame; 12 sites in bidding war for billion-dollar energy plant - FutureGen facts
6-26	Norton defends former aide - Senate panel urges probe of Interior link to Abramoff ally (Remember J. Stephen Griles? Another tidbit on Griles. And another.)
6-26	Methane drilling lags
6-26	Oregon struggles with mercury emissions
6-26	A Waste of Energy
6-26	Ethanol is no solution for our energy woes
6-26	'Green chemistry' pays off
6-26	Wind Farm Kills Nine Eagles in Norway
6-26	Sewage Firm Links With Scots Farmers for Green Fuel
6-26	Each city can do its part to reverse global warming
6-26	Last 25 Years Warmest on Earth Since 1600 - Study
6-26	Final proof of global warming will come too late to do anything
6-26	Greenland glacier's quick breakup amazes scientists - The Andean glaciers are melting away
6-26	Global warming may be a local issue
6-26	Study: Hurricanes In 2005 Fueled By Global Warming
6-26	The Gates Foundation and global warming
6-26	A hockey stick wake-up - It's time to accept warnings about global warming - Let's not dismiss Hawking's warning
6-26	Missing the target
6-26	Think globally? Act domestically.
6-26	Companies Resist Bid to Limit Emissions
6-26	Britain's first olive grove is a sign of our hotter times
6-26	Failing The Acid Test: Excess CO2 Is Poisoning The Oceans
6-26	A tough climate for sound science
6-25	White House, GOP Leaders Plan All-Out Assault on Federal Protections
6-25	Black Cloud
6-25	Twisted Gun turns coal mine to gold mine (Wear a mask so you don't inhale the silica from all the blasting going on around the course. See pictures of Twisted Gun here.)
6-25	Mines cause sinking feeling
6-25	A familiar refrain
6-25	As coal prices rise, mining what once was too costly becomes a rapidly growing business
6-25	"Coal Bowl' almost as dumb as TV ads
6-25	Mingo County senate race costs a whopping $350K
6-25	Readers offer reactions to mountaintop removal
6-25	Coal Calls - Goodell on coal gasification
6-25	Idaho not sold on coal power plan
6-25	Coal demand aids railroad rally
6-25	Mercury bill's handling angers environmentalists
6-25	Britain: Homeowners get green light for 'eyesore' wind turbines; Micro-generation is no longer just for the rich
6-25	For Good or Ill, Boom in Ethanol Reshapes Economy of Heartland
6-25	Tidal power project raises environmental, other questions
6-25	Nuclear power 'stings' taxpayers - Nuclear power 'a bad deal for the taxpayer'
6-25	Why Nuclear Power Cannot Be a Major Energy Source - Nuclear Energy: Not a Climate Change Solution
6-25	UK Act to aid home-grown green power
6-25	McGuinty: I don't like nuclear energy
6-25	Global Warming Has Solutions - Change the Light Bulbs And Plug Those Leaks
6-25	Conservationist sounds alarm on global warming
6-25	Extreme Weather Fits Global Warming Pattern
6-25	Al Gore: There's Still Time To Save the Planet; Former Vice President Wants You to Fight Global Warming
6-25	Warming debate can't go on forever
6-25	California's global warming on the rise
6-25	A New Way to Ask, 'How Green Is My Conscience?'
6-24	And now, the Friends of Coal Bowl (Hey Folks--Dave Peyton has a great idea here. Help us raise $200,000. Please earmark donations for "advertising." Click here to donate.)
6-24	New York Times today--First Chapter of Goodell's "Big Coal"
6-24	Goodell on coal gasification - Shenhua joins Sasol to boost coal-to-liquids in China - Interview with Jeff Goodell, author of Big Coal - The Not So Good Earth - China and South Africa to turn coal into oil - Spill Exposes China's Environmental Woes
6-24	FutureGen plant bid may go to $90million; Tax exemptions advance in House - Fletcher Proposal Exempts "Clean Coal" (Read "Goodell on coal gasification" link above) - Fletcher asks for tax incentive
6-24	Burns advocates coal-to-liquids bill (Read "Goodell on coal gasification" link above)
6-24	Legendary music fest Bonnaroo urges fans to go green
6-24	Study Links Air Pollutants With Autism - Autism Has Higher Occurrence in Polluted Areas
6-24	Lawyer: Fatal mine blast cause is known - 4 Darby Miners Subpoenaed in State Probe
6-24	Mercury: tougher pollution limits?
6-24	Pa.-to-Va. power line endorsed by electric grid operator
6-24	Climate change adviser attacks US stance - Bush climate change policy unhelpful
6-24	EU Urges Action as '04 Greenhouse Gas Emissions Rise
6-24	Earth Hottest It's Been in 2,000 Years
6-24	Portland blazes new trails for the Peak Oil world - Italy Gears Up for International Peak Oil Conference - Gender, peak oil and culture (part 3): Working together
6-24	Solar Power - Valley homeowners save by switching to solar power - Solar PV Companies Overcome Silicon Shortage and Push Ahead - Rainy Netherlands hosts solar boat race - Dubai Techno Park in solar energy pact - Nano World: Black silicon for solar power - Wind And Solar Power Plays
6-23	Jeff Goodell in New York Times: Our Black Future
6-23	IEA Warns G8 of Sharp Rise in CO2 Emissions - Do you know where your candidates stand on climate change? - Science Panel Backs Study on Warming Climate
6-23	UMW holds rally in Wharton; Unions goal is to renew organizing efforts in Southern coalfields
6-23	Massey gearing up for big weekend
6-23	Feds Launched Criminal Probe Into Massey Energy Mine Deaths
6-23	CONSOL to supply FirstEnergy with W.Va. coal (scroll down) - FirstEnergy pact will supply coal
6-23	Chewing up bluegrass, biting off mountaintops
6-23	Let us bring meaning back to the word commonwealth!
6-23	Bunning says bill to boost coal industry has momentum
6-23	Kentucky legislature may consider FutureGen incentives issue could spur longer session - Power plant resurfaces
6-23	Substantial raises considered for Kentucky mine inspectors
6-23	Coal mining 'devastating' parts of China (coal mining devastating wherever it goes on) - The Not So Good Earth - Torrent of Darkness
6-23	DEQ Board votes to keep mercury out of Idahos air - Resistance to mercury pollution is for greater good
6-23	ELEMENTAL RISK
6-23	DOJ approves Exelon purchase of PSEG
6-23	Nanosolar Plans World's Largest Solar-Cell Factory In California - Solar power to the people - Solar's next hot spot: Ontario - Sanyo to invest $US350 mln in solar over five years
6-23	Ontario studies wind-power impact
6-23	Super ethanol is on its way - Renewable generation is crucial for energy security - Oil-producing algae to make diesel fuel
6-23	Big money's renewable energy bets
6-23	Report backs global warming claims
6-23	We can fight climate change
6-23	Study finds strong warming tie to hurricanes
6-22	Charleston Garden Club Shows Films to Fourth Graders Just One of Many Projects
6-22	Protect clean water - A murky ruling - Supreme Court muddies wetlands waters
6-22	Solar Energy Emergency
6-22	MU, WVU to clash in 'Coal Bowl' (Big Coal's propaganda in action!)
6-22	Appalshop and Cornett--Something to stew over
6-22	UMWA Ready for Fight
6-22	Coal company sued over avalanche
6-22	Kentucky 7th in rising CO2 emissions
6-22	Regulators shut Letcher County mine
6-22	Robinson planners 'dismayed' - Authority to consider being bond agent
6-22	Delaware's dirtiest power plant wants to expand
6-22	Pa. Senate votes to stop Rendell's bid for tougher mercury rule
6-22	Consol Inks New Deal With FirstEnergy
6-22	Lawmakers Reach Compromise on Cape Cod Wind Farm - Congress reaches pact on wind farm
6-22	Sanyo to Invest US$350 Million in Solar Over 5 Years
6-22	New Fuel Source Grows on the Prairie; With Oil Prices Up, Biomass Looks More Feasible
6-22	Sasol Teams With China Coal Firm Shenhua
6-22	New Science Shows Greenhouse Gases Under-Reported
6-22	Stephen Hawking Warns About Global Warming - Gore: US in denial on world warming
6-22	Global warming will bring major culture shock, task force warns
6-22	Scots Take The Lead In Climate Law
6-21	World CO2 Emissions to Rise 75 Pct by 2030: EIA - Canadian study says 60 per cent cut in greenhouse gas emissions feasible
6-21	Mixed report on state of environment - NEW REPORT: WEST VIRGINIA GLOBAL WARMING POLLUTION UP 115% SINCE 1960 - Global Warming Pollution Doubled in 28 States Since 1960 (More on the report again) - Air Pollution Tops Environmental Problems
6-21	New York Times Book Review: Big Coal
6-21	Lewisburg council mum on wind farm
6-21	Shameful that EPA rules on mercury fail to protect - Environmental Groups Sue EPA Over Refinery Emission Standards - Weak swipe at a toxic pollutant - States challenge EPA mercury emissions plan
6-21	Manchin's remarks to girl were improper (scroll down)
6-21	WV Coal Festival to Honor Fallen Miners
6-21	Mountaintop removal on canvas - Gathering of artists an annual event
6-21	State residents worry about mine safety
6-21	Ohio authority eyes coal liquefication plant
6-21	Regulators close mine over seal construction
6-21	Schweitzer, Johnson clash over coal development
6-21	Pa. energy firm gets $117M in funding
6-21	Edison shelves plans to restart shuttered Mohave power plant
6-21	BHP exits coal bed methane industry
6-21	Pennsylvania Ranks Third Nationally for Global Warming Pollution - Public interest group releases report on global warming - Global climate change in Pennsylvania? - MontPIRG releases new report
6-21	E.U., U.S. Agree to 'Urgent' Action on Climate Change
6-21	Setting the Record Straight on Global Warming
6-21	The Threat to the Planet
6-21	Global warming threat rises for beaches - Thaw in Siberia could speed up global warming - CA Global Warming Skyrockets - Global Warming Emissions Jump 292 Percent in Rocky Mountains
6-21	U.S. Energy Department Expects More Consumption Of Coal, Gas, Renewables (Because US Energy Department promotes fossil fuels and pays only lip service to renewables)
6-21	Climate change is bad news for utilities
6-21	Climate Change: 'Adapt or bust'
6-21	Campbell: Nuclear 'will cost taxpayer billions'
6-20	Clean Water at Risk - Clean Water Act Reach Limited: U.S. Supreme Court Overview - Top Court Split Over Wetlands Protections - Still-Divided Court Leaves Reach of The Law Unclear
6-20	To survive, we have to stop dancing with dinosaurs
6-20	W.Va. tax-credit list from 2001 shows AEP biggest beneficiary
6-20	Coal - the dirty secret behind the Information Age
6-20	Christian Science Monitor: Clues from coal fields
6-20	Celebrate W.Va. Day with history--Buffalo Creek Flood
6-20	Interview with Jeff Goodell, author of Big Coal
6-20	Federal, state mine safety officials on agenda for meeting
6-20	Mining destroys communities (scroll down)
6-20	Wind farms benefit society (scroll down)
6-20	Scent of Ballots Is in Air, and Energy Bills Are Blooming
6-20	Could a wind-energy art exhibit shape public opinion?
6-20	Future isnt just coal: State should not ignore nuclear power (Asthma, mental retardation, increased mortality rates, global warming, mountaintop removal associated with coal...add glowing in the dark and poisoning future generations as well as current uranium-mining areas.) - Watchdog blasts nuclear plan
6-20	NJ files petition challenging EPA mercury rules - Sixteen States Sue U.S. EPA Over Mercury Cap-and Trade Rule
6-20	Researchers work to make alternative jet fuel affordable -
6-20	Wise County Site Chosen For Final Evaluation Of Future Clean Coal Power Station In Virginia - Waste Coal Fact Sheet
6-20	Auction to decide future of coal plant
6-20	Europe's Green Image Clashes With Reliance on Coal
6-20	Grandmother Wins Green DIY Award
6-20	Next Victim of Warming: The Beaches
6-20	Sportsmen weigh in on global warming
6-20	Breaking our habits
6-19	Coal chief, gambling spend big in primary
6-19	Passing the Cost
6-19	Blair Mountain permits trial cancelled
6-19	Mine simulators improve training
6-19	Air, water quality remain concerns at Mammoth Cave N.P.
6-19	MERCURY EMISSIONS - Mercury a real and serious threat
6-19	Navajo says evictions of farmers from urban farm sends a message
6-19	Reality means coping with climate change - Montana's ag future is clouded by climate change
6-19	Bill McKibben: Global warming starting to heat up political scene
6-19	'Canary in the mine
6-19	Quebec Carbon Tax Plan Pressures Ottawa Over Kyoto
6-19	Warmed seas ready to whip up a storm
6-19	Bank of NY Spawns Voluntary CO2 Registry
6-19	Aspiring to a carbon-neutral life
6-19	Toyota's "Green" Efforts Extend to Cow Dung
6-19	Biofuel boom town
6-19	Critics blast limits on nuclear review
6-18	MSHA Finally Changes Course with Massey Energy?
6-18	Bleeding the hills dry: Writers tour Appalachia's mountaintop removal sites
6-18	Dictionary of deceit: Author compiles thick volume on W.Va.s corrupt political leaders
6-18	W.Va. fights other states for next-gen power plant - A look at the FutureGen project
6-18	Montana secretary of state calls Gov. Schweitzers coal-to-liquids idea a pipedream - The fast talking governor who has a plan to fuel the American dream
6-18	Senator pushes bill for mines
6-18	Does big coal control Manchin?
6-18	Curb mercury emissions
6-18	Kentuckiana begins to feel the heat of climate changes
6-18	World feels the heat as China's pall of prosperity creeps East
6-18	Wake up and smell the climate change
6-17	MSHA sues Massey over Aracoma - Feds target mine owner for thwarting probe in fatal fire - MSHA files lawsuit against mining company - Agency Sues Mining Company in Wake of Fire - Massey denies allegations it stymied mine fire probe - Federal lawsuit seeks coal company documents
6-17	Mine safety: Promising Law - Why Miners Are Cynical About the Prospects for Reform
6-17	Coal -- affordable, available and clean? Maybe. (Not!) (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!)
6-17	A Look at The FutureGen Project - Use of coal surges as firms seek alternative
6-17	New energy plants: Not in My Back Yard
6-17	Reopening of 1 operation is allowed
6-17	Simulators Train Future Coal Miners
6-17	Australian government urged to consider climate change as national security issue
6-17	Turning the tide on climate change
6-17	Acidic Seawater Endangering Marine Life
6-17	Alaska is Ground Zero for Global Warming Studies
6-17	Thawing Siberia could accelerate global warming
6-17	Global warming could burn insurers
6-17	Renewable fuels finding a home in Indiana
6-17	In search of a green and pleasant land
6-16	"Myth" That Green Protection Hits Economy UNEP
6-16	Mine safety bill signed
6-16	TUESDAY, JUNE 20 -- Award-winning filmmaker to show Buffalo Creek at library
6-16	Federal mine-cleanup fund extended
6-16	Seven states vie for FutureGen coal plant (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!)
6-16	Three Gallery Hop exhibits present their visions of Kentucky's natural resources -- and the human impact on them - Friends of Black River to learn energy facts of life
6-16	Decision on power plant is delayed
6-16	Fouling and fixing
6-16	Colorado seen as renewable energy "trigger" - Scotland to smash renewable target
6-16	Naturalist E.O. Wilson is optimistic - 'Live on other planets or be wiped out'
6-16	Miners, Polluters Face Pocket-Book Pressure
6-16	Thawing Permafrost Could Unleash Tons of Carbon - Climate change thawing permafrost - Global Warming Could Release Permafrost Carbon
6-16	Gentlemen, charge your engines
6-16	Solar-cell technology more efficient and less costly
6-16	Govt urged to consider climate change as national security issue
6-16	California Public Utilities Commission Allows Cost Recovery for Green Power Lines
6-16	Cheating with mercury cheats us of our health
6-16	Idaho senators object to rule allowing coal plants
6-16	Study: Gas drilling hurting sage grouse - Senator seeks drilling delay
6-15	Mining trial canceled while permits reviewed
6-15	We need a new bottom line in charting energy future
6-15	Deep mining still possible at Blair (scroll down; letters to the editor are great tools use them)
6-15	Wind farm bill fails to sail at special session - Moratorium move shocks wind farm developers
6-15	W.Va.s delegation airs financial details
6-15	Anyone Can Buy Green Energy
6-15	Going all-out against mercury
6-15	Fewer night flights could cut climate change impact
6-15	Scientists Urge G8 Not to Ignore Global Warming
6-15	The rocky road to oil riches - The New Drilling Battle
6-15	UK Homes to Get Compulsory Energy Rating
6-15	Alarm Bells Sound For European Water Supply As Hot Weather Looms
6-15	BP To Invest $500 Million in Biofuels Research Centre
6-15	Arctic ice melt is inevitable, scientists warn
6-15	Biofuels and the environment
6-15	Western governors cite reality of global warming
6-15	The EPA claims it can't regulate greenhouse gases and wouldn't if it could
6-15	Can America go green? - The conservation connection - Delayed reaction - Gore film gets Americans to listen up on global warming
6-14	Massey Energy subsidiary cant have tax refund state high court rules
6-14	UMW asks Senate to delay its vote - No Vote on Mine Safety Nominee - Vote scrapped on Bush's pick to head mine agency - A Sticky Issue - Advancing mine safety
6-14	Moved by the mountain
6-14	TAP Interview with Jeff Goodell
6-14	Manchin proposes moratorium on new wind projects - Greenbrier Lawmakers Welcome Wind Farm Moratorium - Special Session Includes Wind Farm Moratorium - Session will save money for later
6-14	Polluted planet needs help from wind
6-14	Heading off a 'Coal War' with China
6-14	Lobbyist: Better training, technology needed in coal mines
6-14	Lawyer finds, preserves 1867 layout of Kanawha coalfields
6-14	Mercury is poisoning N.C.
6-14	Coal Hard Cash for Peabody? - GE Energy Unit Sees 10 Percent Profit Growth
6-14	Idaho must lift its energy sights beyond polluting coal
6-14	Maysville coal-fired generator approved - Fluor gets pact to build TXU coal plant
6-14	PA Senate Committee Moves to Block State-Level Mercury Pollution Reduction Plan - Senate panel approves mercury reduction bill
6-14	40-year coal fire
6-14	Army Corps of Engineers Suspends Mountaintop Removal Mine Permits
6-14	Coal industry urges UK to embrace clean technology (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!)
6-14	Warming 'threat to Asian security'
6-14	Global warming turns polar bears cannibalistic: study - Global warming gets ugly
6-14	Jetting off to global warming
6-14	Witnessing the Impact of Global Warming in Your Life?
6-14	Nuclear power: promise or peril
6-14	Blair accused of brushing aside nuclear energy advice
6-14	Father of energy efficiency to get Fermi Award
6-14	China sets up special fund for renewable energy
6-13	Court sides with spouses; Workers Comp benefits will be continued
6-13	Weak, but passable (Nah, just weak.)
6-13	Catholics, Others Raise Alarm About Toxic Mercury
6-13	Elk Mining named in lawsuit
6-13	New technology focus of coal show in city
6-13	Wyoming offers $31.2M incentive for FutureGen (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!)
6-13	Governors Adopt Energy Plans for the West - Western Governors Take Aim at Global Warming
6-13	Nuclear is not a climate-friendly energy source - Cancer levels '15 times higher' near nuclear power station
6-13	U.N. Scheme to Save One Billion Tonnes of Greenhouse Gas
6-13	Planning system must support renewables says Minister - Renewables need planning support - Cooper
6-13	Solar Power Competes with Diesel, Dung in Himalayas
6-13	Norway Sets Up $3.2 Billion Renewable Energy Fund
6-13	Bio fuel home brewers battle big refiners in Utah's grease war
6-12	In W.Va., a new air of optimism
6-12	Coal rules change, but don't help (scroll down; letters to the editor are great tools--use them!)
6-12	Mercury Warnings a New Part of Tribe's Tradition
6-12	Is soybean wave of future as diesel prices go up? Remember--Green Fuel's Dirty Secret - China considers ethanol to supplant oil, coal
6-12	The Bush Administration's approach to Global Warming
6-12	How Melting Glaciers Alter Earth's Surface, Spur Quakes, Volcanoes
6-12	Many hunters, anglers agree global warming happening
6-12	Time is running out for action on global warming
6-11	Stripped of a ridge, left with a mess; Residents seek changes in law after mining company closes, leaving piles of debris
6-11	Senate may resolve stalemate over nomination of mine agency head
6-11	Mine safety push goes on - Companies ultimately responsible for miners' safety - If enforcement remains lax, new laws won't matter
6-11	Pollution From Chinese Coal Casts a Global Shadow
6-11	Wyo offers up $31.2M incentive for FutureGen
6-11	Peabody Energy pays Navajo Nation for coal
6-11	German minister: Nukes are Pandora's box - G8 MEETING Ministers confirm call for energy security, charter final statement - Trade Deficit or Energy Costs Could Derail Growth, G-8 Says
6-11	Photovoltaic systems keep improving
6-11	Ireland's renewable energy target to be doubled
6-11	Low-income homes get solar energy
6-11	Power vets want to start incubator for clean energy
6-11	Climate Change Hits The American West
6-11	Lloyd's warns insurers over climate change
6-11	Gardeners can slow climate change
6-11	Polar bear apocalypse - Ministers told to fund urgent Arctic research
6-11	U.S. foot-dragging fuels global warming
6-10	Climate is biggest security challenge
6-10	Book Review: Big Coal - The Dirty Secret Behind America's Energy Future (The book mentions OVEC members and staff)
6-10	FPL hires GE to check out feasibility of gasified coal
6-10	Some Facts About Coal (Explore this website for some facts on the human and environmental toll from the world's over-reliance on coal)
6-10	Railroads Struggle to Ship Coal in U.S.
6-10	Ontario reneges on coal-power pledge - Coal plant closings on hold - Ontario Should Delay Coal Plant Closings, Report Says
6-10	Sustainable Architecture Can Help Reduce Carbon Dioxide Emissions - More Companies Weighing Environmental Cost of Travel
6-10	New Yorker review of "An Inconvenient Truth" (scroll down) - Al Gore savors day in the sun
6-10	Fears grow for elderly and sick as heatwave hits Britain
6-10	Healthy response to climate change - Personal carbon allowances
6-10	Greenhouse-Gas Failures
6-10	Wind-Power Projects Halted
6-10	NOW: "Who Killed the Electric Car?"
6-10	Solar power project christened at Las Vegas reservoir site
6-10	Microgeneration requirement taken up in planning - National Trust Leads The Way In Microgeneration
6-10	Analysis: Are biofuels the answer?
6-10	Local company unveils world's first solar-powered scooter
6-9	Corps suspends mining permits - Corps plans to suspend contested mountaintop removal permits
6-9	Mine radio test results promising, MSHA says; Legislation approved Wednesday would allow coal operators to opt out of wireless devices - Deaths produce action
6-9	Dump Stickler as MSHA head, union official advises Bush
6-9	Union Sues Feds Over Coal Mine Air Packs
6-9	Boone hosts mine rescue contest
6-9	FBI confidential informant also said to be provocateur
6-9	ICG blames diesel costs, mine problems for lower profit outlook
6-9	Woman claims gender discrimination at coal company
6-9	Where Coal Is King
6-9	New US Investment in Nuclear Power is Risky - Gorbachev Warns Against New Nuclear Power Plants
6-9	Renewables: 25% of energy use in '25? - Carlyle Group to invest in renewable power firm
6-9	Renewable energy 'must be part of housing development plans'
6-9	Conservatives: Micro renewable energy great opportunity for UK economy
6-9	Bact to basics
6-9	NASA shelves climate satellites; Environmental science may suffer
6-9	Why Global Warming Matters
6-9	Climate change action ideas - Pioneering energy saving program announced in Sarasota
6-9	Global warming has forced animals to evolve already - Global warming 'leading to genetic changes'
6-9	West's emissions 'fuelling destruction of Heritage Sites'
6-9	Britain Appoints Climate Change Ambassador
6-8	Truthout Video: Go tell it on the Mountain
6-8	Mingo County emergency system to be tested (Go Sludge Safety Project folks who made this happen!)
6-8	Mountaintop removal strikes Blair Mountain for resources
6-8	Frances Lamberts: Leveling mountains for electricity is wasteful and unnecessary
6-8	Agencies must balance needs of power plants
6-8	Coal-fired power plant cost is escalating
6-8	The Return of King Coal: Destructive mining on Tennessees Cumberland Plateau makes a comeback
6-8	Congress OKs mine safety bill by wide margin - Stiff Overhaul of Mine Safety Rules Passes Congress - House sends measure to Bush to make coal mining safer
6-8	Recall of mine foremen sought
6-8	Concerns raised over mercury output
6-8	Sago Mine Owner Cuts Full - Year Outlook
6-8	Coal Exports Can Be Taxed
6-8	Greenspan Testifies on Oil Dependence, and Few Pay Attention (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!)
6-8	Australia's Centennial Coal is attempting buy peoples opinions and right to free speech with its property purchase contracts for a new mine
6-8	Biofuel Challenges Big Oil
6-8	New Poll: 81% of state, 61% of Cape favor Cape Wind
6-8	Portugal starts huge solar plant - ALL-ENERGY 06 THE BEST EVER!
6-8	A bright spot in China's fight with devastating pollution
6-8	Climate change is a big problem for all of us - Study: Global warming threatens Florida - Hunters and Fishermen Want Action on Global Warming - It's Getting Hot in Here: Global Warming Hits the Hub
6-8	Climate change to hit grain industry - Climate change set to hit road and rail travel
6-8	Solar Develops a Unique Three-Front Approach to Eco-Investing for Planetary Survival
6-7	Truthout Video: Almost Level, West Virginia
6-7	Fly-over showed mining damage (scroll down; letters to the editor are great tools--use them! If you watch the above Truthout video you can see Mel climbing into the SouthWings airplane)
6-7	13 families sue Pike coal companies over blasting damages, coal dust in air
6-7	Sacred Ecology and Capitalism
6-7	Cheap, deadly energy: Consumers have obligation to miners
6-7	Hurrah: Severance tax safe
6-7	Ohio legal battle may push state ahead for power plant - AEP expects clean coal plant in W.Va. - Ill. offers $80 million for FutureGen project - Ill. in multimillion-dollar bid for coal-fueled plant (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!)
6-7	Is coal America's diamond in the rough? - Shell cleans up with coal (see above)
6-7	Ontario rules out coal - Ontario energy minister dismisses coal power, preps province for new nukes
6-7	New warning for canned tuna; Mercury risk for pregnant women too high, Consumer Reports says
6-7	Tougher emission controls proposed for Delaware's power plants
6-7	International Coal Group cuts 2006 outlook
6-7	New drug testing for miners
6-7	Work starts on world's largest solar power plan
6-7	An Inconvenient Truth --Nothing is Scarier than the Truth - Climate Crisis
6-7	Congress to tackle climate change and peak oil--NOT
6-7	Northwest global warming plan launched - Common-sense solutions can ease impact of global warming - Fiddling while Earth burns
6-7	UK Business Group Calls for Tougher Emissions Caps - Bosses Urging Blair to Curb CO2 - Shell, Tesco Execs Lobby Blair Over Climate Change
6-7	U.S. Science Panel Sees Big Problems if Indian Point Reactors Are Closed
6-7	Climate change conference: debating how we can save the world
6-6	Truthout Video: Pennies of Promise
6-6	U.S. court refuses tax challenge from coal, steel - U.S. Supreme Court lets W.Va. coal severance taxes ruling stand
6-6	New York Times: Debate Over Wind Power Creates Environmental Rift
6-6	Radical turbine aims to take wind power to towns and cities
6-6	Earth Watch Radio: Top-Down Operations
6-6	History: Blair significance
6-6	Coal barons commit genocide - Marsh Fork is in possible danger
6-6	UMW leader asks House to speed up passage of mine safety bill
6-6	Junketing Judges: A Case of Bad Science
6-6	Sierra Club and United Steelworkers to Announce Historic Strategic Alliance
6-6	Green Fuel's Dirty Secret - Promotion of ethanol needs more thought - Corn Yields Set to Rise to Meet Ethanol Needs - Warts and Ethanol
6-6	Could coal replace oil? (Could humans get any dumber?)
6-6	Legacy of coal-powered locomotives: Arsenic found at North Carolina elementary school
6-6	Mercury in tuna
6-6	Officials seek cause of River Hill collapse
6-6	Biodiversity aids biological life (Mountaintop removal destroys biodiversity)
6-6	Australia Announces Nuclear Inquiry - Victoria urges renewable energy focus - Credibility of nuclear report questioned - Clean coal a smart bet, says US lobbyist (as he pockets money--at the expense of the future of life on Earth)
6-6	Electric sports car ready to challenge Porsche?
6-6	Bosses urging Blair to curb CO2
6-6	Lloyd's tells members climate change could destroy insurers - Insurers warned on climate change
6-6	UK utilities warn climate change to threaten power investment
6-6	Does meat-based diet contribute to global warming?
6-6	WHY YOU HAVE TO STOP GLOBAL WARMING NOW
6-6	Householders 'need better information' to help cut energy use
6-6	A Martian's Eclectic Observations of Earthlings
6-5	Stand Up for Democracy With Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
6-5	Global Warming vs. Election Integrity
6-5	Feds to take flying squirrel off endangered species list
6-5	Paintings on display in Lexington: Stories About Mountaintop Removal (scroll down)
6-5	Editorial missed key wind issues
6-5	Critics have long opposed foam seals
6-5	Old cemeteries must be found and preserved
6-5	Coal buckets reminder of hard upbringing
6-5	Mercury study could affect Duke plants
6-5	Coal miners militancy and consciousness
6-5	Climate change threatens conditions for 500 million; Report points to huge solar energy potential
6-5	Climate chaos: Bush's climate of fear
6-5	Climate Change: The View From the Patio
6-5	World's Key Deserts in Danger From Climate Change
6-5	The Sun in NASDAQ
6-5	YOUR HOUSE: Sun power is a possibility
6-4	If we do not alter how we generate electricity very soon, the world faces a change in climate so destructive that civilization itself will be threatened - Climate Change: Cultural Change
6-4	Memorial at Cemetery in Midst of Mountaintop Removal Site Caps Off Healing Mountains Confab
6-4	Toughest rules are missing from federal mine safety bill - Coal-Mining Contributions in the States - New safety laws have no meaning without a UMWA local at every mine
6-4	Ending 'carnage' in the coalfields
6-4	MSHA inquiry focuses on mine's seals, gas levels
6-4	Stop closed hearings on mine deaths - Respect for safety - Families of coal miners killed in Kentucky disaster protest exclusion from hearing - Miners' families cling to memories but must look to future
6-4	Chinas dirty secret: Miner accident rate dwarfs the Wests
6-4	Environmentalists push wind over coal - Energy: India shows the way - Mass. is urged to lead the way on wind farms - New law requires renewable energy
6-4	Rising prices fuels search for energy alternatives (Coal is NOT an alternative; coal is what the 19th century fuel.)
6-4	Uncertainty Surrounds Plans for New Nuclear Reactors
6-4	Duke Energy asks to build new coal units
6-4	Legislature debates mercury emissions; State rules would be tougher than federal
6-4	Whittaker dispute leaves Fayette lands future in court
6-4	Rendell outlines economic-growth plan
6-4	U.S.-based coal-burning power plants sued for international air pollution
6-4	Granny D: Preparing for the Post-Carbon Age
6-4	What a Miner's Life is Worth
6-4	One Farm Town's Drive for Energy Independence
6-4	Energy-hungry China warms to solar water heaters
6-4	Invest Ten Minutes to Save Energy, Money - Energy-efficient home: How it works
6-4	Global warming 'the greatest atrocity'
6-4	Prescott hopes for change of climate in US
6-4	Going to extremes to fight global warming
6-3	Blair Mountain land battle ongoing; Preserving scene of deadly 1921 labor fight contested by coal firms, others
6-3	Mother Jones Radio: Jeff Goodell, author of "Big Coal: The Dirty Secret Behind America's Energy Future" - Big Coal
6-3	MJS: THE STRUGGLE AGAINST MOUNTAIN TOP REMOVAL IN APPALACHIA
6-3	Coal-Mining Contributions in the States
6-3	How They Stole Ohio And the GOP 4-step Recipe to 'Blackwell' the USA in 2008; Abracadabra: Three Million Votes Vanish
6-3	Rigging the rules in their favor
6-3	EPA won't reconsider 2005 ruling on mercury emissions: Court is next stop for dispute - High Levels Of Mercury Alarming
6-3	Dissident gets Massey board role
6-3	Mine panel upholds citations; Decision reverses judge's ruling in case involving Massey Energy subsidiary
6-3	Surviving miner's air pack thought OK
6-3	Russians learn mining equipment at local company
6-3	Global Warming: Now's the Time to Act
6-3	Gore and Guggenheim: Speaking 'Truth' to Power - In 'Truth,' A Planetary, And Personal, Sea Change
6-3	China beats Canada on Kyoto, Strong says
6-3	College Republicans Call for Beach Parties to Mock Global Warming
6-2	Robert F. Kennedy Jr.: Was the 2004 Election Stolen?
6-2	Fines upheld in 2000 slurry spill
6-2	Keep state wild and wonderful - CONSIDERING THE ALTERNATIVES
6-2	Breached seal at Knott mine shuts down 3 sites - Miner says seals made of broken blocks - 2 miners say they built seals without training before blast
6-2	Pa. looks to reduce mercury hot spots
6-2	Coalbed methane out West: Water issues limit gas production
6-2	Lieberman Questions membership of National Coal Council
6-2	Coming soon near you: Coal mining's back
6-2	Campbell County mine ships 1 billionth ton of coal
6-2	Coal Mine Collapse Kills 14 In Balikesir
6-2	Coal no boon to Colombian city: DUST COATS TOWN, POLLUTES WATER AND CHASES OFF TOURISTS
6-2	The plot to kill the green machine
6-2	Consumer, Environmental Fury Kicks Off Exxon Meeting - Stop ExxonMobil - Anger at Oil Chief's $400 Million Retirement Package
6-2	Protest Decries 'Global Warming Cover-Up'
6-2	$92 Million More Is Sought for Exxon Valdez Cleanup
6-2	The next big thing or a risky gamble: Shell looks to turn sand into oil - Oil Sands' Natural Gas Demand Expected to Triple
6-2	Submarine tidal energy farms could help EU face climate change threat
6-2	Antarctic Station To Use Renewable Energy - Solar energy powers the water that grows the grapes used to make the wine - European Solar Thermal Platform Launched - Military Homes Run on Solar Power
6-2	Emissions Grow, Temperatures Rise, Talks Advance as Globe Confronts Warming
6-2	A Global Warming Believer in Bush Cabinet
6-2	USA Today: Wine regions feel the heat - Celebs turn the spotlight on global warming - Downhill slide ahead?
6-2	Regulators Put Climate Change on the Docket
6-2	Scientist group issues statement calling for action on climate change
6-2	Pressure governments on climate change
6-2	Climate change forcing migration north
6-2	Global warming will have dire effects in N.Y. unless we act - State leaders being warned about global warming effects on hurricanes
6-2	Daimler Sees Fast US Takeup of Diesel-Hybrid Buses - US Government Sees "Smooth Transition" to Cleaner Diesel (But if you live close to the refineries where they make the diesel "cleaner"--look out!)
6-1	Jeff Goodell author of "Big Coal" -- Fear of CO2 regime helps spur US coal rush - Coal's resurgence sparks debate ("Big Coal" includes a look at mountaintop removal and OVEC's organizer Maria Gunnoe, plus a photo from OVEC's Vivian Stockman)
6-1	Bush energy plan whacks conservation
6-1	Cleaner energy key to future
6-1	Renewable energy market cheapest answer: Australian industry
6-1	Energy firm explores greener way of using coal (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.)
6-1	This planet is running out of oil - The day after peak oil: Will we die in our cars or retool our communities? - Are we building highways to oblivion?
6-1	Kentucky: Mine operator given maximum fine - Mine inquiry begins amid protest - Widows protest closed mine-fatality hearing
6-1	West Virginia: Planners need an extra year on mine safety - Safety chief plans to revise W.Va. mining rules - Mining Task Force Issues Report
6-1	Mercury converges around local emission sources, Pa. study finds
6-1	CONSOL reps explain memo
6-1	Jones: Coal severance taxes sad legacy'
6-1	Wind energy wont ease need for coal (scroll down for this letter to the editor)
6-1	Mining deaths increasing as overtime hours go up
6-1	Block the Vote
6-1	'Granny D' in the West Virginia Woods
6-1	Global warming: What you can do about it
6-1	Climate Change: Everyone's Business
6-1	USA Today: Corporate America warms to fight against global warming - One Colorado family leads by example to curb global warming - Green gambit: Carbon-trading programs help underwrite renewable energy
6-1	Exxon Mobil Shareholders Defy Board; Nonbinding Election Resolution Passes Over Directors' Objections - An immovable obstacle to action on climate change - Exxon Mobil Shareholders Show Displeasure
6-1	Climate change and stronger hurricanes: New evidence
6-1	Studies Portray Tropical Arctic in Distant Past
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 worlds 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 farms 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 Coals 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	Projects 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
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