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(Mar) Archive - April, 2007 (May)

	News Links Relevant to OVEC Issues
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4-30	Environmental laws not enforced (scroll down)
4-30	Plant near Ohio River would make fuel from coal for military
4-30	Lilly residents oppose path of coal-refuse trucks
4-30	Colombian Prosecutor Probes U.S. Firms
4-30	In mosquito, a small tale of climate change
4-30	Action is key to new climate change report, warn Green groups
4-30	All Eyes on Vermont as Auto-Emissions Case Procedes
4-30	Coal mining biggest cause of work-related lung disease: Chinese ministry
4-29	New mine seal regulations not yet in draft stage
4-29	Wanna Bet the Farm on Carbon Capture and Sequestration? - BEWARE GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATES TOUTING CLEAN-COAL TECHNOLOGY
4-29	Coal money talks (scroll down)
4-29	Time running out on atmosphere
4-29	Maryland coal mining: Dynamite, heavy trucks rumble at mine operations, bringing noise, dust and dirt to nearby residents
4-29	Dirty coal is the fuel of the past
4-29	AEP chief striding through crossroads
4-29	Mayors past and present battling in Summersville
4-29	New coal mine methane venting technology could be asset, EPA says - Demonstration turns methane gas to energy
4-29	Web site can help keep danger out of frying pan
4-29	Coal protesters chained to tracks
4-29	Chernobyl Reminds Us that Nukes are NOT Green
4-29	Heartland Institute Bankrolls Dishonest Global Warming Campaign
4-29	Is Global Warming a Sin?
4-29	Warmest April has Europe bracing for killer heat wave -Overheating Britain: April temperatures break all records
4-29	Officials agree that global warming threatens national security
4-29	Carbon-Neutral Is Hip, but Is It Green?
4-29	U.S., China should take lead in global pollution solutions
4-29	Meanwhile, in Australia a global crisis arrives in the back yard
4-29	Can the Ruling Classes Save the World From Global Warming?
4-29	Climate report to warn time running out in greenhouse gas battle
4-29	Improving consumer lifestyle choices key to meeting CO2 goals
4-28	Jeff Young, Living on Earth: Fill 'er up-with coal? - Rahall Asks Air Force to Incorporate Coal-to-Liquid Fuels into Modernization Plan - Energy Independence or Destroying Appalachia for Coal?
4-28	Protect God's creation: Vatican issues new green message for world's Catholics
4-28	Americans stepping up to the plate on global warming
4-28	UN: We Have the Money and Know-how to Stop Global Warming
4-28	Protect Earth, Mollohan advises
4-28	Mountaintop Removal Hot Topic At Conference
4-28	Upcoming Ky. conference to explore mountaintop mining
4-28	Eastern Kentucky issues debated - Democrats tackle coal tax in Kentucky gubernatorial debate
4-28	Federal plans for power lines run through N.J.
4-28	Massey Energy: Where’s Your Sense of Public Relations? Canceling the Picnic’s a Dumb Idea
4-28	Opposition grows against push for coal
4-28	Chesapeake Energy reportedly dropping 'Coal Is Filthy' campaign - 'Filthy Coal' Advertiser Cleans up Act Following Objections from Rahall, Byrd (oh geez...our politicians promote the utter lie that coal is clean and suppress the truth that coal is filthy. geez.)
4-28	Mine rescue reignites stolen-copper debate - Massey Details Search For Suspects Accused of Entering Abandoned Mine
4-28	Coal-bed methane industry wants wildlife rules relaxed
4-28	U.S. to Test New Coal Mine Methane Venting Technology
4-28	Warning: Don't eat the fish from these local waters
4-28	In 1914, Colorado coal miners struck for months -- then the National Guard opened fire
4-28	The Fightin' Irish
4-28	Exxon profits already up 10 percent in ’07
4-28	U.S. Proposal Would Allow Oil Drilling Off Virginia
4-28	Hope Is in the Air
4-28	Gore visits U.N., offers help on global warming
4-28	China's premier promises to combat global warming
4-27	States take lead in cutting carbon emissions
4-27	Industry reviews work yet to be done on coal-mine safety
4-27	WV Public Radio: Coal boom is cooling off(scroll to 4-26 entry)
4-27	Power Companies' Reach May Expand; U.S. Plan Could Aid Disputed N.Va. Line
4-27	Massey says profit rose sharply in first quarter
4-27	Briefs from the Ky. campaign trail
4-27	Fletcher fuels energy, health; Goal is for county to be ‘America's energy capitol'
4-27	Today in Big Coal
4-27	Appalachian Terror Unit tears up the Java Joint
4-27	Promise of fair hearing cools coal-dock annexation battle
4-27	Mercury levels make fish unsafe for some
4-27	Suspects come out of mine
4-27	Cecil Roberts to speak at WVU-Tech
4-27	Means Exist to Cut Emissions, But is There the Will?
4-27	Public Remains Split on Response to Warming
4-27	Censoring Global Warming Skeptics
4-27	Debates over "clean" coal continue
4-27	Is China outdoing US in curbing carbon? Its plans to limit emissions and boost efficiency could undercut a key argument against carbon dioxide limits in the US.
4-27	Australia drought is climate change warning: UK
4-27	Germany Sets Tougher Goals to Protect Climate
4-27	UK: April hottest on record - High temperatures, and even higher anxiety, in Europe
4-27	Scientists Demand Changes to Film by Global Warming Skeptic
4-27	Key Points in Canada's Plan to Cut Greenhouse Gases
4-26	Fight renewed over streamlined mine permits
4-26	At least one Boone mine gets reprieve with court ruling
4-26	Global Warming Comes to Coal Country: The Prospects
4-26	Coal trucker's death to be counted
4-26	Why don't Congress and the media focus on the real problem with coal? (scroll down)
4-26	Ky. Voter Guide--Mountaintop removal and gubernatorial candidates
4-26	Coal industry backs safety chambers
4-26	Power to the Public Financing - Justices Reconsider Campaign Finance
4-26	Ice shrinks, birds migrate early in warmer Arctic
4-26	'08 hopefuls tout climate-change plans
4-26	Critics of coal file petition against Duke
4-26	Bush Administration's Response to Global Warming Under Scrutiny - EPA Accused of Flouting Supreme Court - California to sue EPA over air standards
4-26	Massey picnic cancelled
4-26	Coal firm wants annexation hearing stopped
4-26	Company wants to use coal ash
4-26	The Danger Downwind
4-26	Industry caught in carbon ‘smokescreen’
4-26	ICG loses $8.1 million in 1st quarter, announces production cuts
4-26	Responders search mine for man
4-26	The Spin Over the "Joint Nuclear Energy Action Plan"
4-26	Coal Power Worsening Australia Drought
4-26	China must end its dependency on coal
4-26	India's energy dilemma: Coal-powered growth vs climatic disaster
4-26	Canadian Province Joins California Climate Pact
4-26	Climate-Change Divide
4-26	China eases hostility over climate crisis
4-26	Queensland, Australia: 90% say climate change top issue
4-25	MSHA finds violations in accident - MSHA cites coal operator, contractors for explosive accident
4-25	Conservation and efficiency could help; ditch coal-to-liquid plans
4-25	Coal conversion could be boon for Appalachia - Groups battle over liquefied coal
4-25	Climate: Time Is Short
4-25	Humans should be smart enough to avoid extinction
4-25	'Landscrape' opening reception
4-25	The Business of Environmental Protection
4-25	EPA chief criticized for lagging on warming - Democrats want swifter EPA action on emissions standards
4-25	State mine board to consider drug testing (scroll down)
4-25	No more Massey Energy picnic
4-25	AEP says it won't abandon coal plans
4-25	Consol Energy, Chevron Develop Coal Mine
4-25	Coal plant progressing amid protests, lack of buyers
4-25	Actions by U.S. States Advance Debate on Climate Change
4-25	Global warming causing thirstier trees
4-25	China could overtake US as biggest emissions culprit by November - The Great Pall of China
4-25	Asia in spotlight over global warming
4-25	Canada: 20% emissions cut by 2020
4-25	Climate clash threatens EU-US summit
4-25	Germany Also Faces Extreme Weather Due to Global Warming
4-25	Russian Energy Giant to Bundle Carbon Credits With Gas Sales
4-25	The Chinese mining industry - cheaper lives mean cheaper coal; so Australian bosses threaten relocation
4-24	Jane Goodall: Life Is Hanging By A Thread
4-24	U.N. Panel to Lay Out Steps on Warming - U.N. panel lists climate-change cures
4-24	Lincoln Standard: Residents concerned about mining operation
4-24	Shareholders sue Sago Mine owner - Suit accuses ICG of misleading investors
4-24	Beckley Register Herald op-ed: King of the Hill
4-24	Cecil Roberts briefs Berkeley County Democrats on clean coal technology, mountaintop removal (there is no such thing as "clean" coal)
4-24	Charlotte Weber: Coal-to-liquid technology will benefit U.S., W.Va. - Coal-to-liquid doesn't make sense for economy, environment
4-24	Mining companies challenge emergency shelter requirement
4-24	Accident in Chinese coal mine kills 11 miners
4-24	Merrier Times for King Coal - Arch Coal profit falls in 1Q but shares rise as it beats estimates
4-24	Sea life at risk as acid levels rise in oceans
4-24	U.S. Government Scientists Urge Preparation for Climate Change
4-24	EU, U.S. at loggerheads over climate change, energy
4-24	Target Global Warming, Target Exxon
4-24	Six steps to hell
4-24	Scientists: Climate clock is ticking in South Florida
4-24	Vast fossilized rainforest found deep in a coal mine - Geologists discover world's largest fossil forest in the ceiling of an Illinois coal mine
4-24	Melting Himalayan Glaciers a Dire Threat - Experts
4-24	Top Brass Fear Climate Change
4-24	China's first climate change steps too small
4-24	Deep sea fish growing slower due to global warming
4-24	UK Companies Unite to Help Fight Climate Change
4-24	Mutual Funds Ignore Climate Change Risks - Ceres
4-24	Climate change dominates Australian political debate
4-24	An island made by global warming
4-23	Earth Day 2007: Happiness Is a Smaller Eco-Footprint
4-23	Save Our Cumberland Mountains Group Hits TVA Feasibility Plan
4-23	Crunch time for Hitler's fuel: Supporters of 'liquid coal' tout homegrown benefits as Congress weighs energy bills, but questions remain
4-23	Coal tipple owner threatens suit
4-23	Stream restoration could reduce flooding (Eliminating mountaintop removal / valley fill would reduce sedimentation, flooding)
4-23	MSHA decides to investigate 2005 mining death
4-23	Climate Change Adds Twist to Debate Over Dams
4-23	Chinese coal mining death toll mounts
4-23	Jane Goodall: Climate change makes deforestation an even bigger threat
4-23	Small Island States Speak Out at Security Council Climate Change Session
4-23	Earth Day: How gardeners can fight global warming
4-23	Rove’s debate with Crow, David over global warming heats atmosphere at correspondent’s dinner
4-22	E.O. Wilson: Acting Now To Save Life On Earth
4-22	James Hansen: Climate Change--Why We Can't Wait
4-22	This Earth Day, a focus on Earth's warming
4-22	Kathy Mattea to raise awareness for Girl Scouts
4-22	Mingo County Redevelopment Authority
4-22	Feds, state reopen probe of coal trucker’s death
4-22	Worth the risk?
4-22	Unsafe culture surrounds mines
4-22	In Florida, Warming Gives Earth Day New Urgency
4-22	How eager are we to fight global warming? Statewide poll finds most Pennsylvanians see individual efforts as too inconvenient
4-22	Changing the Social Climate
4-22	Drastic ecological change coming
4-22	American ruling could put gas guzzlers off the road
4-22	Hard choices, sacrifices ahead on global warming - including higher costs
4-22	China says global warming threatens development
4-22	That sinking feeling
4-21	Finally, An Earth Day With Promise
4-21	OVEC fighting for new Marsh Fork Elementary
4-21	Bodies of 2 Maryland miners found in collapse
4-21	Maryland mining accident illustrates safety risk in surface mining (scroll to 4-20 entry)
4-21	Proxy shows Massey CEO received nearly $27 million last year despite stock trouble - Troubled mines pay big
4-21	Mine rescue practice planned
4-21	Gypsum Dome Built At Cardinal Plant
4-21	Deregulation fails to meet promises; power bills soar
4-21	Coal company decides to leave Appalachia
4-21	Mentor residents win fly-ash battle
4-21	Coal-fired plant hits bumps in road
4-21	Reliance on Coal Sullies 'Green the Capitol' Effort
4-21	Nine killed in China coal mine accidents
4-21	Regulators cite railroad after Seward coal dust complaints
4-21	Step It Up on Wall Street
4-21	Successor Deal to Kyoto Now Vital for Former Refusenik
4-21	Climate change putting bird species in danger
4-21	Bush vs. Clinton on climate change
4-20	State to study coal slurry waste
4-20	Growing Number of Americans See Warming as Leading Threat
4-20	The State Journal: States that stick with carbon fuels will do poorly, because soon there will be no demand for carbon
4-20	World Needs to Axe Greenhouse Gases by 80 Pct: Report
4-20	Massey Union Vote - Bid fails by 70 votes
4-20	Massey says company will resume work at Logan site - Mine Web: Massey wins some ‘valley fill’ respite; but what of 2008? - Massey allowed to resume use of fills
4-20	Coal giant puts more focus on Wyoming - Peabody decides to spin off operations in W.Va., Kentucky
4-20	Power plant project gets $600M
4-20	AEP partners with Pa. company to construct power line - Allegheny Energy Seeks Virginia Authorization for New Transmission Line
4-20	Energy--Governors take steps (coal-to-liquid is a super giant step in the wrong direction) - Coal to liquids debated in hearing
4-20	Mattea shares experiences at Girl Scout fundraiser
4-20	W.Va. asks for federal help to cope with flooding - Logan: Cleanup continues in flooded areas
4-20	Orphan ponds worry Fayette residents
4-20	Maryland mine’s record too good to be true, safety experts say - Search for Md. Miners Turns Up Vehicle
4-20	Mine Shelter Plans Submitted
4-20	EPA questions coal-bed water bill
4-20	Laurie and Sheryl Go to School
4-20	Stricter gas emission cuts to curb global warming
4-20	U.N. urges businesses to tackle climate change, think "green"
4-20	Businesses 'face tougher climate change legislation'
4-20	Drought-Hit Australia to Stop Irrigating Food Bowl - Australia: For millions the water will stop midyear
4-20	Norway Aims to be Carbon Neutral by 2050
4-20	China coal mine gas "burst" traps 11
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