(Jun)  Archive - July, 2007  (Aug)

	News Links Relevant to OVEC Issues
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7-31	Former DEP chief speaks out on mining reclamation
7-31	Former DEP chief speaks out on mining reclamation (scroll to 7/26 entry)
7-31	CTL (coal to Liquid) One Terrible Idea For Solving Our Energy Needs  -  Tell Congress Liquid Coal is a Bad Deal for Global Warming...
7-31	...But meanwhile in Kentucky officials visit "clean" CTL plant
7-31	...And meanwhile from the U.S. National Petroleum Council: A Coal-To-Liquids Assessment
7-31	Diesel spill at ICG mine fouls Tug Fork tributary
7-31	Energy Bill Aids the Expansion Plans of Atomic Power Plants   -  Firm Applies To Expand Nuclear Plant In Maryland
7-31	50 Dirtiest U.S. Power Plants: Co2 Pollution Linked To Global Warming On Track To Rise By A Third, Mixed Picture On Other Key Pollutants
7-31	A fresh start, 'unbridled cleanup' of government
7-31	An interview with Barack Obama about his presidential platform on energy and the environment
7-31	Massey considering ways to increase production
7-31	Illinois bids to bring in "clean-coal" plant
7-31	Boxer vows to act on global warming
7-31	Australia Pushes "Clean" Coal
7-30	Coal-to-liquids a shell game we shouldn’t play (letters to the editor are great tools; please use them!)
7-30	More research needed on carbon sequestration
7-30	Two weeks until the Convergences for Climate
7-30	Suit targets power plant loans
7-30	Issues surrounding coal bed methane drilling in Pa.  -  Property owners seeking royalties
7-30	Kentucky: Paid for idled special session, lawmakers seek to reject checks
7-30	Ownership In Mine Safety
7-30	German Hard-Coal Production to Cease by 2018, When Subsidies Expire
7-30	Kansas seeks to rely on both coal and wind to generate electricity
7-30	Proposed coal mine across Cook Inlet draws protesters
7-30	Critics claim coal-fired power plant's water use is excessive
7-30	69 miners trapped in coal mine flooding in central China
7-30	Big Ideas For A Small Planet – Pray (coal sludge dam photo credit should got to OVEC and SouthWings)
7-30	Experts warn of Mercury levels in Gulf
7-30	Wildfires bring up climate-change issues
7-30	Study Blames Climate Change for Rise in Hurricanes  -  Global Warming Causing More Atlantic Hurricanes, Study Finds
7-30	Melting ice may threaten water supplies
7-30	Uniting to fight warming
7-30	Senators assess climate change from Greenland  -  Global warming triggered by our actions
7-30	Montgomery County: County, Others Pledge to Fight Global Warming
7-30	Austrians Convinced of Climate Change
7-30	UK: Summer is Wettest Since Records Began  -  UK Forecasters See More Deluges in Years To Come  -  Farmers Struggle To Stay Afloat After UK Floods  - Weather Wreaks Havoc on Europe's Grain Crop
7-30	US Launches Program To Offset Carbon With Trees
7-30	UN Aims To Set Example in Carbon Neutral Push
7-29	Rahall studies input on strip-mining regs (please write Rahall and tell him what you think)
7-29	Citibank and Bank of America Urged to Divest From Dirty Coal
7-29	Kentucky energy session evokes hope, scorn; Legislature plans to iron out deal for Peabody
7-29	Train Hits Coal Truck in Mingo County
7-29	To dismay of power utilities, coal emissions are under fire
7-29	Hearing on Power Line Draws Vocal Crowd
7-29	Coal is king but for how long?
7-29	Lawmakers press feds for millions
7-29	Boxer blasts EPA's stance on gases law  - U.S. Environment Chief Draws Fire on Global Warming
7-29	As development and climate change imperil rice yields, scientists seek new Green Revolution
7-29	Can Britain beat the storms ahead
7-28	Massive diesel spill fouls Tug River; Authorities at the ICG East Kentucky surface mine site; Spill not reported for hours
7-28	Clinton comes to town
7-28	The Showdown on Coal-to-Liquid Technology
7-28	Big Coal powers questions
7-28	We can't pass energy problems to next generation
7-28	Convergences for Climate Action Aug 8-14
7-28	Eastern U.S. coal profits top the West  -    Massey Mulls Met Coal Production   -   Massey considers raising high-end coal production
7-28	Wall Street Journal: Coal doubters block new wave of power plants
7-28	US coal companies count cost of post-Sago safety
7-28	Coal Encroaches on "STATE ANIMAL" - Where's the DNR?
7-28	Ann Pancake to present at Kentucky Women Writers Conference
7-28	Lose waste, gain gypsum
7-28	Barge companies say drought driving up transport costs
7-28	Quecreek Five Years Later
7-28	Potential Higher Prices for Oil Can Translate into More Sustainable Transportation… As Long as We Guide the Process
7-28	Floods show global warming is here
7-28	Ban, Schwarzenegger Urge Global Warming Action
7-27	Families Worried That Cemetery Was Bulldozed By Mountaintop Removal  -  Aerial photos of the cemetery--Thanks to SouthWings
7-27	Dry to the bone-Recent rains fail to relieve drought conditions in W. Va.  -  Gazette graphic of W. Va. drought
7-27	Representatives Oppose Costly and Dirty Liquid Coal Process
7-27	Kentucky: Richards takes the lead  -  Southeast's 100-job project up in the air
7-27	Pendulum swinging against coal  -  Is the Coal Rush Over?  -  Coal’s future in the U.S. dim
7-27	Miner takes his battle to West Virginia Supreme Court
7-27	Jim Kotcon: Power line would not serve W.Va.
7-27	SMCRA 30th Anniversary PR: The chestnut tree is spreading again along Appalachia's strip-mined mountainsides
7-27	Raney should use his power for mine safety
7-27	Dirtiest power sites include 4 in Indiana -  Texas leads list of dirtiest U.S. power plants  -  Dirtiest Power Plants in the USA Named
7-27	Navajos and Environmentalists Split on Power Plant  - The Economist: The politics of Indian coal
7-27	Documentary On Where Power Comes From
7-27	Alabama Company Is Exonerated in Murders at Colombian Mine  -  Coal company didn't set up killings, jury says
7-27	Reid tells four companies no coal power in Nevada
7-27	NC: Landfill Legislation Addresses Coal Ash Landfills
7-27	Coal mining threatens the "Heart of Borneo"
7-27	Barrasso opposes mining reclamation nominee
7-27	New Legislation in US Senate Promises Clean Water Protections
7-27	It's a Small World: Google Earth Outreach
7-27	Twisting Roads Take You to the Heart of Appalachia
7-27	Massey Energy Q2 EPS Surges On Top-line Growth  -  Consol Energy 2Q profit up 39 percent   -  ICG increases size of debt offering
7-27	The Peak Oil Crisis: Hard Truths
7-27	Nevada Has Big Temperature Gains
7-27	Smog May Speed Up Global Warming
7-27	Lawmakers Grill EPA Chief on California Law
7-27	Blighting Plants, Choking Lungs, Warming World Among Smog's Effects
7-26	Law not stopping mine damage, House told; Hearing held ahead of 30th anniversary of surface mine act on Aug. 3  - News from the 25th anniversary of SMCRA  -  Federal officials see improvement in surface mining reclamation
7-26	MSHA finds violations in mine deaths  -    MSHA cites W.Va. mine for roof fall deaths
7-26	Ky: August session proposed to consider giveaway of taxpayer dollars to coal   -  Legislators agree to work on energy bill
7-26	More coal to liquid insanity: A Promise and Compromise on Energy  -   Hoeven Meets With Congressional, White House Officials -   W2 Energy Inc. to Build Bench Scale Coal-to-Liquid Plant to Enter Into Diesel Fuel Market
7-26	‘Fiends’ of coal bomb God’s majestic mountains  -  Mattea doesn’t understand mines
7-26	Mountaintop removal shocks Mattea ~Ramey, others join country music star on visit
7-26	Wyo: Feds may withhold dollars
7-26	Coal-to-natural gas plant announced
7-26	Are Voter Registration Drives Being Put Out of Business?
7-26	Liquefied gas tanks explode near Dallas
7-26	Planet Ark Ozone Cuts Plant Growth, Spurs Global Warming - Study
7-25	Voice of America: Debate Underway in US Over Coal's Future
7-25	Rest in peace: John G. Mitchell; Editor At National Geographic
7-25	Two letters to the editor in the Charleston Gazette: Mines move land, but so do roads (the letter writer fails to understand the extremely massive scale of mountaintop removal and the perpetually useless nature of the end "product" of this "work in progress") -  Is cheap power worth the sacrifice?
7-25	OVEC Action Alert
7-25	KFTC ACTION ALERT: No Subsidies for Filthy Fuels, updated
7-25	Fantasy of cheap electricity is just that
7-25	ICG plans to increase debt level
7-25	How Our Fossil Fuel Dependence Is Jeopardizing Our Healthcare System
7-25	How to Hit the Trifecta
7-25	China says coal use surging despite environmental worries
7-25	Texas: Cities, Counties, Environmental Groups Sue Over Coal Plant Permit
7-25	Lawsuit Filed to Block Mont. Coal Plant
7-25	Tuna's "Russian roulette"  -  Eat fish or avoid it? Scientists weigh in
7-25	High Mercury Levels Found in One-Fourth of Adults
7-25	What to Say to Those Who Think Nuclear Power Will Save Us  -  Renewable energy projects will devour huge amounts of land, warns researcher
7-25	G.E. Unveils Credit Card Aimed at Relieving Carbon Footprints
7-25	Study: climate change threatens cold-water animals
7-25	Johns Hopkins Adopts Climate Change Policy
7-25	British Prime Minister Blames Floods on Climate Change
7-25	Hungary heatwave kills hundreds
7-25	Study: Rising Temperatures Pose Danger
7-25	Britain to build five carbon neutral towns
7-24	WV Public Radio: (A couple of) West Virginians reply to RFK Jr. on mountaintop removal (scroll to 7/24 entry)
7-24	Botetourt County (Va.) residents prepare to fight mountain top mining
7-24	Will Congress' New Enviro Legislation Sell Us Out to the Coal Industry?
7-24	Forest coalition welcomes rule changes  - Drilling rules proposed to protect forests
7-24	Letter to the editor in the Charleston Gazette: Roberts boosts benefits for UMW (scroll down)
7-24	Letter to the editor in yesterday's Daily Mail: The true cost of coal is hard to measure (scroll down; letters to the editor are great tools; please use them)
7-24	Lexington Herald Leader editorial on Peabody coal to liquid plans
7-24	More government propaganda on CTL: Lowell Miller has been spamming this coal-to-liquid op-ed all over the nation
7-24	More coal to liquid insanity: ConocoPhillips joins Peabody  -   Peabody and ConocoPhillips Enter Into Agreement to Explore Development of Midwest Coal-to-Substitute Natural Gas Facility
7-24	Coal States Frustration
7-24	Maryland: Coal company proposal could impact water source
7-24	Chinese question Schweitzer about coal project
7-24	Indian Tribe Becomes Force in West’s Energy Boom
7-24	South Africa: Acid From Coal Mines Pollutes Underground Water Systems
7-24	Japan quake sends tremors across nuclear industry
7-24	Environmental lawsuit aims to block coal-fired plant funding
7-24	Study highlights impact of climate change on Arctic river systems
7-24	Heavy rain in Britain due to global warming: Scientists  -  Thousands of Britons Flee Deluged Homes
7-23	Worldwide Floods Show Lessons Still Need Learning
7-23	French check out decapitation mines
7-23	After earning fellowship, photographer plans to document effects of mountaintop removal during West Virginia journey
7-23	Judy Bonds' LTE in Coal Valley News (letters to the editor are great tools; please use them)
7-23	Beckley Register-Herald: Coal-to-liquids idea is gaining more supporters  -  Lexington Herald Leader: We've been down synfuels road before; SUBSIDIZING COAL INDUSTRY WON'T BRING PROSPERITY
7-23	ICG Boss Says Mine Seal Regs Steep
7-23	New York Times editorial: How the Energy Dice Were Loaded
7-23	Wall Street Journal: Democrats' Divisions Weigh on Energy Bill
7-23	Exaggerated oil recovery
7-23	Shell Ordered to Suspend Arctic Offshore Drilling
7-23	Australia: Thoroughbred breeders continue push against coal mining
7-23	11 coal miners trapped in flooded coal mine in north China
7-23	Climate Change Threatens Latam Water Supply
7-23	Tibet's average annual temperature rising faster -  Tibet Warming Up Faster Than Anywhere in the World
7-23	Warnings sounded as Med melts in heat
7-23	England under water: scientists global warming link to increased rain
7-23	Report says carbon offset market needs code
7-23	Climate Change Fears Reach Even Formula One Racing
7-23	We must face up to the flooding, not flee to the sun
7-23	Climate Change Threatening Canada's Polar Bears, Will Unleash Insect-Borne Diseases
7-22	Charleston Gazette: 30 years later, mine law’s success debated
7-22	Huntington Herald Dispatch editorial: Despite celebrity pleas, coal isn't going away (OVEC members want an immediate end to mountaintop removal, leadership that recognizes the crisis of global warming and a transition out of the carbon era into the renewable energy era. We want jobs with a future, not jobs that poison the air and water and lay waste to the land.)
7-22	Associated Press: States should take lead on climate change, governors say (what you are thinking is right-- NOT the WV & KY governors)
7-22	Kentucky candidates need epiphany on mountaintop removal
7-22	Beckley Register Herald: Mine inspectors difficult to retain
7-22	Editorial: Va. power plant-build it, but don't use mountaintop removal coal    -  New power plants pricey
7-22	Critics question coal-fired power plant’s water use
7-22	'Losing sight of Planet Earth'
7-22	Science chief: cut birthrate to save Earth; lower population would cut CO2 at a fraction of renewable energy cost
7-22	Park eyes climate change
7-22	Children team up to battle global warming
7-22	After the deluge, let's have action
7-22	Seven killed in coal mine gas blast in northeast China
7-21	Greens rejoice as analyst sours on U.S. coal
7-21	Coal Story's Next Chapter
7-21	New Glimpse at Players in Energy Group Led by Cheney
7-21	The truth about coal
7-21	More coal-to-liquid insanity: Grant funds study of W.Ky. plant feasibility   -  Engineers study Ky. for coal gasification plant -  PA: Coal-to-oil fuel hits the road
7-21	Big Oil Signals Need For Alternative Fuels, Carbon Capture
7-21	Two Wright (PA) residents complain about pollution, noise from coal processing plant
7-21	Congress eyes changes to 1872 mining law
7-21	Coal bed methane companies impact quality of water in Eastern Montana
7-21	Veteran House Democrat Guards Turf on Energy
7-21	Killer heat bakes Europe
7-21	Climate woes hit poor hardest
7-21	National Public Radio: What We Can Do About Global Warming
7-21	High carbon footprint doesn’t equal happiness
7-20	The Wild Side Radio News: Mountaintop Removal--The New Eco-Terrorists
7-20	How to Stop the Planet from Burning
7-20	Black Bears Bulldozed in West Virginia
7-20	River spill under control, DEP says  -  Water from old mine stains Big Coal River tributary
7-20	Kentucky Representative Looking For Funds To Complete Bridge For Industrial Site
7-20	Citigroup recommends investors get out of coal, downgrades major coal miners  -  Coal stocks tumble on Citigroup downgrade   -  Some good news about coal
7-20	PPG chlorine plant faulted as major source of mercury pollution  -  Group Protests Mercury Polluters, Including Ohio Valley Plant
7-20	More coal to liquid insanity: Federal funds for coal plant
7-20	DOGGING BIG COAL
7-20	'Clean coal' misleading says Greenpeace
7-20	Volunteers, sponsors sought for festival
7-20	Some Navajos Oppose Plant on Reservation
7-20	New plant may raise rates
7-20	Report predicts environmental disaster for US Northeast
7-20	INCREASE IN CREEPING VINES SIGNALS MAJOR SHIFT IN SOUTHERN U.S. FORESTS
7-20	Accidents Dim Hopes for Green Nuclear Option
7-20	Warming Poses Threats To Chesapeake, Group Says
7-20	Iron to Plankton To Carbon Credits
7-20	Climate change threatens polar bear population
7-20	Poll: Global Warming Top Environmental Problem
7-20	Beware Melting Glaciers This Century
7-19	Charleston Gazette: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. wants to send a message; Author lists mountaintop removal among 'Crimes Against Nature'   -  WVNS TV: Well-known environmentalist visits Raleigh County
7-19	Louisville Courier Journal:  Edwards visits Eastern Kentucky -  Young people