(Sep)  Archive - October, 2007  (Nov)

	News Links Relevant to OVEC Issues
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10-31	Public campaign financing proposed
10-31	Mine rescue teams attack changes  -  Mine union criticizes rescue rule
10-31	Mine deaths--Failed government  -  When workers are hurt or die, does the Bush team even notice?
10-31	Appalachian Coal: the faucet is almost dry
10-31	Who’s watching our water?
10-31	Award-winning author, alum Ann Pancake to give public reading at WVU
10-31	30,000-year-old messages: War is haunting, but so is inability to end it
10-31	Barf alert: Rentech's Future Turns a Lovely Shade of Green
10-31	Students rally for environment
10-31	Appalachian Treasures & Step It Up - Action to Stop Global Warming (11/3)
10-31	Fletcher: ‘Hit list’ is a promotion list
10-31	Unlucky Kentucky
10-31	Show sheds light on a planet in crisis
10-30	Boone mine check missed; MSHA did not inspect complex before fatality  -  Victim In Mining Accident Identified
10-30	Letters to the editor in the Herald Dispatch--these are great tools--please use them!
10-30	Peabody will only consider Kentucky
10-30	Rentech proposal to get public airing; The public gets a chance to weigh in on plan to turn plant into coal-to-liquids facility
10-30	Massey V. W.Va. Court Suit Continues
10-30	Work Begins On Massey Headquarters
10-30	Coal sparks WVU gift, gripe, too
10-30	Fletcher, Beshear square off in final debate
10-30	Citizens call to Office of Surface Mining: “Pull the Rule, Enforce the Law”
10-30	Two New (and Very Different) Roadmaps for Climate Progress
10-30	The Prophet Of Climate Change: James Lovelock
10-30	Industry's plan for us; The many ways big money seeks to avoid reducing fossil fuel use
10-30	Who Are the Real Leaders on Climate Change?
10-30	Britain Says May Propose Deeper Carbon Cuts
10-30	Carbon Partnership Hopes to Go Global
10-30	Panel Urges Global Shift
10-30	Britain Says May Propose Deeper Carbon Cuts
10-29	Miner killed on Sunday in underground Boone accident
10-29	Daily Kos: The War at Home  -  Bits and pieces, pieces and bits  - Mountain Top Removal
10-29	Coal key to Kentucky's future? Fletcher, Beshear say yes, back mining, fuel development
10-29	Boom in coal production comes amid concerns for workers and environment  -  Boom in China's coal industry draws interest from America
10-29	Wyoming promised ‘no strings’ abandoned mine lands funds
10-29	Big Coal loses a round in 'Moving Mountains,' but the battle's not over
10-29	Climate change cannot be bargained with
10-29	Strip mining damages nature
10-29	Chinese province sees high rates of birth defects in coal mining areas
10-29	'Black Diamonds' director knows life she captures in film -    Catawba to show film on mountaintop removal mining
10-29	Peabody settles on Kentucky for possible coal plant
10-28	Bush's Appalachian War: Bombing Ancient Mountains
10-28	Passions running high as the hills
10-28	Pipeline to Wall Street: EnerVest building gas empire with an army of investors
10-28	'Clean coal': Are we betting on the wrong horse?
10-28	World's addiction to coal growing, despite worries about global warming
10-28	Wildfires: Climate change symptom?  -  Is warming for real? Ask Californians in fiery grip
10-27	Stop Mountaintop Removal on the Midland Trail
10-27	Video from the buffer zone hearing in Tennessee  - Podcast from the hearing in Kentucky
10-27	Activist Fasts for Action on Climate Change
10-27	Power Shift: Students to lobby for action on climate change
10-27	Kansas can find alternatives to coal plants  -  In Kansas, No to Coal Plants, Yes to 'More Promising' Energy Sources
10-27	Massey looking to export more coal on steel growth  -   Demand for coal destroys mountaintops  -  Consol Energy plans to export more coal to Europe
10-27	Boom in China's coal industry draws increasing interest
10-27	One man's opinion
10-27	RSVP for Sierra Club North Jersey - Special Guest on Mountaintop Removal in Appalachia
10-27	Church classes explore Appalachian life
10-27	Chamber happy about plans for CTL plant in East Liverpool, Ohio -  Gas-to-liquids technology in snapshot
10-27	Are the Wildfires in California Related to Global Warming?
10-26	Save the planet? It's now or never, warns landmark UN report
10-26	WV: Manchin's coal-to-liquids energy plan gets little support
10-26	KY: Coal-to-gas plant likely in Kentucky ; Peabody was offered $250 million in incentives  -  Peabody, Alltech get preliminary approval for tax incentives
10-26	Mountaintop-removal novel getting noticed
10-26	Coal showdown
10-26	How I Did It: Filmmaker takes shot at documentary
10-26	30 Days to Save the Mountains: What does Dodd Say?
10-26	Massey reports revenue growth, announces production increase
10-26	Dave Peyton: Removing mountaintops isn't the best way
10-26	WVU social work students help plan peace festival in Wheeling
10-26	Kentucky, W. Virginia and Virginia join forces to clean Big Sandy River
10-26	Climate change putting human survival at risk, U.N. study says  -     Earth Is Reaching The Point of No Return, Says Major UN Environment Report
10-26	Author Penny Loeb to visit ACTC Library Nov. 9th
10-26	Creating Our Own Hell on Earth
10-26	Climate Change Seen Hurting Poor Regions
10-26	White House defends 'health benefits' of climate change
10-26	Coal to Make Germany Miss CO2 Target
10-26	As glaciers melt, Chile's future uncertain
10-26	A tax on carbon to cool the planet
10-25	Charleston Gazette: OSM gets an earful on mine rules  - WOWK and State Journal: Mining Hearing Draws Crowds -  Associated Press: Environmental groups protest at Appalachia mine hearings    - WSAZ--Proposed Change for Mining Rules  -
10-25	WV MetroNews: Environmentalists Battle the Coal Industry Again -  AP: Mining and waterways don't mix , protestors say  - AP article with photo in Courier Journal  -
10-25	Lexington Herald Leader: Changes in strip mining opposed - Bristol (TN) Herald Courier: Mining rule change bashed by local residents  -  Pittsburgh Post Gazette: Environmentalists oppose proposed change in mining rule  -  Knoxville: Citizens can weigh in on proposed rule changes from OSM
10-25	Survey Shows Negative Perception of Coal
10-25	Massey CEO dropping lawsuit vs. W.Va. Dems
10-25	Climate Change Testimony Was Edited by White House
10-25	Christian Science Monitor: Pace of coal-power boom slackens; Rising construction costs and potential climate legislation in Congress halt at least 18 proposed power plants in the past nine months
10-25	Warming Could Wipe Out Half of All Species -Global warming to cause mass extinction: report  -  Scientists Link Extinctions, Rising Temperatures
10-25	Houses collapse into China coal mine, 12 dead
10-25	West Virginia will pay high price for others' energy use
10-25	States call on EPA to cut Midwest mercury pollution
10-25	Duke eyes renewable sources
10-25	CNN: 'World at peak oil output'
10-25	Nuclear Power Output Could Double by 2030
10-25	Pint-size hydro power on tap; Start-up Rentricity designs a generator that brings hydroelectric power down to size for cites and towns
10-25	Obama 'Refines' Coal to Liquid Stance, Concerns Continue
10-25	Global warming and the California wildfires  -  Massive California Fires Consistent With Climate Change, Experts Say
10-25	Senate hearing looks at health problems from global warming
10-25	'Music of Coal' rings so true
10-25	International Coal Group Reports Third Quarter 2007 Results
10-25	German villages to die for brown coal
10-25	UN, IOC Say Beijing's Bad Air a Problem
10-25	San Diego Fires Latest Example of Risks Posed by Global Warming
10-24	Lovelock: Warming Will Kill 6 Billion -  James Lovelock's terror masks the same old industrial-era thinking
10-24	30 Days to Save the Mountains: And Not a Drop to Drink
10-24	Mountaintop mining pollutes as it destroys
10-24	Power line foes make their case before PSC
10-24	Company to pitch in on W.Va. highway
10-24	Panel Urges Global Shift on Sources of Energy
10-24	Solution to Energy and Climate Crises? A Game of Leapfrog
10-24	States Set to Sue the U.S. Over Greenhouse Gases
10-24	Agenda released for energy hearing (scroll down)
10-24	White House Cut Warming Impact Testimony
10-24	Steinmeier: Climate Change Growing Threat to Peace
10-24	CTL--Coal Plant Dispute (Rockford, IL.)
10-24	Atmospheric CO2 rises more than expected since 2000
10-24	Activists Drape 50-Foot Banner Across From Bank of America Headquarters, Call on Bank to Stop Funding Dirty Coal  -  RAN to BOA: Stop Destroying Communities, Environment!
10-24	Book connection author visits, speaks
10-24	Union College To Host Forum on Religion and the Environment
10-24	What if no one voted?: Assessing the power of the protest non-vote
10-24	Gore Says 2007 Pivotal Year in Climate Change Fight
10-24	Challenging Gasoline: Diesel, Ethanol, Hydrogen
10-24	AEP earnings rise in 3Q on warmer weather
10-24	Report due on afflictions near toxic waste site
10-24	Climate change is linked to mass extinctions of past
10-24	Gore calls for urgent action to tackle global warming
10-24	Energy firm expects to grow in W.Va.
10-23	Carbon Dioxide Levels Up Faster Than Thought - Study
10-23	Scientists See Coal As Key Challenge
10-23	30 Days to Save the Mountains: The Curse
10-23	In den USA wächst der Widerstand gegen eine brutale Form des Steinkohleabbaus
10-23	Protest on construction crane blocks uptown traffic  -  4 arrested for protest Uptown
10-23	Novel tells of effects of mountaintop removal
10-23	Public hearings on proposed power line (scroll to 10/22 entry)
10-23	Miner dies getting caught in conveyor belt  -  Miner killed in Randolph County mine accident
10-23	Coal Power Opponents Get New Weapon from Kansas
10-23	Politicians exploit nature for profit
10-23	Presentation to examine effects of mining method
10-23	Consumer Challenge: Making Head or Tail of Fish and Mercury
10-22	WV Public Radio: West Virginia customers can now sell power they generate to the electric company
10-22	Scientists See Coal As Key Challenge
10-22	Lawyers contribute thousands to campaigns
10-22	Coal offers temporary jobs, false prosperity
10-22	At the Poles, Melting Occurring at Alarming Rate
10-22	Demand for coal might have peaked
10-22	The case against coal
10-22	CBM: Mont. environmental standard upheld
10-21	30 Days to Save the Mountains: Almost Heaven, West Virginia ...
10-21	30 Days to Save the Mountains: Paradise
10-21	Author will discuss vanishing natural resources   -  Book Fair is Nov. 10
10-21	Raging in mines from Pennsylvania to China, coal fires threaten towns, poison air and water, and add to global warming
10-21	Fight Against Coal Plants Draws Diverse Partners
10-21	Energy Opportunities Plan a good start for the long term
10-21	Whether government is D or R, money rules
10-21	Work for state marked by aggressive approach
10-21	If your paycheck depends on it, guess you can force yourself to believe it: Coal is vital; technology will clean up its future
10-21	Fly ash debate continues in Giles County
10-21	Energy Traders Avoid Scrutiny
10-21	Rising Tide Announces 4 New Campaigns - Time to get involved!
10-21	Juried photo goes straight to the top
10-21	The fossil fools
10-21	Poll shows Americans getting more concerned about global warming
10-20	Solar power edges towards boom time
10-20	David Selby busy with books, stage
10-20	UWSP alumna to attend U.N. climate conference
10-20	Publishers Weekly Nonfiction review--(scroll down) Coal River: How a Few Brave Americans Took on a Powerful Company—and the Federal Government—to Save the Land They Love
10-20	Utilities to praise lifting of controls
10-19	W.Va. No. 50 again: ‘Green states’ list misleading, DEP official says
10-19	$10 million sought for mine inspections; Byrd says MSHA needs more help with new reforms
10-19	CLEAN: Citizens Lead for Energy Action Now
10-19	Are Americans ready to switch from fossil fuels?
10-19	'Post-Fossil Fuel America' Survey: Bipartisan Support Seen For Coal-Fired Power Plant Moratorium, Stepped-Up Focus on Renewables
10-19	Washington Post: Power Plant Rejected Over Carbon Dioxide For First Time   -   KDHE Denies Sunflower Electric Air Quality Permit - Kansas says 'no' to big coal-fired power plant
10-19	Polluting Pennsylvania Power Plant Sued by Neighbors
10-19	Alternative to coal-fired power  -    Plans for Coal Power Plants Scrapped - Coal-fired plant will be an environmental threat
10-19	Thompson Sought Inspector's Removal
10-19	Severe drought conditions prompt WV governor to ban outdoor burning
10-19	AEP expanding coal shipping center in W.Va.
10-19	Priest to speak on mountaintop removal in Danville, KY
10-19	Entertainer will bring music, humor and poetry to Newry
10-19	EKU students mirror voter trends, frustrations
10-19	ACTIVISTA TALK ABOUT THE DAMAGE CAUSED BY MOUNTAINTOP REMOVAL  -  A mountain of mess
10-19	Wildfire smoke a culprit in mercury's toxic spread
10-19	Sasol coal mine strike in 5th day, fuel output OK
10-19	Nukes Are Back and So Are We
10-19	Gore Derangement Syndrome
10-19	Bleak "report card" finds warming Arctic
10-19	Bill to curb warming introduced
10-19	Congress to Consider Global Warming Wildlife Survival Bill
10-19	Scientists Confronting Climate Change
10-19	Swiss vote goes green with climate change
10-19	Global warming could threaten U.S. oil output
10-18	Lawyers: Blankenship can’t remain involved in politics unless he wins lawsuit against Manchin
10-18	Miner injured in roof fall
10-18	Press tele-conference today: A Post-Fossil Fuel America: Survey to Show if Americans Are Prepared to Make the Changes Needed to Move Past Current Addiction to Coal, Other Fossil Fuel
10-18	The State Journal: Judge Grants Injunction on Mining Permit
10-18	Daily Kos--30 Days to Save the Mountains:  Says Who?  -   Day 2 - Day 1  -   Intro
10-18	‘Climb the mountain while it’s still here’
10-18	REP endorses the Clean Water Protection Act (HR 2169)  -  Anniston Star editorial: Cleaner Waters
10-18	Eco Warrior Princess hates waiting for humans to do the right thing
10-18	Endangered benefits: Job health-care minimum must be set
10-18	The Global Warming Learning Curve
10-18	New Organization to Focus on Humanitarian Impact of Climate Change
10-18	Contamination data not misinterpreted
10-18	State Journal editorial -- We no longer can count on coal as the long-term linchpin of our economic fortunes
10-18	Plans for Coal Power Plants Scrapped
10-18	They're Stepping Up
10-18	Trains' clanking rankles Fayette woman
10-18	Summit sets high goals for climate change
10-18	Do Food Miles Make a Difference to Global Warming
10-17	Award-winning West Virginia Writer to Read from Her Work at Marshall
10-17	Valley fill would destroy community (letters to the editor are great tools--please use them!)
10-17	Coal provides false prosperity (letters to the editor are great tools--please use them!)
10-17	Notes from Google Earth Outreach at Net Tuesday
10-17	Safrica's Sasol coal mine strike in third day
10-17	Don't listen to snake oil salesmen touting 'clean coal'
10-17	Global Warming Starts to Divide G.O.P. Contenders
10-17	NCDC: Drought Spread Through US in Sept.
10-17	Tiny Pacific islands say climate change threatens survival
10-16	Coal shouldn't come before community -  Mountaintop removal destroys resources (Letters to the editor are great tools; please use them)
10-16	Residents want mining to be legal (Letters to the editor are great tools; please use them)
10-16	Coal conveyor belt reroutes traffic in Page
10-16	Bringing Down the Mountains: The Impact of Mountaintop Removal on Southern West Virginia Communities
10-16	APPALACHIAN CULTURES COMMITTEE PRESENTS: "Black Diamonds"
10-16	Coal-to-liquid fuel plants considered, but few want to be first in line
10-16	Enviromentalist (sic) target coal and energy
10-16	What's a little smoke?
10-16	Federal judge issues show-cause order
10-16	Change the Message to Save the Planet
10-16	Massey plans regional headquarters in Boone County
10-16	‘Mountain Day’
10-16	Home Insurers Canceling in East
10-16	Scientists: Climate Change Could Affect World Food Supply
10-16	New Money Is Last Hope in Battle to Save Rainforests
10-16	Where the '08 Contenders Stand on Global Warming
10-16	Wall Street Takes Al Gore's Cue on Climate Change