(Oct)  Archive - November, 2007  (Dec)

	News Links Relevant to OVEC Issues
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11-30	Peter Montague: NO MORE COAL
11-30	DEP plan could change potable water
11-30	UMW claims victory in 3-year-old strike; As picket shack comes down, Massey vows to appeal ruling at Mammoth mine
11-30	Robert F. Kennedy Jr.: Coal's True Cost  - RFK Jr. blasts government by corporations in U.S.
11-30	Site shows effects of mining; It details link between electricity and mountaintop coal removal   -  Does the Electricity You Use Demolish Mountains?
11-30	Ex-miners warn others may face toxic wastes
11-30	Collapse in mine safety, report says
11-30	Contaminated Well Owners File Class Action Suit in Maryland
11-30	‘Coaltown’ theme pitched for BIG project
11-30	Co-Gen plant bond sale a risky venture
11-30	Members of the public deliberate on energy choices
11-30	Kansas rejection of coal plant fires up backlash
11-30	Georgia: Coal power plant's permit in the crosshairs
11-30	Charge consumers to fight global warming says Exec  -  Duke CEO: Charge consumers for clean energy research
11-30	National Coal names Michael Castle CFO
11-30	China's largest-ever coal-fired power plant starts operation  -  China Sets Guidelines for Coal Projects
11-30	Climate conference to start Monday  -  Business leaders seek action on warming
11-30	Eating Vegetarian Is Taking Global Warming Personally
11-30	Study Details How U.S. Could Cut 28% of Greenhouse Gases
11-30	100 Billion Dollar Global Warming 'Fix' Discredited By New Research
11-30	Climate change - we've got 10 years
11-30	A Fifth of UN Carbon Credits May be Bogus
11-30	Warming blamed in die-offs
11-30	EU Forests Expand, Could Aid Climate Goals
11-29	James Hansen: Averting our eyes
11-29	Bernie Sanders: Global Warming Is Reversible
11-29	Protected stream list stalled
11-29	PSC wrapping up public power line hearings
11-29	Massey Energy teams with Essar Group to develop coal projects in India  -     Massey Energy to Team With India's Essar
11-29	Survivor of fatal fire at Aracoma mine files lawsuit against owner
11-29	Group Seeks Unity for New Transmission Lines
11-29	W.Va. projects a split personality
11-29	Coal ash may be more damaging than once thought, and the EPA considers further
11-29	Cabin Creek Road reopens after hazardous spill
11-29	Strange as This Weather Has Been
11-29	Ironic: Bush hosts Gore
11-29	Manchin stoking China’s problems
11-29	Fever Outbreak Linked to Climate Change
11-29	Coal fires threaten the globe
11-29	LS energy station's costs triple
11-29	Tarnished crown: We should re-evaluate dependence on King Coal
11-29	Letter urges halt to work at Indiana coal mine, citing waste
11-29	Climate change may cost Florida $345 bln a yr-study
11-29	Rich should pay for climate change: Brazil
11-29	Climate Change Traps World's Poorest
11-29	Climate Change Likely To Result In Eco-migration: What Can Be Done?
11-29	Mission Accomplished: Bush declares victory on climate change
11-29	Future of water may leave U.S. thirsting
11-29	Warming to the issue
11-29	Boom in China's coal industry draws increasing interest from U.S. investors
11-29	Seattle's serious about global warming
11-28	World must fix climate in less than 10 years: U.N.  -  UN: Poor Need $86 Billion in Climate Aid  -  Crops hit, more water shortages, higher sea levels, bigger disease risk
11-28	State EDA will be on $3 million hook if Western Greenbrier Co-generation plant isn’t built
11-28	W.Va. weighs water supply protections; In midst of historic droughts, legislators urged to expand resource survey program
11-28	Chemical truck overturns (story fails to mention that the truck  was on its way to a mountaintop removal site)   -  Road closed after tanker truck overturns and spills chemical   -  Learn about the US Mining Chemicals Market
11-28	Project Renewable Energy Cheaper Than Coal: Google branches into energy  -  Google To Spend Millions To Develop Renewable Energy Business   -  Google plans to spend 'hundreds of millions' to help the world end its reliance on coal  -  Google’s Next Frontier: Renewable Energy  -  Google plans to develop cheap, alternative power  - Google's Electricity Initiative - Hundreds more stories...
11-28	Tell Congress: STOP Unlimited Loan Guarantees to Nuclear Power and Coal-to-Liquid projects
11-28	UMWA Speaks Out About Massey Ruling
11-28	Buchanan mine sealed; 400 workers remain idle until 2008 re-entry
11-28	More proof that coal ain't cheap
11-28	Group says new power lines necessary for W.Va. economy
11-28	Two letters to the editor in today's Beckley Register Herald; letters to the editor are great tools, please use them!
11-28	Your connection to destruction (scroll down)
11-28	Coal company may be up for sale
11-28	Washington state regulators block coal-fueled plant; say project must comply with new climate change law
11-28	Michigan: Coal-fired power plants are opposed
11-28	Australia: Activists pledge action over coal mine
11-28	George W. Bush's 'Convenient' Truth
11-28	Candidates Offer Different Views on Energy Policy
11-27	Ruling favors union in Massey labor case  -  Judge Says Massey Violated Labor Law - NLRB judge says Massey violated labor law
11-27	Bank of America Coal-cocked
11-27	Higher Levels Of Pollutants Found In Fish Caught Near A Coal-fired Power Plant
11-27	Coal gets downright evil
11-27	Group plans miners monument, museum
11-27	Entire world has vital stake in China's energy challenge
11-27	Reading, Local Identity & Cultural Tourism
11-27	Wis. to Reduce Coal Use at Power Plant
11-27	Death Toll at Ukraine Mine Reaches 100
11-27	Reaching Our Peak Oil Supply
11-27	Years of Living Dangerously: The Wild, Wild World
11-27	Report warns of climate change costs
11-27	Oxfam Says Climate Change Hits Poor Hardest
11-27	Rapid global warming threatens lungless salamanders
11-26	PSC Public Hearings Continue
11-26	As the Price of Oil Soars, Many Turn to Renewables
11-26	‘Peak oil’ will soon dwarf global warming as public concern
11-26	Christianity Today's Books and Culture: Throwaway People, Throwaway Land; The impact of "mountaintop removal"
11-26	True cost of China coal "56 pct above price"
11-26	Ohio's coal output slips
11-26	Coal-waste conversion plant still in the works, developer says
11-26	Coal process could be big for Wyoming coal
11-26	Germany: RWE Abandons Power Coal Plant Project After Local Vote
11-26	Global warming increasing disasters  -   Disasters Quadruple Over Last 20 Years: Oxfam
11-26	Carbon Price Vital But Inadequate in Climate Crisis
11-26	Navajo Nation on global data collection map
11-26	In Texas, Climate Creeping onto Agenda
11-25	DEP approves mining permit in Mt. Storm
11-25	Then there was one: US now alone as Kyoto holdout
11-25	Coal’s 'future' closer to reality
11-25	Report slams power plants
11-25	Ky. Rep Gooch a Moron
11-25	Dam collapses at Chinese coal mine leaving 6 dead, 7 missing
11-25	$100 oil: the terrible truth
11-25	Hesitance on the warming front
11-25	Rudd makes global warming a priority  -   Australia’s Opposition Leader Rudd Wins Landslide Election Victory; Bush Ally Goes Down, Down, Down  -  Australian Premier, an Ally of Bush, Is Defeated
11-25	Kyoto Not Enough To Curb Climate Change
11-25	Report: Global Warming Could 'Push Asia into Reverse'
11-25	Q&A: Bali Conference "Very Much a Make or a Break"
11-24	Carbon Capture: Miracle Cure for Global Warming, or Deadly Liability?
11-24	Carbon dioxide at record high, stoking warming
11-24	Billy Parish Tells Congress “This Young Generation is Ready to Carry Out a Historic Power Shift”
11-24	Coal ash: Danger below  -  State proposes new regulations to control fly ash
11-24	Firm gets order for miner tracking system
11-24	Congress is now taking climate change fairly seriously
11-24	Utah residents organize to oppose Nevada power plant
11-24	Early Climate Change Victim: Andes Water
11-24	Rich nations fail to honour climate pledge
11-24	Mines trying to keep up with railroads
11-24	Utah: Mine Where Men Were Trapped Is Sealed
11-24	Far From Beijing’s Reach, Officials Bend Energy Rules
11-23	Activists protest Black Friday with humor  -  The Commercialization of Christmas: What Would Jesus Buy?
11-23	Albright passed over for WV chief justice; Court taps Benjamin, ignoring succession order for second straight year
11-23	Apocalyptic vision of a post-fossil fuel world
11-23	Nothing clean about CO2 plan
11-23	Towards A Low Carbon Future: EU Strategic Plan
11-23	History Shows Climate Changes Led to Famine and War
11-23	Scientists warn of agrarian crisis from climate change
11-23	UN climate panel co-head pessimistic about progress in Bali
11-22	WV Supreme Court rejects Massey verdict; Justices order dismissal of $76.3 million judgment   -  W. Va. SC lets Massey off $50 million hook, Starcher furious
11-22	Rahall should sign on to water bill (letters to the editor are great tools; please use them!)
11-22	Launch Of First Global Warming Newspaper Set
11-22	Climate Change: The Worst Can Still Be Avoided
11-22	Hope in climate crisis
11-22	World's coal addiction fuels global warming, U.N. says
11-22	Syd S. Peng: Coal is key to state and national economies
11-22	Nevada coal power costlier than renewable: study  -    Nev.: Report Touts Alternatives to Coal
11-22	Environmentalism and the future of coal, part one
11-22	Giles supervisors ask for liner, testing for fly ash site
11-22	Coal-plant pollution knows no boundaries
11-22	RFK Jr. says environment and democracy are intertwined
11-22	Crandall Canyon: Photos paint a grim picture
11-22	N.D. Synthetic Fuel Plant Planned   -   Air Force testing synthetic plane fuel  -    GFDA explores options for coal-to-liquid plant
11-22	Ark. Regulators Approve $1.3B Coal Plant
11-22	Coal-gasification plant for southwest gains OK   -   Duke wins OK to build Southwestern Indiana coal gasification plant
11-22	Coal-fired power plant a danger to local environment
11-22	UK: Coal power plant decision deferred
11-22	China: Coalmine fire put out after half a century
11-22	The Peak Oil Crisis: Wall Street Comes To Reality   - Time magazine: Peak Possibilities  -  Here's why the U.S. is facing up to its thirst for oil
11-22	US Senate Panel To Vote on Climate Change Bill Next Month
11-22	European leaders turn up heat on Canada before Bali climate talks
11-22	Global warming to turbo charge low-carbon energy technologies
11-22	Climate Change Triggers Wars And Population Decline
11-21	Charleston Gazette editorial--Peril: Global warming
11-21	Bill for Gov. Manchin's China trade mission tops $72,000
11-21	Illinois: Coal-Fired Power Plant Approved, With Carbon Study
11-21	Don't expect the coal guys to go quietly into the night
11-21	Massey Resigns Blankenship (don't get excited--that's re-signs, not forces him to resign)  -  Patriot Coal reports loss  -  ICG cancels contract
11-21	Draft rules to curb fly ash  -   Economic pressures flow along Virginia's section of New River
11-21	North Carolina Student Climate Coalition Convinces State to Revisit Permit on New Coal Plant!
11-21	State Panel Skips Hearing on Mirant
11-21	Mining issues getting noticed in B.C.
11-21	Court Settlement Requires Bush Administration to Address Air Pollutants
11-21	More Evidence We've Entered the End of Oil
11-21	Give Thanks for Oil and OPEC   -  Oil prices and responding to the strange lack of response
11-21	Shell Takes Oil Sands Units Off Line After Fire
11-21	Industrialized Countries' Greenhouse Gases Hit Record High
11-21	Global Warming, Inc.
11-21	Meteorologists: Global warming threatening Tibet's environment
11-21	Global warming may lead to war: study
11-21	Kyoto Backers Can Exceed 2012 Climate Goals
11-20	Churches want state campaign financing reform
11-20	Herald Dispatch--Bill Price: Mountaintop mining adds little to W.Va. economy
11-20	Sen. Chafin says coal to liquid priority for upcoming WV legislative session
11-20	WV Public Radio --OSM considers stream buffer zone change (scroll to 11/19 entry)
11-20	HNN video of mountaintop removal on Kayford Mountain
11-20	Report-Backs: National Day of Action Against Coal Finance!
11-20	Massey signs new 2-year deal with Blankenship
11-20	Western Greenbrier Co-Generation Plant Runs Into Money Trouble
11-20	Drilling in the park to face opposition
11-20	Global embarrassment: Gooch must be replaced  -  Too, too bad
11-20	Sunflower sues over coal plant denial
11-20	Coal's sad price
11-20	ICG Pushes Highwall Mining Business
11-20	Legal Expert Says Montana Should Have Input on Canadian Mining, Drilling
11-20	Wind power will help wean Ontario off coal, company official says
11-20	INSIGHTS: Carbon Sequestration
11-20	Asian nations need funds to adapt to climate change: Report
11-20	Climate-Change Report Sets Up Bali Emissions Meeting
11-20	'Join hands to fight' climate change
11-19	'Frightening' UN Climate Report May Be Too Optimistic
11-19	Tourism sacrificed for coal profits
11-19	Anti-coal protesters target local Citibank  -  Students protest Bank of America
11-19	Don't solve one toxic issue by creating a brand new one
11-19	Facing a Threat to Farming and Food Supply
11-19	Scores Dead In Ukrainian Coal Mine Explosion
11-19	Second Aracoma Mine thief caught in Ky.
11-19	Mercury: Largest source is coal-fired plants
11-19	Coal terminal blockage ended
11-19	US to Cut River Flows to Fight Southeast Drought
11-19	There's only so much you can do when the climate guilts attack
11-19	U.N. Chief Seeks More Climate Change Leadership
11-18	Act now or see `unrecognizable' Earth: UN  -  Dire climate warnings in UN report  -  Climate change report to warn of potentially 'irreversible' impacts  - Highlights of U.N. climate panel summary report  -  UN challenges states on warming  - UN Report Describes Risks of Inaction on Climate Change  -  Ban calls climate change 'defining challenge of our age'  -   Climate scientists want war on warming  -  UN Secretary-General Says Stage Set for Climate Change Breakthrough
11-18	US delegates say dangers of climate change unclear
11-18	A world dying, but can we unite to save it?
11-18	Charleston Gazette: Mining disaster far deadlier than thought?
11-18	Lansing State Journal: Price for electricity goes beyond your bill
11-18	Associated Press: ICG hopes to increase sales of highwall equipment
11-18	LA Times: Coal addiction hinders climate cleanup   -  Orlando Sentinel: Crusade against coal will not be simple or cheap  -- Infoshop News: Duke Energy headquarters blockaded in opposition to new coal plant
11-18	Columbus Dispatch: State decides it will protect stream after all
11-18	Report cites failure to inspect mines, including where 6 died  -  Report on mine fatalities assailed by union
11-18	Daily Kos: Presidential Global Warming Forum: LIVEBLOG 2!
11-18	Letter to the editor: Mining poisons environment
11-18	E-The Environmental Magazine with Brita Belli
11-18	Cleveland Plain Dealer: Strickland caught between coal and a hard place
11-18	At Least 33 Killed in Ukraine Mine Blast
11-18	World Changing: Coal Creates Legacy for China's Past, Future
11-18	How should I prepare for life without oil?  -  Peak Oil: Alternatives, Renewables and Impacts
11-18	Want to fight obesity and global warming? Take a hike
11-18	Glaciers a barometer for climate change
11-17	Thousands Take to the Streets to Protest Citi and Bank of America’s Coal Investments
11-17	E-Magazine: Once There Was a Mountain--Ravaging West Virginia for "Clean Coal"  -