(Dec)  Archive - January, 2008  (Feb)

	News Links Relevant to OVEC Issues
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1-31	UN: Climate Change May Cost $20 Trillion
1-31	US Scraps Futuristic Coal Plant  -  Plan for Carbon Storage Dropped; Energy Dept. Scraps FutureGen Alliance  -24 Hours After Touting Clean Coal In SOTU, White House Drops Ambitious Clean Coal Project  -  U.S. Drops Coal Project; 'Clean' Power Plant Loses Bush Support Amid Rising Costs
1-31	John Grisham disses Blankenship, WV court (scroll to 1/30 entry) - Transcript (pdf) of WV Public Radio story
1-31	Miners Protest Kroger  -  KROGER PROTEST-  Details on obtaining your Kroger Cares gift card to support OVEC--without adding to your grocery bill
1-31	Friends of Coal Push New Message, Outreach
1-31	Walker Machinery's Luv Bug
1-31	Attorneys general seek stop to coal plant
1-31	Mining Accident in Raleigh County
1-31	Haze incident reveals flaw; Officials feel communication was inadequate
1-31	Muhlenberg County, Ky: Fuel Frontiers, Shaw to build coal to liquid plant
1-31	Artists bring their politically-charged art to Java Joint
1-31	New 'Green' Energy from Dirty Sources : Efficiency Greenest of All
1-31	The Right Click
1-31	Daryl Hannah Launches Her New Website!
1-31	China weather chaos a sign of things to come: experts
1-31	Climate Plans by New York, Florida Prod U.S. on Global Accord
1-31	Why Maryland must fight global warming now
1-30	Tonight, 8 p.m. Eastern time: Tune in to The 2 percent Solution and Focus the Nation!    -  Finding solutions to climate change goal of nationwide event
1-30	Unpunished: Mine safety violators
1-30	"Clean coal" plant loses funding  -  Energy Dept. Might Drop Support for FutureGen Power Plant - Ill. Lawmakers Will Fight for Coal Plant   -  PastGen
1-30	Jeff Biggers: Stripmining Black History Month
1-30	Justice recuses himself again; Maynard off Wheeling Pitt, Massey case  -  Maynard Hopes Controversy Over Vacation Ends With Receipts
1-30	Senate debates merits of appointed versus elected judges
1-30	Electing judges, with cash   -  Novel linked to state election
1-30	Massey watch
1-30	Measure offered to protect landowners in gas, oil drilling
1-30	Mountaintop removal commercials bug reader  (letters to the editor are great tools; please use them!) - Coal companies trample opposition   -  This 'Free speech' gives favor to corporate rights
1-30	Vanity Fair: Q&A: Michael Shnayerson, Author of Coal River
1-30	WVU Press announces top 10 list of recent best-sellers
1-30	Take a trip to the mountains   -   Mountaintop removal comes to Louisville
1-30	Duke fires up coal plant plans
1-30	“Please don’t burn even more coal, S.C.” say eight other states
1-30	Boucher Needs to Wean District Off Coal
1-30	New CBM water treatment plant nears completion
1-30	1-10-year US coal export deals possible: CONSOL CEO  -  Consol profits hit hard by coal mine disruption
1-30	Bush moots international fund to promote clean energy sources  -  Bush to commit $2 billion to climate change fund
1-30	Questions surround Giles partnership
1-30	Saying Goodbye To The Oil Age  -  Oil scarcity has 'snuck up on us', expert says
1-30	Rethinking the Meat-Guzzler
1-30	Scotland aims to lead world in global warming battle
1-30	Climate Change Links 2008 Champions of the Earth
1-30	US Climate Talks Must Focus on Emissions Curbs - UN
1-30	Leading Dems Are in King Coal's Pocket
1-30	25 confirmed dead in N China coal mine blast
1-29	MSHA urged to detail problems with assessing fines
1-29	Pressure mounts on coal king: Don Blankenship is the man who destroys mountains
1-29	Christian Science Monitor - How the mountains of Appalachia disappear; Michael Shnayerson profiles one valley's battle against mountaintop mining    -   'Coal River' author to sign books here
1-29	Chief justice Maynard offers credit record on trip
1-29	Coal prospects uncertain but not glum
1-29	Pressure mounts on coal king
1-29	CENSORED
1-29	Proposed coal power plants hit snags
1-29	US looks to old Herr Kohle for energy security
1-29	Maynard makes W.Va. look foolish (letters to the editor are great tools; please use them!)
1-29	Va. state senator: Lobbyist helped write column
1-29	Va. bills would give communities a voice in fly ash debate
1-29	Vermont Students Lead National Teach-In on Climate Change
1-29	Air Pollution Control Board not satisfied with Dominion coal-plant proposal
1-29	The Preservation Predicament
1-29	The health externalities of coal
1-29	SEA competes to reduce Main Campus' carbon footprint
1-29	Bush To Appoint Coal Industry Champion To Head Consumer Safety Commission
1-29	Bush administration should rethink environmental policies
1-29	Bush Touts Iraq Progress, Economic Plan
1-29	Is America Coming Back?
1-29	Toxic West Virginia: Mountaintop Removal- Episode 1
1-29	Nothing New for Environment in Bush State of the Union
1-28	MSHA discovers forgotten penalties
1-28	‘Clean elections’ bill gains support
1-28	W.Va. Met Coal Producers See Increasing Demand
1-28	Documentary director shines light on coal mining industry
1-28	Interview with Mike Papantonio  -  Mike Papantonio  Interviews Antrim Caskey
1-28	Massey-Maynard photos highlight controversial rule
1-28	Logan County flood project set to begin (the office holders continue to deny the role mountaintop removal / valley fill coal mining plays in increasing sedimentation and flooding)
1-28	Clean Coal's Dirty Little Secret
1-28	Value of U.S. House's Carbon Offsets Is Murky
1-28	Coal losing its luster
1-28	Teach-ins tackle climate change
1-28	No war, no warming, round two
1-28	Maldives Builds Barriers to Global Warming
1-28	Forget yield, crops need to be climate-proof
1-27	Charleston Gazette: Mine fines routinely ignored; MSHA leaders promise reforms
1-27	Media consign global warming to back burner
1-27	Blue haze mystery starting to dissipate
1-27	Massey appeals $220 million verdict from Northern Panhandle
1-27	Mike Tidwell: Dominion Power's Dirty Plans for Virginia
1-27	Boucher needs to wean district off coal
1-27	Technology won’t help us to live without water
1-27	Can new technology make coal a green fuel for the 21st century? (Coal is filthy, from extraction, to cleaning for market, to transportation, to burning, to "disposal" of the ash, to mucking up politics.)
1-27	Legislators should look at workers' comp (letters to the editor are great tools; please use them!)
1-27	Ona company develops mine tracking system
1-27	Navajos seeking a fresh power source; Tribe split over coal plant or renewable energy sources
1-27	Permit approved for new Duke Energy power plant  -   Proposed Power Plant Receives Air Permit  -  State gives green light to coal plant
1-27	Ky. OKs Cash Creek
1-27	With the dollar down, coal exports through Hampton Roads heat up
1-27	Peabody revives Wyo's advanced coal ambitions
1-27	New report on mercury-laced tuna exposes reckless regulatory policies by land and by sea
1-27	Great Lakes' Lower Water Levels Propel a Cascade of Hardships
1-27	Global Warming: Time Lapse Photography Slideshow
1-27	Antarctic glaciers melting more quickly
1-26	Water Shortage, Warming Threaten Stability   -   As Supplies Dry Up, Growers Pass on Farming and Sell Water
1-26	Maynard files to run for another term; Justice under fire for photos with Massey CEO
1-26	Odor, haze linked to power plant emissions, DEP believes
1-26	In Appalachia, Mountaintop Removal
1-26	"Coal River" makes New York Times' Book Review Editors' Choice
1-26	EPA Director Called Before Senate  -  Environmental Punishment Agency  -  EPA chief grilled over California rejection
1-26	Corporate Priests and Moron Jokes
1-26	Let's stop ignoring damage from mining
1-26	Man dies after being struck by dump truck at power plant
1-26	South Africa: Coal-to-liquid at least 60% more greenhouse gas intensive than conventional oil refining
1-26	South Africa will ration electricity, increase prices and encourage a switch to solar energy
1-26	China Halts Coal Exports Amid Shortage
1-26	Wales: Coal mine closes with celebration
1-26	Shell Admits Cheap Oil Is Running Out
1-26	Penn State joins largest teach-in in US history  -  We don't need no thought control
1-26	Scientists update climate change position
1-26	Himalaya Magnify Global Warming Impact
1-26	Climate change causes new 'epoch'
1-26	Climate change to hit health above economy   -  Is climate change making us sick?
1-26	Global warming prompts some lifestyle changes
1-26	Europe climate targets strong signal to others-UN
1-26	US pushes its climate change agenda despite criticism
1-25	Passing the Buck on Environmental Damage: Sixty percent of ecological services are degraded or being used unsustainably
1-25	Listen to Michael Shnayerson, Joe Lovett, Judy Bonds on NPR's Diane Rehm Show
1-25	Gazette: Court votes unanimously to rehear Massey case   -  Associated Press: In wake of photos, recusal, Supreme Court to rehear Massey case  - New York Times: West Virginia: Reconsidering an Energy Ruling
1-25	EPA Chief Defends Shielding of Global Warming Papers   -    EPA Staff Finds Emissions Threat  - EPA Staff Backed California Pollution Waiver - EPA Expected to Lose Calif Emissions Suit
1-25	If coal is so good, why is W.Va. still poor? (scroll down; letters to the editor are great tools; please use them!)
1-25	NIOSH study backs mine shelters
1-25	STOPPING COAL IN ITS TRACKS
1-25	Elisa Young
1-25	How Successful Are Coal Front Groups?
1-25	New films, web films and audio films of 2008
1-25	Westernport mayor warns of strip mines
1-25	UN Calls Water Top Priority
1-25	Climate legislation may be easier next year, but it won't be easy
1-25	My Other Car is a Bright Green City  -  The Peak Oil Crisis: The Future of Cars
1-25	Gore Says "Changing Light Bulbs" Not Enough
1-25	Global Warming by the Numbers; Economic opportunity and a clean energy future
1-25	To climate deniers — Need for change is now
1-25	Drought Could Force Nuke-Plant Shutdowns
1-24	World is on the verge of a water crisis (but in West Virginia, so called leaders are allowing the coal industry to bury streams, poison groundwater and destroy our future)
1-24	Charleston Gazette: Group to study post-mining land use; Gov. Joe Manchin wants a team of state officials and economic developers to study ways West Virginia can better use former mountaintop removal mine sites
1-24	Ky. bill would ease safety requirements for smallest surface mines
1-24	Mountain Justice Spring Break is a comin’!
1-24	Take Action: Tell the government, look before you mine!
1-24	Bastress Blasts Maynard-Blankenship Vacation  -  Maynard Urges Standards for Judges  -  After Massey Case, Prof in Court Race - Another Round of Caperton-Massey
1-24	Clean streams: Valuable for the future
1-24	Power from coal is old way to go  -  Clean-coal technology is a true oxymoron (letters to the editor are great tools; please use them!)
1-24	Hearings begin in Aracoma Mine fire case
1-24	Herald Tribune (Fla.) editorial: Clean coal's dirty secret
1-24	Moratorium on Coal Financing
1-24	Louisville Film Society Presents “Mountain Top Removal” @ The Clifton Center, 1/31
1-24	Melton among participants in 'Gathering for Justice'
1-24	Environmental Groups Critical of Proposed Power Plant
1-24	If you want affordable, clean energy, look beyond coal
1-24	Tuna Troubles
1-24	State regulators: Utah should inspect coal mines without delay  -  Families of Utah miners killed plan suit
1-24	Boucher for Obama
1-24	RWE says EU plan threatens coal as fuel
1-24	Armed Forces Face Strain of Climate Change
1-24	Coal-fires science: Ready to ignite around the world
1-24	Climate change ‘will lead to warfare over food and water’
1-24	Hurricanes and global warming devastate Caribbean coral reefs
1-23	Starcher asks for probe of court; Photo of Maynard with Blankenship raised questions   -  Starcher asks Court to preserve Maynard-Blankenship evidence  -   Justice Calls for Investigation in Massey Energy Case  -  Justice Seeks Probe in Massey Case
1-23	Sago coal hauling trial to start  -  Trial of coal hauling suits to begin
1-23	New budget includes more MSHA inspection funding
1-23	Bigger, safer lock opens at Marmet
1-23	Art on "reclaimed" mountaintop removal sites
1-23	Take Action: Coal Ash Threatens Your Drinking Water
1-23	Massey CEO had money left over (scroll down; letters to the editor are great tools; please use them!)
1-23	Tax breaks would spur cleaner coal plants, backers say (give us your money, let us destroy the mountains as we see fit)
1-23	Nevada: Coal plant debate intensifies
1-23	Coal truck accident in KY
1-23	If the world embraces nuclear energy, where will the deadly waste go?
1-23	US Censors Arctic Scientists’ Findings as it Prepares for Oil and Gas Auction
1-23	Dozens of New Satellites Planned to Monitor Climate
1-23	Study: Warming May Cut US Hurricane Hits
1-23	UAE Carbon Storage to Cost US$2-$3 Bl
1-23	World forum debates climate change   -   World Economic Forum to Talk About Food Prices, Climate Change
1-23	Climate change trade war
1-23	EU to Present Far-Reaching Plan Against Climate Change  -  EU to tackle climate change with windmills, heavy costs for polluters
1-23	More coal-to-liquid insanity: Wyoming gov. states case for energy  -  Freudenthal wants AML money spent on research, coal plant road
1-22	Strip mines denounced
1-22	New film targeting mountaintop removal hits home  -  State supreme court controversy
1-22	Starcher stepped down from ’96 case; Motion cited campaign contributions; high court debate to resume Thursday   -
1-22	The 'Spike' Maynard case: Justice undermined
1-22	US officials to learn about life after coal
1-22	Memo to OMSL?
1-22	Ed Wiley, Field Recordings #1
1-22	DEP says enforcement effort still behind
1-22	New book attempts to expose the dirty side of coal
1-22	The carbon question
1-22	Bodman Sees Nuclear Energy as Global Alternative
1-22	Red Cross Says Climate Change One of Greatest Threats Facing Humanity
1-22	Big Coal Turning Kids Into Pushers This Primary Season
1-21	Cost of business
1-21	Proposed plants face opposition in Meigs
1-21	Justice Benjamin Will Stay On Massey Case -  Maynard expected to face more questions about Massey ties  -  Harman joins bid for Maynard’s recusal
1-21	Author unearths the impacts of Appalachian mountaintop removal
1-21	EU carbon plans seen hurting coal plants  -  UK coal plants face double blow on CO2 permits
1-21	Coal agit-prop heats up
1-21	Companies try to anticipate carbon capture future
1-21	Scientists call for sharper cuts in carbon emissions
1-21	States combat global warming
1-21	China Coal Mine Blast Kills 20
1-20	DEP still behind on pollution monitoring; No citations or fines issued for mine water violations in late ’06, early ’07