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(Mar) Archive - April, 2008 (May)

	News Links Relevant to OVEC Issues
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4-30	Destroying America One Mountain at a Time
4-30	Grist: Notable quotable
4-30	Democracy Now--West Virginia Grandfather Takes on the Coal Industry: Ed Wiley on His Battle Against Mountaintop Removal Mining
4-30	Cape Cod Wind: West Virginia Roadtrip
4-30	Moving mountains: the effects of mountaintop removal on the Appalachians
4-30	So what have we been up to?
4-30	The fossil bloc makes its play
4-30	Sago Settlement
4-30	Coal truck and SUV collide at Rum Creek
4-30	Consol, Synthesis Energy: Waste Coal is the Next Boom
4-30	Miner sues Massey, subsidiaries over brain injury
4-30	State coffers, coal-linked businesses enjoying revenue spike
4-30	50 Simple Things You Can Do to Save the Earth
4-30	Bush Drilling Plan Wouldn't Have Eased Pump Prices
4-30	REASONABLE DOUBT
4-30	Judge Orders Bush Administration to Stop Delaying Polar Bear Protection
4-30	Climate change overwhelming? Consider the mosquito
4-30	Drought Is Spurring Resource Wars
4-30	Kenya: Reality of Climate Change is Dawning On Country
4-30	Poor Children Main Victims Of Climate Change - UN
4-30	Washington trip inspires teen
4-29	Gas emissions worse than gravest scenario: report - Humans Overwhelm Climate Equilibrium
4-29	Coal gasification plant blast kills 2
4-29	Fish kill leads to check of Russell Fork water
4-29	Deep mine blowout
4-29	Demand for W.Va. coal causes price spike
4-29	National Public Radio: Candidates Perform the Coal Dance
4-29	State to revisit mine seal rules
4-29	Fuel cost: Changing U.S. life
4-29	We Must Imagine a Life Without Oil - Oil Price Rise Fails to Open Tap
4-29	Energy author expects coal peak production in 2040
4-29	Manchin offers baloney on recent coal studies
4-29	Energy crisis spreading, coal executive says Growing energy costs will force changes in the ways we live and do business in the United States.
4-29	McAteer shares research insight into 1907 Monongah mine disaster
4-29	Al Gore: "Mountaintop removal is a crime ... an unacceptable practice"
4-29	YouTube - ASA 2008 Shirley Stewart Burns
4-29	Coalfield Blues
4-29	Melting Andean Glaciers Could Leave 30 Million High and Dry
4-29	Global warming: What can we do?
4-29	Rockefellers urge action on climate change
4-29	Poor Children Main Victims Of Climate Change – UN
4-29	Climate change could force 1 billion from their homes by 2050
4-29	Sweden's carbon-tax solution to climate change puts it top of the green list
4-28	Jim Hansen: Clock running out on irreversible climate change
4-28	Film fest wraps up with awards ceremony
4-28	Top awards announced for the Nashville Film Festival
4-28	A Cause, a Contest Winner, and Some Beauty
4-28	Global warming means change for coal, Kentucky
4-27	Mine's selenium deforms fish, expert says - Biologist: selenium in Mud River is poisoning fish
4-27	Energy crisis spreading, coal executive says
4-27	Willow Island Revisited
4-27	Too many exceptions to protecting lands - Tourism pushed aside for coal
4-27	MINE SEAL GIVES WAY; Families displaced, roadway damaged after Pike blowout
4-27	You Can't Bail Out a Dead Planet
4-27	Paying For Power With Mountaintops
4-26	Massey plans big expansion; Firm wants to open a new coal mine every 17 days this year -
4-26	Massey says delayed appeal has little effect
4-26	MTR ravages the Appalachians
4-26	Kansas Supreme Court puts coal-plant cases on hold
4-26	Pennsylvania man survives 500-foot fall into strip mine
4-26	Cleaner, cheaper, safer
4-26	Europe Turns Back to Coal, Raising Climate Fears
4-26	Signing for New Book by Erik Reece
4-25	Mining appeal argument delayed until September
4-25	You are invited to Mountain Justice Summer 4
4-25	W.Va. third in workplace death rate
4-25	WWF Warns Arctic Ice Melting Faster than Predicted
4-25	EPA scientists complain about political pressure
4-25	Starcher vows to remain seated in Massey case; Justice says he'll recuse self only if Benjamin does - Justice to stay on Wheeling-Pitt case - Starcher rejects recusal
4-25	Massey reports 28.5% jump in 1Q profit
4-25	Wind turbine makes energy efficiency a breeze at Morgan County home
4-25	Top scientist objects to coal-based power plant
4-25	Kansas lawmakers offer new plan on coal plants
4-25	What Nuclear Renaissance?
4-25	Environment groups target Senate races on climate
4-25	Pine Beetles May Affect Climate Change - Study
4-25	Greenhouse gases in atmosphere is accelerating: Scientists
4-25	Mountaintop Mining Feeds a Growing Coal Need, but at a Price
4-25	Homestead School in Glen Spey: Coal connection topic of May 3 Green Power expo
4-24	Coal operators agreed to limit waste dumping at three mountaintop removal mines to streams that had already been disturbed - 3 companies agree to limit mountaintop mining - Companies To Limit Mountaintop Mining
4-24	Book and interviews open dialogue about strip mining
4-24	Catholics across diocese work to be good stewards of the environment
4-24	Citi’s top executives commit to join activists in flyover of mountaintop removal ravaged Appalachia - CitiGroup Chairman Commits to Appalachian Flyover with Climate Activist
4-24	Huffman Named New Head of W. Va. DEP
4-24	National Public Radio: W.Va. Teacher Keeps Politics out of Science Class
4-24	We can save our rivers and mountains
4-24	Mountaintop mining destroys mountains - Stop the stripping
4-24	faithfull on mountaintop removal - Mountaintop removal on NPR
4-24	BofA's Kenneth Lewis questioned on Countrywide, coal - Coal makes BoA’s Ken Lewis red in the face at AGM - Rainforest Action Network, Appalachians to Confront Bank of America Over Coal Financing at Annual Shareholder Meeting
4-24	Chemistry 101 - Inextricably Tied to Coal
4-24	Ohio senate approves energy plan
4-24	When the Stars Come Out on Capitol Hill
4-23	Recusal report cites state's situation
4-23	Appalachian resistance comes to NYC for Citi shareholder’s meeting
4-23	Maybe It Should Be "Mars Day"
4-23	Europe Turns to Coal Again, Raising Alarms on Climate
4-23	Empty Promises on Warming
4-23	Election ad restrictions loosened
4-23	Every day is Earth Day for artist
4-22	Today: "Burning the Future" West Virginia Premiere - EARTH DAY
4-22	OVEC featured in new edition of N.Y. Times best-seller - Three Answers: John Javna
4-22	Young Democrats urge halt to mountaintop removal
4-22	Mountaintop removal — unnecessary threat to communities
4-22	National Public Radio: New Breed of Lobbyists Hail from Appalachia
4-22	Today, Tuesday is last day to register for primary
4-22	The Coal Miner's Granddaughter
4-22	Power line decision likely delayed until August
4-22	Pa. mining company seeks to reclassify stream for coal plant
4-22	"Clean" coal? - Landfills growing as coal plants try for cleaner air
4-22	Breaking the 'Be Nice' Rule in the Energy Family
4-22	Mountaintop removal a bad practice
4-22	Environment documentaries drawing crowds
4-22	Behold the Rise of Energy-Based Fascism
4-22	What is Wrong with Dirty Coal’s “Clean” Campaign? - But it's "clean coal" isn't it?
4-22	Arch Coal sees power shortages if plants not built
4-22	Scrubbing King Coal
4-22	Empty Promises on Warming
4-22	Governors Unite to Cut Emissions (No, silly, not W. Va. and Ky governors...)
4-22	The IPCC: The Science Is In on Climate Change
4-22	Environmental heavyweight Lovejoy warns of effects of warming
4-22	Questioning nuclear power's ability to forestall global warming
4-22	Oil Running Out as Prime Energy Source
4-22	What is Bank of America Doing for Earth Day?
4-21	AEP installing scrubbers at John Amos Plant
4-21	Kansas governor is fired up over coal emissions
4-21	Pondering Coal's Future: Even Va. State Regulators Are Uncertain
4-21	Environment is this generations campus cause
4-21	Paul Ziemkiewicz: Researcher's dirty job leads to clean streams
4-21	Recovering From Wyoming’s Energy Bender
4-20	Stripping Mountains to Power D.C.: In W.Va., Mining Companies Shear Off Peaks And Transform Landscape in Search for Coal - Mowing Down the Mountains Graphic - Stripping Mountains Slideshow - Map of Areas Affected by MTR
4-20	Central United Methodist Church to celebrate Earth Day
4-20	'Burning Future' documentary on mountaintop removal to premiere
4-20	Our Favorite Planet
4-20	Coal is king again, at least for candidates
4-20	Activists play climate card in fight over coal: Plant-by-plant strategy aims to sway Washington
4-20	Considering Kilowatt Ours: High-powered doc explores multiple environmental issues
4-20	Process of picking W.Va. justices criticized
4-20	We the species
4-20	APPALACHIAN FILM FESTIVAL: Back to Bottle Gala Headlines Opening of Appalachian Film Festival
4-19	New MSHA rule increases coal mine seal strength
4-19	Manchin Names New DEP Secretary - Huffman to replace Timmermeyer at DEP
4-19	But What Is Good About Biofuels?
4-19	OEPA public hearing for ORCF plant receives little in negative feedback
4-19	Earth Day inspires Tech events
4-19	Is This Green Enough?
4-19	Obama, Clinton woo coal vote in upcoming primaries
4-19	College students pushing for greener campuses
4-18	One Hand Clapping in the Coal Fields
4-18	Historical marker honors UMW champion, Bill Blizzard
4-18	Robert Kennedy Jr. talks environment to music leaders
4-18	Decade of Deregulation Felt in Climbing Bills
4-18	New Jersey Weighs Building Another Nuclear Plant, First Since 1973
4-18	Judge to Corps: Show permit info
4-18	China jails managers for 172 mine deaths
4-17	Corps accused of violating permit ruling - Groups ask judge to block mining permits
4-17	Flood lawsuits back before justices - Supreme Court Hears Flood Lawsuit Arguments
4-17	Turning a blind eye toward climate change
4/17	Owner, workers charged with manslaughter in Pa. mine blast
4/17	Whitfield fights to lessen U.S. dependence on oil from the Mid-East
4/17	34 features at film festival come from Appalachia, are made 'for us, by us'
4/17	AEP to Seek Reconsideration in Virginia
4-17	Power plant refinancing delayed
4-17	Power line's critics remain skeptical
4-17	Tenn: Tenn: Bill to ban mountaintop removal advances in Senate - Senate OKs new coal-mining rules ; House panel could consider reversing earlier vote to kill bill - Committee approves Finney bill that preserves ridgelines
4-16	Massey CEO's pay increases more than 35 percent - Massey stockholder seeks political spending reports - Massey stockholder eyes political spending
4-16	Power line clears hurdle
4-16	Environmentalists, industry clash over mine legislation
4-16	Justices: Mining firms to get only partial tax refunds
4-16	Appalachian Power Plans Appeal
4-16	Mine cited in death of driver in January
4-16	Upcoming election forums
4-15	Miles To Go
4/15	Coalfields Turn Into Battlefields: Push for New Plants Divides Democrats In Rural, City Areas
4-15	Massey says mine that had fatal fire wins safety award
4-15	Gauley mining will hurt W.Va. tourism
4-15	Prayer, hymns, talk diffuse potentially volatile confrontation
4-15	Global warming has a new battleground: coal plants
4-15	Big oil to big wind: Texas veteran sets up $10bn clean energy project
4-15	UMW tries to clarify position on mountaintop removal
4-15	The Selling of the Judiciary: Campaign Cash ‘in the Courtroom’
4-15	Virginia blocks Mason project; AEP customers would fund clean-coal plant
4-14	Considering the facts about coal
4-14	Sizing Up the Utilities, if Carbon Caps Take Hold
4-14	Fighting global warming ... one old man at a time
4-14	Governors Gathering for Yale Climate Change Conference - Yale hopes climate change conference is groundbreaking
4-14	Wind Turbines Barred On State-Owned Land
4-13	"Clean" coal's dirty secret
4-13	Cecil Roberts: UMW defends surface miners (defends the machines that take miners' jobs and the extreme coal mining method that destroys communities, water and forests, leaving us with far fewer options for a better future)
4-13	Delegates selected for state convention
4-13	Erik Reece: Considering the facts about coal
4-13	Mountaintop removal (scroll down)
4-13	Miners Injured in Truck Wreck
4-13	Acid Rain Plagues Valley Despite Regs
4-13	Robert F. Kennedy Jr.: The Next President's First Task
4-13	New York Times: Sizing Up the Utilities, if Carbon Caps Take Hold
4-13	Kentucky: Use of coal severance tax draws debate
4-13	Arizona: The future of coal-generated energy is unclear
4-13	China Coal Mine Blast Kills 14
4-13	World Bank should get out of carbon-offset market, says report
4-13	One year later: Rebuilding lives
4-13	‘…nor any drop to drink’
4-13	Obama in Montana, locals chat with presidential hopeful over a beer in Butte
4-13	Fossil Fool Don Blankenship Assaults ABC Reporter
4-12	Cops and Former Secret Service Agents Ran Black Ops on Green Groups
4-12	Starcher files questions in Massey appeal
4-12	CALL TO ACTION – Protest Bank of America’s Shareholders meeting! - Hey New York, Start Spreading the News, Citi’s AGM is coming to town
4-12	Repeal sought for ban on U.S. Govt. use of CTL, oil shale, tar sands-generated fuel
4-12	Schweitzer gives clues which way he's leaning
4-12	Fossil fuel moguls inflate reserve estimates to prevent efforts to move beyond their products
4-12	U.S. says coal mine operator violated labor law
4-12	Representatives don’t always agree on issues
4-12	Homeowners Feel Heat in West Coal Boom - Ranchers, experts differ in CBNG discharge water quality studies
4-12	'Carbon Neutral Coal' linguistic detoxification (scroll down; letters to the editor are great tools; please use them)
4-12	Calif. OKs Think Tank on Global Warming
4-12	Coaly smoke! Green ire over huge India coal plant
4-11	How the Army Corps Is Swindling Americans
4-11	Inquiries, Lawsuit Cite Negligence at Utah Mine
4-11	On the road for funding
4-11	Aiming WV’s Presidential Spotlight on Mountaintop Removal
4-11	The Dream Reborn: diverse speakers and audience with a common vision
4-11	Track World's Problems On Google Earth
4-11	Music of the mine: Athens man brings sounds from the coalfield to CD
4-11	Carter calls Mountain Top Removal a ‘deplorable’ practice - Carter speaks out against Mountain Top Removal
4-11	Mountaintop Removal Roadshow: Wicked Mint Weekend
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