(Sep)  Archive - October, 2008  (Nov)

	News Links Relevant to OVEC Issues
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10-31	A Last Push To Deregulate; White House to Ease Many Rules
10-31	Man-Made Climate Change Seen In Antarctica, Arctic   -  Researchers tie warming poles to human activity
10-31	Gore cites parallels between global warming, civil rights
10-31	FSU Students Confront Mountaintop Removal
10-31	Coal isn't answer to energy problems (letters to the editor are great tools; please use them)
10-31	Ms. Palins Same Old, Same Old
10-31	Massey reports higher third-quarter profit  -  Massey Energy Q3 Profit Surges on higher revenues
10-31	Ash landfills at Consumers Energy plant are leaking toxics into Saginaw Bay
10-31	Public health authorities consider link between coal combustion waste, rare cancer cluster
10-31	Groups asking state to crack down on mercury
10-31	Lake Erie mercury levels concern environmentalists after FirstEnergy variance request
10-31	Two killed, 55 trapped in three separate China coal mine accidents
10-31	The fable of "clean" coal
10-31	Conservation Coalition Endorses Rep. Yokley
10-31	Group rallies for environmental awareness
10-31	Ten Things That Scare Me More Than A Horror Movie
10-31	Who is paying attention?
10-31	"Carbon Army" Hopes To Grab Slice Of New Deal Cash
10-31	Climate-Warming Methane Levels Rose Fast In 2007
10-31	Seal levels tipped to rise 1m this century
10-31	Carbon buyer beware
10-31	Geoengineering: How to Cool Earth--At a Price
10-31	Australia: Emissions cuts to have 'little economic impact'
10-31	Experts call for better data on climate change migrants
10-30	Coal Valley News: Blasting from stripmines frustrates small community
10-30	Charleston Gazette: Carbon capture riddled with problems, report says  - Read the report here
10-30	The Guardian: Time to bury the 'clean coal' myth
10-30	The Dirty Secret Behind the Candidates' "Clean Energy" Proposals
10-30	Clean coals dirtiest secret: Part II
10-30	Johnson bidding to be governor  -  Candidates cover the issues at Coffee Chat  -  WV Environmental Party Gubernatorial Candidate Breaks Through White Noise
10-30	Revised PATH plans don't include Washington County
10-30	State Journal--Blankenship: Government is the Biggest Risk to American Way of Life (let's get rid of those pesky regulations...so we can do whatever we want to the people, land, water and air... i mean the sub-prime mortgage crisis shows how great deregulation is, how easy it is to keep greed in check)
10-30	Clean coal? Mountaintop removal "the ecological equivalent of genocide"
10-30	State Journal--Coal Survey: People See Coal as Economic Engine; Environmentalists contend poll doesnt reflect peoples feelings. (Survey didn't ask about mountaintop removal or the externalized costs of coal--water pollution, air pollution, loss of biodiversity, displaced communities, black lung, white lung, asthma, premature deaths, acid rain, subsidence, climate change, etc., etc.)
10-30	Vermont seeks mercury relief  -  States team up vs. mercury  - 7 NE states petition EPA for help with out-of-area mercury emissions -  Step 1 in curbing mercury emissions: Find their source.
10-30	Knoxville newspaper editorial: Making flatlands
10-30	Film series educates students about environmental issues
10-30	Restore and Strengthen Stream Barriers (blogger uses OVEC photo)
10-30	Mountaintop coal removal also destroys mountain streams (blogger uses OVEC photo, although attributed to ilovemountians.org)
10-30	International Coal Group reports $9.7 million 3Q profit  -  Coal producer Alpha says earnings up  -  Massey financial results due
10-30	Financial meltdown delays, threatens projects in W.Va.
10-30	Coal operator to get $965,000 check
10-30	Arch Coal cuts operation at Wyoming mine
10-30	Coal Power Magazine: The Problem of Fine Particles
10-30	29 Chinese miners trapped after gas explosion
10-30	PSC takes more time to weigh gas rate hikes
10-30	Opponents of Duke Energy Corp.'s $2.35 billion coal-gasification plant want Gov. Mitch Daniels to turn over communication with power company   -  Daniels Administration Too Cozy With Coal Industry?
10-30	Global business backs UN efforts to clinch climate change deal
10-30	Rising Sea Levels To Erode Sydney Beaches - Study
10-30	Carbon Market's Future Hangs In The Balance
10-30	China predicts 'climate phenomena' from global warming
10-30	UN Scheme Aims To Use Carbon Credits To Save Forests
10-30	LOCAL AND STATE GROUPS OPPOSE PSE&GS MEGA POWER LINE EXPANSION
10-29	AP Slideshow: OVEC board member Larry Gibson and Coal River Mountain Watch's Lorelie Scarbro
10-29	A journey home to the heart of our coal quandary
10-29	Dont blow up the mountain
10-29	Kennedy advocates environmental action
10-29	Corrupt to the end, Bush stripping pollution controls   -   EPA may relax power-plant pollution rules  -  Bushs Stealth Attack - Mountaintop Removal Mining
10-29	What Al Gore Will Say and Why We Should Listen: Answering a Generational Call to Action
10-29	Massey vs. Mountains
10-29	German coal plant build to slow as crisis bites
10-29	Coaly Moleys  -  Clean Just Didnt Cut It
10-29	Jesse Johnson picks up another endorsement
10-29	Former Gov. Moore alleges $750,000 coal swindle
10-29	One injured in Halliburton truck crash
10-29	Patriot Coal reports profitable quarter
10-29	Capito, Barth battle over coal, energy plans
10-29	North Carolina hunters, fishers contribute billions to states economy
10-29	Virginia is for coal lovers
10-29	Reliance on coal ain't cheap, study says
10-29	China says coal dependency complicates fight against climate change
10-29	Flawed economics of nuclear power
10-29	Global warming changing Walden Pond
10-29	Climate link to amphibian decline
10-29	The temples of doom: Population explosion, ecological disaster and weak leadership ... that's what probably killed off the Maya at the height of their powers. Are the modern-day parallels too close for us to ignore?
10-28	Manufacturing Thirst: The Hidden Water Costs of Our Industrial Economy
10-28	Obama, McCain must protect our streams
10-28	WV Gore Representative Urges Coal-Energy Producers to Look Elsewhere for Power
10-28	Report: Zero carbon global economy possible by 2090
10-28	Will 'red state' W.Va. voters change hue back to 'blue'?
10-28	Capito flunks conservation group's scorecard
10-28	Coal Association Offers No Endorsement In Presidential Race
10-28	Johnson makes another run for W.Va. governor
10-28	Effects on wildlife studied  -  Coal Ash Dangers Growing  -  Utility's plan stirs coal-ash debate
10-28	'Heavy cost' of China coal use  -  China coal 'true cost' at $250bn
10-28	Arch Coal: Profits up, forecast lower  -  Dwindling Demand Cuts Into Arch's Coal  -  Arch Coal net income more than triples
10-28	Virginian coal protesters receive B-minus plea bargain for Kingsworth-like activism
10-27	Boston Herald: Resist Uglification  -  We are not this desperate  - White House going-out-of-business sale on enviro regs
10-27	Coal Is Not The Answer
10-27	Nation's energy plans need a realistic view of coal (nation needs to understand great threat of climate change)
10-27	Vandana Shiva rocks the house: A food/climate manifesto presents new visions for responding to climate change
10-27	World Can Halt Fossil Fuel Use By 2090
10-27	E Magazine: Most Oppose Mountaintop Removal
10-27	Clean coals dirtiest secret
10-27	Mine operator Alliance reports lower profit
10-27	'Climate change a disaster'
10-27	Heinz Talks discuss climate change and energy policies
10-26	James Hansen: Obstruction of Justice?
10-26	Bill Moyers on Mountaintop Removal  -  WV Governor race critical
10-26	Charleston, SC newspaper: Coal's time bomb: Ponds, landfills hold power plant ash laced with poisons  - Albany, NY newspaper: Residue of coal-burning is being examined as possible source of mercury pollution
10-26	Mingo County's reclaimed surface mines and gas line rights of way make hundreds of acres of grazing land (with mountaintop removal, non-native grasses replace biologically diverse, economically productive woodlands on a vast scale)
10-26	There's Nothing Conservative About Mountaintop Removal
10-26	Wal-mart is W.Va.s largest employer
10-26	Recurrence of black lung saddens
10-26	Massey cited in railroad crossing death
10-26	Pa.: Officials air possibilities for mine water cleanup
10-26	Coal industry's message reaches campaigns
10-26	Coal not in a slump
10-26	Md. State Police Spied on Climate Change Activists
10-26	Top British scientist says New Zealand should become Lifeboat for global warming survivors
10-26	McKibben calls for fast action on global warming
10-26	UN climate chief says media not getting it
10-26	Climate change may drown cities
10-25	Windy twist to battle over coal mining; Why not use windmills instead of blowing up mountaintops  -  Over 100 newspapers are running this story
10-25	Mongiardo misrepresents reaction by reporter to mountaintop removal
10-25	Wall Street Journal: Bush Administration Rushes Regulatory Changes Before Time Is Up  -  Ashland Daily Independent: Bush team in a hurry to issue mountaintop mining permits
10-25	Company building coal-to-liquid plant in China instead of W.Va.
10-25	International Energy Agency issues warning on carbon capture: Underground storage of carbon dioxide has been hailed as the ultimate solution to climate change, but there's no evidence it can avert a global warming disaster
10-25	Just Another Candidate for Governor or a Real Maverick?  -  Hot Green Party Races on November 4
10-25	McCain, Obama energy policy will be different from Bush's
10-25	Environmentalists blamed for increased regulations (King coal wants to run free as the sub-prime mortgagers...) - Coal symposium
10-25	Even a Top Coal CEO Isn't Buying the "Clean Coal" Spin
10-25	Burning the Future: Seeing the Lights Go Off On Broadway
10-25	Black Mesa project controversy rises
10-25	Study to probe why miners skip black lung exams
10-25	Roane County gas royalties case settled
10-25	Green Christian Students Hold First Creation Care Conference
10-25	Bioneers 2008
10-25	CNX Gas posts record quarterly income
10-25	Potent greenhouse gas more common than estimated: study
10-25	New EU CO2 caps anger airlines
10-24	Americans oppose mountaintop removal, according to poll   -  Majority of Voters Oppose Mountaintop Removal Mining in First Nationwide Opinion Poll  -  Greens' poll shows opposition to stream buffer changes
10-24	State Journal: Valley Fill Debate Resumes in Court  -  Two MTR Mines Challenged in Court  -  Arguments continue in mountaintop mining case
10-24	Planned coal-to-gasoline plant dealt major setback  -  Plans For Coal Gasification Plant Called Off  -  Consol partner drops out of coal conversion project in W.Va.  -  Synthesis Pulls Plug on Coal-to-Gas Plant With CONSOL
10-24	Coal execs worry over regulations (So do Wall Street types...)
10-24	India Shopping for Coal Mines in Appalachia
10-24	IPCC Chair: Severity Under-reported
10-24	Coal Is Not the Answer: Sierra Club Launches Coal-Debunking Campaign   -  SHIFT: 'Clean' coal is a fraud
10-24	Dynegy to Warn Investors on Risks of Coal Burning - Dynegy agrees to make climate change disclosures
10-24	Obama victory key to coal's future, union leaders say (future of planet dependent on carbon-free economy) - Big deficit won't stop Obama's plan, adviser says
10-24	Feds fine Mason County mine nearly $300,000
10-24	Coal mine death in Perry County under investigation  -  State investigates fatality in bulldozer mishap at mine site
10-24	MSHA adds drug testing hearing
10-24	Mining regulation stirs up controversy
10-24	Green Party identifies its top state and local candidates
10-24	Supreme Court upholds Kentuckys black lung law
10-24	Climate commission says global warming threatens Va. coastline
10-24	Brevard College announces 2008 West Lectureship
10-24	Mining may cause Princes Highway to sink
10-24	Witness Mountaintop Mining
10-23	Mine companies can't rebuild streams, judge told  -  Sierra Club and Local Communities Seek to Stop Destructive Mining
10-23	Groups Want a Halt on Mining
10-23	Still Just a Bill: Churches persevere to protect mountains
10-23	The Appalachian flatlands
10-23	MSHA fines Preston mine $735,000
10-23	Government report criticizes U.S. plans for carbon dioxide burial
10-23	Blankenship to speak Thursday at Energy Symposium
10-23	Bush Admin Loves Coal Mining, Hates Mountains
10-23	Walker Machinery's opinion: Coal, gas keep us thriving
10-23	Consol set to announce financial results
10-22	W.Va. native to discuss glaciers' climate secrets
10-22	Chambers will hear mountaintop removal permit case
10-22	Wichita Times Record News (AP): Coal v. wind: Energy fight rages in W.Va.
10-22	Carbon capture: Where is it?
10-22	Jeff Biggers: Big Coal Cleans Up through Bailouts
10-22	Valley Fill Debate Goes Back To Court
10-22	Bush administration to ease restrictions on mountaintop mine waste dumping   -  White House Changing Rules to Favor Mountaintop Removal  - Its Getting Even Worse
10-22	Views of mountaintop removal
10-22	Coal's position in the energy market is more precarious than is generally acknowledged
10-22	Mountaintop Removal
10-22	Injustice of mountaintop removal in the Appalachian Mountains Part 2
10-22	Foundation reports $32M loss in third quarter
10-22	SEJ Conference 2008
10-22	A review of the new Frontline documentary on big business and climate change
10-22	A recap of the public forum at South Middle School
10-21	Climate Change Is 'Faster and More Extreme' Than Feared
10-21	New York Times editorial: More Sadness for Appalachia
10-21	Carl Pope: How Much More Damage Can They Do? (And Can We Undo It?)
10-21	1 miner dead, 2 injured in separate accidents   -  CONSOL miner died after he was pinned by rail car
10-21	A Different Path For PATH
10-21	W.Va. gubernatorial hopefuls debate economy, jobs -  Gubernatorial candidates debate
10-21	Kentucky: Mountaintop Removal Debate Revisited  -  Bredesen says mountain-top removal will be issue in legislature   -  Phil Bredesen Has Seen The Mountaintop
10-21	"Clean" coal for cars has a dirty side
10-21	Power transmission grid in line for major overhaul
10-21	Ivan Steifel wins Brower Youth Award
10-21	Can you spell c-o-a-l?
10-21	"Drill, Baby, Drill" debunked as "Burn, Baby, Burn the Planet"
10-21	Global warming leads India tigers to village attacks
10-21	Climate change outracing EU targets, WWF warns
10-21	Risk of Disease Rises With Water Temperatures
10-21	Nobel winner: America is neglecting science
10-20	Take Action: Save Gauley Mountain
10-20	Miner killed in CONSOL mine identified  -  Northern Panhandle Mining Death
10-20	Bush Admin Seeks to Lock Down Destructive Mountaintop Removal Mining Rule  -  US Moves Toward New Dumping Rules For Mining Waste
10-20	Poisoning Headwaters Is Not "An Act of God"
10-20	San Francisco hears about mountaintop removal mining.
10-20	RESIDENTS PROTESTING GIANT HIGH-VOLTAGE ELECTRIC LINE CROSSING AREA
10-20	Big Coal Campaigning to Keep Its Industry on Candidates' Minds
10-20	Gov. hopefuls talk economy
10-20	Jeff Goodell: Citizen Journalists Can Save Environment
10-20	Jeff Barrie of Kilowatt Ours cites being denied from film school as defining moment in his career
10-20	'Clean' coal technology 'not progressing'
10-20	Activist (Elisa Young) to discuss coal-fired power plants
10-20	Court upholds permit for Duke facility
10-19	Feds to ease stream rule for mining mountains, but both presidential candidates have other ideas   -  Cutting down Mountains for Coal Almost Level !!
10-19	Mountaintop removal destroys wildlife and the way of life for local residents
10-19	Governor candidates agree on coal's importance  -  Gubernatorial candidates share some views   -  Who is the Mountain Party?  -  Gubernatorial candidates debate
10-19	Whats in a name? This authors story, as it turns out  -  The Mullins Family and Me at the WV Book Festival
10-19	Appalachias Steinbeck coming to LC
10-19	Environmental (In)Justice and the Poor
10-19	Mountaintop Removal: Reporting Resources
10-19	wild. wonderful. coal.
10-19	Topless America
10-19	No more liquid coal for car
10-19	Students attend Va. Power Shift 08
10-19	SDS takes up activist mantle from struggling SEWI
10-19	Texas crew mapping Mingos gas supply
10-19	Virginias David and Goliath; Dominion Coal Blockade Heads to Court
10-19	Abandoned mine threatens former Ky. lawmakers home
10-18	Mine dumping would be eased under new rules  -   Feds OK looser stream protections -  Mines to Get Freer Hand to Dump Waste
10-18	Controversial Coal Plant Protesters Apologize, Agree To Plea
10-18	What is clean coal, anyway?
10-18	Proposed Powerline Route Now Avoids Martinsburg; Still Connects Near Frederick
10-18	Massey rehires 51 UMW miners at Kanawha mine
10-18	Been to the mountaintop, and it wasn't there
10-18	State Candidates Answer Paper's Questions: Jesse Johnson Comments on the Race for Governor  -   Gubernatorial candidates debate in E. Panhandle
10-18	Rahall wants more input on drug testing miners
10-18	19 W.Va. counties experiencing drought
10-18	Arctic temperatures hit record high
10-18	California Maps a Plan to Slow Down Global Warming
10-18	Greenland Red-Flagged For Dramatic Changes Due To Global Warming
10-18	Arctic domino effect from global warming
10-17	The Facts On 'Clean Coal' - Report  - Coal Power in A Warming World (pdf)
10-17	Fuel Your Car With Coal? Less Likely Now
10-17	In echo of Kingsnorth Six, US climate change activists go on trial
10-17	W.Va. residents protest PATH project, quarry before debate
10-17	Gubernatorial candidates to debate in Hedgesville  -  Topics wide and ranging in W.Va. gubernatorial debate  -  Gubernatorial hopefuls debate in panhandle
10-17	MSHA announces major plan to bolster mine safety
10-17	US Solar Field Foresees Cost Parity With Coal, Gas
10-17	China Drops Coal-To-Liquid
10-17	Elisa Young Speaks Out, No Coal is Clean, Kayford Mountain, WV 10.10.08
10-17	Crimes Against Nature   -  Liz Smith on Crimes Against Nature (middle of column)
10-17	Continued focus on economic growth will doom the planet
10-17	Florida Releases State Climate Plan: Huge Economic Gains, Redefines National Discussion
10-17	N.J. environmentalists issue global warming mandate for new president
10-17	Global warming threatens kangaroos
10-16	Coal company wants judge off mine case; No conflict, Conservancy says
10-16	Governor's Race Highlights Differences in Candidates' Views
10-16	Final Ruling In Ison Rock Ridge Case To Be Made By Senior U.S. District Judge Glen Williams
10-16	Churches' lobbyist to retire next year
10-16	Moving to save mountaintops
10-16	Voluntary Carbon Offsetting Not Yet Crisis Victim
10-15	Future of coal may be limited, consultant says  -  Consultant: Green power a real threat to coal
10-15	So-Called Clean Coal Technology Offers Promise Along with Considerable Risks, New Report Finds
10-15	Clean coal - a contradiction in terms
10-15	Coal Industry, Unions Criticize Fed Drug Test
10-15	Animal, environmental issues top news coverage
10-15	Palin Distorts Biden's "Clean" Coal Position
10-15	Natural gas rates could rise
10-15	Off to Virginia - climate, coal and the bay
10-14	'1bn climate change refugees by 2050'
10-14	Police suspect thieves in Carbon ammonia leak
10-14	Friend of coal becomes its victim; ABANDONED MINE IMPERILS HOME OF EX-LEGISLATOR
10-14	Mineral rights in Pocahontas County
10-14	Midwest has lots at stake in 'clean coal' (Planet has lot at stake if we continue to burn the future...)
10-14	Alpha dumps reserves, lime operation
10-14	Panelists discuss mountaintop removal at LWC
10-14	Climate change called certain and most predictions are bad
10-14	CLIMATE CHANGE AND WILDFIRES
10-14	See Venice, Before It Sinks
10-14	From energy efficiency to war: thinktank sees 2030 climate future
10-14	South-west England's treasures in danger
10-14	'Fight climate change with vegetarianism'
10-13	A 'Green New Deal' can save the world's economy, says UN
10-13	Mountaintop removal chemicals: Shelter-in-place issued for Cabin Creek area
10-13	A Little Tense: Will W. Va. Supreme Court Mess Go to SCOTUS?
10-13	Unions rally for Obama, Barth  -  Palin talks economic worries in Ohio  - America's West Bank: McCain's Forced Navajo Relocation
10-13	One of the most lively debates over energy and environmental policy is in Colorado's Senate race
10-13	Mining company to dig into labor battle site
10-13	MIT: Dirty coal, not bad technology, to blame for China pollution
10-13	Environment Department, OSHA, investigating second fly ash incident
10-13	Gas well drilling seen as a significant contributor to North Texas air pollution
10-13	Global warming grips Greenland, leaves lasting mark
10-13	Warmer Climate to Dry Up Peatlands, Release More CO2 - Study
10-13	As the climate changes, proponents of 'assisted migration' say it's time to help animals and plants move
10-13	Exotic Climate Study Sees Refugees in Antarctica
10-13	Grain drain boils over in the outback dust bowl
10-13	Ohio State facility holds eons of atmospheric history
10-13	Warming may kill coral, amphibians
10-13	Climate Change May Threaten Biodiversity in Tropics
10-12	Nature loss 'dwarfs bank crisis'
10-12	New York Times: U.S. Supreme Court Is Asked to Fix Troubled West Virginia Justice System
10-12	Seven hurt in Boone mine accident
10-12	Mining dangerous for contract workers
10-12	Cecil E. Roberts--Obama, Biden, McCain: Who will be coal industry's friend?
10-12	Energy Prices Help Drive State Budget Surplus (but the hidden, externalized costs of energy extraction and energy use remain unaccounted for...)
10-12	Bailout 'sweeteners' good for Wyoming coal's future
10-12	Taxpayers For Common Sense Letter to the Senate: Oppose Subsidies to the Fossil Fuels and Nuclear Industries
10-12	Meltdown gets closer to state
10-12	Credit crunch 'killing off' global coal trading business
10-12	Economic woes chill effort to stop global warming
10-12	UN says credit crisis could enable "green growth"
10-12	GE: Canary in Coal Mine for Energy Business Amid Economic Meltdown
10-12	Writing the Earth: SEJ in ROA
10-12	Duke Energy shifting to diverse fuel
10-12	Presidential Race Runs through the Heart of Coal Country, and the Candidates Recognize that Political Reality
10-12	Fall foliage threatened by global warming
10-12	Report: Global warming makes animals move
10-12	Over 7000 species susceptible to climate change: Study
10-12	BOOOO to you ABC TV
10-11	In stores now: Check out the Oct. 20 issue of People Magazine (the issue with Nichole Richie on the front). On page 138 you will find a story about OVEC board member Larry Gibson's fight to preserve his piece of Kayford Mountain!
10-11	BBC: Surface tension (The BBC correspondent contacted OVEC for mountaintop removal opponents to interview. We'd worked with the same reporter about five years ago.)
10-11	Slate: "One Dollar for Every West Virginian." The crazy judicial corruption case that the Supreme Court should hear.
10-11	Court considers case on judicial ethics
10-11	Pittsburgh: Coal film to play today
10-11	Student-led Eco-Action group sets ambitious agenda this academic year
10-11	Coal mining remains essential to providing energy
10-11	"Clean" Coal
10-11	Coming Clean: Breaking America's Addiction to Oil and Coal
10-11	Project asking participants to cut back on energy use
10-11	Seven Miners Hurt During Shift Change
10-11	No decision in coal mine appeal
10-11	David Novack, director of best film 2008 WVFF, expresses gratitude
10-11	Virginia Power Shift comes to Virginia Tech
10-11	WVa deals planned ICG mine a setback
10-11	Follow the Coal $$ Near You
10-11	Quit Coal - Greenpeace takes action against coal ship in Spain
10-11	Film revisits school's green push
10-11	HIGH STAKES IN CANADA'S VAST OIL-SANDS FIELDS  -  OIL SANDS WILL POLLUTE GREAT LAKES, REPORT WARNS
10-11	Carbon tax seen as best way to slow global warming
10-11	Keeping track of climate change
10-11	ABC Won't Air Gore's Global Warming Ad  -  The Alliance for Climate Protection says ABC barred ad calling out Big Oil
10-10	US Focus on Climate Could Ease Financial Crisis
10-10	The One Issue All the Candidates Are Wrong On  -  5 Dirty Aspects of Clean Coal
10-10	Apprentice killed at Massey mine in Boone County  -  1 person killed in W.Va. mine
10-10	Board overturns DEP permit for Taylor County mine -  ICG Asking for Permission to Continue Development While Revising Permit
10-10	New report finds unconventional liquid fuels will boost CO2
10-10	BBC in West Virginia (Look for the "Madison" story if the link has moved off the homepage. Early yesterday morning, the BBC correspondent contacted OVEC for mountaintop removal opponents to interview. We'd worked with the same reporter about five years ago.)
10-10	Groups demand W.Va. plant dismantle chemical piles
10-10	2008 WV Filmmakers Festival Winners   -  'Burning the Future' wins W.Va. filmmakers award  - Research librarian promotes films with state ties
10-10	Regulating greenhouse gas; House subcommittee launches next step on climate change discussion
10-10	10/11 Mountaintop Removal Teach-in in Lexington, KY -   Clark University Campus Calendar
10-10	Questions Arise About Judge's Involvement in Group (Bear in mind the State Journal is exceedingly pro-coal and there's no legal problem here. Just another attempt to smear the WV judicial system. No wining and dining of judges here, not even a trip to Monaco)
10-10	W.Va. gubernatorial candidate won't be in debate  -  Judge says Mountain Party can't force way into debate
10-10	Mountains at Risk
10-10	W.VA. BOOK FESTIVAL THIS WEEKEND: Admission is free  -   October library events: The circus, the writer, the pumpkins
10-10	Showing in Montana: Film explores coals effects on water shed
10-10	Pa.: Neighbors Reject Strip Mining Plans; Coal Owner Files Suit
10-10	Obama and McCain Clash Over Energy, Nuclear, Climate
10-10	Utah justices wade into national coal-plant controversy
10-10	Utah mine owner fined over more safety violations
10-10	The Rebellion of 1974
10-10	Climate Change Could Force Millions From Homes
10-10	Global Warming Triggers an International Race for the Arctic
10-9	The Banality of Clean Coal: Extraction Crimes
10-9	Various and sundry smart people debunk the 'clean coal' nonsense  -  Brune: No such thing as clean coal
10-9	Wall Street Journal: Doubts Raised Over Promise of Liquid Coal -- by Rand Corporation (yet the Wall St. Bail Out Has Mega Bucks for Coal-to-Liquid)
10-9	The Costs of Unconventional Fossil Fuels
10-9	Is it the end of the line for coal-to-oil in China?
10-9	Another Murray Energy coal mine hit with hefty MSHA fines
10-9	Oct. 15: Meeting at WVU on coal's role in future (climate chaos and mountaintop massacre, anyone?)
10-9	Dont Foreclose on the Climate; Take Action Against Coal and Coal Finance Nov 14-15
10-9	There's no debate: Obama and McCain are both wrong on coal
10-9	Dingell, Boucher call for steep greenhouse gas cuts
10-9	New fingerprinting method tracks mercury emissions from coal
10-9	Fayette County (KY) calendar (see second entry)
10-9	Wendell Berry
10-9	A REAL debate: Mike Brune v. Clean Coal
10-9	Rejected by voters, conservative Christians target the judiciary
10-9	How Stuff Works: How Coal Mining Works
10-9	EnCana gives up coal bed appeal
10-9	Who will get first Wyo. gasification plant?
10-9	Autumn reds disappearing as global warming blurs boundaries between the seasons
10-9	Scientists Predict Global Warming Will Lead to Spread of Disease  - Deadly by the Dozen: 12 Diseases Climate Change May Worsen
10-9	Climate groups revenue hits $300bn
10-9	Polar bears in Alaska tug-of-war
10-9	Stock tips from Satan
10-9	Updraft: a conspiracy of movement
10-8	Multistate power line gets approval from Virginia
10-8	Stream Buffer Zone Action Alert
10-8	Jeff Biggers: Candidates should come clean on coal  -
10-8	U.S. coal exports seen as target in climate fix
10-8	MSM discovers MTR
10-8	State leads nation in growth; Coal, housing help West Virginia avoid economic downturn
10-8	Drug test hearing sites added after UMW complains  -  UMW blasts MSHA over drug testing hearings
10-8	O'Hanlon replaces Maynard on Massey case
10-8	Court changing way it does business; Flood cases to provide first test of Mass Litigation Panel
10-8	Blankenship to speak at Chamber's energy symposium
10-8	Coal Industry Gets $2.8 Billion Help From Bailout Bill
10-8	Coal trucks covering homes with dirt (scroll down)
10-8	Two MTR films being shown all over - more on MTR
10-8	Issues raised over safety of coal ash
10-8	End use of fossil fuels in 20 years, UK warned  -  Coal-fired power generators face new threat from EU carbon emissions curb
10-8	Can Coal Be Clean? A Debate Between Michael Brune of Rainforest Action Network and Joe Lucas of American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity
10-8	Time to Adapt as Earth Warms Up, Scientists Say
10-8	In the climate change debate, indigenous peoples are not being heard
10-8	Rural communities best equipped to cope with climate change: UN report
10-8	Climate change will allow tropical disease to spread to Europe
10-7	CNN: The battle over Coal River Mountain
10-7	Coal gets help in financial bailout; Most of the coal incentives focus on encouraging power producers to limit greenhouse gas emissions
10-7	LA Times editorial: Coal and votes
10-7	Water to Fuel Energy Boom in West Virginia (Coal-to-liquid plants will suck us dry -- and create enormous greenhouse gas emissions)
10-7	Obama adviser Heather Zichal talks to Grist about energy and climate
10-7	Appalachia to visit Hiram
10-7	Slate: What the Heck Is "Clean Coal"? It depends whom you ask.    (a dirty lie!)
10-7	Patriot Coal lowers production estimates
10-7	Proposed Power Plant Waste Site Needs More Study, Groups Say
10-7	Risks Mount for Global Warming Fight - UN
10-7	Fight Against Climate Change To Create Millions Of Green Jobs
10-6	Will Coal Be Cashing In On the New Tax Credit?  - U.S. govt. bailout benefits coal, miners as well as bankers
10-6	Kathy Mattea brings her coal-mining upbringing to global issues
10-6	Top film a topical look at U.S. coal
10-6	Lobbyists spent $30,316 from May through August
10-6	Palin on global warming
10-6	Cassville coal plant threatens Madison
10-6	Economy may disrupt candidates' energy plans
10-6	Navajo, Hopi and Lakota delegation warned Lehman Brothers of consequences of mining sacred site
10-6	Australia: Global warming set to shake our eating habits
10-5	Mountaintop mining opponents pray to halt project
10-5	Somerville residents dismayed by slurry disposal plans
10-5	Switch to renewable fuels best for environment, jobs
10-5	Green power more complex than it seems
10-5	Coal, gambling interests among donors to those seeking seats in Legislature
10-5	Climate change threatens to raise the stakes for Iowa farms
10-5	Seas turn to acid as they soak up CO2
10-5	Britain's rivers could run dry
10-4	Book Festival coming to city next weekend
10-4	Bees Swarming Cleveland!
10-4	'Dirty fuels' profit by bailout bill's tax breaks for renewable energy
10-3	Vice Presidential Candidates Wrangle Over Energy, Climate Change
10-3	New coal country books part of WVU Press series
10-3	Hike Pine Mountain, Channel Daniel Boone
10-3	Mountainfest kicks off to increase environmental awareness
10-3	The 'Clean Coal' Myth
10-3	Reject Gigantic Spending Bill (which includes a "measure to encourage use of coal waste sludge as fuel in steel mills")
10-3	US Could Create 4.2 Mln Green Jobs by 2038 - Study
10-3	State files petition against Desert Rock
10-2	'Clean coal' policies absent, GAO finds
10-2	State Explores Alternative Energy Portfolio
10-1	Where is the promised prosperity from coal?   -  West Virginia - "A Rich Place With Poor People"
10-1	Cashing in on coal industry support
10-1	Coal-Mac wins national award
10-1	Miner injured at Eccles site
10-1	Study Eases Fear About Wind Farm Threat to Birds