News coverage of WMPI Coal-to-Oil Refinery proposal and opposition

• 07/21/2007 - Coal-to-oil fuel hits the road (Pottsville Republican article)
• 02/17/2007 - Plant will keep loan (Pottsville Republican article)
• 02/15/2007 - DOE Triples CO2 Estimate on WMPI, Says CCS is 15 Years Away (Gasification News)
• 02/11/2007 - Legislators petition for coal-to-fuel funds (Hazleton Standard Speaker article)
• 02/09/2007 - Politicians battle for energy funding (Pottsville Republican article)
• 02/07/2007 - Plant would affect county and beyond (Pottsville Republican Letter to the Editor)
• 02/07/2007 - Tons of released waste a heavy burden for residents to bear (Times-Leader Letter to the Editor)
• 02/07/2007 - Businessman confident plant will still receive loan (Pottsville Republican article)
• 01/12/2007 - Proposed plant will emit more than believed (Pottsville Republican article)
• 01/10/2007 - Supplement to the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (8Mb PDF file, may take a while to download)
• 12/26/2006 - Pa. coal-to-oil plant draws concerns (Associated Press via Philly.com)
• 12/22/2006 - Project to hire locally (Pottsville Republican article)
• 12/22/2006 - Owners of plant plan for byproducts (Pottsville Republican article)
• 12/17/2006 - Coal-to-Oil Questions (Pottsville Republican article)
• 12/17/2006 - Five cogeneration plants produce coal ash in Schuylkill County (Pottsville Republican article)
• 12/09/2006 - Area representatives react to alternative energy (Pottsville Republican article)
• 09/22/2006 - Financing woes slow fuel-production plan (Patriot News news article)
• 09/17/2006 - Gilberton sits above 1.86 billion-gallon mine pool; proposed coal-to-oil plant would draw off 7 million gallons per day (Pottsville Republican article)
• 09/16/2006 - Area businessman will see test flight of new B-52 plane (Pottsville Republican article)
• 09/06/2006 - Trades council, WMPI agree on coal-to-oil work (Pottsville Republican article)
• 09/03/2006 - Environmentalists live here in county (Pottsville Republican Letter to the Editor)
• 08/30/2006 - China seeks to cool coal-conversion industry (Asia Times online)
• 08/29/2006 - Coal-to-oil interests China (Pottsville Republican article)
• 08/25/2006 - Santorum backs plant (Pottsville Republican article)
• 08/17/2006 - Coal to oil conversion gaining interest in China, U.S. Driven by surging oil prices, but fueling environmental concerns (Mongabay.com)
• 08/08/2006 - 402 letters slam plant (Pottsville Republican article)
• 07/30/2006 - Proposed plant near prison (Pottsville Republican article)
• 07/20/2006 - Not so open records (Pottsville Republican article)
• 06/23/2006 - Our Black Future (New York Times editorial)
• 06/03/2006 - From coal to jet fuel? (Pottsville Republican article)
• 05/15/2006 - Underground maps crucial tool (Pottsville Republican article)
• 05/11/2006 - County focuses on fuel (Pottsville Republican article)
• 05/04/2006 - Arguments heard on county zoning issues (Pottsville Republican article)
• 04/24/2006 - The Oil Rush (US News and World Report)
• 04/03/2006 - Water problems feared from proposed plant (Pottsville Republican Letter to the Editor)
• 03/28/2006 - 'STOP' will go to street (Pottsville Republican article)
• 03/27/2006 - Residents of Schuylkill County facing environmental injustice (Hazleton Standard Speaker Letter to the Editor)
• 03/26/2006 - Plant subject of concern by SCI Mahanoy officer (Pottsville Republican Letter to the Editor)
• 03/17/2006 - Windmill project announced in Mahanoy (mentions planning board expansion and open burning ordinance) (Pottsville Republican article)
• 02/28/2006 - Group starts plant contest (Pottsville Republican article)
• 02/21/2006 - Coal/oil data at libraries (Pottsville Republican article)
• 02/18/2006 - Concern expressed about water supply (Pottsville Republican Letter to the Editor)
• 02/16/2006 - 2-year study of coal ash fill nearly ready (Pottsville Republican article)
• 02/15/2006 - Energy projects get central contact (Pottsville Republican article)
• 02/06/2006 - Deadline nears for coal-to-oil questions (Pottsville Republican article)
• 02/04/2006 - Proposed plant opponent: DEP removed monitor (Pottsville Republican article)
• 02/03/2006 - Take politics out of coal-to-oil issue (Pottsville Republican Letter to the Editor)
• 02/03/2006 - Training session to aid activists (Pottsville Republican article)
• 02/02/2006 - Plant would become asset (Pottsville Republican Letter to the Editor)
• 01/29/2006 - Coal-to-oil plant opposed (Pottsville Republican Letter to the Editor)
• 01/28/2006 - Hometown concerns aired on Web site (Pottsville Republican article)
• 01/24/2006 - Controversial projects should be questioned (Pottsville Republican Letter to the Editor)
• 01/23/2006 - Montana Governor's Vision for Coal Conversion Draws Attention (Associated Press article)
• 01/21/2006 - Supervisors get an earful (Pottsville Republican article)
• 01/20/2006 - Foes of gasification fail to back up claims (Pottsville Republican Letter to the Editor)
• 01/19/2006 - Coal-to-oil plant issue is environmental one (Pottsville Republican Letter to the Editor)
• 01/17/2006 - There are better ways to handle culm piles (Pottsville Republican Letter to the Editor)
• 01/16/2006 - Environmental concern is commendable quality (Pottsville Republican Letter to the Editor)
• 01/15/2006 - Coal-waste elimination plan causes controversy (Reading Eagle article)
• 01/15/2006 - Proponents of new plant, not critics, weak on facts (Pottsville Republican Letter to the Editor)
• 01/14/2006 - Hearings address public's concerns (Pottsville Republican Editorial Board Opinion)
• 01/13/2006 - SEDCO supports coal-to-oil (Pottsville Republican article)
• 01/12/2006 - Coal-to-oil plant will help county (Pottsville Republican Editorial Board Opinion)
• 01/11/2006 - Organized labor backs plan for coal-to-oil plant (Pottsville Republican article)
• 01/10/2006 - Coal-to-oil plan draws fire (Pottsville Republican article)
• 01/10/2006 - Mahanoy coal-to-diesel questioned (Allentown Morning Call article)
• 01/07/2006 - Group cites concerns with coal-to-oil plant (Pottsville Republican article)
• 01/07/2006 - Man takes stand against project (Pottsville Republican article)
• 12/09/2005 - Coal-to-oil plan ready for review (Pottsville Republican article)
• 11/02/2005 - Proposed technology has WWII-era roots (Pottsville Republican Letter to the Editor)
• 10/30/2005 - Schuylkill plant will turn coal waste into fuel (Pottsville Republican article)
• 09/30/2005 - Coal-to-oil boosted (Rendell press release in Pottsville Republican)
• 09/30/2005 - Fill 'er up with ... coal scraps? Plant gets funding to transform waste coal into cheap diesel fuel (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
• 09/30/2005 - Coal waste will be turned to diesel fuel (Associated Press)
• 09/28/2005 - Township afraid of drying up (Pottsville Republican article)
• 07/24/2004 - Fill 'er up with ... coal? Coal-to-diesel plant closer to reality (Kansas City Star article)

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• http://www.ultracleanfuels.com/html/mr.htm

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