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ByHillelItalie TheAssociatedPress NEW YORK Glenn Frey, a rock 'n' roll rebel from De- troit who journeyed West, co-founded the Eagles and with Don Henley became one of history's most suc- cessful songwriting teams with such hits as "Hotel California" and "Life in the Fast Lane," has died. Frey, 67, died of compli- cations from rheumatoid arthritis, acute ulcerative colitis and pneumonia, the band said on its website. He died Monday in New York. He had fought the ailments for the past several weeks, the band said. "The Frey family would like to thank everyone who joined Glenn to fight this fight and hoped and prayed for his recovery," a state- ment on the band's website said. "Words can neither de- scribe our sorrow, nor our love and respect for all that he has given to us, his fam- ily, the music community & millions of fans worldwide." Frey's health prob- lems, including diverticuli- tis, dated to the 1980s. He would blame in part his years of "burgers and beer and blow and broads" and later became a fitness ad- vocate. Guitarist Frey and drum- mer Henley formed the Ea- gles in Los Angeles in the early 1970s, along with guitarist Bernie Leadon and bassist Randy Meis- ner. Their popularity grew steadily, and they embodied for many listeners the me- lodic Los Angeles sound de- spite having no native Cali- fornians in the group. Crit- ics often dismissed them as slick and unadventurous, but their blend of mellow ballads and macho rock- ers, and of pop and folk and country, gave them unusu- ally broad appeal. An Eagles greatest-hits collection and "Hotel Cali- fornia," both released in the 1970s, have sold more than 20 million copies each and are among the best-selling albums of modern times. The band's total album sales top 100 million copies. The Eagles' many hit singles include "The Best of My Love," ''Desperado," ''One of These Nights" and "The Long Run." The impul- sive Frey and the more ce- rebral Henley shared song- writing and singing duties, with Frey's drawling tenor featured on "Heartache To- night," ''Already Gone" and the group's breakthrough hit, "Take it Easy." Henley said crossing paths with Frey in 1970 "changed my life forever, and it eventually had an im- pact on the lives of millions of other people all over the planet." Their popularity well outlasted their breakup in 1980 and the 14-year hia- tus that followed. Their re- cords remained consistent sellers, and they were a top touring act over the last 20 years even though Frey and Henley were the only re- maining original members. They were joined on stage by guitarist Joe Walsh, who replaced Leadon in the mid- 1970s, and bassist Timothy B. Schmit, who stepped in after Meisner quit in 1977. Guitarist Don Felder was added in 1974 but was fired in 2001 amid disputes over money. The band was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1998 and was sup- posed to have been honored at the Kennedy Center last month, but the appearance was postponed because of Frey's health. Its six Gram- mys include Record of the Year for "Hotel California" and best country perfor- mance by a vocal duo or group for "How Long," from the 2007 album "Long Road Out of Eden," another No. 1 seller. Frey had occasional suc- cess as a solo artist, with songs including "The One You Love" and "You Belong to the City," and careers in movies and television. He appeared on episodes of "Miami Vice" and "Nash Bridges," both featuring his friend Don Johnson, and appeared in the film "Jerry McGuire," directed by Cam- eron Crowe, who had be- friended him after he inter- viewed the Eagles for Roll- ing Stone magazine in the 1970s. Frey's "The Heat Is On" was a hit from the "Bev- erly Hills Cop" soundtrack, and his "Smuggler's Blues" inspired a "Miami Vice" epi- sode of the same name. OBITUARY Eaglesco-founderGlennFrey,who sang 'Take It Easy,' dies at 67 RALPHFRESO—THEASSOCIATEDPRESSFILE Glenn Frey of the Eagles performs in Phoenix, Arizona. Frey died Monday in New York a er battling multiple ailments. By Mead Gruver The Associated Press CHEYENNE, WYO. Pub- lic enemy No. 1 for climate change and no longer the fossil fuel utilities prefer to burn to generate electric- ity, coal has few allies these days. But one state is still fighting to save the indus- try: Wyoming. From a proposal to burn the stuff underground to hosting a contest to find profitable uses for carbon dioxide from power plants, the top coal-producing state has spent tens of millions of dollars for a coal savior — with little to show. Big-time state spending was easy in Wyoming not long ago. Good times for coal, oil and natural gas created huge budget sur- pluses. Now that all three indus- tries are suffering from low prices, looming deficits in the Cowboy State are rais- ing an old question: Is it time to diversify the econ- omy beyond fossil fuels? "They'vechosentosupport the coal industry whether it makes any sense or not. I mean, we're basically a coal colony," said Bob LeResche, chairman of the Powder River Basin Resource Coun- cil landowners group. Some of the coal indus- try's top players, including Arch Coal and Alpha Nat- ural Resources, have filed for bankruptcy as utili- ties switch to cheaper and cleaner-burning natural gas and the cost of renew- able energy keeps falling. The Obama administra- tion on Friday suspended the leasing program for coal on federal lands, most of which occur in Wyoming and neighboring Montana. The stakes for Wyoming are high. Coal mining and directly related business ac- count for 14 percent of the economy and 1 in 5 jobs in the state, according to the university's Center for En- ergy Economics. Coalgasification Wyoming regulators re- cently agreed to let an Aus- tralian company pollute groundwater to experi- ment with a use for coal that doesn't involve burn- ing it in a power plant. Underground coal gas- ification involves partially burning coal still in the ground. The process yields a mix of gases called syn- gas, which can be burned more cleanly than coal di- rectly. An Australian company, Linc Energy, has proposed a demonstration plant in the Powder River Basin, an arid coal-mining region in northeast Wyoming and southeast Montana that supplies about 40 percent of the nation's coal. The process leaves a chemical brew in the ground. Regulators in Queensland, Australia, ac- cuse Linc of causing serious environmental harm at un- derground coal gasification projects there. Carbon sequestration Six years ago, the Univer- sity of Wyoming's Carbon Management Institute be- gan investigating whether a 25-square mile area in southwest Wyoming could trap carbon dioxide emitted from power plants. The institute spent $17 million of taxpayer money drilling a 12,000-foot-deep well in 2011. But it stopped because researchers real- ized it would cost as much as $750 million to acquire enough carbon dioxide to complete the experiment. Coal to liquid fuel Turning coal into diesel, gasoline and other liquid fuels isn't a new idea. Ger- many did it during World War II and a company pro- posed it in Wyoming as oil prices began to creep to- ward record highs in 2007. The $2 billion DKRW Ad- vanced Fuels plant outside the tiny town of Medicine Bow in southern Wyoming never got off the drawing board — except for a cou- ple concrete pads and $1.9 million in state funding to rebuild 13 miles of road for the project. Low global oil prices now threaten to shut down the project once and for all. DKRW officials recently warned local officials it isn't feasible at current prices. Carbon XPrize Utilities that burn coal might have more of an in- centive to remove carbon dioxide from smokestacks if they could put the gas to profitable use. That's the theory be- hind a $20 million com- petition organized by the XPrize Foundation. Private energy industry is funding the prize, but Wyoming has pledged $15 million to build a lab at Basin Electric's Dry Fork Station, a coal-fired power plant near Gillette in northeast Wyoming. The lab will have room for several scientific ten- ants besides XPrize to con- duct research into using smokestack carbon dioxide. It is slated to become oper- ational in July 2017. Finding new markets Wyoming Gov. Matt Mead and other Wyoming officials also have been to Japan, India, South Ko- rea, Taiwan, Australia and China in recent years to promote Wyoming coal — with no new markets to show for their efforts. One problem is that the West Coast lacks port facil- ities to export much of Wyo- ming's coal. Regulators are reviewing big coal terminal proposals in Oregon and Washington — projects sup- ported by some locals but opposed by others, includ- ing American Indian tribes and environmentalists. Wyoming officials back various schemes in bid to rescue coal INDUSTRY By Audrey McAvoy and Jennifer Sinco Kelleher The Associated Press HONOLULU Authorities searching the area where two Marine helicopters crashed off Hawaii have found some life rafts that were carried aboard the air- craft, but still no sign of the 12 crew members who were on board. Coast Guard Chief Petty Officer Sara Mooers said Monday she believes three life rafts have been recov- ered so far. Some were in- flated, but it was unclear how they came to be in- flated, she said. There is no indication that anyone was aboard the rafts, based on their condi- tion and the lack of any per- sonal effects, she said. The search for the Ma- rines entered its fourth day Monday, with plans to search into the night. Con- ditions have improved since the start of the search, with much smaller swells ex- pected Monday. Rescuers from various agencies have been search- ing — above water and be- low — since the Coast Guard was notified late Thursday of the crash by a civilian who saw the aircraft flying and then disappear and a fireball. The Marines were alerted when the CH-53E helicop- ters carrying six crew mem- bers each failed to return to their base at Kaneohe Bay following a nighttime train- ing mission. Hours later, a Coast Guard helicopter and C-130 airplane spotted de- bris 2 miles off of Oahu. The crash was near the north shore, but the search area spans from the west- ern coast of Oahu to the northeast corner of the is- land. At this point, it's still a search for survivors, Moo- ers said. The Coast Guard as- sumes the best-case sce- nario when considering how long someone in the right equipment and right conditions could survive, she said. "We err on the side of caution because the last thing that anybody wants is to suspend the search when there's still a possibility of finding somebody," she said. Marine Capt. Timothy Irish said Monday that air- crews wear personal flota- tion devices with their flight suits and get additional training on top of survival swimming training. There are various ways that life rafts could be inflated, in- cluding a cord being pulled by debris, he said. Mooers said people have been founds days or even weeks after they've been at sea. Survival would entail overcoming many factors, including surviving the crash, being conscious for impact, being overwhelmed by water, and then facing dehydration, exposure and fatigue, said Mario Vittone, a retired Coast Guardsman who is an expert on sea sur- vival. Vittone said survival seems unlikely, but noted that he doesn't know all the circumstances and said there's nothing unusual in the length of the search so far. The transport helicopters were part of the 1st Marine Aircraft Wing at Marine Corps Base Hawaii. Known as Super Stallions, they are the U.S. military's largest helicopter, capable of car- rying a light armored ve- hicle, 16 tons of cargo or a team of combat-equipped Marines, according to a Ma- rine Corps website. DOWNED HELICOPTER Hawaii search finds life ra s but no sign of 12 Marines MARIANA KELLER PHOTO U.S. Marines walk on the beach at Waimea Bay near Haleiwa, Hawaii, where two military helicopters crashed into the ocean about 2miles offshore, on Friday. | NEWS | REDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM TUESDAY, JANUARY 19, 2016 8 A