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A Big Step Beyond Coal

Michael Brune | Posted 05.28.2012

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Michael Brune

We know carbon pollution is bad for our health and our climate. We also know how to generate power with clean energy like solar and wind. So why keep hitting ourselves on the head by building more dirty power plants?

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Government Officials Protest Plan To Reduce Coal-Fired Power Plants

AP | DALE WETZEL | Posted 05.09.2012

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BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Top North Dakota officials renewed their protests against a plan to discourage Minnesota utilities from meeting new energy dem...

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City's Coal Plants To Close After Mayor Presents Ultimatum

Posted 02.29.2012

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Chicago environmentalists won a hard-fought victory late Tuesday as the city's two coal power plants announced that they will close -- one of them by ...

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Environmental Groups Plan To Sue Pennsylvania Coal Plant Again

AP | Posted 04.15.2012

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PITTSBURGH (AP) — A coalition of environmental and community groups say they plan to file a new lawsuit against an Edison Mission Energy power plant...

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WATCH: 16 Greenpeace Protesters Arrested While Occupying Coal Plant

Posted 02.13.2012

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Protesters from Greenpeace demonstrated against "the destruction and pollution caused by coal" at a North Carolina power plant on Monday, according to...

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6 Coal-Fired Power Plants Closing

AP | Posted 03.27.2012

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FirstEnergy Closing 6 Coal-fired Power Plants

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Just A Short-Term Trend? Electric Plants Shift From Coal To Natural Gas

AP | By KEVIN BEGOS | Posted 01.16.2012

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PITTSBURGH -- The huge, belching smokestacks of electric power plants have long symbolized air pollution woes. But a shift is under way: More and more...

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PHOTOS: Disturbing Anti-Coal Plant Ads Take Over D.C. Metro Station

Posted 09.13.2011

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Commuters probably weren't expecting this on their way to work in the morning. But beginning July 12th, the Sierra Club took over all of the ad space ...

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Air Pollution From Power Plants Kills 13,000 People Per Year

The Huffington Post | Joanna Zelman | Posted 05.25.2011

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The American Lung Association (ALA) recently released a new report on the dramatic health hazards surrounding coal-fired power plants. The report,...

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