Big Coal

Why Did Tom Friedman Misrepresent Al Gore's Challenge?

Jeff Biggers | Posted 07.22.2008 | Green


Jeff Biggers

Tom Friedman distorted Al Gore's new energy challenge, which called for an energy policy based on 100 percent renewable sources, by including the role of coal. Isn't coal a nonrenewable fossil fuel?

Coal to Liquid Plan Means a Kentucky Fried Earth

Kevin Grandia | Posted 07.15.2008 | Green


Kevin Grandia

At a time when we need to cut our emissions by at least 80 percent to curtail destructive climate change, the idea of nearly doubling global warming pollution from liquid coal ought to be tossed aside.

What's Not The Matter With Kansas: Kate Sheppard Talks To Governor Kathleen Sebelius

Kate Sheppard | Posted 07.11.2008 | Green


Kate Sheppard

Governor Kathleen Sebelius has advocated for a major increase in the amount of wind power generated in Kansas, and pushed for massive reforms to the state's energy plan.

Obama: A Mighty Wind Awaits You on Coal River Mountain

Jeff Biggers | Posted 07.09.2008 | Green


Jeff Biggers

The Coal River Wind Project is the first community-based full scale assessment to directly counter the nightmare of mountaintop removal with a renewable energy alternative prior to the actual mining.

Virginia is For Coal Lovers

Glenn Hurowitz | Posted 06.30.2008 | Green


Glenn Hurowitz

Virginia decided that what the world really needs is another coal-fired power plant with no controls on release of carbon dioxide, and so gave the Dominion Company the go-ahead to build one.

"No, I'm Not From Here, But I Got Here Just as Soon as I Could"

Glenn Hurowitz | Posted 06.24.2008 | Green


Glenn Hurowitz

It's Eden in the Mountains here in Appalachian Virginia -- miles and miles of green, forested mountains in every direction. But these natural wonders are being devoured by the coal industry.

Obama's Audacity in Appalachia

Jeff Biggers | Posted 05.28.2008 | Politics


Jeff Biggers

The mountaintop removal issue transcends any narrow debate of jobs vs. trees by clearly showing that the environmental devastation has gone hand-in-hand with economic decline.

Thomas Friedman's Green Pie in the Sky

Jeff Biggers | Posted 05.12.2008 | Media


Jeff Biggers

There are some hard questions from the green movement -- especially on his disingenuous touting of "clean coal" -- that Thomas Friedman has been ducking for too long.

One Hand Clapping ...

A. Siegel | Posted 05.09.2008 | Politics


A. Siegel

The Coal-Subsidy Act (fundamentally inadequate in face of the threat before us, before the US) seems unlikely to muster enough support to pass Congress.

Global Warming Legislation: What Matters?

A. Siegel | Posted 04.18.2008 | Politics


A. Siegel

Despite Joe Lockhart's and Barbara Boxer's enthusiasm, Lieberman-Warner is not the bill the nation (or the globe) requires.

Agape and The New Climate Movement

Jonathan Isham, Jr. | Posted 04.09.2008 | Politics


Jonathan Isham, Jr.

Unless climate activists affirm that they can love Rush Limbaugh, the coal lobby and other opponents of action to fight global warming, I fear that this movement will fail, with dire consequences for our planet.

Another Coal-Sponsored Debate Without Questions on Global Warming

Laurie David | Posted 02.22.2008 | Politics


Laurie David

What a surprise then that no questions were asked about global warming in the state that is the number one emitter of CO2 emissions when the debate was sponsored (once again) by polluting coal interests.

Can Anyone Spell Cartel?

Carl Pope | Posted 02.20.2008 | Politics


Carl Pope

Coal is sending not-so-subtle messages to gas producers that if they keep reminding the public of their product's advantages, they can expect some vicious responses.

Progress in the Belly of the Beast?

Carl Pope | Posted 02.01.2008 | Home


Carl Pope

North Carolina is a state where public utilities cast a long, long political shadow. But it's also a state that has shown remarkable leadership and sp...

Stripmining Black History Month

Jeff Biggers | Posted 01.29.2008 | Politics


Jeff Biggers

As schools, communities and politicians across the country celebrate Black History Month in February, they will be remiss if their lessons don't include the coal fields of Fayette County, West Virginia.

The Coal Truth on Candidates

Jeff Biggers | Posted 01.18.2008 | Politics


Jeff Biggers

The Democratic candidates for president have bought into the same sham of coal's reemergence as a "clean" source of energy for the future as their Republican counterparts.

A Huge New Coal Plant -- Your Tax Dollars at Work

Harry Fuller | Posted 12.21.2007 | Business


Harry Fuller

Mattoon, Illinois, has just become the single most important spot on the globe for Big Coal. Previously the small city may have been best known, if it was known at all, for its Soybean Museum.

Coal's True Cost

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. | Posted 11.29.2007 | Politics


Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Mountaintop removal is one of the biggest environmental holocausts in human history. Wherever you live, you have a connection -- and a responsibility.

Bringing Down Big Coal

Michael Brune | Posted 11.07.2007 | Politics


Michael Brune

Whether we lie in front of banks or bulldozers, the principle remains the same: we can no longer afford to tolerate coal or the banks that fund it.

Big Coal's Xenophobic Slime Campaign

David Roberts | Posted 11.05.2007 | Politics


David Roberts

The fossil fuel lobby is panicking. Kansas was recently the site of a bold repudiation of coal and now look at the slime Big Coal put out in several Kansas newspapers today.


 

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