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Lucia Graves

Senate Confirms Ernest Moniz As Energy Secretary

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 05.16.2013 | Green

WASHINGTON — The Senate on Thursday voted to confirm nuclear physicist Ernest Moniz as U.S. secretary of energy. The vote was 97-0. Moniz, a prof...

LA City Takes Major Environmental Step

Los Angeles Daily News | Rick Orlov | Posted 04.25.2013 | Los Angeles

In a major step toward ending the city's reliance on coal by 2025, the Los Angeles City Council on Tuesday approved a far-reaching plan to amend its a...

Lucia Graves

Ernest Moniz's Clean Coal Record Draws Environmentalists' Ire

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 03.14.2013 | Green

When President Barack Obama tapped MIT physicist Ernest Moniz to be the next Secretary of Energy earlier this month, environmentalists were quick to r...

One Coal Plant's Quest To Prove That Carbon Capture Is Possible

Reuters | Posted 05.14.2013 | Green

OSLO, Jan 28 (Reuters) - A technology that holds the hope for cleaner use of coal will be tested on a commercial scale for the first time in Canada ...

How About Some Clean Coal for Our Stockings?

Rev. Jim Ball | Posted 02.20.2013 | Green
Rev. Jim Ball

With our current situation of cheap natural gas, no price on carbon providing an incentive to decarbonize, and no carbon pollution regulation of existing coal plants, industry efforts are dead in their tracks.

Clean Coal Turnabout?

Bill Chameides | Posted 01.28.2013 | Green
Bill Chameides

Okay, it's past Thanksgiving and the election is long over, but a series of ads I saw on television on election night keep playing in my mind. They were about the virtues of coal. Why would such ads stay with me? Let me explain.

'Green News Report' - September 25, 2012

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 11.25.2012 | Green
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport FACEBOOK: Green News Report The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app!. IN TODAY...

'Green News Report' - September 20, 2012

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 11.20.2012 | Green
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport FACEBOOK: Green News Report The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app!. TWITTER:...

'Green News Report' - September 18, 2012

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 11.18.2012 | Green
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport FACEBOOK: Green News Report The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app!. IN TODAY...

'Green News Report' - September 13, 2012

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 11.13.2012 | Green
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

o TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport FACEBOOK: Green News Report The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app!. IN TODA...

'Green News Report' - September 11, 2012

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 11.11.2012 | Green
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport FACEBOOK: Green News Report The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app!. IN TODAY...

'All of the Above' Energy Plans Should Really Be 'Some of the Above'

J. Mijin Cha | Posted 11.11.2012 | Green
J. Mijin Cha

"All of the above" should refer to wind, solar, geothermal, biofuels, and other renewable sources, not dead-end fossil fuels.

10 Reasons Clean Coal Is Offensive

Kevin Grandia | Posted 09.16.2012 | Green
Kevin Grandia

"Clean coal" is nothing more than a made up marketing phrase .It is PR spin not based in reality and President Obama and his campaign team are playing a part in trying to dupe the public again

Urgent: Tell Your Senators to Protect Public Health -- Don't Roll Back EPA's Mercury Standards

Mary Anne Hitt | Posted 08.20.2012 | Green
Mary Anne Hitt

A big Senate vote this week will determine the fate of mercury safeguards that continue to garner overwhelming support from Americans nationwide. These long overdue safeguards are poised to protect millions of Americans from dangerous air pollutants.

The Hypocrisy of 'Clean Coal'

Heather Taylor-Miesle | Posted 08.11.2012 | Politics
Heather Taylor-Miesle

Rebranding dirty old coal as "clean coal" doesn't magically make the filth disappear.

Coal Use Drops to Record Lows While Clean Energy Soars

Mary Anne Hitt | Posted 07.17.2012 | Green
Mary Anne Hitt

What energy companies should be doing is focusing on how to transition away from dangerous fossil fuels and invest in clean energy and a just transition for workers. One key measure that will help that transition is, unfortunately, in jeopardy.

Clean Coal Lobbyists Mock Protest Movement

Republic Report | Posted 06.05.2012 | Politics

The coal lobby just kicked off a $40 million campaign to manipulate the election cycle. In 2008, the industry planted questions in town hall events to...

WATCH: Why Does A Coal Energy Drink Taste So Good?

Posted 12.07.2011 | Green

Would you drink liquid coal? The video below from the Renewable Energy Accountability Project (REAP) suggests "coal isn't just clean ... it's refreshi...

The True Cost of Coal - Jharia Coal Mine, India

Kevin Grandia | Posted 12.04.2011 | Green
Kevin Grandia

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The 5 Worst 'Alternative' Energy Sources

The Daily Green | Posted 11.13.2011 | Green

From The Daily Green: Everyone agrees we're in an energy crisis, and everyone agrees we have to wean ourselves from foreign oil. General Motors sen...

Bloomberg Gives $50 Million To Drive American Jobs To China

Richard Grenell | Posted 10.07.2011 | Politics
Richard Grenell

Make no mistake about it, billionaire Michael Bloomberg is a technology whiz. But his energy ideas are bankrupt. His $50 million gift to support the Sierra Club's anti-coal agenda and to stop coal-fired power plants will undoubtedly help move American jobs to China.

Heartland Coal Crisis: Illinois Bankrolls Big Coal School Program? Interview With Eco-Justice Leader Lan Richart

Jeff Biggers | Posted 08.22.2011 | Green
Jeff Biggers

Illinois has been pushing a misleading and downright shameless Big Coal-approved curriculum and educational activities on children and their teachers around the state.

The Whole Coal Story

Carl Safina | Posted 08.20.2011 | Green
Carl Safina

When you realize coal's effects on health and our environment, coal is exceptionally costly. If these costs were included in the price of coal, cleaner energy technologies would become very competitive.

Heroes

Bill Haney | Posted 08.15.2011 | Green
Bill Haney

The folks of the Coal River Valley are taking their place at the forefront of other heroic movements in the annals of American consciousness raising. Stories of heroes like these are the stories of The Last Mountain.

Matt Sledge

Ted Turner Says Coal, Oil Industries Need 'A Good A** Kicking'

HuffingtonPost.com | Matt Sledge | Posted 07.24.2011 | Green

ANAHEIM, C.A. -- Philanthropist and CNN founder Ted Turner has turned his sights to renewable energy -- and he had some fighting words for the wind in...