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Describing the Devastation of Mountaintop Mining

Peter Lehner | Posted 03.02.2009 | Green

Read More: Mountaintop-Removal Mining, Tennessee Coal Ash, Renewable Energy, Fertility, Animals, Coal, Tennessee Valley Authority, Mountains, Trees, Mountaintop Removal, Grass, Tennessee, Topsoil, Kentucky, Coal Mining, TVA Spill, Toxic, Clean Coal, Carbon Emissions, Nrdc, Environmentalism, Winter, Tva, Natural Resources Defense Council, Bush Administration, Mining, Tennessee Coal Spill, Land, Environment, TVA Disaster, Valleys, Green News
Peter Lehner

We also need to cap carbon and make coal pay its true price so that clean energy can compete with it. NRDC will be working on all of that.

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Big Coal Gift in Senate Stimulus Package While Coal Profits Soar

Jeff Biggers | Posted 03.01.2009 | Green

Read More: Dirty Coal, Carol Browner, Stimulus Package, Stephen Chu, Clean Coal, Senate, Barack Obama, Wind Energy, Futuregen, Green News
Jeff Biggers

There's a new detail on this "clean coal" money: $2 billion are no longer slated for zero emissions plants, but "near-zero emissions" plants -- so much for all of those ads about zero emissions.

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Look Who's Following me... Yikes!

Julia Bovey | Posted 03.01.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy, The Internet, Ads, Twitter, Christmas Carols, Clean Coal, Fuel Efficiency, Nrdc, Computers, Web, Websites, Advertisements, Science, Pollution, Coal, Internet, Natural Resources Defense Council, Electricity, The Onion News, Alternative Fuels, Singing, Technology, Global Warming, Scientists, Green News
Julia Bovey

Someday, coal-fired electricity plants will likely be able to capture and store their global warming pollution, and that's something that NRDC encourages, as long as it's done well.

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Coal is Dirty. Period.

Javier Sierra | Posted 03.01.2009 | Green

Read More: Latinos, Sierra Club, Environmental Justice, Clean Coal, Tennessee Coal Ash, Obama Inauguration, Javier Sierra, Environment, Renewable Energy, Hispanic Voters, Obama, Tva, Green News
Javier Sierra

The coal industry has been behaving irresponsibly for decades. Each year, coal-fired power plants cause 21,000 hospitalizations, 38,000 heart attacks and 24,000 unnecessary deaths.

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Senate Version Of Stimulus Would Include Additional $2B For Coal

The Charleston Gazette | Posted 02.28.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy, Senate, Economic Stimulus Package, Clean Coal, Senate Stimulus Package, West Virginia, Robert Byrd, Coal, Green Politics, Green News

Coal supporters have managed to tuck more than $4.6 billion in money for the industry into a Senate version of the economic stimulus package. The S...

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Can the U.S. and China Cooperate on Coal?

Deborah Seligsohn | Posted 02.28.2009 | Green

Read More: Carbon Capture and Storage, Coal, China, Energy, Steven Chu Energy, Clean Coal, Steven Chu Obama, Green, Sustainable Energy, Green Energy, Steven Chu Energy Secretary, China Pollution, Steven Chu, Global Warming, Green News
Deborah Seligsohn

With 20% of the world's population and an economy that continues to grow, China has 14% of the world's coal reserves, but less than 1% of the world's oil and gas reserves.

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TVA PR Memo Shows Company "Whittled Away" Descriptions Of Coal Spill

AP | DUNCAN MANSFIELD | Posted 02.28.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy, Clean Coal, TVA Memo, Tennessee Coal Ash, Fly Ash, Tva, Coal, Green News

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — The massive coal ash spill at a Tennessee Valley Authority power plant last month wasn't so much "catastrophic" as it was a "...

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Tenn. Congressmen Seek $25M In Stimulus For Coal Cleanup

AP | Posted 02.28.2009 | Green

Read More: Clean Coal, Coal, Energy, Fly Ash, Tennessee Coal Ash, Tva, Zach Wamp, Lincoln Davis, Economic Stimulus Package, Green Politics, Stimulus Bill, Green News

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Two Tennessee congressmen say they are seeking $25 million from a federal economic stimulus bill to help pay for cleaning u...

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Obama's EPA Puts Hold On South Dakota Coal Plant Plan

bloomberg.com | Posted 02.23.2009 | Green

Read More: Epa, Energy, South Dakota Coal Plant, Clean Coal, Green Politics, Coal, Barack Obama, Green News

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency placed a hold on approval of a coal-fired power plant in South Dakota, a move environmental groups say indica...

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The Crumbling Clean Coal Myth

New York Times | Posted 02.23.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy, Barbara Boxer, Clean Coal, Coal Ash Regulation, Tennessee Coal Ash, Coal Ash, Pollution, Tva, Green Politics, Coal, Tennessee Valley Authority, Green News

A month of negative news for the Tennessee Valley Authority could lead to positive changes in national policy, including federal regulation of toxic c...

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Will Coal Spill Victims Be OK? "No One Can Give Me An Answer"

knoxnews.com | Matt Lakin | Posted 02.16.2009 | Green

Read More: Clean Coal, Tennessee Coal Ash, Coal Spill Victims, Coal, Tennessee Valley Authority, Tva, Green News

"When you're living in it, you want to know if you're going to be OK," she said. "That's been my question all along, and no one can give me an answer....

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Coal Spill In Scott County, Tennessee: Tons Of Coal Dumped Near New River By Train

Huffington Post | Dave Burdick | Posted 02.15.2009 | Green

Read More: Clean Coal, National Coal Corporation Coal Spill, Environment, Oneida Coal Spill, New River Coal Spill, National Coal Corporation, Pollution, Coal, January 9 Coal Spill, Scott County Coal Spill, Tenessee, Green News

Another coal spill has apparently occurred in Tennessee, sources report. This one is a train accident in Scott County, Tenn. Major news sources don't ...

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Blago's Symbolic Parting Gift to Dirty Coal: Will Obama Follow?

Jeff Biggers | Posted 02.14.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Epa, Dirty Coal, Carol Browner, Rod Blagojevich, Barack Obama, Dick Durbin, Big Coal, Department of Energy, Black Lung, Clean Coal, Green Jobs, Taylorville, Illinois Clean Coal, Taylorville Coal Plant, Green Stimulus, Chicago News
Jeff Biggers

Impeachment notwithstanding, Gov. Rod Blagojevich signed a bill this week that will send another $18 million down the "clean coal" rabbit hole in Illinois. The delusional symbolism couldn't be more obvious.

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Tennessee Demands Details On TVA Coal Sludge Cleanup

AP | DUNCAN MANSFIELD | Posted 02.14.2009 | Green

Read More: Tva, Phil Bredesen, Tennesee Coal Spill, Coal, Clean Coal, Tennessee Coal Ash, TVA Cleanup, Tennessee Valley Authority, Tom Kilgore, Environment, Pollution, Green News

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — The state of Tennessee demanded answers and cooperation Tuesday from the nation's largest public utility in the aftermath of ...

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Group Calls On TVA To Cover Spill Victims' Medical Costs

switchboard.nrdc.org | Posted 02.13.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy, TVA Spill, Clean Coal, Tennessee Coal Ash, Environment, Ocoee River Sludge Dump, Waterboarding, Pollution, Coal, Tva, Tennessee Valley Authority, Ocoee River, Green News

That massive spill at the Tennessee Valley Authority's (TVA) Kingston Fossil Plant, which flooded over 400 acres with 1 billion gallons of toxic coal ...

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TVA Found In Violation Of Tennessee Water Quality Act

knoxnews.com | Ron Clayton News@knoxnews.com | Posted 02.13.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy, TVA Spill, Clean Coal, Water, Tennessee Water Quality Act, Environment, Ocoee River Sludge Dump, Pollution, Tva, Coal, Tennessee Valley Authority, Ocoee River, Green News

The Tennessee Valley Authority was found in violation of the state's Water Quality Control Act of 1977 after sludge from the No. 3 Ocoee Dam was relea...

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A Message to Congress: Energy Smart Programs Will Save the Economy

Brian Keane | Posted 02.09.2009 | Green

Read More: Environment and Government, Energy Efficiency, Congress, Alternative Energy, Green News, Clean Energy, Green Living, Green Energy, Barack Obama, Tom Friedman, Obama Energy Policy, Clean Coal, Obama Green, Tennessee Coal Ash, Nuclear Energy, Green Building, Obama Administration Environmental Policy, Obama Job Creation, TVA Kingston, Obama Green Infrastructure, Obama Environment, Japan Earthquake, Job Creation, Retrofitting Buildings, Green News
Brian Keane

Despite Friday's piece in the Times, there seems to be a growing consensus around Washington that the road to our nation's economic salvation will be ...

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Another TVA Ash Spill

A. Siegel | Posted 02.09.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy, Clean Coal, Tennessee Coal Spill, Tennessee Coal Ash, Environment, Widows Creek, Pollution, Coal, Tva, Tennessee Valley Authority, Video, Green News
A. Siegel

For Christmas, rather than Clean Coal carolers, too many in Tennessee were serenaded with evacuation notices and concerns about drinking water due to the massive Kingston ash pond rupture.

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Household Trash is Managed Better Than The TVA's Coal Ash

Frances Beinecke | Posted 02.09.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy, EPA Rules, Epa, Clean Coal, Coal Industry, Big Coal, Coal Ash, Drinking Water, Tva, TVA Disaster, TVA Kingston, Toxins, Coal Ash Pollution, Contaminated Groundwater, Contaminated Drinking Water, Green News
Frances Beinecke

While your municipal government does a good job of handling your trash, the Environmental Protection Agency is supposed to protect Americans from hazardous waste. Coal ash fits the bill.

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The True Face of Mean Coal

David Sassoon | Posted 02.09.2009 | Green

Read More: Mean Coal, Global Warming, Tennessee Coal Ash, Clean Coal, TVA Spill, Big Coal, The New York Times, New York Times, TVA Disaster, Coal, Coal Mining, TVA Coal, Tva, Green News
David Sassoon

There are 1300 hundred dumps across the country similar to the one in Tennessee. It's become painfully clear yet again that there's no such thing as clean coal, just Mean Coal.

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Tom Kilgore, TVA CEO, Talked To Angry Victims Yesterday, Senate Today

Huffington Post | Dave Burdick | Posted 02.09.2009 | Green

Read More: Coal Sludge, Clean Coal, Tom Kilgore, Tennessee, Tennessee Coal Ash, Tennessee Coal Spill, Tva Ceo, Fly Ash, Roane County, Coal, Tom Kilgore Testimony, Green News

Tom Kilgore, CEO of the Tennessee Valley Authority, testified today before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee at 10 a.m. EST today. V...

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Tennesseeans Bring Jar Of Sludge To Sen. Boxer Ahead Of Hearing

Huffington Post | Dave Burdick | Posted 02.09.2009 | Green

Read More: Barbara Boxer, Coal Sludge, Clean Coal, Tennessee Coal Spill, Tennessee Coal Ash, Fly Ash, Tennessee, Roane County, Coal, Green News

The Knoxville News-Sentinel reports that Tennessee residents met with Sen. Barbara Boxer and others in Washington yesterday to talk about the effects ...

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Tennessee Coal Sludge Disaster: Think This Could Not Happen to You? Think Again.

Gillian Caldwell | Posted 02.07.2009 | Green

Read More: Clean Coal, Tennessee Coal Ash, Tennessee Coal Spill, Tennessee, Environment, 1sky, Clean Coal Myth, Tennessee Valley Authority, Coal Sludge Spill, Green News
Gillian Caldwell

The Tennessee coal ash spill was a man-made disaster that is directly tied to our reliance on fossil fuels.

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Who Got Coal in Their Stockings?

Carl Pope | Posted 02.05.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy, TVA Spill, TVA Disaster, Dynegy, Coal, Environmental Protection Agency, Clean Coal, Ls Power, Green News
Carl Pope

The massive... spill of coal ash at the Kingston Power plant in Tennessee devastated homes, covered hundreds of acres, and threatens rivers, wildlife, and drinking-water sources.

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Tennessee Sludge Spill Community's Future Clouded (SLIDESHOW)

AP | BETH RUCKER | Posted 02.02.2009 | Green

Read More: Clean Coal, Tennesee Coal Spill, Coal Industry, Water, Tennessee Coal Ash, Environment, Pollution, Coal, Green News

HARRIMAN, Tenn. -- Tom Grizzard wonders what the future holds for a spot that once seemed the perfect place to live. His pastoral enclave boasted vist...

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