University Of Kentucky Adds "Coal" To The New Basketball Dorm's Name For $7 Million Donation
This afternoon, the University of Kentucky Board of Trustees voted 16-3 to approve the proposal for the new dorm, which will be named the "Wildcat Coa...
This afternoon, the University of Kentucky Board of Trustees voted 16-3 to approve the proposal for the new dorm, which will be named the "Wildcat Coa...
Anne Butterfield | Posted 10.28.2009 | Denver
Despite a new wind turbine in Boulder, the elephant in the middle of the New Energy Economy is Comanche 3, the 750 megawatt coal plant in Colorado coming online as soon as next month.
Rob Perks | Posted 10.27.2009 | Green
A new study found coal to be the costliest of all fossil fuels -- to the tune of $62 billion a year. Indeed, the damage caused by the nation's 406 coal-fired plants is far worse than any other energy source.
Jeremy Nichols | Posted 10.27.2009 | Denver
The Colorado Air Pollution Control Division rejected calls to keep CO2 emission in check at the Valmont coal-fired power plant in Boulder. Are there any limits on carbon in Colorado?
Jeff Biggers | Posted 10.27.2009 | Chicago
The Chicago activists called attention to the deadly life cycle of coal mining and coal burning -- including the burning of coal strip-mined from mountaintop removal operations in Appalachia.
Gloria Reuben | Posted 10.27.2009 | Impact
Big coal has busted up the unions, impoverished communities, and lined the pockets of state politicians and judges. It's time for this to stop.
Matt Wasson | Posted 10.24.2009 | Green
The fate of Coal River Mountain is America's energy future. If the coal companies can mine there, they can do anything they want.
Bruce Nilles | Posted 10.22.2009 | Green
This week's post was co-written by Mary Anne Hitt, deputy director of the Sierra Club Beyond Coal Campaign"My hope is this superb documentary will sho...
Jeff Biggers | Posted 10.27.2009 | Books
In the end, unfolding like a chilling and disturbing thriller, Climate Cover-Up is about one of the greatest campaigns of misinformation in our time.
Huffington Post | Posted 10.16.2009 | Green
Thursday night on the Colbert Report, Stephen weighed in on the allegations that Bonner and Associates, a lobby group for the coal industry had sent f...
Michael Kieschnick | Posted 11.10.2009 | Green
Saudi Arabia has been lobbying to gain financial compensation if a treaty passes that reduces world dependence on oil. is that so different from what the coal industry has done in Washington, D.C.?
Carl Pope | Posted 10.17.2009 | Green
Don't even get me started on the issue of the pollution that results from mining coal, or the problems that stem from its mercury and carbon dioxide pollution.
John DeCock | Posted 10.15.2009 | Green
Perhaps the biggest challenge in changing human behavior to address the reality of climate change is connecting impacts to every day life. But t...
Jeff Biggers | Posted 10.08.2009 | Green
Given the irreparable damage of his mining record, Pizarchik's entrenched support of the coal industry suggests that the OSM would continue its decades-old tradition of lawlessness and betrayal of coalfield residents.
Bruce Nilles | Posted 10.07.2009 | Green
Did you know that many of our country's colleges and universities -- places that are supposed to be a source of higher-education and leadership -- get their electricity by burning coal?
Huffington Post | Katherine Goldstein | Posted 10.05.2009 | Green
Lesley Stahl on Sunday's 60 Minutes did an in-depth look at the problems with the by-products of coal production, commonly known as coal ash. Coal ash...
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 12.01.2009 | Green
IN TODAY'S AUDIO REPORT: Landmark clean energy legislation finally drops in the U.S. Senate; EPA plows forward anyway; Scientists revise their pred...
Matt Wasson | Posted 12.01.2009 | Green
The concept of "energy sprawl," now associated with such a distorted picture of the impacts of wind, solar, coal and nuclear technologies, adds nothing but confusion and false impressions to the climate debate.
Rob Perks | Posted 11.29.2009 | Green
Perhaps Blankenship's extreme wealth is why Forbes magazine decided to interview him. But what shines through more than anything is Blankenship's extreme anti-environmental worldview.
Betsy Taylor | Posted 11.29.2009 | Green
We must protect ourselves against the dark vision of rising seas and temperatures, but not by numbly going through the motions with our actions and alerts. The times call for more risk-taking.
Bruce Nilles | Posted 11.25.2009 | Green
Nearly a hundred million tons of toxic coal ash and related coal combustion wastes pile up in unlined ponds and pits across the U.S. every year, the second largest solid waste stream in the nation.
Bob Dinneen | Posted 11.17.2009 | Green
No credible research can conclude that ethanol production in the U.S. is the driving force behind deforestation and other land use changes in other sovereign nations.
Jeff Biggers | Posted 11.14.2009 | Green
Duhigg's portrait of the Clean Water Act violations in West Virginia--and the indifference of state agencies--blew the cover on one of the worst kept secrets in Appalachia.
Jeff Biggers | Posted 11.11.2009 | Green
Pizarchik's hearing on Tuesday will be a litmus test of the Obama administration's--and the US Senate's--commitment to appointing and confirming agency directors who believe in science and law in our nation's coalfields.
Bruce Nilles | Posted 11.11.2009 | Green
For the eight years of the Bush Administration, permits were being issued that violated the Clean Water Act, but EPA was prevented from objecting. Clearly there is a new sheriff in town.
Posted 10.28.2009 | Green