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Cooking up Lies with Dirty Coal

Javier Sierra | Posted 11.11.2009 | Green

Read More: Latinos, Dirty Coal, Green Jobs, American-Climate-and-Security-Act, Big Coal, Creciendo Juntos, Clean Energy, Coal, Naacp, Hispanics and the Environment, Bonner & Associates, Latinos and the Environment, Fake Letters, Health, Asthma, Environment, Mercury, Aces, Climate Bill, Astroturf, Green News
Javier Sierra

Big Coal and Big Oil are determined to cover our ears so we can't hear about the overwhelming advantages of the climate and energy bill, especially for us Latinos.

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Dominoes Keep Falling for Clean Coal Coalition

Bruce Nilles | Posted 11.09.2009 | Green

Read More: Alstom Power, Duke Energy, Clean Energy, Dirty Coal, Coal, Aces, Accce, Green News
Bruce Nilles

The defections of Duke Energy and Alstom Power are clear signs that the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity has gone too far--even for energy companies like Duke that are heavily invested in coal.

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Yes We Can -- And We Are

Carl Pope | Posted 11.09.2009 | Green

Read More: Coal Plants, Clean Energy, Coal, Negawatts, Van Jones, Green News
Carl Pope

In the past two weeks alone, we've taken several really major steps forward to a clean-energy future. It's clear that we not only can but should cut our carbon emissions much faster than anyone in Congress is talking about.

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Stripping Massey: 81-year-old Paratrooper Leads Blockade, Court Hears $85 Million Suit

Jeff Biggers | Posted 11.09.2009 | Green

Read More: Climate Ground Zero, Caterpillar, Dirty Coal, Civil Disobedience, President Barack Obama, Big Coal, Mountaintop Removal, Direct Action, Coal, Massey, Green News
Jeff Biggers

Massey Energy's brutal attacks on coalfield residents and the judicial system have drawn national criticism.

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Labor Day of Infamy: Who Killed the Jobs of Van Jones and Coal Miners?

Jeff Biggers | Posted 10.23.2009 | Green

Read More: Umwa, Appalachia, Dirty Coal, Massey Energy, Don Blankenship, President Barack Obama, Green Energy, Van Jones, Coal, Glenn Beck, A Day That Will Live in Infamy, Green News
Jeff Biggers

How easy to be cynical on this Labor Day, and declare it a day that will live in infamy for coal miners and coalfield residents and green job advocates across the nation.

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Natural Gas Hits A Roadblock In Energy Bill: Coal Lobby

The New York Times | CLIFFORD KRAUSS | Posted 10.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Climate Change Bill, Coal Lobby, Coal, Lobbying, Lobbyists, Politics, Natural Gas, Congress, Energy Bill, Energy, Clean Coal, Politics News

For all its pronouncements that gas could be used to replace aging, inefficient coal-fired power plants -- and reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the ...

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Private Security Walks Off The Job in Protest; Coal Company Goes Too Far

Jerry Cope | Posted 10.20.2009 | Green

Read More: Ken Hechler, Massey Energy, Civil Disobedience, West Virginia, Epa, Mountain Top Removal, James Hansen, Daryl Hannah, Climate Change, Coal Mining, Coal, Tree-Hugger, Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Policy, Environment, Green News
Jerry Cope

Laura Steepleton and Nick Stocks spent the past week tree-sitting 80 feet above the ground in an act of civil disobedience protesting Massey Energy's mountaintop removal site there.

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Verizon Wireless Invites Backlash by Supporting Controversial Climate Denier Rally

Rob Perks | Posted 10.19.2009 | Green

Read More: Nrdc, Massey Energy, Don Blankenship, Mountaintop Removal, Facebook, Coal, Verizon Wireless, Green News
Rob Perks

No amount of spinning will help Verizon Wireless. But the company can dig itself out of this hole simply by admitting its mistake and immediately withdrawing its support for the rally.

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Verizon Wireless Dumped Glenn Beck: Will It Dump Bizarre Big Coal Sponsorship?

Jeff Biggers | Posted 10.17.2009 | Green

Read More: Epa, Nrdc, Massey Energy, Dirty Coal, Coal Sludge, Human Rights, Ted Nugent, President Barack Obama, Verizon Wireless, Mountaintop Removal, Coal, Glenn Beck, Green News
Jeff Biggers

Glenn Beck's controversial track record pales in comparison to Massey Energy's mining operations in Appalachia, which have literally displaced American citizens from their native homes.

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Call Now: Verizon Wireless Sponsors Union-Busting Mountaintop Removal Rally?

Jeff Biggers | Posted 09.29.2009 | Green

Read More: Epa, Massey Energy, Dirty Coal, Labor Day, United Mine Workers, Ted Nugent, Sean Hannity, President Barack Obama, Climate Change, Communication Workers of America, Verizon Wireless, Environmental Defense Fund, Mountaintop Removal, Coal, West Virginia, Green News
Jeff Biggers

Verizon and a British Lord are joining forces to deny climate change and fight unions.

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You're Not the King of Me: Midwest Gen Runs Afoul of the Clean Air Act

Henry Henderson | Posted 09.29.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Natural Resources Defense Council, Epa, Chicago, Midwest Generation, Department of Justice, Pollution, Air Pollution, Coal, Clean Air Act, Lisa Madigan, Chicago News
Henry Henderson

Filing a lawsuit against the folks responsible for filth-spewing, coal-burning relics in Chicago's Pilsen and Little Village neighborhoods.

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Now is the Time, Al Gore: Coalfield Uprising and Heroes Need National Defense, Green Jobs

Jeff Biggers | Posted 09.28.2009 | Green

Read More: Al Gore, Dirty Coal, Made in America Tour, Civil Disobedience, Green Jobs, President Barack Obama, Big Coal, Blue Green Alliance, Coal, Van Jones, Epa, Appalachia, Protests, Mountaintop Removal, Repower America, Disney World, Climate Change, Lisa Jackson, Nancy Sutley, Martha's Vineyard, Green News
Jeff Biggers

Now is the time for all good greens, rednecks, social entrepreneurs, hellraisers, Repower America and Al Gore to come to the aid of their fellow citizens in the Appalachian coalfields.

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Save Cash by Going Green: 4 Tips

Avital Binshtock | Posted 09.28.2009 | Green

Read More: Green Motoring, Fuel, Energy, Gas Prices, Gas, Driving, Landfills, Charity, Carbon Emissions, Economy, Green, Conservation, Green Living, Saving Money, Coal, Methane, Electricity, Fossil Fuels, Greenhouse Gases, Oil Prices, Environment, Earth Hour, Food, Sierra Club, Cash, Going Green and Saving Money, Green Tips, Green News
Avital Binshtock

Going green doesn't just save the outside world. It also can preserve the hard-earned money in your bank account.

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EPA Sues Power Company Over Six Illinois Coal-Burning Plants

Chicago Tribune | Michael Hawthorne | Posted 09.28.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Stopping Coal Power Plants, Dirty Coal, Midwest Generation, Coal, Lisa Madigan, Epa, Chicago News

From the outside, the power plant that towers above Chicago's Pilsen neighborhood looks like a sooty relic from the early part of the last century....

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Firm that Sent Fraudulent Climate Letters Accuses Temp Employee of Setting Them Up

Josh Nelson | Posted 09.27.2009 | Green

Read More: Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming, Ed Markey, Energy Policy, Clean Coal, Bonner and Associates, Global Warming, Energy, Coal, American Clean Energy and Security Act, Bonner, Climate Change, Green, Green News
Josh Nelson

Who could have predicted that hiring basically anyone off the street and training them for two hours in a "white-collar sweatshop" would lead to something like this?

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Outed! Will Obama Meet the Real FACES of Coal or Exposed Big Coal Front?

Jeff Biggers | Posted 09.27.2009 | Green

Read More: Epa, Appalachia, Dirty Coal, President Barack Obama, Faces, Nancy Sutley, Big Coal, Mountaintop Removal, Lisa Jackson, Ceq, Coal, DeSmog Blog, Fake Coalfield Faces, Coalfield Faces Stock Photos, Green News
Jeff Biggers

From forged letters to fake rallies, the revelations over Big Coal's public relations machinations continue. Today's candidate for the "bogus coal front of the week" is FACES, the Federation for American Coal, Energy and Security.

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Fearless Tree-Sit in Coal Blasting Area Calls Out Failed Regulations

Jeff Biggers | Posted 09.25.2009 | Green

Read More: Epa, Tree, Dirty Coal, President Barack Obama, Blasting, Nancy Sutley, Mountaintop Removal, Lisa Jackson, Ken Salazar, Ceq, Forests, Coal, Osmre, Green News
Jeff Biggers

In a stunning blow to mountaintop removal blasting operations in the Coal River Valley of West Virginia this morning, two fearless protesters scaled massive trees and unfurled banners.

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Should Greens Ally With Natural Gas Against Coal?

David Roberts | Posted 09.21.2009 | Green

Read More: Drilling, Hydraulic Fracturing, Environmentalists, Lobbying, Coal, Climate Change, American Clean Energy and Security Act, Natural Gas, Green News
David Roberts

Is the enemy of our enemy our friend? Is it worthwhile to ally with the natgas industry to reduce the influence of coal and strengthen the climate bill?

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Dollywood Boycott Falls Flat

Dave Cooper | Posted 09.21.2009 | Green

Read More: Dolly Parton, Tennessee, Dollywood, Mountaintop Removal, Boycott, Miners, Coal, West Virginia, Green News
Dave Cooper

Raised in the Smoky Mountains of east Tennessee, Dolly Parton is the public face of Smoky Mountain tourism. So why on earth would anyone want to boycott Dollywood?

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America's Greenest Colleges: Did Your School Make the Grade?

Avital Binshtock | Posted 09.20.2009 | Green

Read More: Journalists, College Students, Alma Mater, University of Vermont, Green Jobs, Oberlin, Alumni, Green, College Rankings, Coal, Academics, Colleges, University of Colorado, Rankings, Ratings, Sierra Club, Evergreen State College, Campuses, Energy, U.S. News & World Report, UC Santa Cruz, Administration, Ucla, UC Berkeley, University of Washington, Community Colleges, Students, Athletics, Transportation, Sports, Education, Energy Efficiency, University of California, Middlebury College, College, Waste Management, Sustainability, Food, Schools, Higher Education, College Graduates, College of the Atlantic, Green News
Avital Binshtock

While the good folks at U.S. News and World Report ascribe certain measurements of prestige to their college rankings, we rated schools based on what matters most to us.

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The Brutal Battle to Kill King Coal

John DeCock | Posted 09.20.2009 | Green

Read More: American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity, Fraud, Senate, Clean Coal, Water, Lobbyists, Environment, Green, Paul Newman, Hitchcock, Coal, Green News
John DeCock

A prolonged, determined effort is going to be necessary to end the life of King Coal.

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Coal Clunkers: Washington Post Looks at Chicago's Aging Coal Plants

Henry Henderson | Posted 09.19.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Midwest Generation, Washington Post, Air Pollution, Pollution, Coal, Fisk-Generating-Station, Crawford-Generating-Station, Chicago News
Henry Henderson

There are hundreds of coal plants around the country where utilities are using everything short of duct tape, baling wire and chewing gum to keep them running. Why? It's cheap for the plants to be dirty.

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Oil and Coal Companies to Begin Huge Scuba Giveaway

Jerry Cope | Posted 09.15.2009 | Green

Read More: Marsh-Fork-Elementary, Rising Sea Level, Mountaintop Removal, Massey Energy, Climate Change, Exxon, Daryl Hannah, James Hansen, Coal, Humanitarian Aid, Global Warming, Tuvalu, cop15, Exxonmobil, Satire, Green News
Jerry Cope

After years of climate change denial, a consortium of energy industry giants led by ExxonMobil and Massey Energy are launching a global campaign to provide island nations with equipment to combat rising sea levels.

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Green News Report - August 13, 2009 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 09.13.2009 | Green

Read More: Town Hall Debate, American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity, Sustainable Food, American Petroleum Institute, Department of Interior, Obama Administration, Sustainable Agriculture, Green News Report, Coal, Oil Companies, Mountaintop Removal, National Association of Manufacturers, Town Halls, Green News, Sustainability, Tomato-Blight, Buffer Zone, Astroturf, Tomatoes, Green Roofs, Green News
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

In Today's Audio Report: Another win for coal companies; of green roofs & red tomatoes...PLUS: Town Hall Follies, now with Clean Coal!

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Rocker Ted Nugent to Emcee Pro-Coal "Friends of America" Rally in West Virginia

Dave Cooper | Posted 09.13.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Hannity, Blankenship, West Virginia, Mountaintop Removal, Coal, Strip Mining, Massey, Nugent, Entertainment News
Dave Cooper

Nugent, whose on-stage antics include wearing a loincloth and inviting President Obama to "suck on my machine gun" will emcee the event, which also inculdes Sean Hannity and Hank Williams Jr.

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