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Lamar Alexander's $750 Billion Flimflam Plan on Nuclear Energy

David Fiderer | Posted 08.13.2009 | Business

Read More: Cap and Trade, Nuclear Power, Nuclear Energy, Lamar Alexander, Clean Energy, Coal, Republicans, Moody's, Business News
David Fiderer

Anything that addresses the issue of climate change involves a tradeoff, and nuclear power may very well be one part of the long-term solution.

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LA Vows to be Coal-Free by 2020: Can It Be Done?

TreeHugger | Posted 08.10.2009 | Green

Read More: Antonio Villaraigosa, Green Energy, Smog, Coal, LA Coal Free, Green News

Yesterday, Los Angeles mayor Antonio Villaraigosa announced his intention to make the city entirely coal-free by 2020, and turn to clean and renewable...

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Carbon Capture a Pipe Dream

Blaise Zerega | Posted 08.10.2009 | Green

Read More: fora.tv, Michael Pollan, Clean Coal, Fossil Fuels, Alternative Energy, Steven Chu, Agriculture, Blaise Zerega, Futuregen, Clean Energy, Coal, Australia, Climate Change, Australia Climate Change, Green News
Blaise Zerega

There's much to love about carbon capture, in theory. But carbon capture continues our dependence on coal-fired power plants, and does little to change the status quo.

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A Milestone: 100th Coal Plant Stopped

Bruce Nilles | Posted 08.09.2009 | Home

Read More: Clean Energy, Coal, Sierra Club, Home News
Bruce Nilles

Coal is not part of our country's clean energy future and deserves no more free rides and loopholes.

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West Virginia Coal Thugs Disrupt July 4th Picnic (Video)

Dave Cooper | Posted 08.07.2009 | Green

Read More: Coal, Miners, Daryl Hannah, James Hansen, Mountaintop Removal, Dancing Outlaw, Manchin, Strip Mining, Massey, Kayford, Green News
Dave Cooper

Irate coal miners disrupted the annual 4th of July community picnic atop Larry Gibson's Kayford Mountain, the only mountain left in the area that has not been decapitated for coal.

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EIA: US Emissions Diving More Than 4% in 2009

Dennis Markatos | Posted 08.07.2009 | Green

Read More: Wind Power, Solar, Oil, Climate Change, Coal, Recession, Global Warming, US Emissions, Natural Gas, Green News
Dennis Markatos

US greenhouse gas emissions are falling quickly in 2009 and bringing us within close reach (a few years) of 1990 levels.

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Poverty Near The "High Hazard" Coal Ash Sites

Bruce Nilles | Posted 08.02.2009 | Home

Read More: Environment, Coal, TVA Disaster, Sierra Club, Coal Ash, Home News
Bruce Nilles

The public's right-to-know scored a victory this week when the Environmental Protection Agency finally released the list of the 44 coal ash sites deemed "high hazard."

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Urgent July 4th Declaration: Bo Webb to Al Gore: Stand with Me at Ground Zero for Climate Change

Jeff Biggers | Posted 08.02.2009 | Green

Read More: Epa, Dirty Coal, Carol Browner, Carbon Emissions, Clean Coal, Climate Change, President Barack Obama, Al Gore, Aces, Lisa Jackson, Nancy Sutley, Coal, Green News
Jeff Biggers

If we are to be serious about addressing the "inconvenient truth," then banning mountaintop removal is a logical and required first step in capturing carbon and saving our forests.

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Why I Was Arrested in Coal River, West Virginia

Daryl Hannah | Posted 08.01.2009 | Green

Read More: Wind Power, Energy, Daryl Hannah Arrested, Celebrities Talk Politics, Clean Coal, West Virginia, Mountain Top Removal, Daryl Hannah, Coal, Green News
Daryl Hannah

Why would I fly across the country on my own dime knowing I would most likely end up in jail in one of the poorest parts of America? Well, have you ever heard of MTR?

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Tom Friedman: Climate Bill Is The First Step Towards Change

nytimes.com | THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN | Posted 08.01.2009 | Green

Read More: Climate Change, Farmers, President Obama, Carbon Dioxide Emissions, Obama Climate Change, Democrats, Coal, Carbom Emissions, Global Warming, Climate Bill, Republicans, Green News

Rejecting this bill would have been read in the world as America voting against the reality and urgency of climate change and would have undermined cl...

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Pooping Where You Sleep: Bad for the Economy

David Roberts | Posted 07.31.2009 | Green

Read More: Environment, Science, Economy, Environmental Practices, Green Economy, Coal, Green News
David Roberts

Time and time again, an environment-degrading practice often defended as necessary to economic health is revealed, upon closer inspection, to be uneconomic.

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The Human Toll of Fossil Fuel Use

Dennis Markatos | Posted 07.31.2009 | Green

Read More: Renewable Energy, Oil, Wind Power, Climate Change, Natural Gas, Coal, Solar Power, Green News
Dennis Markatos

Reduced emissions are not the only benefit to renewable energy. Another stark difference between fossil energy and renewable energy is the risk to workers close to the fuel from the mine to the point of use.

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Top 10 List: Why President Obama Must Visit Appalachia and Launch War for Green Jobs

Jeff Biggers | Posted 07.29.2009 | Green

Read More: Appalachia, Lisa Jackson, Poverty, Van Jones, Barack Obama, Green Jobs, Epa, Nancy Sutley, Mountaintop Removal, Coal, Dailykos, Green News
Jeff Biggers

It is almost beyond belief that President Obama, CEQ chief Nancy Sutley and EPA head Lisa Jackson have made no attempt to visit actual mining sites under their jurisdiction.

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The Simple Arithmetic of Global Warming Supports the Economics of a Climate Change Bill

David Fiderer | Posted 07.27.2009 | Green

Read More: Carbon Emissions, Clean Coal, Greenhouse Gases, Carbon Dioxide Emissions, Natural Gas, Climate Crisis, Coal, Global Warming, China, Climate Bill, Green News
David Fiderer

One of the great ironies of our age is that skepticism of global warming is treated with greater respect than, say, Holocaust denial.

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Green News Report - June 25, 2009 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 07.26.2009 | Green

Read More: Supreme Court, House of Representatives, Fema, Big Three Automakers, Mountaintop Removal, United Nations, Waxman-Markey, Green News, Hurricane Katrina, Climate Change, Green News Report, Pollution, Coal, Darryl Hannah, Green News
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

Darryl Hannah arrested (no, not for public intoxication); Floor fight pending over climate change; Big Three automakers ignored their own consumer research ... The Supreme Court kills a lake.

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Secrets and the White House

Christopher Brauchli | Posted 07.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Secrecy, Obama White House, Mountaintop Removal, Coal, CREW Lawsuit, Epa, Politics News
Christopher Brauchli

Those with long memories will recall the endless fights over the White House Logs during the eight years of the Bush presidency.

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From the Senate to the WV Coalfields, a Pivotal Week for Mountaintop Removal

Bruce Nilles | Posted 07.26.2009 | Green

Read More: Mtr, Sierra Club, Coal, Mountaintop Removal, Big Coal, Green News
Bruce Nilles

This has been a game-changing week in the fight to end mountaintop removal. We will undoubtedly look back on the events of the past few days as a turning point in the struggle to end this incredibly destructive form of coal mining.

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Historic Senate Hearings on Clean Water Protection Act Today: We All Live Downstream

Jeff Biggers | Posted 07.25.2009 | Green

Read More: Ken Hechler, Maria Gunnoe, Us Sen. Benjamin Carden, Dirty Coal, Clean Water Protection Act, West Virginia, Kentucky, Mountaintop Removal, Senator Robert Byrd, Goldman Prize, Coal, Clean Water Act, Green News
Jeff Biggers

Over 1,300 miles of streams have been sullied and jammed by mountaintop removal operations. Over 500 mountains have been blown to bits.

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Arrested in West Virginia -- A First-Person Account

Michael Brune | Posted 07.25.2009 | Green

Read More: Wind Power, Green Jobs, Don Blankenship, Civil Disobedience, Mountaintop Removal, Massey Energy Company, Dr. James Hansen, Coal River Wind Project, Coal River Mountain, Clean Energy Economy, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Coal, Green News
Michael Brune

Appalachia -- one of the few places in the country where both the cause of climate change and its solution can be found in the same location. Mountaintop removal isn't just a local issue, it's an American problem.

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Updated:VIDEO: Nonviolent Goldman Prize Winner Attacked by Massey Supporter: 94-Year-Old Hechler, Hannah, Hansen Arrested at Coal River

Jeff Biggers | Posted 07.24.2009 | Green

Read More: Appalachia, Lisa Jackson, Dirty Coal, Barack Obama, Epa, Ken Hechler, Mountaintop Removal, Daryl Hannah, James Hansen, Coal, Daryl Hannah Arrested, Daryl Hannah Coal River, Daryl Hannah Arrest, Daryl Hannah Arrested in West Viginia, Green News
Jeff Biggers

Daryl Hannah, NASA's celebrated climate scientist James Hansen, and 94-year-old Ken Hechler, the legendary congressman and coal miner hero were arrested in a non-violent protest in West Virginia.

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West Virginia: The New Cleveland?

Dave Cooper | Posted 07.23.2009 | Green

Read More: Kinetic Park, Cleveland, Mountaintop Removal, Rahall, Pittsburgh, Coal, Strip Mining, Cuyahoga, Manchin, Green News
Dave Cooper

Gov. Manchin, along with southern West Virginia congressman Nick Joe Rahall, are ardent and strident supporters of the destruction of their state.

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Reckoning at Coal River: Media and Nation Must Bear Witness to Coalfield Tragedy This Week

Jeff Biggers | Posted 07.22.2009 | Green

Read More: Lisa Jackson, Massey Energy, Smcra, Barack Obama, Carol Browner, Epa, Ken Hechler, Nancy Sutley, Coal River Mountain, Mountaintop Removal, Al Gore, Darryl Hannah, James Hansen, Coal, Benjamin Carden, Green News
Jeff Biggers

The human rights and constitutional violations of American citizens besieged by ruthless outside coal companies will be on full display this week to the national media and the nation.

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Coal Ash Sites Kept Secret, While Industry Works to Prevent Regulations

Bruce Nilles | Posted 07.19.2009 | Green

Read More: Environment, Coal, Tva, Sierra Club, Coal Ash, Clean Coal, Tennessee, Green News
Bruce Nilles

If you lived near a dump site where the hazardous waste was so toxic it could increase your cancer risk to as high as a staggering 1 in 50, wouldn't you want to know about it?

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Bobby Kennedy, Jr.: "Family Friends" Are "Endorsing Criminal Behavior" (Video)

Alex Pasternack | Posted 07.19.2009 | Green

Read More: Jay Rockefeller, Robert Byrd, Climate Change, Clean Coal, Coal, Bobby Kennedy, West Virginia, Green News
Alex Pasternack

Coal companies would not exist if not for the "corruption" of politicians, Bobby Kennedy, Jr. told me, singling out "family friends of ours forever," like West Virginia Democrats Jay Rockefeller and Robert Byrd.

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Colbert Interviews Duke Energy CEO, Says Clean Coal Is "Oxymoron" (VIDEO)

Colbert Report | Posted 07.19.2009 | Green

Read More: Video, Clean Coal, Duke Energy, Environment, Stephen Colbert, Pollution, Coal, Jim Rogers, Green News

Some would say that the term "clean coal" belongs no place more than on a comedy show. To that end, here is a delightfully awkward bit of television ...

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