The dirty little secret is that these not-so-clean energy bills would also provide financing for a new generation of commercial nuclear power plants.
Jeff Biggers | Posted 07.10.2009 | Green
Rahall has turned his back on the mountains and mountaineers while more than 3.5 million pounds of ammonium nitrate/fuel oil explosives have ripped across the wilderness of his state every day.
Jeff Biggers | Posted 07.06.2009 | Green
Standing at the Massey Energy mountaintop removal operation last month, the 94-year-old Hechler showed no sign of retreating on this egregious violation of human rights and the environment.
Jeff Biggers | Posted 06.28.2009 | Green
Theatre can educate and move people to create change for the common good, not just be another outlet for entertainment.
Michael DeJong | Posted 06.18.2009 | Green
I hope that the Sierra Club continues to support the new proposed bill more enthusiastically than they have the "greenwashing" efforts of their shot-gun bride, Clorox Corporation.
Jeff Biggers | Posted 06.15.2009 | Green
Mountaintop removal is an immoral crime against nature and our citizenry, a human rights violation and it must be abolished, not regulated.
David Roberts | Posted 06.14.2009 | Green
There was an online debate between me and Joe Lucas, spokesflack for the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity. When he received my questions, he ran off like a pansy.
Jeff Biggers | Posted 06.13.2009 | Green
Mountaintop removal is an immoral crime against nature and our citizenry, and it must be abolished, not regulated.
Rob Perks | Posted 06.12.2009 | Green
This is yet another example of the Obama EPA taking responsible action to return the agency to its core mission -- that of protecting America's natural resources and safeguarding public health.
Jeff Biggers | Posted 06.07.2009 | Green
Don't ever accuse the Sierra Club of being bad sports. After the West Virginia Coal Association released a series of the worst cellphone ringtone co...
Gillian Caldwell | Posted 05.30.2009 | Green
She has every intention of doing what the law requires her to do to protect the environment and our public health, and she is ratcheting up the pressure on Congress.
Jeff Biggers | Posted 05.28.2009 | Green
Let's hope the next 100 days bring us a real green jobs package for the coalfields.
Jeff Biggers | Posted 05.23.2009 | Green
Ten tragic lessons in our nation's environmental history that should never be forgotten. And one climate destabilization tragedy in the making that needs our urgent help.
Jeff Biggers | Posted 05.11.2009 | Green
West Virginia House of Delegates Speaker Rick Thompson and a handful of House Rules Committee members have just blocked a resolution for the development of a nationally acclaimed industrial wind farm.
Jeff Biggers | Posted 04.25.2009 | Green
Eric Mathis, a scrappy young economist in the Appalachian coalfields, is putting together one of the most dynamic green jobs consortiums in the country.
Rob Perks | Posted 04.18.2009 | Green
This week, more than 150 activists from around the country walked the halls of Congress, urging their elected leaders to end mountaintop removal coal mining.
Jeff Biggers | Posted 04.13.2009 | Chicago
While Durbin's eyes are on the prize of "38 billion tons of coal" that sit under our feet in the Illinois coal basin, he is missing the renewable energy revolution that is sweeping the rest of the nation.
Jeff Biggers | Posted 04.02.2009 | Green
Author Bill McKibben held down the corner of the park with plenty of media cameras. He declared simply: "Coal is killing the planet. Green energy is going to drive us out of this recession."
Jeff Biggers | Posted 03.27.2009 | Green
As the first massive act of civil disobedience, thousands will cross the line to demand an end to our nation's denial of the spiraling impact of dirty coal and old coal-fired plants.
Jeff Biggers | Posted 03.18.2009 | Chicago
As the nation comes to grips with the need to shift our focus to non-fossil fuel sources of energy, it is disappointing to see Sen. Durbin turn into a cheerleader for the "Dirtiest Wing" of the coal industry.
Jeff Biggers | Posted 03.07.2009 | Green
The mechanization of above-ground mountaintop removal has prevented a diverse economy and led to a decrease in coal mining jobs in some of the highest poverty stricken strip-mining areas.
Jeff Biggers | Posted 03.01.2009 | Green
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.
Jeff Biggers | Posted 02.23.2009 | Green
All Americans are connected to the tragedy of mountaintop removal. It's time to start the process of illuminating the White House, and our own homes, with clean energy.
Sandra Diaz | Posted 02.15.2009 | Green
If the mining of coal is dirty, the burning of coal is dirty, and the waste left over from burning and processing coal is dirty, what's the solution?
Jeff Biggers | Posted 02.14.2009 | Chicago
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.
Marcy Winograd | Posted 07.10.2009 | Green