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Bomb Appalachia (and Face the Music)

Michael Gould-Wartofsky | Posted 11.09.2009 | Green


Michael Gould-Wartofsky

Theirs is a coast-to-coast campaign to save Appalachia's mountains and streams -- and Appalachians' homes, jobs, and culture -- from the devastating coal mining practice known as mountaintop removal.

Turning Up the Pressure on the U.S Chamber of Commerce

Josh Nelson | Posted 10.13.2009 | Green


Josh Nelson

Companies should only be members of the Chamber of Commerce if they support hyper-conservative anti-regulatory policies across the board, and aren't afraid to show it.

Dominoes Keep Falling for Clean Coal Coalition

Bruce Nilles | Posted 11.09.2009 | Green


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.

Green News Report - September 3, 2009 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 10.19.2009 | Green


Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

IN TODAY'S AUDIO REPORT: California burning; Killing wolves; Recycling the Great Pacific Garbage Patch... PLUS: A Fracture in the Clean Coal Coalit...

Is Controversial Coal Lobby Front Group ACCCE on the Verge of Implosion?

Brendan DeMelle | Posted 10.18.2009 | Green


Brendan DeMelle

Duke Energy announced today that it has left the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity, the dirty coal front group lobbying against Congressional action on climate change.

Duke Energy Quits Controversial Coal Lobby Front Group

Kevin Grandia | Posted 10.18.2009 | Green


Kevin Grandia

Energy companies are beginning to realize that siding with front groups like the coal lobby put them on the wrong side of the clean energy issue.

The Republicans Win Big in California!

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 08.21.2009 | Politics


Joseph A. Palermo

Schwarzenegger and his horde of retrograde Republican lawmakers got everything they wanted in a horrific bargain with Democratic leaders that has ended California's budget impasse.

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

Colbert Report | Posted 07.19.2009 | Green


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 ...

The Past and the Future

Carl Pope | Posted 04.20.2009 | Green


Carl Pope

It turns out that, even in today's economy, we've got many more green energy opportunities than we can fund -- and no need for boondoggles like nuclear.

Joe Lieberman to Turn Climate Policy into Corporate Boondoggle

John Passacantando | Posted 04.16.2009 | Green


John Passacantando

If Obama doesn't prevail against the likes of Lieberman on climate issues, hundreds of billions of dollars will flow in a straight line from working families into corporate coffers.