The Coal-Olympics are part of
americas power
Obama: Its time to Power Past Coal
Halfway through the first 100 days and over 100 actions already taken against coal
This week in the Little
Village of Chicago, fifty high school students will hurdle over coal piles and
race past power plants for the 2009 Coal-Olympics competition. These respirator-clad youth aren’t just
running for fun – they know that two coal plants in their backyards are making
their families sick and causing global warming, and they want their President
to do something about it.
Give the gift of asthma and a warmer planet this Christmas
Nothing like a Christmassy marketing campaign from the coal lobby to get you in the holiday spirit.
I encourage you to check out ACCCE's Clean Coal Carolers - I really don't mind sending a bunch of traffic their way because this latest publicity stunt is absolutely absurd and shows just how far the
If coal is clean, why's it still causing black lung?
Three more retired coal miners died of black lung today. Over 105,000 Americans have suffered and died from black lung related diseases; 10,000 miners, according to the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, have died from black lung in the last decade.
Top coal CEO pessimistic about carbon capture and storage
One of the most compelling chapters in the PBS Frontline 2-hour special on global warming that aired earlier this week was the segment on America's Addiction to Coal. PBS dives headfirst into the myth of clean coal and pretty much tears it apart using something we don't often see these days when it come US energy issues: facts.
And the most complete take-down of "clean coal" in the segment came from the CEO of the second largest coal electricity company in the US.
New poll finds 2 in 3 voters opposed to mountaintop removal
A new national poll released today (pdf) finds that 85% of voters in the US are concerned about the destructive practice of mountaintop removal minging for coal.
New report outlines major risks of "clean coal"
The Union of Concerned Scientists has released a report today outlining the considerable risks associated with so-called "clean coal" and carbon capture and storage technology (pdf.)
Mike Brune on the Clean Coal Contradiction
Rainforest Action Network's executive director Mike Brune has a great op-ed out on the idiocy of the idea that coal is somehow clean:
Coal-fired power will not build a cleaner future in Michigan or anywhere else
If you owned a wind or solar power production plant and were looking to expand would you be okay if it that expansion was fueled by coal?
There's outrageous headlines everyday, but as a news junkie you become immune, at least for the most part. The headline today at the Michigan's Bay City Times reads: Michigan needs coal to build its clean energy future.
Wow. I need to clear my head to figure out the logic behind this one.
Jury Says: Direct Action Justified to Stop Coal!
Today is a historic day for the climate change
movement. A UK Crown Court jury effectively ruled that taking direct
action, breaking the law, and even property damage are all justified in
the course of stopping catastrophic climate change.
The quote
from one of the charged activist sums it up well:
“When 12 normal people say it is
legitimate for a direct action group to shut down a coal-fired power
station because of the harm it does to our planet then where does that
leave government energy policy?”
Blowing Mountains instead of Wind Mills in Coal River, West Virginia
There's a showdown in West Virginia today pitting old dirty energy against renewables - and one side is armed with explosives.
Coal giant Massey Energy is planning as early as today to begin blowing up the mountains in the Bee Tree Branch area of Coal River Mountain, West Virginia. More specifically, Massey is planning to blow off the top of a local mountain, push all the debris into the surrounding valleys and repeat until they hit a big fat coal seam.
