Tag: Coal - Page 14
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Valley Devastated by Coal Ash Waste (Video)
Most Americans are hardly aware of what coal ash (also commonly called fly ash) is -- though plenty became more familiar with the stuff around two years ago when a massive slurry of the stuff was unleashed upon
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Most Major Banks Still Fund Mountaintop Removal Mining, Report Finds
Thanks in part to the ardent campaigning of some outspoken activists, many of the nation's biggest banks now boast policies that cut off lending to companies engaging in the disastrous practice of mountaintop
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Global Coal Burning Stagnates For First Time in 10 Years! But China's Use Still Climbing...
photo: Duncan Harris/Creative Commons Worldwatch Institute's latest report on global coal use seems encouraging on one hand--for the first time in the past 10 years, global coal use stagnated--but discouraging on the other--demand for coal in India and
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Is Asking When Solar Power Will Reach Grid Parity Addressing the Right Question?
If you want a decent overview of all the issues that go into the pricing of solar power--from technological issues to comparisons with fossil fuels (when will solar power be less expensive than burning fossil
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Colorado Coal Mine Refuses to Capture Methane - Releases Directly into Atmosphere Instead, Depriving Government of $30M
For all their environmental woes, most coal mines in the U.S. at least capture the methane released when the coal is mined. It can then be used for fuel, which in terms of greenhouse gas emissions is tons (ha) better
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Kansas Environment Secretary Fired for Not Fast-Tracking Coal Plant Permit
Apparently in Kansas, regulating coal-fired power plants is not what the state's top environment official is supposed to do. Health and Environment Secretary Rod Bremby was replaced earlier this week, after first refusing the
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Permit for Coal Mine Expansion Revoked on Navajo Land
Two environmental groups have at least a temporary victory to celebrate after a federal judge voided a permit, granted in 2005, for the expansion of a coal mine on Navajo land in New Mexico.
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'Coal Country' Documentary, Aired on Planet Green, Called Potential Threat by PA Dept of Homeland Security
I don't know if we should be flattered or scared: It's come to TreeHugger's attention that Coal Country, a documentary which originally aired on Planet Green's Reel Impact series of programing last November, was singled out at the time as a potential
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Supporting Sanity Over Fear: TreeHugger Edition
It's not just the US political debate that sorely needs some restoration of sanity, the environmental debate is no different: From people (unbelieving considering the Gulf Oil Spill)
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Barcelona Design Week 2010: D-Lab's 4 Designs Against Poverty (Photos + Videos)
At today's lecture "Facing New Challenges Through Design" as part of Barcelona Design Week, I had the pleasure to come across some more projects by D-Lab, presented by Victor Grau Serrat from
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EPA Regulator Recommends Against Spruce Mountaintop Removal Project
Environmental groups and community members have been warning about Arch Coal's proposed Spruce No. 1 Mine in Logan County, West Virginia, saying that the mine, among the nation's largest proposed mountaintop removal site, would devastate
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Colstrip, Montana and the Tragedy of an American Coal Plant (Book Review)
In his book Colstrip, Montana (distributed by D.A.P.), photographer David T. Hanson tells the story of a town that would never have been founded if it weren't for the
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China Shutters 1,600 Dangerous Coal Mines
China's state-run newspaper is reporting that the nation has undertaken drastic measures to improve its mining industry, which is widely recognized as the most dangerous in the world. Perhaps in response to the
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West Virginia Fights for Its Right to Remove Mountaintops
The Obama administration clamped down on mountaintop removal mining some earlier this year -- MRM is after all one of the most environmentally destructive practices out there. The EPA issued stricter rules,
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Why Do Fish Near Coal Plants Have Lower Levels of Mercury?
It makes sense that fish inhabiting waters adjacent to coal-fired power plants would have higher concentrations of bioaccumulating pollutants—most notably, mercury—than those living farther away.
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Eerie Photos of Power Plants Show Dark, Coal-Dependent Future
"A good photograph," Ansel Adams said, "is knowing where to stand." For photographer Michael Kenna, that has meant standing in front of icons of industrial society: The power stations that supply electricity to factories and
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Eerie Photos of Power Plants Show Dark, Coal-Dependent Future
"A good photograph," Ansel Adams said, "is knowing where to stand." For photographer Michael Kenna, that has meant standing in front of icons of industrial society: The power stations that supply electricity to factories and homes, offices and shopping ce
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Over 100 Arrested, Including James Hansen, At White House Over Mountaintop Removal
NASA scientist Dr. James Hansen, faith leaders, and more than 100 people were arrested today during a protest today at the White House over mountaintop removal. Four more people were arrested at a sit-in at PNC bank, which funds MTR
