Tag: Coal - Page 8
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Major Coal Plant to Close, Transform into Green Community?
Good news from Alexandria, Virginia: Its dirty GenOn coal plant, which has drawn the ire of residents and activists, is shutting down next year. The plant had failed to comply with Clean Air Act standards for
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Natural Gas Electricity Emits 47% Fewer Greenhouse Gases Than Coal: New Analysis
Even factoring upstream emissions of methane from flaring and leaks (that is, leaks and burning of gas before the end user flips the switch) natural gas emits far less greenhouse gases than does burning coal. That's the word of a new study from
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The Fight is on to Stop Coal's Expansion Into Illinois
Big Coal companies from Appalachia are eyeing President Obama's backyard with intentions of transforming the Illinois Basin into
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U.S. Emissions Up 4 Percent in 2010
I guess we're not quite yet at "the moment when the rise of the oceans began to slow and our planet began to heal." Those were President Obama's infamous words upon his inauguration, but, in fact, just released number show that
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Studying Radioactive Sulfur From Fukushima Teaches Us About Coal Pollution From China
In amongst all the coverage of and concern about the Fukushima nuclear disaster the fact that air pollution from coal power plants in normal operation kills far more people each year than does nuclear power rose to the top. As for the fallout of that
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Solar Could be as Cheap as Coal by 2015, Chinese Report Says
If the government-linked reports are to be believed, then China's all set to double its solar capacity by the end of the year -- up to 2 Gigawatts, in fact. That was (somewhat) surprising news alone.
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CNN's The Battle For Blair Mountain (video)
If you're programming your DVR for the weekend, consider "Battle for Blair Mountain: Working in America," a new CNN documentary that debuts on Sunday at 8 pm ET. It's about the battle over mountaintop removal, a true American tragedy.
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Nearly 60% of Americans Oppose Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining
photo: iLoveMountains.org/CC BY Mountaintop removal coal mining. Scientists studying the environmental effects of it say no remediation is ever enough to offset the damage is causes both around the mine and downstream. There have been high-profile
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How to Get Dirty Old Coal Plants to Disappear: Turn Them Into Parks, Waterfront Spaces
There are a number of ways to try to shut down a coal plant: Citizen petitions, grassroots movements, legislative maneuvering, and big, banner-laden activist protests. Usually it takes a combination of all of the above
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Has Coal Reached the Fifty Million Dollar Tipping Point?
At a press conference on July 21, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced that he was contributing $50 million to the Sierra Club's Beyond Coal Campaign. Michael Brune, head of the Sierra
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Big News: Coal Electricity Drops Big Time
It's been a bad stretch recently for dirty coal, the country's largest source of global warming emissions. First, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg stepped up and contributed big time to the Sierra Club's fierce Beyond Coal
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Largest Coal Terminal in North America Planned for Washington
As an informed reader of this site, you may be aware that it is of the utmost importance that we humanfolk begin weaning our industrial economy off of its fossil fuel dependence. Like, asap. By spewing
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Young Dems Convention Paid For By Coal Company Alpha Natural Resources
Coal may be Public Enemy Number 1 when it comes to stopping climate chaos and eliminating air and water pollution, but the industry isn't going down without a fight. An interesting blog at WeArePowerShift.org details
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Illegal Road Built Through Protected Wetlands for Unapproved $500 Million Coal Terminal
Okay, there's a lot going on in this one. A lot of ins, a lot of outs, and a multimillion dollar coal terminal that, once approved, would start shipping tons of the stuff overseas to China. Needless to say, many folks have a problem with that
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Scholastic Announces End to Pro-Coal Curriculum. Industry-Sponsored 'Healthy' Egg Lessons Continue
People were so outraged that Scholastic, the world's largest children's book publisher, was pushing coal in schools that the company has announced it will no longer do so, and that other corporate-sponsored projects at
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Fighting Coal Exports in Washington
What would it be like if an endless train carrying countless tons of coal destined for foreign power plants barreled its way through your
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"Carbon Sink" Sculpture on University Campus Becomes Controversy Among State Legislators
An installation sculpture by a visiting artist, Chris Drury, on University of Wyoming's campus features logs killed by pine beetles and lumps of coal. It is intended to draw attention to the idea of human-caused
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A Game-Changer for Clean Energy
When I talk about the Sierra Club's Beyond Coal Campaign, I can't help feeling inspired and a sense of pride and optimism. We've come so far since the campaign started back in 2002 - even in just
