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Join Bobby Kennedy Jr. and Me at a New York City Town Hall

November 16, 2009

Posted by Frances Beinecke in Curbing Pollution , Moving Beyond Oil

Tags:
bobbykennedy, cleanenergycommonsense, coalfiredpowerplants, coalindustry, coalmining, fgbbook, globalwarming, kennedy, mountaintopremoval, nuclearpower, townhall

Tomorrow night I have the honor of introducing Bobby Kennedy Jr. at a free event open to the public in New York City. Bobby will be talking about "Our Environmental Future," and I invite you to join us for an...continued

Town Hall Talks about Climate Should Be About Solutions, Not Intimidation

August 13, 2009

Posted by Frances Beinecke in Green Enterprise , Solving Global Warming , U.S. Law and Policy

Tags:
ACCCE, ACES, astroturf, cleanenergy, coalindustry, energyandclimate2009, energyefficiency, globalwarming, greenjobs, oilindustry, townhall

I had been looking forward to the August Congressional recess as a time to engage with lawmakers about the upcoming clean energy legislation and the economic opportunities it would unleash. After all, when representatives are in their home states, they...continued

Household Trash Is Managed Better than the TVA’s Coal Ash

January 8, 2009

Posted by Frances Beinecke in Curbing Pollution , Health and the Environment , Solving Global Warming

Tags:
arsenic, cancer, coalash, coalfiredpowerplants, coalindustry, dirtycoal, EPA, kingstonfossilplant, toxins, TVA

Americans have been assaulted on the airwaves with ads about so-called "clean coal." What happened in East Tennessee, where a breach of a coal ash pond at a power plant send a billion gallons of toxic sludge into nearby communities,...continued

Commies & Atheists: Why the Coal Industry Really Is a Relic of the Past

December 2, 2008

Posted by Frances Beinecke in Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming

Tags:
blankenship, carboncapture, carbonsequestration, cleancoal, coalfiredpowerplants, coalindustry, coalmining, energyefficiency, mountaintopremoval, MTR

Back in the seventies and eighties, I got called names because of the work I did: "tree hugger" was a favorite, so was "bleeding heart." But that was a long time ago, before energy security and green enterprise became mainstream...continued