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Clean Energy Is Good for America, Whether You Believe in Climate Change or Not

November 18, 2009

Posted by Frances Beinecke in Solving Global Warming

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blankenship, cleanenergycommonsense, coalmining, deniers, energyandclimate2009, fgbbook, freidman, globalwarming, greenjobs, jobs, laborunions, massey, mountaintopremoval, nationalsecurity, oiladdiction

On Wednesday, Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship, the head of the fourth largest coal company in the nation, said in an interview that "I deny that there is any science that supports global warming." While it baffles me that...continued

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

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

"All of the Above" Is Really the Worst of the Old Energy Ideas

September 9, 2008

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

Tags:
alloftheabove, appalachiancoalmining, energycrisis, gasprices, liquidcoal, mountaintopremoval, oilshale, tarsands

Throughout the fall, you will hear Republican leaders use the phrase “All of the Above” to describe their energy policy. The idea is that our energy crisis is so significant that we need to take all the options on the...continued