Posted by Pete Altman in Solving Global Warming
Military veterans and former Sen John Warner got a an unwelcome surprise yesterday when they gathered at the White House to discuss their concerns about national security threats related to climate change. It turns more of their fellow veterans have...continued→
Posted by Pete Altman in Solving Global Warming
Will wonders never cease. ACCCE, quickly becoming the Inspector Clouseau of the advocacy world for its misteps and outright stumbles, has discovered a new factoid that it thinks really makes the case for coal. In a blog post and email sent...continued→
Posted by Pete Altman in Solving Global Warming
The Wall Street Journal notes today that some proposals to build new coal and nuclear plants are running into trouble because of concerns about the massive amounts of water these plants need to run. Coal, nuclear and natural gas based...continued→
Posted by Pete Altman in Curbing Pollution , Environmental Justice , Health and the Environment , Solving Global Warming
Today NRDC is publishing new data on the contaminated coal waste that more than eighty proposed coal-fired power plants would create if built. We are also publishing data on waste from existing coal plants, including our estimates of the toxic...continued→
Posted by Pete Altman in Solving Global Warming
UPDATE: After taking too many lumps, ACCCE pulls plug on Coal Caroler campaign! See details. The latest attempt to soften coal's deadly, dangerous image has been drawing a lot of attention lately, and based on this ABC News story,...continued→
Posted by Pete Altman in Solving Global Warming
Kudos to Brian Williams and Anne Thompson of NBC for taking a closer look at whether coal can actually be called clean. Earlier this week they aired a story (thanks to Josh Dorner at Sierra Club for flagging it) looking into...continued→
Posted by Pete Altman in Solving Global Warming
Coal-fired power plants really took it on the chin over the last seven days. "Wisconsin regulators say no to new power plant" was the big headline out of Wisconsin Tuesday. As the Associated Press reported: "State regulators have rejected a...continued→
Posted by Pete Altman in Solving Global Warming
Updated on October 21, 2008 -- Corporate social responsibility" (CSR) is all the rage today in corporate America. One recent study found that 86 of the S&P 100 companies now having either corporate sustainability Web sites or a major CSR...continued→
