Posted by Rob Perks in Environmental Justice , Health and the Environment , Solving Global Warming
Three cheers for our friends at Coal River Mountain Watch for their continued persistence in fighting Massey Energy Company's efforts to gain approval from federal and state authorities so they can blast the mountain into oblivion to mine coal. A...
Posted by Rob Perks in Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming
Confession: I’m don’t care much for country music. Don’t get me wrong, I’m a big fan of Bluegrass and enjoy listening to legendary country artists like Johnny Cash, Charlie Daniels and Emmylou Harris. But today’s mainstream country music just doesn’t...
Posted by Rob Perks in Curbing Pollution , Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming
It took over 300 million years for the Appalachian mountains to form. But apparently it only takes a few years to flatten one. And that’s just what rapacious coal companies have been doing to hundreds of mountaintops over the past...
Posted by Rob Perks in Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming , U.S. Law and Policy
House Republicans gathered en masse on the steps of the Capitol this week, ready to launch a choreographed full-throated cheer for more drilling before the Washington press corps. But a funny thing happened on the way to the forum. The...
Posted by Rob Perks in Curbing Pollution , Green Enterprise , Moving Beyond Oil , Nuclear Weapons, Waste and Energy , Reviving the World's Oceans , Saving Wildlife and Wild Places , Solving Global Warming , U.S. Law and Policy
We expect much from our elected leaders yet rarely do we get the opportunity to engage them on the issues we care about. So many members of Congress, yet so little chance to actually ask them where they stand on...
Posted by Rob Perks in Curbing Pollution , Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming
In a single year, less than one in 100,000 Americans contract a rare form of bone marrow cancer. In Pennsylvania coal country, the rate is 15 times higher. This chilling stat opens an eye-opening, heart-rending short documentary produced by the American...
Posted by Rob Perks in Solving Global Warming
They say a leopard can’t change its spots. That goes double for the sooty paw prints of the coal industry’s well-fed pet – otherwise known as Americans for Balanced Energy Choices. Or, if you will, the artists formerly known as...
Posted by Rob Perks in Solving Global Warming
With gas prices soaring, the clamor for liquid coal is growing. While coal companies lustily eye the prospect of converting coal to liquid transportation fuel as a boon for industry, everyone else should see liquid coal for what it really...
Posted by Rob Perks in Solving Global Warming
I’m a firm believer in Ben Franklin’s maxim: “Beer is living proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.” And I enjoy a lively debate as much as anyone. So what do you get when you mix...
Posted by Rob Perks in Solving Global Warming
How about that comment from ABEC on ABECC? Of course, it should be no surprise to anyone that the coal industry has the resources to pay top dollar for PR flacks. For proof that they have been earning their...
Posted by Rob Perks in Solving Global Warming
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you have no doubt heard about Americans for Balanced Energy Choices (ABEC). This corporate front group’s lust for coal is demonstrated by its $30 million dollar advertising blitz on television, newspapers, subways and...
Posted by Rob Perks in Environmental Justice , Saving Wildlife and Wild Places , Solving Global Warming
It's good to know that Kentuckians have laws to protect their communities from the abuses of our throwaway society. While spending time recently in the eastern part of the state, I was relieved when I read a front page story...
