Posted by Rob Perks in Solving Global Warming
At a congressional hearing today on the Clean Water Act, two House representatives from West Virginia (Nick Rahall and Shelley Moore Capito) shifted the questioning to mountaintop removal coal mining during EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson's testimony. Kind of like at a hockey game when...continued→
Posted by Rob Perks in Solving Global Warming
The New York Times' Green Inc. blog, citing a flurry of news stories around the country, called this "a tough week for coal." In the words of Tom Zeller: "The coal industry -- which suffers from an image problem to begin with...continued→
Posted by Rob Perks in Solving Global Warming
Move over Big Oil, and make room for America's new profiteers: Big Coal. Hey you, Exxon, why not take a breather and let Peabody enjoy the spotlight for a while? Peabody Energy is the world's largest private-sector coal company. Its coal products...continued→
Posted by Rob Perks in Solving Global Warming
My colleague John Walke passed along what he dubbed "stunning, positive" news. A federal judge today ruled that the Tennessee Valley Authority must reduce emissions at four of its coal-fired power plants in Tennessee and Alabama because their windblown air pollution...continued→
Posted by Rob Perks in Solving Global Warming
This morning I dropped by the local studio of Pacifica radio station (WPFW 89.3FM) to be interviewed on the show EarthbeatRadio about the coal industry's cynical and dishonest "smokestack and mirrors" advertising, aimed at convincing (or at least confusing) people about...continued→
Posted by Rob Perks in Solving Global Warming
UPDATE: After taking too many lumps, ACCCE pulls plug on Coal Caroler campaign!! See details. Bless their dirty little black hearts...the industry hacks responsible for the infamous Coal Carolers decided to pull from their website the parody of "Silent Night"...continued→
Posted by Rob Perks in Solving Global Warming
UPDATE: After taking too many lumps, ACCCE pulls plug on Coal Caroler campaign!! See details. Hey, I like song parodies as much as anyone. Just see my alternative lyrics to the "drill everywhere" song. But, c'mon, can the coal industry be...continued→
Posted by Rob Perks in Curbing Pollution , Saving Wildlife and Wild Places , Solving Global Warming
With all the concerns over energy these days, much has been made of the need to wean our nation off oil as a way to lessen our dependence on imports from other countries that don't particularly like us. Imagine how...continued→
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...continued→
Posted by Rob Perks in Curbing Pollution , Health and the Environment
It looks like changing your name is the new trend in the coal industry. A few weeks ago I wrote about ABEC (American’s for Balanced Energy Choices) changing their name to ACCCE (American Coalition for Clean Coal Energy), and if...continued→
