Posted by Rob Perks in Solving Global Warming
Previously I blogged about Big Coal's very bad week. Well, it looks like it's shaping up to be a very rough year for the industry -- cheers to that! Now the governors of Wisconsin, South Carolina and Georgia are jumping on...continued→
Posted by Rob Perks in Solving Global Warming
I've traveled all over this great land but I've never been to Indiana. Perhaps that's just as well. An illuminating and alarming news report details all the ways in which Indiana is flirting with a coal catastrophe. Consider this: Indiana's...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
Steven Chu, Presdent-elect Obama's choice to head the U.S. Department of Energy, faced the Senate yesterday at his nomination hearing. By all accounts, Dr. Chu is a brilliant scientist (and Nobel Prize-winning physicist!), who appears committed to pursuing national policy that will help the U.S. achieve greater energy...continued→
Posted by Rob Perks in Curbing Pollution , Saving Wildlife and Wild Places , Solving Global Warming
Imagine an Olympic size swimming pool brimming with highly toxic waste. Now imagine over 1,600 such sludge-filled pools -- or about a billion gallons. That's how much liquified coal waste -- "fly ash" -- broke through an earthen dike at a Tennessee Valley Authority power plant...continued→
Posted by Rob Perks in Solving Global Warming
A new poll reveals that most people in Nevada support clean, green energy. Nearly 90% of those polled believe investing in renewable energy -- such as wind, solar and geothermal -- would create good-paying jobs in the state. In fact, Nevadans of all...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. Hooray Rachel Maddow, for ridiculing the cuddly yet craven Coal Carolers on her MSNBC show last night. Like she said: "Where are the 'War on Christmas'...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 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...continued→
