Posted by Rob Perks in Solving Global Warming
The Coen brothers, the brilliantly funny film-makers behind 'Fargo', 'O Brother Where Art Thou', 'Burn After Reading' and other movie gems, have produced the latest Reality Coalition commercial ridiculing the myth of 'clean' coal. Enjoy! ...continued→
Posted by Rob Perks in Solving Global Warming
During last month's debacle of a PR stunt -- cartoon coal chunks singing parody holiday carols -- I remarked that I hadn't seen anything this cynical since Joe Camel shilled cigarettes. Leave it to Peabody to blur the distinction even more with its new advertisement. ...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 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 Curbing Pollution , Solving Global Warming
Kudos to the good folks at Climate Progress for giving me my chuckle of the day: the Shell oil company is using this unintentionally ironic image to tout technology to capture and store carbon pollution from coal plants. Here...continued→
