Five Protestors Arrested in Boulder For Erecting Fake Wind Turbines on a Coal Pile

Video: Daily Camera Five protestors were arrested in Boulder, Colorado Tuesday for mounting fake wind turbines and unrolling a massive sign that read “Renewables Now.” According the to Elephant Journa… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Smart Electric Drive Starts European Tour in Berlin

Image: eMercedesBenz Sightings of the Smart fortwo electric drive on the streets of Berlin have increased in frequency as part of the e-mobility project , intended to set up the largest electric car infrastructure in the world to demonstrate a new future for transportation… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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New Report Finds Carbon Capture & Sequestration "Profoundly Non-Feasible"

Photo via AMNH You all know how we feel about CCS, the technology that will somehow miraculously provide the world with so-called ‘ clean coal ‘ (in reality, it provides Democrats with a way to appease the coal industry in the increasingly unlikely event of clean energy reform). Well, along with the host of other problems it has — it’s ridiculously expensive, nobody wants the CO2 buried anywhere n… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Coal Fight Night: Sierra Club Vs. Peabody Next Week in St. Louis

About 84 percent of Missouri’s energy comes from coal, the “most dangerous substance” known to man, according to Bill McKibben. The state’s heavy reliance on coal makes it an interesting venue for next week’s live streamed debate between Fred Palmer, VP of Governmental Relations at Peabody Energy and Bruce Nilles, director of the Sierra Club’s Beyond Coal campaign, moderated by Bryan Walsh of Time Magazine.

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EDF Drops Opposition To Proposed Texas Coal Plant

photo via flickr No less than Dr. James Hansen of NASA has said that to slow and reverse climate change, we must phase out the use of coal. Thanks to the efforts of the Sierra Club and others, there were no new coal plants built in 2009

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Senate Climate Bill Will Price Carbon But No Cap-and-Trade, Has ‘Huge Assistance’ for Coal Industry: John Kerry (Video)

By this point you’ve probably heard that a new Senate climate bill will be revealed at the start of ne…

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Coal Barrons Confronted By Youth Climate Activists At Hill Hearing

photo via flickr The House Select Committee for Energy Independence and Global Warming held a hearing today to put the coal industry front and center in front of the American people.

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Video: West Virginia Coal Miner Left Note Before Massey Mine Explosion

photo via flickr Josh Napper, a West Virginia coal miner who was killed in the Massey mine explosion on Monday, left a note for his loved ones before going to the mine. Napper wrote, “If anything happens to me, I’ll be looking down from heaven at you all.

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One More Coal Mine Disaster: The Root Cause That Impacts Everyone

“Black Lung Disease from Coal Mining on the Rise” Image & Caption credit: Civilianism.com Brian documented the recent coal mine explosion in WV , a tragic story which has been all over the news.

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EPA Wants To Revoke A MTR Permit; RAN Launches Its Mountain Pledge

photo via flickr Mountaintop removal was again in the news this week after the EPA announced that it wants to overrule the Army Corps of Engineers and revoke the permit for one of Appalachia’s largest MTR sites. Arch Coal Inc.’s Spruce No. 1 in West Virginia has been at the center of controversy, but the EPA will take away the mine’s permit under the Clean Air Act, a victory for the increasingly strong movement against mountaintop removal….

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