Clean Coal
‘Clean’ Coal? Don’t Try to Shovel That. Clean coal: Never was there an oxymoron more insidious, or more dangerous to our public health. Invoked as often by the Democratic presidential candidates as by the Republicans and by liberals and conservatives alike, this slogan has blindsided any meaningful progress toward a sustainable energy policy. The Myth [...]
Mountaintop Removal Good For The Environment??
Just when I think I have heard every ridiculous statement the coal industry and their puppets have to say about the so-called benefits of mountaintop removal I open an email alert and read this little gem from Congressman Zach Wamp of Tennessee – Coal Companies Help Environment by Blowing Up Mountains, Wamp Says “The way [...]
Rainforest Action Network – JP Morgan Chase Social Media Day of Action
Join Rainforest Action Network and thousands of friends on the internet as we send a message to JP Morgan Chase to stop financing mountaintop removal! JP Morgan Chase is the largest financier of mountaintop removal coal mining, investing hundreds of millions of dollars into a real American tragedy. Mountaintop removal is the highly destructive mining [...]
30 Days in the News
This post obviously does not account for all of the news over the last 30 days, it is just the news I have been paying particular attention to. First of all I was glad to see Senator Brown from Massachusetts get elected. I didn’t like how the Senate was trying to push a 2008 page [...]



