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'Coal makes us sick!' Harry Reid passionately disses fossil fuels, goes viral on YouTube	Kate Sheppard	02 Jul 2008	Gristmill
This video of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) talking about fossil fuels on the Fox Business Network was one of the 'most viewed' on YouTube yesterday: It's been viewed 351,710 times so far, largely because it was linked to from the Drudge Report. As Politico reports, 'Senate Republicans are sending around the video as part of an effort to make Democrats appear out of touch on the need to produce more energy and drill more oil wells.' And there are ...
Topics: Muckraker, news, coal, politics, fossil fuels, video (all these topics)

In the dumps Mountain advocates and legislators take on mountaintop removal	Kate Sheppard	01 Jul 2008	Gristmill
The practice of mountaintop removal (MTR) has gotten more attention from environmental and social justice advocates in recent months, including the Goracle himself. 'Mountaintop removal is a crime and ought to be treated as a crime,' Gore said in April. He was addressing the audience at the 2008 Nashville Film Festival, where he presented director Michael O'Connell the 2008 'Reel Current Award' for his film, Mountain Top Removal. The practice continues largely ...
Topics: coal, Congress, Muckraker, news, politics (all these topics)

Moore rules on greenhouse gas emissions Georgia judge finds that coal plant must obtain emissions permit from state EPA	Joseph Romm	30 Jun 2008	Gristmill
The AP has the bombshell news. A judge has finally used the Supreme Court decision that carbon dioxide is a pollutant: The construction of a coal-fired power plant in Georgia was halted Monday when a judge ruled that the plant's builders must first obtain a permit from state regulators that limits the amount of carbon dioxide emissions. Read Fulton County Superior Court Judge Thelma Wyatt Cummings Moore's ruling [PDF]. What did the judge find? E&E News ($ ...
Topics: politics, climate, greenhouse-gas emissions, coal, Georgia (all these topics)

The power of the state State energy news update	Joseph Romm	30 Jun 2008	Gristmill
This post is by ClimateProgress guest blogger Kari Manlove, fellows assistant at the Center for American Progress. -----On Wednesday (June 25th), Florida Gov. Charlie Crist signed a historic piece of energy legislation that advances Florida one step closer to establishing a cap-and-trade program to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Florida is the first state in the Southeast to adopt a law of this nature. While Crist has prevented new coal plant construction and whil ...
Topics: state politics, coal, politics, energy, elections (all these topics)

A Coal New World Landmark ruling halts Georgia coal plant on basis of CO2 emissions		30 Jun 2008	News
Posted at 2:38 PM on 30 Jun 2008 A Georgia coal plant cannot go forward until it receives an air-pollution permit limiting its carbon-dioxide emissions, Fulton County Superior Court Judge Thelma Wyatt Cummings Moore ruled Monday. The ruling marks the first time a judge has used the Supreme Court's classification of CO2 as a pollutant to regulate emissions from an industrial source. Moore's decision overturns a p ...
Topics: air pollution, climate, coal, energy, Georgia, greenhouse-gas emissions, litigation, news, progress (all these topics)

Power from rooftops could replace coal More than half of today's electricity, more than 16 percent of today's energy	Gar Lipow	30 Jun 2008	Gristmill
Enough sunlight strikes unshaded U.S. rooftops to replace all the coal and some of the natural gas we use to make electricity. Backup via ground source heat pumps, and smart grid technology would allow this variable energy source to displace base-load coal with today's technology. Whether this is the most cost effective way to displace coal is another question. Also rooftop solar is a silver BB rather than a silver bullet: Even after massive efficiency improvements we wi ...
Topics: coal, energy, renewable energy, solar thermal power, solar voltaic power (all these topics)

Mountain Madness New coal plant approved in Virginia, may fuel mountaintop-removal mining		26 Jun 2008	News
Posted at 11:53 AM on 26 Jun 2008 An embattled $1.8 billion coal plant slated for Wise County, Va., was granted pollution permits Wednesday by a state regulatory board, allowing construction to proceed. The company that will be building the 585-megawatt plant, Dominion Resources, promised local officials it would only source coal from within Virginia; that move is expected to fuel increased mountaintop-remo ...
Topics: business, climate, coal, energy, news, Virginia (all these topics)

Virginia is for coal lovers State illegally approves new coal-fired power plant	Glenn Hurowitz	26 Jun 2008	Gristmill
Update: The permit that was approved this week by the state Air Pollution Control Board does not contain the 'out clause' for mercury emissions. Information from an SELC statement was incorrect, and they have apologized. Under heavy pressure from lobbyists for Dominion Virginia Power, Virginia announced yesterday that it will permit the construction of a new coal-fired power plant, even though doing so clearly violates the law. Just days after NASA's James Hans ...
Topics: coal, energy, fossil fuels, grassroots activism, state politics, Virginia (all these topics)

Big Coal's new video	David Roberts	25 Jun 2008	Gristmill
A shill from everyone's favorite Big Coal front group ABEC wanders the streets of D.C. asking totally unbiased questions: Next up: Do random passers-by prefer ponies and puppy dogs, or will they side with the environmentalists' effort to kick the nation's little old ladies in the shins?
Topics: coal, energy, video (all these topics)

For Your Energy Information Global energy demand will grow 50 percent by 2030, says EIA		25 Jun 2008	News
Posted at 3:07 PM on 25 Jun 2008 The world isn't going to kick its energy-sucking habits anytime soon, the U.S. Energy Information Administration predicted Wednesday. By 2030, global energy demand will grow 50 percent, says the EIA report, mostly in China and other developing countries. Some 124 new nuclear plants will be built worldwide by 2030, and natural gas will be in demand to "replace oil whereve ...
Topics: coal, energy, natural gas, news, nuclear power, renewable energy (all these topics)

CNN and clean coal	David Roberts	24 Jun 2008	Gristmill

Topics: coal, energy, video (all these topics)

Making a mountain into a coal hill Virginia's disappearing mountain Eden	Glenn Hurowitz	24 Jun 2008	Gristmill
As I reported last week, I'm in Appalachia, Va. to attend a hearing by the Virginia Air Resources Board about whether or not Virginia will permit Dominion Power to build a dirty, coal-fired power plant. It's Eden in the Mountains here -- miles and miles of green, forested mountains in every direction. Inside the forests, it's even better. My wife and I went on a hike through old growth hemlock groves (and did a trail-cleaning service project in the nearby Jefferson Na ...
Topics: coal, energy, fossil fuels, grassroots activism, Virginia (all these topics)

Climate change ideas for On Day One Day two of the UN Dispatch-Grist collaboration	Ideas for On Day One	24 Jun 2008	Gristmill
Our weeklong collaboration with UN Dispatch rolls on today with a discussion prompted by On Day One user taylorshelton who suggests government subsidies for non-renewable energy should be eliminated. Eliminate all subsidies for traditional fuels (coal, oil and nuclear) and invest all energy-related funds into renewable energy resources like solar, wind and cellulosic ethanol with the goal of completely eliminating dependence on fossil fue ...
Topics: Big Oil, climate, coal, energy, politics, renewable energy (all these topics)

A Springfield in his step McCain goes to Springfield, talks up nukes and coal	Kate Sheppard	18 Jun 2008	Gristmill
John McCain followed up yesterday's energy speech with more energy talk today during a roundtable at Missouri State University in Springfield, Mo. Today he focused more specifically on his support for two energy sources: nuclear power and 'clean coal.' The roundtable also featured Greg Boyce, CEO of Peabody Energy, the world's largest coal company, and Mike Chesser, CEO of Great Plains Energy. The panel was moderated by Jim Jones, a Chevron board member and pre ...
Topics: coal, elections, energy, John McCain, Muckraker, news, nuclear power, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

Coal credit? NYC comptroller urges scrutiny of tax-free bonds for coal-fired power plants	Frank O'Donnell	18 Jun 2008	Gristmill
It hasn't made big news yet outside of specialty publications such as Bond Buyer. But a call this week by New York City Comptroller William C. Thompson could cast a new cloud over a half-dozen or more planned new coal-fired electric power plants. Thompson called on the U.S. Treasury Department to investigate the practice of using tax-free bonds to finance new coal plants. In the letter, online at www.comptroller.nyc.gov, Thompson pointed to recent resea ...
Topics: business, coal, economy, New York City (all these topics)

Calamity Kaine Virginia Gov, possible veep, afraid of Big Coal	Glenn Hurowitz	17 Jun 2008	Gristmill
Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine set a new standard for politician mealy-mouthedness with a letter to his Virginia Air Board (tip of the hat to Raising Kaine for digging this one up). Although he asserts that his letter isn't about any particular decision, everyone outside the governor's office knows that the letter is about one thing: The proposed massive coal-fired power plant being planned for Wise County, Virginia. His bureaucratic opacity (PDF) is sure to be taught in gov ...
Topics: climate, coal, energy, politics, presidential race 08, Virginia (all these topics)

Thanks, neighbor, but I draw the line at black lung When taking pride in your roots means breathing local coal dust	Ashley Braun	10 Jun 2008	Gristmill
May I suggest that literally sharing a part of your local history can, in fact, be taken too far? Snipped from The New York Times:'Coal is part of us,' said William Liptok, director of the county's public works department. Not only does nearly every family in town have roots in mining, Mr. Liptok said, but virtually everyone breathes in coal dust, since it wafts into the air in the winter when trucks remove the boilers' ashes. [emphasis is mine] How's that, c ...
Topics: health, coal, energy, West Virginia (all these topics)

You can't be too rich or too dirty Fossil interests plow money into Congress	Joseph Romm	09 Jun 2008	Gristmill
Rich and thin is pass�. What's hot now is rich and dirty. Why is a smart energy and climate policy so elusive for this country? In three words -- money, money, money. The nation's energy bill is now about a trillion dollars. That means the super-rich fossil fuel companies have enormous profits they can spend on lobbying to ensure their continued dominance. How much? Jeff Goodell has the answer here: In the first quarter of 2008, Big Coal's new front gr ...
Topics: coal, energy, fossil fuels, lobbying (all these topics)

Country songs dedicated to your favorite climate personalities	Gar Lipow	07 Jun 2008	Gristmill
Dedicated to the coal and nuclear industries: Lorrie Morgan's What Part of No Don't You Understand? Dedicated to Scott McClellan: Randy Travis' Pray for the Fish: Dedicated to all the carbon traders: Tanya Tucker's Lizzie and the Rain Maker:
Topics: carbon trading, climate, coal, energy, music, nuclear power (all these topics)

Cause and effect	David Roberts	05 Jun 2008	Gristmill
Here's a sentence from a new story in the WSJ: The second-poorest state in the nation based on household income, West Virginia counts on coal to support its economy. May I suggest a rewrite? West Virginia counts on coal to support its economy; as a consequence, it is the second-poorest state in the nation based on household income.
Topics: economy, West Virginia, energy, coal (all these topics)

Fear of the day	David Roberts	03 Jun 2008	Gristmill
What if the anticipation of carbon legislation has driven more investment away from coal than actual carbon legislation will?
Topics: carbon tax, carbon trading, climate, coal, energy, greenhouse-gas emissions, legislation (all these topics)

Nice way of life. Shame if something happened to it.	David Roberts	31 May 2008	Gristmill
According to ACCCE, if we don't use coal, we'll have to wave goodbye to the American way of life:
Topics: carbon sequestration, climate, coal, energy, lying liars, messaging (all these topics)

'We're the Saudi Arabia of coal' Obama & Clinton shill for coal in Montana	Kate Sheppard	30 May 2008	Gristmill
The Flathead Beacon in Montana pinned down interviews with both Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton ahead of the state's Tuesday primary. The paper asked questions on domestic oil and gas drilling, the preservation of public lands, and coal. The whole thing is interesting, but the candidates' responses on coal were the most notable: Q: But what role should fossil fuels play, specifically in Montana, where we've got vast coal reserves? Do you think, in the short term or ...
Topics: Barack Obama, climate, coal, energy, Hillary Clinton, Montana, Muckraker, news, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

Leaving behind coal codependence Humanity's fate is not tied to coal's	David Roberts	30 May 2008	Gristmill
The clean coal PR push is looking more and more hollow. In The NYT, Matt Wald paints a grim picture: cost overruns, technological uncertainty, waning support from utilities, and a mess of unanswered questions about everything from security to legal liability. But one assumption running through the article needs to be exposed and unequivocally rejected. According to John Thompson of the Clean Air Task Force, without clean coal -- that is, carbon capture and sequestr ...
Topics: coal, energy (all these topics)

Coal: looks kinda hot, but only because America is wearing beer goggles Heinberg raises doubts about coal reserves	David Roberts	30 May 2008	Gristmill
Energy analyst Richard Heinberg is working on a book about coal, tentatively titled Coal's Future/Earth's Fate, to be published by Post Carbon Press in spring 2009. It's sure to be vital reading for anyone interested in tracking, understanding, and battling the enemy of the human race. Happily, Heinberg is publishing working drafts of various parts of the book on his website. A few months ago he ran the introduction: 'The Great Coal Rush (and Why It Will Fail).' This ...
Topics: books, carbon sequestration, coal, energy, fossil fuels (all these topics)

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