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World's dumbest project: Tata Ultra Mega
How a twisted definition is setting up a monumental folly in India |
Ted Nace |
20 Mar 2008 |
Gristmill |
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| Topics: World Bank, energy, coal, India (all these topics) |
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Trading off jobs and lives for the 'economic necessity' of coal
Hillary Clinton gives tepid response on question about mountaintop-removal mining |
David Roberts |
19 Mar 2008 |
Gristmill |
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| Topics: coal, dumbassery, energy, Hillary Clinton, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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Letting what market figure out the best way?
A cap-and-trade system will not by itself eliminate dirty energy's unfair advantages |
David Roberts |
19 Mar 2008 |
Gristmill |
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| Topics: business, carbon tax, carbon trading, coal, energy (all these topics) |
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BYOBlue
Wear blue for Earth Day 2008 to vote for no coal! |
Edward Mazria |
12 Mar 2008 |
Gristmill |
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| Topics: coal, energy, grassroots activism, politics (all these topics) |
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Thought: Control
Waxman and Markey introduce bill to ban new dirty coal plants |
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11 Mar 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 10:09 AM on 11 Mar 2008 House Representatives Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) and Ed Markey (D-Mass.) have introduced the "Moratorium on Uncontrolled Power Plants Act of 2008," which would do pretty much what it sounds like: prevent new coal plants in the U.S. unless they're built with advanced pollution controls. Says Waxman, "The altemative is senseless -- locking in decades of additional global war ... |
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| Topics: carbon sequestration, climate, coal, Ed Markey, energy, greenhouse-gas emissions, legislation, news, politics, US House of Representatives (all these topics) |
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Coal: getting expensiver
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Sean Casten |
11 Mar 2008 |
Gristmill |
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| Topics: carbon sequestration, climate, coal, energy, West Virginia (all these topics) |
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The enemy of my enemy
Natural gas utilities are no friends of Big Coal |
David Roberts |
10 Mar 2008 |
Gristmill |
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| Topics: coal, energy, natural gas (all these topics) |
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Face It: No coal
Students create body paint images for anti-coal contest |
Edward Mazria |
10 Mar 2008 |
Gristmill |
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| Topics: art, coal, education, energy (all these topics) |
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Expensive coal
Three related stories about coal power |
Sean Casten |
08 Mar 2008 |
Gristmill |
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| Topics: coal, energy (all these topics) |
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CSM notes a slowing in the Coal Rush
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JMG |
08 Mar 2008 |
Gristmill |
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| Topics: energy, coal (all these topics) |
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News from the Coal Bust
A cascade of news shows that coal is on the ropes |
David Roberts |
05 Mar 2008 |
Gristmill |
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| Topics: coal, energy, Sierra Club (all these topics) |
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Leave Us a Loan
Federal loan program for coal-fired power plants suspended amid climate, cost concerns |
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05 Mar 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 7:10 AM on 05 Mar 2008 A federal loan program for coal-fired power plants in rural areas has been suspended due to concerns over climate change and the costs of the program. The Rural Utilities Service, part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, issued $1.3 billion in loans to coal plants since 2001 under the program. However, RUS officials said costs for new coal-fired power plants ... |
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| Topics: business, coal, Department of Agriculture, news, United States (all these topics) |
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AEC chooses renewables and efficiency over coal
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David Roberts |
03 Mar 2008 |
Gristmill |
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| Topics: energy, coal, renewable energy (all these topics) |
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They Doth Protest Again
U.K. activists will hold big protest at coal plant this summer |
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03 Mar 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 9:45 AM on 03 Mar 2008 Activists in the U.K. have announced that an annual weeklong climate camp, held last year to protest expansion of London's Heathrow Airport, will this summer be held at the site of a proposed coal-fired power plant in Kent. Which is not to say, of course, that they're not still pissed about Heathrow. source: The Guardian From the Archives Unfortunate ... |
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| Topics: air travel, climate, coal, energy, England, grassroots activism, news (all these topics) |
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Coal gets emBiggered
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David Roberts |
03 Mar 2008 |
Gristmill |
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| Topics: energy, coal (all these topics) |
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Oh hell yes
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David Roberts |
02 Mar 2008 |
Gristmill |
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| Topics: coal, energy (all these topics) |
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ABEC ads in Ohio
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David Roberts |
29 Feb 2008 |
Gristmill |
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| Topics: elections, politics, coal, energy, Ohio, presidential race 08, messaging, advertising (all these topics) |
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How will it end?
Two chapters from the book of coal |
Sean Casten |
28 Feb 2008 |
Gristmill |
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| Topics: coal, energy, lobbying, natural gas, politics (all these topics) |
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Don't get burned
The dangers of funding new coal-fired plants |
Adam Browning |
28 Feb 2008 |
Gristmill |
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| Topics: coal, energy, investing (all these topics) |
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Laundered coal by any other name kills the climate just the same
Is 'ethanol' short for 'laundered coal'? |
JMG |
27 Feb 2008 |
Gristmill |
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| Topics: coal, energy, renewable energy (all these topics) |
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Movers and Fist-Shakers
Alaskan village sues Big Fossil Fuel over link to climate change |
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27 Feb 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 10:35 AM on 27 Feb 2008 The tiny village of Kivalina, built on a barrier reef in Alaska's Chukchi Sea, filed a lawsuit Tuesday against 24 oil, coal, and power companies, alleging that Big Fossil Fuel's greenhouse-gas emissions are contributing to the climate-change-caused coastal erosion that threatens the village's very existence. Kivalina says that the companies should pay for its relocation. The ... |
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| Topics: Alaska, Arctic, Big Oil, climate, climate change impacts, coal, fossil fuels, litigation, news (all these topics) |
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Wildcatting the wind in Texas
Conventional energy vs. renewable energy |
Joseph Romm |
27 Feb 2008 |
Gristmill |
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| Topics: coal, energy, nuclear power, oil, renewable energy, Texas, wind power (all these topics) |
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Notable quotable
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David Roberts |
26 Feb 2008 |
Gristmill |
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| Topics: coal, energy, West Virginia (all these topics) |
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Mr. Reid, meet Mr. Godwin
Reid makes good point about coal with bad analogy about Hitler |
David Roberts |
25 Feb 2008 |
Gristmill |
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| Topics: coal, economy, energy, politics, renewable energy (all these topics) |
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The Clean's List
Governors are of varying minds when it comes to clean energy |
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25 Feb 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 3:50 PM on 25 Feb 2008 At the annual winter meeting of the National Governors Association, which concluded Monday, state leaders revisited a previously launched initiative called "Securing a Clean Energy Future" -- and struggled with the reality that "clean energy" has very different meanings to different states. "Clean coal," in particular, was boosted by coal states and eyed w ... |
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| Topics: coal, energy, news, politics, state politics (all these topics) |
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