Tag: Coal

Climate Change

US To Use Climate Change Fund To Build New Coal Plants...

According to a new report from Bloomberg, the U.S. will seek to use money intended for climate change adaptation to promote the construction of...
Paris Agreement

Ohio Bill Forces Citizens To Prop Up Dirty Coal Power Plants...

Even as advances in renewable energy continue to make it cheaper and more competitive, and coal continues its long 30-year decline, Ohio lawmakers are...

This Was America Before The EPA – We Can’t Go Back...

In the 1960s, America was a dirtier, uglier place than it is today. Illegal dumping was widespread. Sewage often mingled with river water that...

Wyoming Republicans Move To Outlaw Large-Scale Clean Energy Production (VIDEO)

While many cities and states across the country struggle to combat climate change and reduce greenhouse gas production, Wyoming’s Republican legislature is working to...
coal

Irate Coal Mining Self-Proclaimed ‘Hillbilly’ Goes Off On Trump: ‘Ain’t No...

Recently, the Young Turks interviewed a young white millennial raised in the heart of America's coal country, and what he had to say is straight...

Lying Mitch McConnell FINALLY Admits Ending ‘War On Coal’ Won’t Create...

To hear Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell tell it, there's a "war on coal" in the United States. He's been saying for years that...

The Progressive Nomad: These Photos Show That This City Is An...

After spending the night watching the Perseid Meteor Shower my photographer, Michael, and I decided to explore West Virginia a bit before heading back to...

Coal Baron Sentenced For Deaths Of 29 Miners–You Will Not Believe...

Don Blankenship, in case you aren't familiar with him is sometimes call the "coal king." As President and CEO of Massey Energy, his negligence led...

The End Of The Coal Mine In New Zealand

New Zealand is set to stop using coal as one of their main energy sources by the year 2018. This movement comes after a statement...
coal lobby

Really Stupid Crap The Coal Lobby Says

The Australian Youth Climate Coalition has taken on Big Coal -- and?the way they've done it is creative and awesome. From their website: We believe...
Don Blankenship addressing a National Press Club luncheon in 2010 (courtesy Rainforest Action Network's Flickr)

Former Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship Indicted For Role In 2010...

// // Back in April 2010, an underground explosion at the Upper Big Branch mine in Montcoal, West Virginia killed 29 miners in the...
Congressman Mike Kelly (courtesy Darrell Issa's Flickr feed)

GOP Congressman Mike Kelly: New EPA Rules On Power Plant Emissions...

It should surprise no one that Republican lawmakers are pitching a fit over the Environmental Protection Agency's new rules on power plant emissions. After...

After Decades, EPA Finally Concedes to Regulate Coal Ash

After an abysmal track record of leaning toward the preferences of coal and power companies the EPA has finally agreed to regulate the disposal...

W. Va. Coal Miner Warns Water Unsafe For Decades

In the shadow of national outcry about West Virginia water poisoned with coal processing chemicals, a former West Virginia coal miner named Joe Stanley...

Poland Brings A Guest To U.N. Climate Conference: The Coal Industry

Poland, a country that relies heavily on coal for both their primary energy source and a stability factor for their, already high, unemployment rate,...