NEW PATENT BOOSTS HOPE FOR CAR...

Sep 19, 2016 by

[Translate] By Tim Radford / Climate News Network Emissions from coal-fired power plants have massively increased carbon dioxide...

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Solar Delivers Cheapest Electr...

Aug 23, 2016 by

Solar Delivers Cheapest Electricity ‘Ever, Anywhere, By Any Technology’

[Translate] Joe Romm Dr. Joe Romm is Founding Editor of Climate Progress, “the indispensable blog,” as NY Times columnist Tom...

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Humanity’s Plunder of Nature’s...

Jul 25, 2016 by

Humanity’s Plunder of Nature’s Resources Is Intensifying

[Translate] By Alex Kirby / Climate News Network   VIA TRUTHDIG Landscape deeply scarred by an open-cut coal mine in Hunter Valley,...

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FACT-CHECKING DONALD TRUMPR...

May 31, 2016 by

FACT-CHECKING DONALD TRUMP’S LOW-OCTANE ENERGY POLICY

[Translate] Environment We take a look at the emissions and omissions from the GOP nominee-apparent’s ‘America First’ energy...

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THE TIME HAS COME TO TURN UP T...

May 4, 2016 by

THE TIME HAS COME TO TURN UP THE HEAT ON THOSE WHO ARE WRECKING PLANET EARTH

[Translate] Bill McKibben  VIA TRUTHDIG Break free and join the biggest global action against fossil fuel companies the world has...

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PROPOSED COAL TERMINAL WOULD B...

Apr 30, 2016 by

PROPOSED COAL TERMINAL WOULD BE THE EQUIVALENT OF ADDING 8 MILLION CARS TO THE ROAD

[Translate] by Natasha Geiling CLIMATE PROGRESS CREDIT: AP Photo/Patrick Semansky   Cowlitz County and the Washington State...

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EXCUSE ME — DO YOU KNOW ...

Apr 4, 2016 by

EXCUSE ME — DO YOU KNOW WHERE MY APPALACHIA IS?

[Translate]   Appalachian landscape in southeastern Ohio. MeganRae / Flickr By Eve Andrews   GRIST Appalachia. Appalachia....

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AFTER 115 YEARS, SCOTLAND IS C...

Mar 26, 2016 by

AFTER 115 YEARS, SCOTLAND IS COAL-FREE

[Translate] by Alejandro Davila Fragoso CLIMATE PROGRESS CREDIT: Guinnog/Creative Commons For nearly 50 years the Longannet power...

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WALL STREET’S RETREAT FR...

Mar 26, 2016 by

WALL STREET’S RETREAT FROM KING COAL

[Translate]   Photo Credit Ty Wright/Bloomberg, via Getty Images The grave environmental damage from coal-fired power plants has...

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SURGING RENEWABLES KEEP GLOBAL...

Mar 17, 2016 by

SURGING RENEWABLES KEEP GLOBAL CO2 FLAT AS ECONOMY GROWS

[Translate] by Joe Romm  CLIMATE PROGRESS CREDIT: Shutterstock   The International Energy Agency has confirmed that global carbon...

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AN ATTEMPT TO LET COAL PLANTS ...

Mar 4, 2016 by

AN ATTEMPT TO LET COAL PLANTS EMIT UNLIMITED MERCURY WAS JUST SHUT DOWN BY SCOTUS

[Translate] by Emily AtkinCLIMATE PROGRESS CREDIT: Shutterstock   Regulations that limit heavy metal pollution from oil- and...

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IN EXCHANGE FOR CUTTING BENEFI...

Feb 19, 2016 by

IN EXCHANGE FOR CUTTING BENEFITS, THIS BANKRUPT COAL COMPANY AGREED TO PAY EXECUTIVES MILLIONS

[Translate] by Nicole Gentile – Guest Contributor  CLIMATE PROGRESS CREDIT: AP Photo/David Goldman, File In this Oct. 15, 2014...

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MOUNTAINTOP REMOVAL COUNTRY...

Feb 18, 2016 by

MOUNTAINTOP REMOVAL COUNTRY’S MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS

[Translate] Grist / Amelia Bates Climate on the Mind Climate on the Mind: A Series By Clayton Aldern … The mind fights the body and...

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THE FEDS WANT TO GIVE $14 MILL...

Jan 14, 2016 by

THE FEDS WANT TO GIVE $14 MILLION IN TAXPAYER MONEY TO A KOCH BROTHER’S COAL MINE

[Translate] Shutterstock/Kritchanut By Katie Herzog   GRIST Damn, it feels good to be a billionaire. Today in WTF News, we learned...

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ONE OF THE LARGEST COAL COMPAN...

Jan 12, 2016 by

ONE OF THE LARGEST COAL COMPANIES IN THE U.S. JUST FILED FOR BANKRUPTCY

[Translate] Climate by Natasha Geiling CLIMATE PROGRESS CREDIT: AP Photo/Matthew Brown, File Black Thunder Mine, in Wyoming, is owned...

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ENERGY COMPANY WANTS TO LEGALL...

Jan 12, 2016 by

ENERGY COMPANY WANTS TO LEGALLY DUMP COAL ASH WASTE INTO VIRGINIA RIVERS

[Translate] Climate by Alejandro Davila Fragoso CLIMATE PROGRESS CREDIT: Alejandro Davila Fragoso The Possum Point Power Station will...

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THIS COUNTRY JUST PROMISED TO ...

Nov 22, 2015 by

THIS COUNTRY JUST PROMISED TO GET RID OF ALL OF ITS COAL PLANTS

[Translate] by Samantha Page CLIMATE PROGRESS CREDIT: AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth Tower Colliery in Wales, now closed, was the...

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IOWA’S CLIMATE-CHANGE WI...

Nov 21, 2015 by

IOWA’S CLIMATE-CHANGE WISDOM

[Translate] By JEFF BIGGERS  NY TIMES Credit Josh Cochran   Iowa City — NEGOTIATORS en route to the United Nations conference on...

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POWERING APPALACHIA’S BR...

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[Translate]   By Susanna Hegner, Southern Currents | News Analysis Coalfield communities are getting a much-needed jolt. On October...

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EPA RULE AIMS TO CURB TOXIC CO...

Oct 1, 2015 by

EPA RULE AIMS TO CURB TOXIC COAL PLANT POLLUTION IN WATERWAYS

[Translate] by Katie Valentine THINK PROGRESS CREDIT: AP Photo/Matthew Brown This June 17, 2011 photo shows PPL Montana’s J.E....

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THIS MAP SHOWS WHO OWES THE MO...

Sep 14, 2015 by

THIS MAP SHOWS WHO OWES THE MOST FOR BURNING ALL THAT COAL

[Translate] TAKE PART DAILY A new study bills each American $12,000 for greenhouse gas emissions. Jakarta, Indonesia. (Photo: Bay...

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IN APPALACHIA, THE COAL INDUST...

Aug 31, 2015 by

IN APPALACHIA, THE COAL INDUSTRY IS IN COLLAPSE, BUT THE MOUNTAINS AREN’T COMING BACK

[Translate] iLoveMountains.org By Laura Gottesdiener GRIST Cross-posted from TomDispatch In Appalachia, explosions have leveled the...

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CALIFORNIA LOST $5 BILLION IN ...

Aug 19, 2015 by

CALIFORNIA LOST $5 BILLION IN PUBLIC PENSION FUNDS DUE TO FOSSIL FUEL INVESTMENTS LAST YEAR

[Translate] by Samantha Page THINK PROGRESS CREDIT: AP Photo/Charlie Riede New legislation calls for California’s pension funds...

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TONY ABBOTT IS A CLIMATE CHANG...

Aug 18, 2015 by

TONY ABBOTT IS A CLIMATE CHANGE ‘VILLAIN’ SAYS CANADIAN AUTHOR NAOMI KLEIN

[Translate] The writer, who is coming to Australia on a speaking tour, says she cannot tell where the coal industry ends and the...

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NEW ZEALAND PLEDGES AN END TO ...

Aug 8, 2015 by

NEW ZEALAND PLEDGES AN END TO COAL BY 2018

[Translate] by Natasha Geiling CLIMATE PROGRESS CREDIT: Shutterstock It appears that New Zealand is finally ready to throw their...

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WE MIGHT AVERT CLIMATE CATASTR...

Jul 27, 2015 by

WE MIGHT AVERT CLIMATE CATASTROPHE WITH THIS ONE RADICAL CHOICE

[Translate]   Leaving most of the world’s remaining fossil fuels in the ground could prevent worst-case warming, study says....

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A POST-INDUSTRIAL STONEHENGE R...

Jul 26, 2015 by

A POST-INDUSTRIAL STONEHENGE RISES IN SCOTLAND

[Translate] THE DIRT  by Liz Camuti As Scotland becomes one of the first countries to run solely on renewable energy, communities...

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AFTER 6 YEARS OF TALK, INTERIO...

Jul 19, 2015 by

AFTER 6 YEARS OF TALK, INTERIOR DEPT. FINALLY RELEASES NEW COAL MINING RULES TO MIXED REVIEW

[Translate]     Environmental advocates give them a mixed review. Kate Sheppard Senior reporter/Environment and energy...

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RENEWABLE ENERGY REDOUBLES ITS...

Jun 27, 2015 by

[Translate]   By Alex Kirby, Climate News Network  VIA TRUTHDIG     Solar panels on sale at a shop in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso....

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New Report Shows EPA’S Propose...

Jun 10, 2015 by

New Report Shows EPA’S Proposed Carbon Regulations Will Create Tens Of Thousands Of Jobs

[Translate] Climate by Samantha Page CLIMATE PROGRESS CREDIT: AP Photo/Jeff Gentner   By 2020, the Environmental Protection Agency’s...

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