Streams and Rivers Left Vulner...

Jun 9, 2015 by

Streams and Rivers Left Vulnerable to Pollution Under New “Clean Water Rule”

[Translate] WATERKEEPER ALLIANCE The new Clean Water Rule, issued by the US EPA and the Army Corps of Engineers, reduces the...

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Opponents Of Obama’s Carbon Po...

Jun 8, 2015 by

Opponents Of Obama’s Carbon Pollution Rule Are Trying Nearly Everything To Take It Down

[Translate]   by Ryan Koronowski CLIMATE PROGRESS CREDIT: Shutterstock When the Obama administration unveiled its plan to make...

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Obama Administration Opens Up ...

Jun 2, 2015 by

Obama Administration Opens Up Thousands Of Acres Of Public Lands To Coal Mining

[Translate] by Natasha GeilingCLIMATE PROGRESS Coal mining in Wyoming’s Powder River Basin. CREDIT: Shutterstock On May 29, the U.S....

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CAPITALISM COULD KILL ALL LIFE...

May 30, 2015 by

CAPITALISM COULD KILL ALL LIFE ON EARTH

[Translate]   By The Daily Take Team, The Thom Hartmann Program | Op-Ed (Image: Coal smoke via Shutterstock) Are we going to let...

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Mountaintop Removal Mining Is ...

May 14, 2015 by

Mountaintop Removal Mining Is Pushing Species to Extinction

[Translate] Environment Two crayfish — a primary food for Appalachia’s most popular sport fish — may get endangered status due...

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11 Western Towns Say Coal Comp...

May 6, 2015 by

11 Western Towns Say Coal Companies Are Cheating Taxpayers Out Of Billions

[Translate] by Samantha Page CLIMATE PROGRESS The old mining town of Telluride, Colo., is pictured nestled in a valley from the top...

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Big Coal’s big scam: scar the ...

Apr 28, 2015 by

Big Coal’s big scam: scar the land for proft, then let others pay to clean up

[Translate] George Monbiot  THE GUARDIAN Keep it in the ground: Energy giants claim they dig new opencast mines to fund the closure...

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If We Dig Out All Our Fossil F...

Apr 24, 2015 by

[Translate]   Michael Greenstone   nytimes  THE UPSHOT World leaders are once again racing to avert disastrous levels of global...

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Here’s why GOP lawsuits probab...

Apr 16, 2015 by

Here’s why GOP lawsuits probably won’t undermine Obama’s climate plan

[Translate] Talk News Radio Service By Tim McDonnell  GRIST This story is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration....

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American Companies Are Shippin...

Apr 16, 2015 by

American Companies Are Shipping Millions Of Trees To Europe, And It’s A Renewable Energy Nightmare

[Translate] AP/Winfried Rothermel by Ari PhillipsCLIMATE PROGRESS In late March, a loosely affiliated coalition of southerners...

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Turns out the world’s first “c...

Mar 31, 2015 by

Turns out the world’s first “clean coal” plant is a backdoor subsidy to oil producers

[Translate] SaskPower CCS By David Roberts GRIST The world’s first “clean coal” plant — that is, the first full-size coal-fired power...

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McConnell Declares War On A Li...

Mar 21, 2015 by

McConnell Declares War On A Livable Climate, Aims To Stop National And Global Action

[Translate] by Joe Romm  CLIMATE PROGRESS Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) at a Kentucky coal loading facility in October 2014. (Via AP.)...

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Utility Company To Buy Coal Pl...

Mar 18, 2015 by

Utility Company To Buy Coal Plant Just To Shut It Down

[Translate] CLIMATE PROGRESS by Katie Valentine This June 27, 2013 file photo shows Duke Energy’s Crystal River nuclear power plant...

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What a 20-year biomass battle ...

Feb 24, 2015 by

What a 20-year biomass battle tells us about environmental justice policy

[Translate] Shutterstock By Brentin Mock   GRIST It’s well-established that the Environmental Protection Agency has been quite...

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FEDS CHARGE DUKE ENERGY WITH V...

Feb 22, 2015 by

FEDS CHARGE DUKE ENERGY WITH VIOLATIONS OF CLEAN WATER ACT FOR COAL ASH POLLUTION

[Translate]  |  By By MICHAEL BIESECKER and MITCH WEISS RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Federal prosecutors filed multiple criminal charges...

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OBAMA’S BUDGET PROVIDES ...

Feb 8, 2015 by

OBAMA’S BUDGET PROVIDES MILLIONS FOR OUT-OF-WORK COAL MINERS

[Translate] CLIMATE PROGRESS    by Katie Valentine CREDIT: AP Photo/Pool/Rick Bowmer Coal production is on the decline in the U.S.,...

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TO PREVENT CATASTROPHE –...

Jan 8, 2015 by

TO PREVENT CATASTROPHE – Majority Of U.S. Coal, Canadian Tar Sands Will Have To Stay In The Ground To Meet Climate Goals

[Translate] by Tom Kenworthy CLIMATE PROGRESS CREDIT: Shutterstock Keeping the increase in global temperatures under 2°C will require...

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Climate Change 2014: What Do W...

Jan 6, 2015 by

Climate Change 2014: What Do We Do Now?

[Translate]   By Bruce Melton, Truthout | News Analysis (Photo: Ben Grey) As we move into 2015, the latest climate science continues...

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