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Will Global Coal Boom Go Bust As Climate Concerns Increase?
Environment  (tags: environment, destruction, conservation, energy, COAL, coal, nature, politics, pollution, protection, world )

Cal
- 30 days ago - e360.yale.edu
Environmentalists and a growing number of financial experts say that alarm over global warming may halt the seemingly inevitable rise of the coal industry.
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100% of Electric Capacity Added in U.S. Last Month Was Renewable
Environment  (tags: energy, electric capacity, megawatts, 100%, renewable, clean energy, clean energy vs dirty energy, fossil fuels, oil, coal, natural gas, climate change, environment, destruction, extinction, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission )

Brian
- 79 days ago - grist.org
"That's right: Every single megawatt of new generating capacity added in the U.S. last month was renewable. Every single one."
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Take Action: Tell Idaho Power: Don't Keep Idaho Hooked on Dirty Coal
Environment  (tags: Take Action, Sign the Petition, Idaho Power, Coal, Fossil Fuels, Dirty Energy, Climate Change, Toxins, Pollutants, air, water, environment, Idaho )

Brian
- 81 days ago - act.credoaction.com
"As the damage and threat from climate change continue increasing, Idaho Power wants to make Idaho families foot the bill for $500 million in upgrades to two dirty coal plants in Wyoming and Nevada, keeping Idaho hooked on dirty coal for decades."
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ACTION ALERT: LET CONGRESS KNOW: HANDS OFF OUR ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS
Environment  (tags: action alert, sign the petition, environmental programs, budget talks, fiscal cliff, republicans, austerity, obama, democrats, dirty energy, coal, oil, natural gas, tax breaks, environment, programs, funding, cut )

Brian
- 150 days ago - soe.salsalabs.com
"Congress could reach a deal on the national budget crisis soon. But if Big Oil and Big Coal get their way, funding for some of our most important environmental programs could get slashed, all while dirty energy companies keep getting unfair tax breaks."
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TAKE ACTION NOW! Tell Bank of America's Chairman of the Board: Stop Funding Coal!
Environment  (tags: coal, Bank of America, protection, pollution, healthconditions, humans, environment, destruction, habitat, habitatdestruction, nature )

Cal
- 155 days ago - ran.org
Over the past 2 years, Bank of America has invested more than 6.4 billion dollars in coal. Bank of America is the biggest underwriter of the coal industry - bankrolling mountaintop removal coal mining that is devastating communities in Appalachia.Please s
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NASA Climate Expert James Hansen: The Future Is Now--and It Is Hot
Environment  (tags: climate change, government inaction, corporate corruption, pollution, fossil fuels, addiction, oil, tar sands, pipeline, coal, natural gas, disasters, hurricane Sandy, Katrina, droughts, floods, heat, crop loss, rising oceans, acidification )

Brian
- 173 days ago - yesmagazine.org
"Climate change is already increasing the likelihood of weather extremes--like the droughts and heat waves like we've seen in recent years--according to a new report by one of NASA's top climate scientists."
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Scoping Process for Coal Export Terminal Has Started
Environment  (tags: coal, fossil fuel, climate change, environment, planet, gateway pacific terminal, cherry point, coal exports )

Brian
- 231 days ago - islandssounder.com
The scoping process for Gateway Pacific Terminal at Cherry Point began on Sept. 24. If approved, the terminal will become the biggest coal export site in North America sending ships close to our shores, through transits lanes surrounding our islands.
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TAKE ACTION NOW! Colorado Roadless Forest Again Threatened By Bulldozers, Coal Mine
Environment  (tags: ecosystems, destruction, environment, corporate greed, coal, pollution, habitat, habitatdestruction, conservation, nature, wildlife, protection, trees, forests )

Cal
- 319 days ago - secure.earthjustice.org
Earlier this year--and with your help--we halted a plan by one of the country's biggest coal companies to turn a Colorado roadless area into a network of bulldozed roads and drill holes.But the coal company is back, and the U.S. Forest Service is ready to r
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Urgent: Send a Message to Stop the Destruction ACTION
Environment  (tags: Great Barrier Reef, Australia, coal, destruction, environment, wildlife, environment, ecosystems, habitatdestruction )

Nancy
- 321 days ago - greenpeace.org.au
The project is part of Gina Rinehart's plan to export millions of tonnes of coal from the untapped Galilee Basin. And unless we act, the terminal - which would result in millions of tonnes of dredging, threaten a turtle breeding ground and send hundreds
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Coal Industry Pays Fake Activists $50 to Wear Pro-Coal Shirts at Public Hearing
Environment  (tags: Coal, climate-change, CO2emissions, conservation, destruction, ecosystems, environment, globalwarming, habitatdestruction, healthconditions, pollution )

Kit
- 356 days ago - truth-out.org
Apparently unable to find real activists, the coal industry paid astroturfers $50 to wear pro-coal t-shirts at an Environmental Protection Agency hearing yesterday.
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Pledge to Stop Doing Business With Bank of America ! PLEASE SIGN ! !
Environment  (tags: environment, destruction, habitat, coal, banks, protection )

Cher
- 393 days ago - wearepowershift.org
Bank of America is the #1 financiers of the coal industry AND the #1 forecloser on American homes.
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Keep Up The Fight To Stop Mountaintop Removal Mining! TAKE ACTION!
Environment  (tags: mountains, mining, coal, destruction, conservation, environment, globalwarming, habitat, healthconditions, nature, pollution, protection, wildlife )

Lindsey
- 410 days ago - secure.earthjustice.org
Late last week, siding with the coal industry, a federal court overturned the Environmental Protection Agency's veto of one of the most disastrous and destructive mountaintop removal mines in U.S. history, the Spruce No. 1 Mine in West Virginia.
33 comments
No Exemptions for National Park-Polluting Coal Plants! TAKE ACTION!
Environment  (tags: coal, environment, conservation, destruction, healthconditions, protection, wildlife, pollution )

Lindsey
- 423 days ago - secure.npca.org
On December 23, 2011 the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a proposal that would exempt hundreds of outdated coal-fired power plants in the eastern U.S. from installing modern pollution controls deemed necessary to protect air quality in
47 comments
Save the Great Barrier Reef From Coal ACTION
Environment  (tags: Great Barrier Reef, Australia, coal, destruction, environment )

Nancy
- 441 days ago - greenpeace.org.au
It looks like major industrial projects in the World Heritage area may be approved by our governments before they've finished their strategic assessment! We must ensure this doesn't happen - these projects should not get approval while the assessment...
45 comments
Proposed Utah Mine Expansion Reflects Politics of Coal
Environment  (tags: politics, pollution, energy, Big Coal, energy policy, coal, humans, nature, environment, ecosystems, protection, habitat, animals, destruction, government )

Cal
- 465 days ago - latimes.com
An obstacle to greening L.A.'s energy portfolio is the DWP's contract with a Utah plant, which requires the city to buy coal power until 2027. The gritty fuel is now stoking controversy over energy policy, environmental damage and how much consumers shoul
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