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Top Obama EPA Official Admits to Plan to Destroy the Coal Industry in America (Video)

Posted on June 5, 2012 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

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A top Obama EPA official discussed the Obama Administration’s plan to destroy the coal industry at a recent Yale University gathering of environmentalists. EPA Region 1 Administrator Curt Spalding told the Yale University gathering, “Lisa Jackson has put forth a … Continue reading → Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : Gateway Pundit Discovery Date : 04/06/2012 21:42 Number of articles : 2

Top Obama EPA Official Admits to Plan to Destroy the Coal Industry in America (Video)

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UK Anti-Coal Activists Found Guilty, Despite Supporting Testimony From NASA’s James Hansen

Posted on December 16, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on UK Anti-Coal Activists Found Guilty, Despite Supporting Testimony From NASA’s James Hansen

Image: World Development Movement via flickr Despite a two-hour testimony by NASA climate scientist Jim Hansen this week, a UK court found 20 environmental activists who tried to shut down a coal plant last year guilty of conspiracy to commit aggravated trespass. … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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UK Anti-Coal Activists Found Guilty, Despite Supporting Testimony From NASA’s James Hansen

Posted on December 16, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on UK Anti-Coal Activists Found Guilty, Despite Supporting Testimony From NASA’s James Hansen

Image: World Development Movement via flickr Despite a two-hour testimony by NASA climate scientist Jim Hansen this week, a UK court found 20 environmental activists who tried to shut down a coal plant last year guilty of conspiracy to commit aggravated trespass. … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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50,000 MW of Nation’s Dirtiest Coal Plants Could be Shut Down

Posted on December 16, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on 50,000 MW of Nation’s Dirtiest Coal Plants Could be Shut Down

Photo: Richard Harrison , Geograph, CC The EPA is planning on increasing the pollution controls on coal plants — a move that is being fought tooth and nail by industry and the politicians who support it. And they’re fighting for good reason: The new regulations, which, among other things, will clamp down on the amount of toxic pollution (sulfur dioxide, mercury, etc) coal plants can emit, will likely cause a massive wave of coal plant closures — or hefty, hefty fines — across the nation. … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Legal Questions Over Use of Coal Ash to Fill Abandoned Mines in Pennsylvania

Posted on December 15, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on Legal Questions Over Use of Coal Ash to Fill Abandoned Mines in Pennsylvania

Image: joost j. bakker via flickr Still waiting for the opportunity to report some good news on coal ash , but unfortunately, that’s not today. Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) has sent a letter to the Pennsylvania State Auditor complaining about the disposal of toxic coal ash into abandoned mines, causing water pollution and toxic vapors, all under the c… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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People Shooting at Wind Turbines in Michigan, Elsewhere

Posted on December 14, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on People Shooting at Wind Turbines in Michigan, Elsewhere

A pistol at the shooting range. Paper targets, not turbines. Credit: Foxtongue via Flickr. So I heard a TV news report about gunfire that shut down a wind turbine park in Michigan’s Thumb. And I went looking for more information on the Internet. It wasn’t an easy find, though. Seems shooting bullets at wind farms is nothing new. The Michigan incident is just the latest episode of upset people taking out their anger on defenseless nacelles, blades and, in this case, transformers. … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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People Shooting at Wind Turbines in Michigan, Elsewhere

Posted on December 14, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on People Shooting at Wind Turbines in Michigan, Elsewhere

A pistol at the shooting range. Paper targets, not turbines. Credit: Foxtongue via Flickr. So I heard a TV news report about gunfire that shut down a wind turbine park in Michigan’s Thumb. And I went looking for more information on the Internet. It wasn’t an easy find, though. Seems shooting bullets at wind farms is nothing new. The Michigan incident is just the latest episode of upset people taking out their anger on defenseless nacelles, blades and, in this case, transformers. … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Two Years After the Tennessee Spill, Coal Ash Still Pollutes Nationwide

Posted on December 7, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on Two Years After the Tennessee Spill, Coal Ash Still Pollutes Nationwide

A pond in Meigs County contaminated with coal ash Image: Elisa Young/Meigs Citizens Action Now! Elisa Young became active against coal when she started wondering what was making people in her town so sick. She lives in Racine, a town in Meigs County, Ohio, which is not near any major cities, but is near several major power plants. Four plants are located within 12 miles from her farm—although there is a push to open more—and there’s coal ash everywhere. So she started to put two and two together. We’re approaching the two-year anniversary of the

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Some U.S. Utilities Starting to Replace Coal with Natural Gas

Posted on December 1, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on Some U.S. Utilities Starting to Replace Coal with Natural Gas

Photo: Wikipedia , CC A Lesser Evil? It’s time for a round of “good news, bad news”. The good news is that some U.S. utilities with aging coal plants are looking at the costs of installing anti-pollution equipment on them and at the future cost of carbon regulations (the details are uncertain right now, but at some point it’s going to happen), and they’re deciding it makes sense to them shut down instead of sinking more cash into this dirty source of power. The bad news is that they aren’t exactly replacing them with wind, solar, geother… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Worldwide, Fossil Fuels Get 12 Times the Subsidies as Clean Energy

Posted on December 1, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on Worldwide, Fossil Fuels Get 12 Times the Subsidies as Clean Energy

Photo: BLM , Creative Commons A consensus seems to be growing that since comprehensive energy reform is now a long ways off in the US, the least we can do is get rid of subsidies and handouts for fossil fuel companies. And this new report from the USC Marshall School of Business illustrates why: Worldwide, fossil fuels receive a staggering 12 times the amount in subsidies that clean energy does…. Read the full story on TreeHugger

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