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In an attempt to honor the 29 coal miners who tragically died last year at the Upper Big Branch coal mine, the West Virginia University Mountaineers have teamed up with Nike to create new football uniforms that have the mark of coal.

Aerial photo of one of the sites discovered, in Uncasville, Connecticut.
A new report by the Environmental Integrity Project, Earthjustice, and the Sierra Club has identified an additional 39 sites in 21 states where

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Despite a Congressional mandate directing the Export-Import Bank of the United States to use 10% of its 2009-2010 financing towards renewable energy project, according to a US Government Accountability Office report the Bank will fall "well short of the 10% Congressional target"--

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TreeHugger has covered the uncomfortable and largely under-publicized topic of peak coal on a number of occasions, but David Roberts over at
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Kudos to new UK Prime Minister David Cameron, who is proving he's willing to go further than his "special relationship" counterpart, President Obama, to combat climate change.

The carbon intensity of coal is so high that CCS technology will only slightly reduce emissions, the report authors say.

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A new report by the Green Scissors Campaign details some $200 billion worth of yearly US government subsidies that the coalition says are "wasteful to taxpayers, harmful to the environment and bad for consumers."

A burning oil spill in the Niger Delta.

Mountaintop Removal Mining Site. Photo via the NY Times
Future of Mountaintop Removal Mining Hinges on Outcome
If any of you are familiar with my past postings on the topic, you'll already be aware of my general attitude towards the practice of mountaintop removal mining. To those who aren't, this should sum it up: It's an inexcusable abomination.