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West Virginia Football Uniforms To Honor Coal, Fallen Miners
photo via Nike
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.
39 More Toxic Coal Ash Sites Found to Contaminate US Water Supply With Arsenic & Heavy Metals
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
US Govt May Back 9 GW of Coal Power Plants in India & South Africa, When It Should Support Renewables
photo: Duncan Harris via flickr
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"--
There's A Lot Less Coal Out There Than We Think - But That's Not Civilization's End
photo: Jennifer Woodard Maderazo via flickr
TreeHugger has covered the uncomfortable and largely under-publicized topic of peak coal on a number of occasions, but David Roberts over at
Can't Bury It? Can't Build It. No New Coal In UK Without CCS
photo via flickr
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.
Use Natural Gas & Carbon Tax, Forget Carbon Capture, To Help Transition Off Coal: Report
The carbon intensity of coal is so high that CCS technology will only slightly reduce emissions, the report authors say.
US Wastes $200 Billion on Environmentally Damaging Subsidies
photo: Nick Ares via flickr
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."
Beyond the Gulf Oil Spill: Five Ongoing Ecological Disasters With No End In Sight
A burning oil spill in the Niger Delta.
Fate of Biggest US Mountaintop Removal Mining Project to be Decided This Year
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.
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