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Friend of Mike Pence and a Coal-Funded Lawyer Form ‘Accountability’ Group to Attack Climate Lawsuits
This article discusses a new climate change denier group trying to keep people from understanding just how bad global warming is. They are doing it in 2 ways: (1) obvious denial statements and fake data, and (2) choosing an acronym that will cause confusion in who they really are.
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High Percentage of Kindergartens Exposed to Transport Pollutants
This article discusses how worsening air pollution from coal power and urban transport are threatening a high percentage of children across the world.
A recent article in New York Times painted Poland as Europe’s climate villain due to its worsening air pollution as well as plans to further build out its […]
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Nationalizing Coal Plants Could Be A Surprise Gift To Climate Hawks
This article discusses Trump’s plans for coal.
The White House is considering plans to invoke an obscure, Cold War-era law to prop up struggling coal-fired power plants, a move that some say could open the door for Democrats to take radical steps to phase out fossil fuels.
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Coal ash raising concerns over health risks in Puerto Rico
This article discusses the impact that coal ash is having on Puerto Rico. It is not good.
Residents of Guayama, home to Puerto Rico’s only coal-burning power plant for 15 years, have been diagnosed with cancer, heart and respiratory diseases that they fear are related to coal ash exposure. Ivette […]
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Google, Amazon push power companies toward solar and wind, a blow to coal
This article discusses the impact that tech companies are having on energy production.
Since 2008, renewable energy has gone from 9% to 18% of the U.S. energy mix, according to the Business Council for Sustainable Energy. A big part of that shift stems from tech companies’ rapid buildout of cloud storage […]
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Coal Ash and Coal Ponds – disasters already happening
This article discusses the problem with coal ash. New reports provide an unprecedented look at contaminants leaking from coal ash ponds and landfills. But the chasm between information and environmental protection may deepen thanks to a proposed Trump administration rollback.
In tests conducted in late 2017, one in three coal-fired power […]
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The U.K. Just Went 55 Hours Without Using Coal for the First Time
This article discusses the fact that renewables are replacing coal as an energy source.
Coal, which fueled the world’s biggest economies for more than a century, is increasingly losing out to renewables.
The latest example of how one of the dirtiest fossil fuels is being squeezed out of the market came […]
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Study: Coal-fired power stations caused surge in airborne mercury pollution
This article describes how coal-fired power plants has caused significant air pollution. The survey says airborne mercury pollution from stations in Victoria’s Latrobe valley increased 37% in just 12 months.
Airborne mercury pollution from coal-fired power stations in Victoria’s Latrobe valley increased 37% in just 12 months, according to […]
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Federal Judge Puts the Brakes on BLM’s Coal Giveaway
This article discusses a recent court decision ruling that requires BLM to consider climate change in leasing decisions.
A coal-friendly Bureau of Land Management rewriting its plans for coal mining on public lands during what is easily the most coal-besotted administration in decades. Instead, U.S. District Court judge Brian Morris ordered […]
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Half of All U.S. Coal Plants Would Lose Money Without Regulation
This article discusses the cost effectiveness of coal as a source of energy. Without subsidies, most would be forced to close.
It’s long been clear that U.S. coal plants are struggling. A study released Monday shows how much […]
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