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Good news: Americans are using a lot less coal
Here is a bit of energy-use news to feel good about: Americans are using a lot less coal. In the first quarter of this year, the portion of the country’s electricity that came from coal was almost 20 percent less than in the same period last year. And overall, the Energy Information Administration predicts, coal […]
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Yet another ridiculous billboard campaign featuring psychos
Apparently the political discourse in this country is irrational enough that one anti-green billboard campaign featuring megalomaniacs will not satisfy our craving for crazy. No, there have to be two billboard campaigns in one month that cast aspersions on good ideas by associating them with crazy dudes that no one likes. We present to you: […]
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My Mother’s Day wish: Clean air for kids
Long-overdue standards for toxic mercury spewed from coal plants are under attack. Our kids are counting on us to defend them.
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Congressional report says ‘drill, baby, drill’ won’t protect U.S. from oil price spikes
The Congressional Budget Office concludes that the only effective tool to shield Americans from price shocks is to (wait for it) use less oil.
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Anti-wind activists want to create fake grassroots campaign against industry
A memo reveals how wind energy opponents came together last year to launch efforts to undermine support for the industry.
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New interactive book could explain everything anyone needs to know about energy
The Kickstarter video for The WATT? An Energy 101 Primer does a good job of explaining why, exactly, people should care about energy: Energy is everything. It’s a part of pretty much every aspect of modern life. wherever you live, whatever you do, however you do it. Unfortunately, most people know next to nothing about […]
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Can real-time pricing green the grid? [VIDEO]
To address climate change, don't forget the largest carbon-spewing machine on earth: the U.S. electric grid.
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U.S. coal lobbies frantically to save its doomed-ass self
The U.S. coal industry is going down the crapper, and even Dale Earnhardt Jr. can't save it.
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Coal dependent: Pacific Northwest activists fight new export terminals
Local organizers are building big coalitions to keep the region from becoming a massive transfer station for toxic coal exports.
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BLM announces draft of ‘common sense’ rules for fracking
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) just released a draft [PDF] of its new rules for hydraulic fracturing on public lands. These rules were last revised in 1988, and they’re being updated to deal with the current fracking boom (the BLM says 90 percent of new wells going in on public land are using fracking). […]
