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The truth about renewable energy: Inexpensive, reliable, and inexhaustible
Don't believe the common myths about renewable energy. Real-world experience is shattering long-held assumptions every day.
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The ‘war on coal’ is a myth
The number of coal jobs has increased in recent years; industry claims of a "war on coal" just aim to distract voters from the real war Big Coal wages on their health and the environment.
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Coal industry pays fake activists $50 to wear pro-coal shirts at public hearing
Apparently unable to find real activists, the coal industry paid astroturfers $50 to wear pro-coal T-shirts at a recent EPA hearing.
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Senate Republicans join House in second-guessing military leaders on biofuels
The Senate Armed Services Committee has voted to prevent the military from pursuing biofuels initiatives. So much for energy security and patriotism.
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This coal-plant snow globe could be yours for only $3,100
The world inside a snow globe is usually pretty idyllic — just pure white snow falling lightly on famous landmarks. Not really an accurate reflection of the environmental toll of mass-produced tourist kitsch. So the artists of the Dorothy collective have produced a limited run of two coal power plant globes, complete with ash-flake “snow.” […]
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The carbon consequences of Northwest coal exports
There are six proposals to export coal from Northwest ports. When burned, that coal will create a disaster for the climate far worse than Keystone XL.
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Stunning photos drive home the destructiveness of tar sands
We all know, in the abstract, that tar-sands oil is something we should oppose. But seeing the destruction that tar-sands mining wreaks on the landscape really brings it home. Business Insider took some spectacular photos at the Alberta tar sands, and they make the impact viscerally clear.
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Risky business: A look inside the black heart of a Goliath oil company
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Steve Coll tells us why ExxonMobil pulled its funding from climate denial campaigns -- and why we may never be able to hold the company accountable for the damage it did.
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Against the grain: Fracking companies mine rural Wisconsin for sand
Fracking companies are storming rural Wisconsin, bringing money and misery with them. But they're not after natural gas: They're mining sand crucial to drilling operations everywhere. Inside the environmental nightmare you know nothing about.
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Let’s end polluter welfare
We can't afford to give away more than $110 billion to the oil, gas, and coal industries over the next decade. That's why I've introduced the End Polluter Welfare Act.