The Appalachians, America's vast network of mountains, has long been threatened by destructive coal mining practices. Local communities fighting mountain top removal are putting their hopes behind new legislation now in Congress
… Fighting Coal Frank Joseph Smecker | 7th July 2009 News Investigation Energy Coal Mining Appalachia Water Pollution Clean Water Protection Act fightingcoal.jpg The Appalachians, America's vast …
Protest group celebrates as activists force Didcot power plant to temporarily halt coal-fired electricity generation and switch to gas
… Activists celebrate week of action against coal The Ecologist | 30th October 2009 News Protest Coal Climate Change didcot2.jpg Protest group … force Didcot power plant to temporarily halt coal-fired electricity generation and switch …
Governments may be over-estimating global coal reserves, says US engineer
… Peak coal? Governments may be over-estimating global coal reserves, says US engineer The Ecologist | 23rd January 2009 News Coal Peak Energy Pollution Coal Energy News …
The climate secretary has been lauded for his coal-fired proposals, but beyond the smokescreen it’s business as usual says Joss Garman
… The climate secretary has been lauded for his coal-fired proposals, but beyond the … and told the House, ‘the era of unabated coal is over’. Already fondly thought-of by … craftily defused the row over proposed new coal stations such as Kingsnorth in Kent. …
Carbon capture sounds like a fantastical idea: dig up fossil fuels, burn them, then return the captured CO2 underground. But the hurdles that stand in its way are formidable
… Captured CO2 is also being piped 330km from a coal power station in Beulah, North Dakota, to … saline formations, oil or gas fields, or coal beds may be found Source: IPCC, 'Carbon … of carbon capture may be used to justify more coal plants, so emissions would carry on …
Amount invested in marine energy is a drop in the ocean against more than £50m for collieries
… Coal gets 20 times more money than marine … Terry Macalister | 24th August 2009 News Coal Energy Renewables Marine Tidal Wave … has spent 20 times more subsidising the coal industry over the past six years than it …
Scientists are leading the charge against political foot-dragging on climate change, with James Hansen arrested for protesting against coal mining and Kevin Anderson warning the UK Government its emissions levels are 'dangerously optimistic'
… James Hansen arrested during anti-coal demonstration The Ecologist | 24th June … James Hansen Kevin Anderson Tyndall Centre Coal Massey Energy Mining MTR Mountain Judy … CCC Department Of Energy And Climate Change coal.jpg Scientists are leading the charge …
The recent U-turn by of some of the UK's leading environmentalists - and one-time nuclear energy opponents - on the issue of nuclear energy, has caused vigourous debate in the media. Their reasoning is that we simply don't have the capacity to produce enough renewable energy to meet our needs. But as this comprehensive Ecologist report from 2007 shows the UK is really a renewable energy powerhouse.
… 2009 News Renewable Energy Energy Oil UK Coal Gas Climate Change Global Warming Carbon … Global Warming Climate Change Nuclear Oil Coal Depleted Uranium UK Environment Climate … the energy crisis. Stop using oil, gas and coal and we might just stabilise carbon …
Climate action groups launch public vote for next protest site
… Climate Swoop , where users can pick which coal-fired power station demonstrators should … of 2006. In June 2008, 29 activists stopped a coal train from reaching the power station. Ratcliffe on Soar coal-fired power station is operated by E.ON, …
It may seem odd timing that many of us are heading to the nation's capital early next month for a major act of civil disobedience at a coal-fired power plant, the first big protest of its kind against global warming in America.
… for a major act of civil disobedience at a coal-fired power plant, the first big protest … that the world as a whole must stop burning coal by 2030 - and the developed world well … you some sense of what Obama's up against. Coal provides 50 percent of our electricity. …
Climate activists prepare to shut down Ratcliffe-On-Soar after celebrating the demise of plans for a new coal power plant at Kingsnorth
… Ecologist | 9th October 2009 News Kingsnorth Coal Climate Change Protest cliamteswoop.jpg … are planning to shutdown another E.ON coal-fired plant near Nottingham Climate … celebrating the demise of plans for a new coal power plant at Kingsnorth Protests …
Welsh Climate Camp gets underway as protesters set up camp near coal mine
… first Climate Camp next to an opencast coal mine. Welsh Climate Camp gets underway as protesters set up camp near coal mine Around 60 protesters have set up … to the controversial Ffos-y-Fran opencast coal mine, on the edge of Merthyr Tydfil. …
Treasury accused of writing a 'blank cheque' with taxpayers' money for bank to make environmentally-damaging investments
… revealed this week in a report published by a coalition of organisations . Since being … criticised mining company in India. The coalition of groups, including Platform and … the past year include: Bangladesh - open cast coal mine RBS subsidiary, ABN Amro Bank NV has …
Lester Brown, founder of the Earth Policy Institute and the WorldWatch Institute, on his fears for Copenhagen, genetically modified food and the failure of the media
… Food Insecurity Climate Change Barack Obama Coal-fired Power Plants leesterbrown.jpg … a powerful grassroots movement opposing new coal fired power plants. It has created a de facto moratorium on new coal-fired plants. I doubt that anyone is ever …
She's applying the same principles to environmental campaigning as her forebears did to fighting for universal suffrage. Laura Sevier meets the founder of the Climate Rush
… Code Red’, ‘No Airport Expansion’, ‘No New Coal’ and ‘Reform Climate Policy’. One banner … Terminal 1 and more recently the No New Coal Awards, among other acts of ‘peaceful … (she can reel off facts about carbon and coal like clockwork) and has a natural …
Climate change campaigner Dan Glass explains why he and other protesters have set up camp on the site of a proposed coal mine
… Climate Change Politics And Economics Society Coal Copenhagen dan-1.jpg Climate change … have set up camp on the site of a proposed coal mine In today's economically strapped … one of the front-lines in the resistance to coal exploitation in the UK. Scottish Coal, …
Instead of spikes in demand and coal-fired solutions, fridges and washing machines may soon be available that can regulate their own energy usage.
… Instead of spikes in demand and coal-fired solutions, fridges and washing … gas plants, it tends to be the workhorse coal power stations that fulfil this … problematic. The current reliance on coal power plants to balance out demand will …
It has been a long and bitter struggle. When locals who had for years enjoyed the peace and tranquillity of Thrupp lake at Radley, Oxfordshire, learned that it was to be filled with fly-ash from Didcot power station, they assumed that a small but vocal protest would help see off the plans.
… beauty spot saved from becoming a waste coal ash dump The Ecologist | 21st January 2009 News Coal Beauty Protest Plans Pollution Society …
A green coalition has brought a legal challenge against the Treasury for refusing to rein-in the Government-owned RBS bank, which continues to invest in polluting industries
… Movement Energy E.ON Carbon Judicial Review Coal Gas Kingsnorth £10 Billion Bank … to prevent RBS investing taxpayers' money in coal and oil A green coalition has brought a legal challenge …
Neither greens nor fossil-fuel addicts are happy with it, and there could be better ways of forcing the US to reduce its emissions. So should we just scrap the Waxman-Markey climate bill?
… Bill) which would otherwise allow coal-fired power plants to continue to be … President Obama could chose to regulate coal plants directly using the Environmental … was enough to put the development of 17 new coal-fired power stations on hold. The Senate …
Ewan deviates from his odyssey to check out Mongolia, and finds a friendly country full of surprises but fully in thrall to King Coal...
… Ewan Kingston | 22nd July 2009 Comment Travel Coal Green Living archery.jpg Ewan deviates … full of surprises but fully in thrall to King Coal... A friend from Aotearoa gave me advice … Suprise, suprise – pretty much 100 percent coal. I didn't fancy my train trip south-east …
In a surprise move, the Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has appointed Cambridge Professor David Mackay as its Chief Scientific Adviser
… heralds a new phase of thinking at DECC on coal power, particularly because Mackay is … change will require the end of unabated coal burning: 'Solving climate change is a … dioxide must be such that people stop burning coal without capture.' Track record Mackay was …
Forecasts of our likely failure to meet carbon reduction targets is putting UK Government credibility on climate change at risk, say independent analysts
… Falls in emissions from better equipped coal-fired power stations are likely to be … transport and the substitution of gas for coal in electricty generation. But despite … be driven by falls in emissions from upgraded coal-fired power stations but that this would …