Coal leases on public lands operated by the US Bureau of Land Management are responsible for 40% of US coal production and 14% of total US CO2 emissions, writes Mike Gaworecki - yet their environmental impacts have not been reviewed in 35 years.
… BLM sued - no environmental review of coal leasing since 1979 Mike Gaworecki | 8th December 2014 News Climate Change Law USA Coal Fossil Fuels powder-river-trains-cut.jpg Coal leases on public lands operated by the US …
Wales should lead the UK in bringing an end to the entire coal industry from opencast mining to highly polluting power stations, writes Gareth Clubb. A new report by Friends of the Earth Cymru shows the Aberthaw plant alone imposes social and environmental costs of nearly £1 billion per year on the country and global climate.
… power plants, Wales must lead the UK out of coal Gareth Clubb FoE Cymru | 29th February 2016 Comment Fossil Fuels Coal Mining Pollution Wales UK Climate Change … lead the UK in bringing an end to the entire coal industry from opencast mining to highly …
The coal profits that fill Matt Ridley's bank account come wet with the blood of those killed and displaced by the climate disaster his mines contribute to, writes T. If hgis consicence is no longer functioning, then others must step into that role to confront him with the evil that he is doing.
… Coal protesters must be Matt Ridley's guilty consience T End Coal Now | 20th December 2015 Comment Coal Climate Change UK Law Protest …
Britain lingers near to the bottom of the European league table for renewable energy, so why does it seem that the government are willing to add more coal nails to the coffin?
… Coal is over Joss Garman | 22nd June 2008 Comment Coal Renewable Energy Kingsnorth CCS Coal Global Warming Carbon Off-Setting Nuclear …
Clean Coal Carbon capture and storage (CCS) is the technology of stripping carbon dioxide from the exhaust gases of fossil fuels and then burying it as a liquid underground.
… Power On - Clean Coal Jon Hughes Mark Anslow | 1st November 2007 News Clean Coal Carbon Dioxide Carbon Capture Coal Carbon Dioxide Global Warming Climate …
The 1865 Treaty of Point Elliot is clear, writes Jan Hasselman: the Lummi Nation has the right to fish, hunt and gather in their accustomed places in perpetuity - and they can't do that if a gigantic coal terminal is built in the Salish Sea's most productive waters. First Nations' treaty rights are now central to protecting the Pacific Northwest from destruction by fossil fuels.
… are the new front in the battle against coal exports Jan Hasselman EarthJustice | 16th … 2015 News Indigenous Peoples Fossil Fuels Coal Transport Oceans Law USA Canada … - and they can't do that if a gigantic coal terminal is built in the Salish Sea's …
Protestors who closed down the coal mine on climate change denier Matt Ridley's estate faced a claim of £100,000 in losses, writes Brendan Montague. But a judge cut that down by over 90% while declaring the eight defendants of 'impeccable character'.
… Matt Ridley coal mine hit with £100,000 climate protest … Montague DeSmog.uk | 20th December 2015 News Coal Protest Climate Change UK Law end-coal-fluor-cut.jpg Protestors who closed down …
Greenpeace campaigners yesterday shut down Kingsnorth coal power station in Kent to send a message that expansion plans for coal power in the UK are outdated and dangerous.
… Greenpeace shut down coal-powered monster in Kent 9th October 2007 News Coal Kingsnorth Coal Power Energy Climate Change Greenpeace …
Prime Minister Modi's government has frozen the bank accounts of Greenpeace India, writes Praful Bidwai - provoking widespread protest from the environment and civil rights community. It's all part of a wider campaign against 'anti-national' movements that challenge India's development policies based on the aggressive exploitation of coal, minerals, big hydro and nuclear power.
… April 2015 News India Law Finance Development Coal Politics coal-india-hyderabad-cut.jpg Prime Minister … based on the aggressive exploitation of coal, minerals, big hydro and nuclear power. …
The Paris Agreement is facing its first big test in Queensland, Australia, writes Justine Bell. After a long process beset by legal challenges, the massive Carmichael coal mine is inching closer to approval - which would open up the entire 250,000 sq.km Galilee basin and its 28 billion tonnes of coal to exploitation. Both state and federal governments have the power to ban it. But will they?
… moment in history: will it ban the Carmichael coal mine? Justine Bell The University of … News COP21 Climate Change Australia Energy Coal Law belyando-river-cut.jpg The Paris … by legal challenges, the massive Carmichael coal mine is inching closer to approval - …
Slovakia’s first female president will challenge long-standing industrial interests and the financing of coal mining.
… Slovakian president-elect to fight coal subsidies Natalie Sauer Climate Home News | 4th April 2019 News Slovakia Coal Global Warming Change Makers caputova.png … industrial interests and the financing of coal mining. Zuzana Čaputová - '‘Slovakia’s …
Two trucks, sent by Greenpeace and daubed with "BLAIR DUMPS CLIMATE" tipped four tonnes of coal on the doorstep of the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs this morning, to expose this government's failure to act on climate change.
… Greenpeace Dumps Four Tonnes of Coal at Defra Offices 2nd February 2007 News Greenpeace Protest Coal Ipcc Global Warming Carbon Dioxide Coal Global Warming Climate Change UK …
Campaigners in the US are celebrating a victory against a proposed coal power plant in Iowa, Environmental News Services reports.
… Big Coal sent packing in Iowa 17th October 2007 News Coal Power Energy Carbon Dioxide Iowa Sierra Club Campaigns Coal Carbon Dioxide Global Warming Climate …
A company bidding to undertake 'underground coal gasification (UGC) - a notoriously hazardous and polluting process - in the UK has threatened a Scottish clean energy campaigner: shut up or get sued. Paul Mobbs reports ...
… Coal gas company warns - stop campaigning or … A company bidding to undertake 'underground coal gasification (UGC) - a notoriously … attention to the dangers of Underground coal gasification (UGC) - a technology so …
The battle against coal mining by Mountain Top Removal has been fought by the people of Appalachia over generations. The campaigners' target is now Swiss bank UBS, the main financier of the destruction.
… The Ecologist | 27th November 2013 Activism Coal Global Warming Fossil Energy Extreme Energy hoa.png The battle against coal mining by Mountain Top Removal has been … is an extreme form of strip-mining in which coal companies blast up to a thousand feet off …
Environmental groups in the US are taking the government to court over its plans to subsidise new coal-fired power plants.
… Environmentalists sue over US coal subsidies 27th July 2007 News RUS US United States Coal Power Electricity Carbon Dioxide Climate Change Carbon Dioxide Global Warming Coal Energy Politics And Economics News web …
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 …
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. …
Ten of the Europe's thirty most polluting power stations are in the UK, a new report from the World Wildlife Fund has revealed.
… Dirty Thirty WWF Power Plants Electricity Coal Drax Carbon Dioxide Global Warming Climate Change Coal Climate Change Energy Pollution News web … say that this increase implies a return to coal as a fuel of choice. The much-picketed …
We are all aware that the weather is never quite the same from one year to the next. That is all part of the natural variability of climate. It is the task of climatologists to tease out any change to climate, such as global warming, from all that variability.
… the exploration and development of new oil, coal and gas projects. In addition, an end … immediately start phasing out the use of coal-fired power stations. Together, … source of carbon emissions (39 per cent). Coal-fired power stations supply most of the …
A Spending Bill now under debate in Congress would cut over $100 million from renewable energy, grant extra funds for dumping nuclear waste and fossil fuel research, exempt 'mountain top removal' coal from regulation, and limit the EPA's power to enforce clean water laws.
… fuel research, exempt 'mountain top removal' coal from regulation, and limit the EPA's … Corps of Engineer's rules "would shut down coal mines throughout the country." Chairman … has his reasons for wanting to exempt the coal industry from any new health standards, …
Britain’s carbon dioxide emissions are soaring - contrary to government rhetoric - and coal is to blame, new figures have revealed.
… - contrary to government rhetoric - and coal is to blame, new figures have revealed. … energy use – is due to an increased use of coal as a generating fuel, in response to … to the rise in price by burning more coal, which produces more carbon per unit of …
Climate activists who broke into Aberdeen Airport hope to convince jury their actions were justified in preventing larger crime of runaway climate change
… station in a protest against the expansion of coal-fired plants. They were acquitted after … of climate change, caused in part by burning coal. Environmental lawyers say another … activists attempted to shut Kingsnorth coal-fired power station in Kent but were …
In modern India any form of dissent from the neoliberal corporate model of development is being criminalised, writes Kumar Sundaram. Opponents of nuclear power, coal mines, GMOs, giant dams, are all under attack as enemies of the state and a threat to economic growth.
… Kumar Sundaram. Opponents of nuclear power, coal mines, GMOs, giant dams, are all under … on other anti-nuclear networks like the Coalition for Nuclear Disarmament and Peace … from liability in the event of any accident. Coal, hydropower, mining are security …