America's coal-fired power plants produce 140 million tons of ash a year, reports Ben Whitford, most of it dumped in open storage ponds that contaminate drinking water with arsenic and heavy metals. And now Presidential candidate Jeb Bush is promising to scrap 'new and costly' (actually feeble) EPA regulations before they have even been implemented.
… Coal ash: America's multi-billion ton toxic … 29th September 2015 News Fossil Fuels Energy Coal Waste Regulation Politics coal-river-ash-cut.jpg America's coal-fired …
Coal mining companies in SIberia are destroying indigenous communities, before exporting the fuel to the UK. MAT HOPE of DeSmog UK reports
… ‘Our Rivers are Black with Coal’ — living with Siberia's mines Mat Hope | 29th May 2018 Activism Coal Indigenous Communities Yana Siberia mine Coal mining companies in SIberia are …
The opencast coal mine at Ffos-y-Fran near Merthyr Tydfil in Wales is the UK’s largest - and has produced eight million tonnes of coal. Now Miller Argent, the owner and operator, wants to extend the mine. Banks Mining has applied for planning permission to begin a new mine at Highthorn, in Northumberland. The application will go before Sajid Javid, the Communities Secretary, today. MAT HOPE of DeSmog UK spoke to the people most affected.
… From the valleys to the beaches - new coal mines bring fear not hope Mat Hope | 4th December 2017 Activism Mining Coal Protest Campaigns fyf_machinery.jpg The opencast coal mine at Ffos-y-Fran near Merthyr Tydfil …
A judge has ordered the eviction of protestors occupying the site of a proposed new coal mine in County Durham. Local residents are putting up one last fight to try and stop the project. MAT HOPE reports
… Valley: meet the protesters fighting a new coal mine Mat Hope | 28th March 2018 Activism Coal Mining Banks Group Pont Valley protection … occupying the site of a proposed new coal mine in County Durham. Local residents …
The talks are taking place in Poland against a backdrop of mounting urgency and expectations following a report from the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
… Polish city of Katowice, in the country’s coal heartland. The stakes are high, but — as … home countries. Taking place in Poland’s coal heartland, this year’s climate talks are … platform for more discussion on the future of coal. The fuel powered western countries …
It's the fossil fuel industry's latest stroke of genius - a coal substitute that's cheaper, dirtier and more toxic than coal itself, writes Ben Whitford. The waste product of refining heavy oil from Canada's tar sands, petcoke is stored in open mountains around Chicago's 'Slag Valley', sending plumes of sticky black dust over poor neighborhoods every time the wind blows.
… fuel industry's latest stroke of genius - a coal substitute that's cheaper, dirtier and more toxic than coal itself, writes Ben Whitford. The waste … more sought-after fuel grades. Petcoke - the coal substitute that's dirtier than coal In …
A movement is rising up on campuses across the US as campaigners, backed by a growing student body, say NO! to university investment in dirty energy. But will the campaign hit home? Ben Whitford reports ...
… university administrators to ditch oil and coal companies and find more eco-friendly … green world NEWS ANALYSIS Borneo's rainforest coal: City of London profit. The development of coal mines in East Kalimantan is having a huge …
Ben Whitford says that despite the lack of coverage of the IPCC report in the US media and ongoing denial of the science from certain political quarters, climate change activists in the US are feeling motivated........
… onto the report’s perceived shortcomings. Coal-country Democrats such as Sen. Joe … behind climate change, Manchin said, the coal industry should remain untouchable. “Hammering the American coal industry, raising costs for consumers and …
Internal documents unearthed by Jelmer Mommers of De Correspondent show oil company Shell knew about the danger of burning fossil fuels for climate change as early as the 1980s. MAT HOPE from DeSmog.uk has the story
… that Shell knew all of its products including coal, oil and gas significantly contributed to …
Protesting against fracking in the UK is now an imprisonable offence. Without the independent media, no-one would have been there to document this seismic shift in the criminalisation of environmental activism.
… in the US, to the forcible removal of anti-coal protestors from the Hambacher forest in … shutdowns , to anti-fracking protests , and coal extraction resistances . It’s not ‘us’ …
Is Boris Johnson's cabinet the most anti-climate action ever?
… Javid later rejected plans for a new coal mine at Druridge Bay in Northumbria. … restrictions”. She also stated that “coal with CCS is vital for tackling climate … out over Christmas in 2016 due to a lack of coal power (they didn’t). Those claims came …
The transatlantic network of fossil fuel funded think tanks has been constructed over more than half a century - and has come into its own with the arrival of Donald Trump in the UK and his praise for Boris Johnson. MAT HOPE of DESMOG UK reports
… use of EPA funds, Trump appointed another coal lobbyist to replace him — Andrew Wheeler …
A web of lobbyists, politicians, and political funders continue to spread disinformation about climate change in the UK. MAT HOPE, the editor of DeSmog UK, today launches its new Climate Disinformation Database. Here he explains how the resource aims to better inform public debate.
… . There is hereditary peer, Times columnist, coal baron, and self-styled “rational …
DeSmog UK maps connections between UK cabinet ministers and Tufton Street lobbyists.
… out over Christmas in 2016 due to a lack of coal power (they didn’t). At the time, Shapps … though he later rejected plans for a new coal mine at Druridge Bay in Northumbria. …
Ben Whitford asks whether concerns over potential earth tremors, escaping gas and logistical nightmares will be enough to halt industry enthusiasm for carbon-capture and storage technology.......
… to counteract man’s huge appetite for burning coal and petroleum.” Researchers are also …
Thanks to the Web and social media, environmentalism has become a worldwide movement. Ben Whitford reports on the need now to take bigger risks and have even bigger confrontations
… have no money but we have a very loose, broad coalition that’s spread all over the world.” … — was forced to abandon plans for a coal-powered data centre after a 20-month …
A dynamic environmental activism movement pioneered by highly engaged youth from native communities is spreading across North America. Ben Whitford reports......
… Company (CTGC) which is building hydro- and coal-fired power stations in 23 countries. So …