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 …
The UK was among the countries which signed up to the Powering Past Coal alliance, launched at the Bonn climate talks. But with coal generating just two percent of power in August, meeting the target of 2025 is all to easy. For other European countries - Poland and Spain included - phasing out coal will be an even greater challenge. NATALIE BENNETT investigates.
… A just transition from coal demands a cross-regional sharing of … Natalie Bennett | 4th January 2018 Comment Coal Climate Change Transition Local Economies … which signed up to the Powering Past Coal alliance, launched at the Bonn climate …
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 …
Can we reframe our arguments against fossil fuel giants and be led by creative visions for just and sustainable communities?
… us, by trapping gas and laying down oil and coal. “Leave it in the ground,” is the … as potentially making gas as bad as coal in terms of the climate emergency. But I … impact of fossil fuels. Just ask northern coal communities in England, and the South of …
Exporting emissions is not the same as cutting them.
… part of the story. Goods from largely coal-fired Eastern European states are also a … wind, and a commendable drive to get rid of coal. It’s come in spite of disastrous, …
The Shock of the Anthropocene has been translated from French into English and published by Verso. NATALIE BENNETT, the former Green Party leader, explains how it is an important, informative and interesting book which all ecologists should read.
… rely on water power, but chose the new coal-fired steam engines, because it didn’t …
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 …
With European climate policy in post-Brexit lockdown, and US delegates gripped by uncertainty (even for their own jobs) following Trump's election, a new global climate leader is emerging, writes Natalie Bennett. China is stepping up as the country with the finance, technology and industrial might to take forward the Paris Agreement - and for its companies to reap the benefits.
… solar, in being cost-competitive with coal and gas, may pull American companies and …
On Monday Cameron was waxing lyrical on climate change at COP21 in Paris, writes Natalie Bennett. But his true colours will be revealed tomorrow as a long established anti-fracking camp in Cheshire is set for eviction: all part of the plan for a new generation of gas-fired power stations that will blow the UK's emissions targets.
… the end of the use of disastrously polluting coal for electricity generation in Britain (if …
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 …