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Archives: Coal
![Trump has it Backward: It is Dirty Coal that’s Killing Green Jobs](http://web.archive.org./web/20170504125849im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/04/trump-has-it-backward-it-is-dirt-187x137.jpg)
![Climate March: How many more atomic bombs is Trump setting off in our Atmosphere?](http://web.archive.org./web/20170504125849im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/04/climate-march-how-many-more-atom-187x137.jpg)
Climate March: How many more atomic bombs is Trump setting off in our Atmosphere?
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The People's Climate March on Saturday will protest the Trump administration's pro-Climate Change policies of increasing US carbon dioxide and methane emissions. Just…![Trump’s 1984: Peace is War, Environment is Pollution, Health is Sickness](http://web.archive.org./web/20170504125849im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/04/trumps-1984-peace-is-war-environ-187x137.jpg)
Trump’s 1984: Peace is War, Environment is Pollution, Health is Sickness
By Steven Harper | (BillMoyers.com) | - - "If you look at these Cabinet appointees, they were selected for a reason. And that is for the deconstruction [of the administrative state]." At…![Donald Trump: Global Ecocide](http://web.archive.org./web/20170504125849im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/04/donald-trump-global-ecocide-187x137.jpg)
Donald Trump: Global Ecocide
By John Feffer | ( Foreign Policy in Focus) | - - Can one determined and willfully ignorant man both stem the green tide and push the world over the brink into…![“No new Coal Plants!” – European Energy Companies](http://web.archive.org./web/20170504125849im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/04/no-new-coal-plants-european-ener-187x137.jpg)
“No new Coal Plants!” – European Energy Companies
Newsy |. (Video News Clip) | / The Tree | - - "Energy companies representing almost the entire European Union have promised not to build new coal power plants after 2020." Newsy:…![Trump’s New Decree to ‘Wreak Havoc’ on Climate, Reward Big Oil](http://web.archive.org./web/20170504125849im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/03/trumps-new-decree-to-wreak-havoc-187x137.jpg)
Trump’s New Decree to ‘Wreak Havoc’ on Climate, Reward Big Oil
TeleSur | - - The latest executive order is seen by critics as a reckless attempt to boost energy industry profits at the cost of the environment and public health. U.S. President…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170504125849im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/03/what-is-kilowatt-hour-187x137.png)
The simple Number that will Defeat Trump’s attempt to Roll back Obama Energy Policies
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Trump's Executive Order deregulating dangerous gas emissions is being signed today at the Environmental Protection Agency. This is the greatest mean-spirited reversal since…![Close the Coal Plants: How to Reply to Pruitt’s Lie about CO2 & Climate](http://web.archive.org./web/20170504125849im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/03/close-the-coal-plants-how-to-rep-187x137.jpg)
Close the Coal Plants: How to Reply to Pruitt’s Lie about CO2 & Climate
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Having Scott Pruitt as head of the Environmental Protection Agency is sort of like the plot of that Showtime thriller Dexter, where the…![Sorry, Trump, China’s cut-back on Coal Dooms Industry](http://web.archive.org./web/20170504125849im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/03/sorry-trump-chinas-cut-back-on-c-187x137.jpg)
Sorry, Trump, China’s cut-back on Coal Dooms Industry
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Donald Trump has said many foolish things, but his pledge to bring back coal takes the cake. Coal is the dirtiest source of…![Trump mires us in carbon Swamp with fossil cronies in key roles](http://web.archive.org./web/20170504125849im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/12/trump-mires-us-in-carbon-swamp-w-187x137.jpg)
Trump mires us in carbon Swamp with fossil cronies in key roles
The Tree | (Content for Climate Communicators) | - - Instead of draining the swamp as promised, U.S. President-elect Donald Trump is doing the opposite, appointing powerful fossil fuel executives and dirty…![In the shadow of Trump, a DAPL Victory and Global Protests against Fossil Fuels](http://web.archive.org./web/20170504125849im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/12/in-the-shadow-of-trump-a-dapl-vi-187x137.jpg)
In the shadow of Trump, a DAPL Victory and Global Protests against Fossil Fuels
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The surprise announcement Sunday by the Army Corps of Engineers that they will not permit the Dakota Access Pipeline to go under the…![Great Barrier Reef Endangered: Ocean turning Acidic from our Our Coal, Oil, Gas emissions](http://web.archive.org./web/20170504125849im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/02/great-barrier-reef-endangered-oc-187x137.jpg)
Great Barrier Reef Endangered: Ocean turning Acidic from our Our Coal, Oil, Gas emissions
By Mathieu Mongin, Andrew Lenton, Jennifer Skerratt & Mark Baird | (The Conversation) | - - Those of us who have been fortunate enough to have travelled to spectacular coral reefs marvel…![Coal Industry Collapsing in Appalachia, leaving behind Blighted Landscape](http://web.archive.org./web/20170504125849im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/08/coal-industry-collapsing-in-appa-187x137.jpg)
Coal Industry Collapsing in Appalachia, leaving behind Blighted Landscape
By Laura Gottesdiener. | (Tomdispatch.com) | - - In Appalachia, explosions have leveled the mountain tops into perfect race tracks for Ryan Hensley’s all-terrain vehicle (ATV). At least, that’s how the 14-year-old…![GOP Hopefuls Get $62M From Fossil Fuel Donors: Origins of Climate Denialism?](http://web.archive.org./web/20170504125849im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/08/gop-hopefuls-get-62m-from-fossil-187x137.jpg)
GOP Hopefuls Get $62M From Fossil Fuel Donors: Origins of Climate Denialism?
Elliot Hill and Mark Sovel | (TheLipTV Video Report) | - - "Eight out of the 17 Republican presidential candidates have received at least $62m in donations from a small number of…![Can Obama’s CO2 reductions set pace at Paris world Climate Congress?](http://web.archive.org./web/20170504125849im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/08/can-obamas-co2-reductions-set-pa-187x137.jpg)
Can Obama’s CO2 reductions set pace at Paris world Climate Congress?
By Nora Happel | (Inter Press Service) | - - UNITED NATIONS (IPS) - This week, U.S. President Barack Obama formally unveiled the details of his Clean Power Plan (CPP), a comprehensive…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170504125849im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/04/climate-justice-629x420-187x137.jpg)
Can Big Coal, Oil be Put on Trial for Global Warming Damage by Victims?
By Thalif Deen | - - UNITED NATIONS, Jun 16 2015 (IPS) - The United Nations, which is tasked with the protection of the global environment, has asserted that climate change affects…![Climate Denial as a Corporate Criminal Conspiracy](http://web.archive.org./web/20170504125849im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/06/climate-denial-as-a-corporate-cr1-187x137.jpg)
Climate Denial as a Corporate Criminal Conspiracy
By Naomi Oreskes | (Tomdispatch.com) | - - Recently, the Washington Post reported new data showing something most of us already sense: that increased polarization on Capitol Hill is due to the way the Republican…![Global Warming: G7’s Coal Plants are Weapons of Mass Destruction aimed at World’s Poor](http://web.archive.org./web/20170504125849im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/06/global-warming-g7s-coal-plants-a-187x137.jpg)
Global Warming: G7’s Coal Plants are Weapons of Mass Destruction aimed at World’s Poor
By Sean Buchanan | (Inter Press Service) | - - LONDON, Jun 6 2015 (IPS) - As heads of state and government of the G7 states prepare for their Jun. 7-8 summit…![It’s Getting hot in Here: There never was a Pause in Global Warming: Scientists](http://web.archive.org./web/20170504125849im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/06/its-getting-hot-in-here-there-ne-187x137.jpg)
It’s Getting hot in Here: There never was a Pause in Global Warming: Scientists
By Jay Lawrimore | (The Conversation) | - National and international studies have shown that the Earth is warming, and with this warming, other changes are occurring, such as an increasing incidence…![Coal comeback in Europe threatens Climate, Environment (already kills 18,000 a year)](http://web.archive.org./web/20170504125849im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/06/coal-comeback-in-europe-threaten-187x137.jpg)