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Archives: Coal
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
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
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
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
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…
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
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
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
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
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
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
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?
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?
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…
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
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
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
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…