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A Roadmap For Taking On Coal Plant by Plant

March 10, 2010

coal-plant-pollution-epa.jpg
photo via flickr

Coal activist Ted Nace today published a must-read post in Grist on the importance of taking on coal via a variety of strategies, effectively coming at the country’s Number 1 contributor to climate change from every angle possible. Nace, the man behind the indispensable Coalswarm, lays out the case for why coal has got to go and offers a roadmap for taking…Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Let’s Not Forget: Even Without CO2, Coal Would Still Be Very Dirty

March 9, 2010

coal ash spill photo
“Orthographic aerial photograph of Kingston Fossil Plant coal fly ash slurry spill, in Kingston, Tennessee, taken the day after the event.” Photo: Public domain

CO2 is Important, But Not the Only Thing
David Roberts over at Grist has a great rebuttal of Thom Friedman’s latest column in which he and investor…Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Leo Says: This Is Our Moment … We Agree

March 9, 2010

Why it matters:
Because the future is what you make it. (Inspirational enough for yah?)
Recap:
This past September, Senators John “Lightnin’” Kerry (D-MA) and Barbara “The Unifier” Boxer (D-CA) introduced Senate Bill 1733. Senate Bill 1733. That sounds awesome! What’s that? They’re [...]

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