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Taking Mountain Top Removal Head-On, North Carolina Considers Ban

Landmark Legislation Would End State’s Use of Coal from Controversial and Destructive Mining Practice This just in: the North Carolina state legislature may take the destructive and despicable pract… more »

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Taking Mountain Top Removal Head-On, North Carolina Considers Ban

Jesse Jenkins wrote 1 month ago: Landmark Legislation Would End State’s Use of Coal from Controversial and Destructive Mining Pract … more »

Tags: Americas, Coal, Dirty Energy, extraction, Government, Impacted Communities, mountain top removal, Political Participation, Politics

From the Belly of the Beast — 2 comments

yochizakai wrote 2 months ago: Yesterday I attended the Dynegy Corporation’s annual shareholder meeting to remind Fossil Fool … more »

Tags: climate challenge, Coal, Corporate Responsibility, Dirty Energy, Global Warming, Step It Up, youth leaders

Can Coal Ever Be Clean? Check Out "Burning the Future: Coal In America" to Find Out — 2 comments

Jesse Jenkins wrote 2 months ago: [Update - May 1st, 2008: "Burning the Future: Coal in America" will be airing again soon on the Sund … more »

Tags: Americas, climate challenge, Climate Justice, climate policy, Coal, Dirty Energy, extraction, Global Warming, Impacted Communities

A Spooked Coal Industry Fights Back, Trying to Buy Elections — 7 comments

Jesse Jenkins wrote 4 months ago: Our growing and increasingly organized anti-coal campaign must be doing something right, friends: wo … more »

Tags: act locally, Americas, climate challenge, Climate Justice, climate policy, Coal, Corporate Responsibility, Dirty Energy, extraction

A National Coal Campaign? — 6 comments

jamiehenn wrote 5 months ago: There have been a number of amazing posts lately about the growing youth movement against coal. Matt … more »

Tags: Coal, Global Warming

Notes From a Granny On Fighting Coal! — 2 comments

danawv wrote 5 months ago: Sylvia is a great-granny living down river (and down wind) from Marsh Fork Elementary School on the … more »

Tags: act locally, Americas, Dirty Energy, Climate Justice, united states, extraction, Impacted Communities, climate challenge, Coal

Fighting Coal on All Fronts — 3 comments

Morgan wrote 5 months ago: We’ve stopped a lot of coal plants in the last year because efficiency and renewables are way … more »

Tags: Business, Coal, corruption, Global Warming, Government, Politics

VA Students tell DEQ "Read my Lips, No More Coal" — 3 comments

tomowens wrote 5 months ago: About 350 people packed a Richmond VA meeting room last night to sound off on a proposed Southwe … more »

Tags: Dirty Energy, Climate Justice, youth leaders, extraction, Politics, Impacted Communities, Global Warming

Cascade POWER SHIFT Summit Wraps Up Two Weeks of Intense Northwest Climate Action! — 9 comments

Jesse Jenkins wrote 5 months ago: Cascade POWER SHIFT 2008, the Northwest’s largest youth climate summit, ended on February 11th … more »

Tags: Government, act locally, Americas, Dirty Energy, Climate Justice, united states, campuses, efficiency, youth leaders

Ohio students ask leaders to stop coal plants, and need your help! — 2 comments

Mattie Reitman wrote 5 months ago: This Feb. 8-10, over 70 students from the Ohio Student Environmental Coalition gathered at the Ohio … more »

Tags: Government, act locally, Dirty Energy, Corporate Responsibility, extraction, Direct action, Events, Impacted Communities, Coal

Georgia Students Focus State's Attention on Climate and Coal — 1 comment

sethgunning wrote 5 months ago: Georgia’s History of Denial Fuels Youth Action Since September, the Georgia legislature has b … more »

Tags: campuses, youth leaders, Political Participation, climate challenge, Global Warming, climate policy, Focus the Nation

NC DAQ approves permit for Duke’s Cliffside coal plant (LAME) — 4 comments

janiehauser wrote 5 months ago: Earlier this week, the North Carolina Division of Air Quality (NC DAQ) issued the final pollution pe … more »

Tags: Coal, Direct action, Dirty Energy

Coal Warlord found in bed with West Virginia Judge. Crap.

danawv wrote 5 months ago: I was less than thrilled to watch the story unfold of Coal Warlord Don Blankenship and WV Justice El … more »

Tags: act locally, Americas, Dirty Energy, Climate Justice, united states, corruption, extraction, Direct action, Impacted Communities

Don't Miss Cascade POWER SHIFT: Mobilizing Youth for Climate Justice! — 2 comments

Jesse Jenkins wrote 6 months ago: Calling all Northwest youth climate activists: don’t miss Cascade POWER SHIFT: Mobilizing Yout … more »

Tags: Government, act locally, Americas, Dirty Energy, Climate Justice, united states, campuses, efficiency, youth leaders

Mountain Justice Spring Break is a comin'!

danawv wrote 6 months ago: Why spend your spring break on the beach when you could spend it challenging oppressive power struct … more »

Tags: act locally, Americas, Dirty Energy, united states, youth leaders, Corporate Responsibility, Direct action, Political Participation, Impacted Communities

2007: A Rough Year for Coal - 59 plants Canceled! — 20 comments

Matt Leonard wrote 6 months ago: Ahh, 2007. What a year. The iPhone made its debut (got one). The Harry Potter series comes to an end … more »

Tags: Dirty Energy, Climate Justice, Direct action, Coal

New CLEAN Energy for the Old Dominion — 1 comment

tomowens wrote 6 months ago: There is no argument that a coal rush is underway in the United States. The writing is on the wall a … more »

Tags: act locally, Climate Justice, Coal, Impacted Communities

Georgia Power on Santa's Naughty List — 9 comments

sethgunning wrote 7 months ago: Written by Natasha and Driah Fast Santa Puts Georgia Power on Naughty List! Georgia Power is a Water … more »

Tags: act locally, Climate Justice, Corporate Responsibility, Direct action, Nuclear Power, youth leaders, Drought, Georgia, Nuclear

FutureGen coal site selection: Illinois

Matt Leonard wrote 7 months ago: So, after 8 years of debate, the Department of Energy finally announced the location for it’s … more »

Tags: climate policy, Coal, corruption, Dirty Energy, Economics