US Interior Dept. Just Made Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining A Lot More Expensive
The US Interior Department has released a proposed new rule that could effectively put an end to mountaintop removal coal mining in Appalachia.
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More Bad News For Coal: Mountaintop Removal Nixed By Court
It’s the end of the road for mountaintop removal, now that a federal judge has put the kibosh on a permit for the massive Spruce No. 1 mine.
4 New Energy Maps Show A Lot About Renewables
Climate Central By Bobby Magill When the U.S. Energy Information Administration launched its new U.S. Energy Mapping System last fall and upgraded it for use on mobile devices in early June, it powered a system allowing anyone to visualize some of the reams of data the EIA compiles on all things energy-related in the country. … [continued]
eLab Accelerator: Solutions And Strategies For Clean Energy (Part 3)
Originally published on Rocky Mountain Institute. By Rebecca Cole In the final installment of our eLab Accelerator blog series this week (read Part 1 and Part 2), we are reviewing three teams who are focused on developing strategies to understand and achieve clean energy futures. The increasing capability and affordability of renewables and … [continued]
US EPA Nails Fracker With Record Fine
The woes just keep piling up for Chesapeake Energy. The company is front and center in the nation’s natural gas fracking boom and it just got hit with one of the largest ever civil penalties for violating Section 404 of the Clean Water Act. The penalty was levied against its … [continued]
Have You Ever Wanted To Live In A Net-Zero Log Cabin? (VIDEO)
Originally published on 1Sun4All. Visiting the Solar Decathlon is a thrilling adventure that I highly recommend. The teams were introduced at the opening ceremony to great enthusiasm from the audience, and the houses are shining examples of each team’s creativity and dedication to sustainable, comfortable living. Each house that I visited had imaginative features … [continued]
World’s Largest LED Retrofit Saves 80% For GM
GM’s clean tech cred is pretty well established in the public eye through its popular Chevy Volt, and the company is no slouch behind the factory gates, either. At its Lordstown complex in Ohio, GM can now lay claim to the world’s largest LED retrofit project of its kind. The … [continued]
Coal Takes Center Stage In Latest EPA Drama
“Gloom and doom for the economy,” “job-killing,” and “radical environmental and anti-coal jobs agenda” are just some of the verbal grenades being lobbed in the direction of Gina McCarthy, who has been tapped by President Obama to head the US Environmental Protection Agency. McCarthy was in for a bare-knuckles brawl … [continued]
Big Coal: Making Mountains Even Better
Coal provides jobs. The jobs are dirty, they produce a product that’s harmful to the planet, hazardous to the health and welfare of the workers and their neighbors, but… hey, they’re jobs.
Besides, some of those jobs involve improving our mountains. They blow the tops off them, and haul away the coal, leaving flat tops, suitable for landing pads, parking lots, Nascar racing, or Appalachian soccer matches.
FACES of Coal Fiddles While Appalachia Gains New Green Jobs
Green tech has made some stunning advances in the past few years, so it’s tempting to look forward to the day when coal eases its headlock on the American power grid. Coal is an out of date fuel that costs an estimated $500 billion yearly in public health impacts. However, … [continued]
