Articles by Jeff Biggers
Jeff Biggers is the American Book Award-winning author of Reckoning at Eagle Creek: The Secret Legacy of Coal in the Heartland (The Nation/Basic Books). His website is: www.jeffbiggers.com
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Chicago's Clean Power Coalition Lights the Way
In 1892, an editorial in the Chicago Tribuneopined: “Doubtless the end of the coal, at least as an article of a mighty commerce, will arrive within a period brief in comparison […]
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Could San Francisco Launch a Coal-Free City Eco-Tourism Campaign?
“San Francisco: Where the Power is Clean and Life is Good” Hey kids! Walk across the Golden Gate Bridge without a film of mercury! Bring grandma and stroll through Chinatown […]
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Humane Society Gives Top Honors to Mountaintop Removal Champion
This might be one of the Humane Society’s cruelest acts against animals, and humanity. In the face of one of the most irreversible and egregious environmental and wildlife catastrophes in the hemisphere, […]
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Will Sen. Jim Webb Fight for Clean Energy or Dirty Coal?
As citizens from around the nation jam the congressional phone lines for 72 hours, calling for comprehensive clean energy and climate legislation, US Sen. Jim Webb (D-VA) has emerged as one […]