Articles by Joe Smyth
Joe Smyth is a media officer with Greenpeace.
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Senator Markey calls on Secretary Jewell to suspend federal coal leases, as Peabody brags about exporting our coal
Senator Ed Markey called for a suspension of new federal coal lease sales this week, following the release of a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report that highlighted problems with the […]
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“Clean coal” is still poisoning people’s water and air
A state of emergency has been declared in West Virginia following a spill into the Elk River of a chemical used to treat coal before it’s burned, called “4-methylcyclohexane methanol” […]
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Congressional Climate Task Force calls for coal leasing reform
The Bicameral Task Force on Climate Change today released several recommendations for the Department of Interior to support President Obama’s Climate Action Plan, including a call to reform the federal […]
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Coal summit in Warsaw confronted by climate activists – and science
As the World Coal Summit kicked off in Warsaw today, activists and scientists sought to remind the negotiators at the UN climate talks that the coal industry’s business plans are […]
