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Cuts to U.K. solar incentive may spread economic benefits more widely
This post originally appeared on Energy Self-Reliant States, a resource of the Institute for Local Self-Reliance’s New Rules Project. A proposed revision to the United Kingdom’s feed-in tariff program may have […]
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Obama’s oil plan shows he still doesn’t get post-truth politics
In his weekly address, Obama once again promoted an energy plan that centrally involves increased domestic drilling for oil and gas. You can read the ugly details at The New […]
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Scholastic’s pro-coal curriculum pulled from schools
Scholastic, the children's book publisher, took a big pile of money from the American Coal Foundation and turned it into a curriculum for 4th graders that (surprise!) didn't mention any […]
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Is Obama’s call for more drilling bad messaging or cynical policy?
One thing we know for certain — more domestic drilling starting now will have exactly the same impact on prices that the increased domestic drilling in the last two years […]
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Will Rahm Emanuel, Chicago’s new mayor, deal with the city’s coal pollution problem?
Will new Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel get tough on coal?Photo: Daniel X. O’NeillChicago has a major coal problem. The city’s Fisk and Crawford coal-fired power plants, which have been operating […]
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Booming U.S. coal exports forebode a coal-fired 21st century
If you thought America didn't make anything anymore, you're wrong! We make disastrous, planet-killing levels of climate change. It's all a consequence of the record 100 million tons of coal […]
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CoalCares responds to Peabody legal threat
As you probably know, the Yes Lab (home of the Yes Men) recently put up a site called CoalCares.com, a parody suggesting that coal company Peabody is interested in doing […]
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How community ownership can save wind power
This post originally appeared on Energy Self-Reliant States, a resource of the Institute for Local Self-Reliance’s New Rules Project. Community ownership may provide the solution for increasing resistance to wind […]
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Americans to Big Oil: We’ve got your number
Skimmed oil from the Gulf is pumped into recovery trucks.Photo: BP AmericaCross-posted from the Center for American Progress. This post was coauthored by Valeri Vasquez, special assistant for energy policy […]
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The most danceable fracking explainer you’ll see today
"My Water's On Fire Tonight (The Fracking Song)" is "Why Does The Sun Shine?" for fracking. ("Your groundwater is a mass of incandescent gas …") It explains enough about hydraulic […]
