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This Is What Happened When Scholastic Tried To Bring Pro-Coal Propaganda to School
"The United States of Energy" was a colorful series of lessons on the advantages of coal, aimed at 4th-graders, and sponsored by Big Coal. Here's how educators and activists …
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West Virginians Raise Alarm as Research Links Coal Mining to Cancer, Birth Defects
Recent studies suggest that coal mining affects the health of everyone who lives nearby, not just those who work in the mines.
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Short-Circuiting the Future
Fracking is a bridge to nowhere.
Warsaw Climate Talks Go Up in Smoke
Prospects of a meaningful global treaty on climate change have receded ever farther at COP 19, the UN climate talks. Can climate justice activists offer an alternative?
On the News With Thom Hartmann: The Nation’s First Coal Gasification Project May Start Soon, and More
Our nation has seen the dangers of coal mining and drilling for natural gas, but few of us have heard of coal gasification, and more.
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MSNBC “Leans Forward” Into Running “Native Ads” Promoting Fracking
Critics believe the shift toward native ads blurs the line between news and advertising, public relations and propaganda.
How to Stop a Coal Train in its Tracks
The action marked the culmination of months of preparation, as organizers in Montana decided on the best way to bring direct action against coal transportation to a new level.
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Wall Street to Planet Earth: We Don’t Mind and You Don’t Matter
Considering that a large percentage of its value is based on fossil fuel reserves, in and of itself, all of this would be very bad news for Wall Street.
Carbon-Free, Nuclear-Free Energy Economy Is Inevitable
While a clean energy future is inevitable, questions remain about how quickly we will get there.
Taking a Stand Against Coal
Coal companies are scrambling with proposals to extract coal in Montana and Wyoming.