NY Time's Andy Revkin on the 'Allure of Clean Coal'

onAug 29, 2008 @ 12:09 PDT

On his NY Time’s DotEarth blog, journalist Andy Revkin writes:

This enduring notion — that the world can have its coal and climate, too, by pumping the carbon dioxide from combustion into the earth — has been promoted by institutions including Peabody Energy, the world’s biggest coal company (see its coal-sales ticker here), and the Natural Resources Defense Council. A group that pushed the clean-coal theme at the Democratic convention, the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity, will be heading to the Republican convention next week. Environmentalists have attacked the group as the latest in a string of industry propaganda mills.”

Thanks for the link to DeSmog Andy!

By Emily Murgatroyd

us/Children Living Close to Fracking Sites Have Two to Three Times Higher Risk of Leukemia

ByNick Cunningham

onAug 17, 2022 @ 01:00 PDT

A new study adds to a growing body of evidence that fracking represents a “public health crisis,” experts say.

us/LNG Exporter Downplays Emissions to Justify Expansion

ByNick Cunningham

onAug 12, 2022 @ 14:14 PDT

Cheniere Energy has introduced “cargo emissions tags” to assuage climate concerns of potential buyers. But a new report says these tags are riddled with problems.

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us/Reality Is Not What It Seems. And That Might Just Save the Climate.

ByGuest

onAug 11, 2022 @ 12:38 PDT

Anti-science rhetoric and special interests have pushed us to the edge of climate chaos. But just as quantum physics disrupted our view of matter and energy, quantum social change disrupts our beliefs about what’s possible, how fast, and by whom.