Tag: Air
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What’s Wrong with Coal and Right with Renewables
Today the Sierra Club released a new video highlighting the dangers of mining, burning and disposing of coal. This short video offers a helpful resource for explaining the problems with coal-powered dirty fuels, the benefits of clean energy and the nee…
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BLM Holds Colorado Coal Auction, Turns Back on Climate
In his State of the Union address, President Obama promised that he would “respond to the threat of climate change, knowing that the failure to do so would betray our children and future generations.” Today, the Bureau of Land Management is set to break that promise by selling 21 million tons of coal …
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100+ Ski Resorts Sign Climate Declaration Calling for U.S. Policy Action on Climate Change
Resorts have made tremendous efforts to raise awareness on the issue of climate change and to adjust our operations to reduce carbon emissions and manage resources efficiently. We need Washington to take those strategies seriously through stronger poli…
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Nevada Fracking Bill Disregards Environmental and Human Health
The controversial technique—currently unregulated and unmonitored by state officials—is being proposed for use on more than 350,000 acres of public lands overseen by the Bureau of Land Management in central Nevada.
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Our Forests Aren’t Fuel: New Campaign Against Burning American Forests for Electricity
Recent scientific reports document that burning whole trees to produce electricity actually increases greenhouse gas pollution in the near-term compared with fossil fuels and emits higher levels of multiple air pollutants …