Tag: coal
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Breaking: Thousands March to Oppose World’s Worst Location for a Coal Plant
Buriganga Riverkeeper Sharif Jamil and hundreds of his fellow Bangladeshi’s are fighting to save the Sundarbans, an irreplaceable world heritage site, from the destruction of a massive new coal-fired power plant …
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Australia’s New Prime Minister Vows to Bolster Coal Industry
Coal mining has powered the Australian economy for decades. In recent years, thanks to the seemingly insatiable energy appetite of China and other Asian countries, Australia’s coal industry has been …
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New Study Once Again Proves Mountaintop Removal is Simply Not Worth It
A report from earlier this year found that mountaintop removal could turn Appalachia from a carbon sink to a carbon source in the next 12 to 20 years …
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Our Fossil-Fueled Future: World Energy in 2040
If the experts at the U.S. Department of Energy are right, the startling “new” fuels of 2040 will be oil, coal and natural gas—and we will find ourselves on a baking, painfully uncomfortable planet.
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5 Reasons Solar is Beating Fossil Fuels
The solar industry is growing drastically every year, while fossil fuels continue to be phased out. This is why it’s frustrating to hear people say that renewable energy is not …