Tag: coal
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Coal Transporters Held Accountable for Contamination of Local Waterways
SIERRA CLUB — BNSF Railway, owned by Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway, is one of the largest coal transporters in the U.S. It is responsible for hauling an average of 480 open-top rail cars carrying coal through Washington daily. Each rail car loses an average of 500 pounds …
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The Coming Crash: Our Addiction to Endless Growth on a Finite Planet
POST CARBON INSTITUTE — If you want to understand how much energy costs, don’t look at your electric bill; instead get a copy of the new book Energy: Overdevelopment and the Delusion of Endless Growth. This massive coffee table book contains …
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Greenwashing the Carbon Costs of Fracking and Coal Exports
LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS AND POLITICAL SCIENCE — The two oversights in the fracking argument allow shale gas to be painted green, when in reality it is anything but. Similar attempts have been made to paint the Canadian tar sands green, by the Canadian government no less. These are arguments that must be exposed …
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Appalachians Unite Calling for an End to Extreme Fossil Fuel Extraction
RAMPS — “We are here to show that we are united and saying ‘no’ to all dirty and deadly industries. What we want is a clean and healthy economy in …
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A Closer Look at Obama’s ‘All of the Above’ Energy Policy
DESMOGBLOG — But there is a larger political lesson to be learned here about President Obama and his political calculus when it comes to the environment. It is a lesson that was recently summed up best by …