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Archive | Coal
There’s no such thing as cheap fossil fuel
Australia’s coal industry is propped up by huge government subsidies, despite the downturn in the global coal trade and a divestment campaign.
Govts give fossil fuel companies $10 Million a minute
So much for “private enterprise” – the IMF says energy companies receive $5.3 trillion a year in subsidies from governments worldwide
Ecosocialist resources, 62
Why capitalism must grow; The cost of climate change; Banks invest $80 billion into coal; Major aquifers in trouble; Global wealth inequality gets much worse
Elk River: Poisoned for profit
The company that poisoned West Virginia’s drinking water decided that public health was less important than its bottom line, while politicians stood by.
The unbearable light-mindedness of coal barons
The cynical thoughts of an ecovandal
McKibben's climate math is too narrow and too broad
McKibben is right to point to the fossil fuel industry as an enemy, but his argument is both too narrow and too broad. He ignores the role of the U.S. military, and fails to focus his fire on the dirtiest fuels.
Australia's fake debate on climate change
Neither party — the climate deniers or the climate pretenders — proposes effective action against greenhouse gas emissions. Both promote more coal. To see why, just follow the money.
Big Coal Lies About Jobs
When Big Coal argues for permission to build coal-fired power plants, it always makes big promises about job creation. A new study shows the promises are no more credible than promises of “clean coal.” (more…)
The Real Cost of Coal
Harvard Medical School: Using coal costs the U.S. hundreds of billions of dollars a year in health costs, environmental destruction and climate change (more…)
Dethroning King Coal in 2011, from West Virginia to Durban
This multiple set of interlinked climate-energy-economic travesties can only be reversed by grassroots and labor activism (more…)
Dirty Business film debunks 'clean coal' myth
Documentary reveals the true cost of US dependence and the murky realities of marketing ‘clean coal’ technology (more…)
Fossil Fuels vs. The Public Interest
The fossil fuel industry often pretends to have the public’s best interests in mind. The operative word is “pretends.” (more…)
Excellent Grafitti
Thanks to Simon Butler for these photos (more…)
Hansen: Coal-fired power plants are factories of death
Coal is the single greatest threat to civilization and all life on our planet. Coal is the dirtiest fuel. The trains carrying coal to power plants are death trains. (more…)
How clean is it? It's Clean Coal clean!
A video response to coal industry greenwash. (more…)
Time to Bury the 'Clean Coal' Myth
The mirage of clean coal is designed to coax the world into maintaining its addiction to the most dangerous fossil fuel of all (more…)
Jury says: Direct Action Justified To Stop The Climate Crisis!
UK Greenpeace activists acquitted: jury agrees that anti-coal actions were justified (more…)
Workers and Climate Change
On International Workers Day, unionists must reject the illusion that ‘clean coal’ is possible, and join the fight against climate change (more…)
Clean Coal’s Dirty Secret
Even if carbon capture works, it won’t stop the environmental damage caused by coal mining (more…)