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Stuff We Found Today - 07.05.11
Posted by Joyce Kushner
Tue, Jul 05
Massive tree webs in Pakistan Food Stuff Top 5 Urban Farms in New York City - (Inhabitat) Ask Paula Dean, Rachael Ray, Bobby Flay, Emeril for Fair Trade S'Mores This Summer - (Change.org) We did... you just do it on Twitter, easy!...
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Wind Energy Becoming Cost-Competitive With Natural Gas
Posted by Jeffrey Davis
Wed, Feb 09
One of the biggest gripes about wind energy, as with most alternative energy, is that it's too expensive. We know that wind energy has become cost-competitive with coal power (in some parts of the world), but the American Wind Energy Asso...
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Greenwala's Ultimate Green Holiday Wish List
Posted by Admin Wala
Wed, Dec 08
With the holidays upcoming we have decided to publish the Ultimate Green Holiday Wish List to provide all of you with an easy to follow list of some of the most wanted eco-friendly gifts and items for the holidays. Several of these items c...
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Koch Industries Destroys the Environment and Funds Climate Den...
Posted by Richard Matthews
Mon, Apr 12
Koch Industries is the second largest privately held company in America and as revealed by Greenpeace they are guilty of crimes against the environment as well as being a leading supporter of climate denial groups. Their dive...
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The terrible Health Danger of Coal
Posted by Surinder Saini
Fri, Apr 09
Mathews Yglesias rounds up some statistics on the health affects of coal. He quotes Bill Sweet, who "estimates imply that about 10,000 people die each year from exposure to coal power plant emissions, and about 10,000 die each year from veh...
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Coal Unions Grew Too Weak
Posted by Surinder Saini
Thu, Apr 08
The recent coal mine disaster does bring forth the question - are the coal unions too weak to negotiate safer and better working conditions for the miners ? Slate's Jenny Rogers explains, "The real obstacles to safety is that the miners no...
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The Corrupt Politics of Coal
Posted by Surinder Saini
Thu, Apr 08
After the tragic disaster of coal mines in West Virginia, the poitics of coal is again getting a scrutiny. The Washington Post's Dylan Mathews shakes his head, "Massey, and its leader, Don Blankenship, are almost cartoonishly villainous in...
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Could the tragic deaths in West Virginia Change National Energ...
Posted by Surinder Saini
Wed, Apr 07
Newsweek's Daniel Stone asks, "will such a fresh reminder of the dangers of coal mining influence the nation's energy debate, underscoring the imperative to move beyond coal ? Before now, "Instead of safety, the most significant considerati...
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Coal Miners Deaths Could Change West Virginia Politics Forever.
Posted by Surinder Saini
Wed, Apr 07
Politico's Ben Smith explains the "massive political implications in a state whose politics are still defined, 1920s-style, by the conflict between labor union and Democrats on one side and a single, deep-pocketed coal baron on the other."...
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Coal's Dirty Past and Dangerous Future.
Posted by Surinder Saini
Wed, Apr 07
The tragic deaths of coal miners in West Virginia have reverberated across the country. In the wake of the accident, many are beginning to ask about the dangers of the massive Appalachian coal mining economy. Are we too reliant on coal ? Wh...
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