Breaking: Third Major Coal Spill in Tennessee
By Jamie Henn - Jan 15th, 2009 at 4:34 pmNews is just coming out today that a major coal spill has taken place for the third time in just over a month in Tennessee.…
Posts Tagged ‘energy’
Revenge of the Nerds, White House Edition
By Tommaso Boggia - Dec 16th, 2008 at 12:24 pmAfter eight years of ignorant bullies wreaking havoc in the White House, the geeks are finally back in charge! President-elect Obama just appointed his new…
A Different Take on Electric Cars
By Jesse Singal - Dec 3rd, 2008 at 3:33 pmArs Technica has up an interesting piece on Better Place, an electric car startup that the state of Hawaii just launched a partnership with, which…
“Clean” Just Didn’t Cut It
By Tommaso Boggia - Oct 28th, 2008 at 1:29 pmOur generation knows it: coal is not “clean,” it’s dangerous. Nonetheless, King Coal and Big Oil are not giving up. Realizing that people aren’t buying…
Chevron Taken to Court in Landmark Case
By Jamie Henn - Oct 28th, 2008 at 11:21 amThe US imports more oil from Nigeria than it does from Iraq. Yet Nigeria, and the myriad human rights and environmental abuses associated with oil…
Condominiums Should Be the New “House With a Picket Fence”
By Daniel Strauss - Oct 27th, 2008 at 10:06 amAs I write this I’m watching a mother and her daughter walk into our condominium building. Like me, the building is their home, but unlike…
Clean Coal a.k.a. the New Healthy Cigarettes
By Tommaso Boggia - Oct 27th, 2008 at 9:31 amJust in case you were wondering, coal is still not clean, despite the $40 million dollars spent by King Coal to convince you otherwise.
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Climate Justice Makes NYT Bestseller List
By Tommaso Boggia - Oct 20th, 2008 at 10:07 amVan Jones’ The Green Collar Economy: How One Solution Can Fix Our Two Biggest Problems just became the first bestseller on the environment written by…
“Enlightened” Europe Bows Down to Dirty Coal
By Tommaso Boggia - Oct 16th, 2008 at 9:28 amWant a pre-Halloween scare? Check out yesterday’s Open Europe Press Summary Archive. To people who are already worried to death about the climate crisis, the…
The Energy, Economic, and Employment Problems May Have a Common Solution
By Daniel Strauss - Oct 3rd, 2008 at 3:29 pmLike Matt, I’ve been reading a lot about the grim state of the economy today. There is, however, a bit of good news (but only…
What Was Missing from Sarah Palin’s Focus on “Energy Independence”
By Jesse Singal - Oct 3rd, 2008 at 12:04 pmSarah Palin talked a lot about energy independence during last night’s debate. This is admirable, as the United States’ runaway consumption of oil brings with…
Youth Care About the Economy, 13% Still Undecided
By Kay Steiger - Sep 24th, 2008 at 11:35 amRock the Vote released a new poll of young voters for the month of September. It seems that young people are just as concerned about…
The Difference Offshore Drilling Makes
By Kay Steiger - Sep 11th, 2008 at 5:51 pmVia Grist, this graph shows that the proposed offshore drilling doesn’t really do a whole lot to address the energy crisis.
Drill Here, Drill Now: The Song
By Tommaso Boggia - Sep 11th, 2008 at 4:22 pmThe same week that oily Department of Interior officials were caught with their pants down, their nostrils flaring, and their blood alcohol content inflated with…
Gingrich, Hannity: Tire Inflation Benefits “Big Oil”
By Kay Steiger - Aug 20th, 2008 at 11:39 amVia Steve Benen, here’s Newt Gingrich on Sean Hannity’s show giggling about Barack Obama’s suggestion that properly inflating your tires can help you save gas:…
