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Dear Obama: How Could You Approve Drilling in Arctic Ocean?
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Read MoreObama's Historic Chance To Control Coal Pollution
This Friday, the Obama administration has the historic opportunity to rein in a coal industry that has been allowed to pour toxic emissions like mercury, benzene and arsenic into our lives without limit. There’s little question that the administration will set limits – the law requires it and the courts have ordered it. The question,…
Read MoreObama Filling The West’s Stocking With Coal
As fall turns to winter, President Obama has continued his virtually unbroken streak of bending over backwards for the coal industry in the West. For those who love Western public lands and could do without more subsidies to Big Coal, Mr. Obama has been more Grinch than Santa. For example, the Forest Service recently consented…
Read MoreWill World's Nations Use Road Map To Fix Climate Change?
(Earthjustice attorney Erika Rosenthal is attending the 17th Conference of the Parties (COP17) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Durban, South Africa. This is the second in a series of blogs she will be filing from the conference.) Fairness isn’t a philosophical or academic question here in Durban. Deep divisions on…
Read MoreFriday Finds: New Mexico’s Dairy Industry Steps In Cow Pie
New Mexico dairies forced to clean up their cow pies New Mexico recently passed some of the most progressive water regulations for dairy farm operations in the West, reports High Country News. Large dairy operations create huge waste problems—each cow produces about 145 pounds of solid and liquid waste per day—so when Texas transplant Jerry…
Read MoreLack Of Storage Hurting Energy Revolution
Currently, America’s transmission grid—the power lines and electrical equipment that bring us electricity—has very few devices that store power from renewable clean energy sources such as solar and wind. This is hindering the deployment of these energy sources and limits their usefulness. Consider solar … the sun shines during the day, lots of electricity is…
Read MoreVideo: Coal Export Threatens The Northwest
Would you want to live next door to a coal export terminal? Wait, maybe that’s too vague of a question. Instead, let me ask you this… Would you want mile-long coal trains traveling through your community 24 hours a day, seven days a week? Would you want your children exposed to noxious coal dust as…
Read MoreIsland Nations Plea For Controls On Climate Change
(Earthjustice attorney Erika Rosenthal is attending the 17th Conference of the Parties (COP17) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Durban, South Africa. This is the first in a series of blogs she will be filing from the conference.) “We will succeed together, or we will fail together.” – Sprent Dabwido,…
Read MoreTr-Ash Talk: Some Dirty Air With That Murky Water, Please
Looks like that murky glass of water shouldn’t be your only concern. Several states weak on coal ash disposal also have another dubious claim: many are the worst offenders of air pollution. In August, we released a report detailing the lack of state-based regulations for coal ash disposal and the 12 worst states when it…
Read MoreMeet The Power Plants
Imagine you live in a neighborhood full of families. There are many nice people, but a few households are real menaces. They’re loud, they burn things in the backyard, and they drive around so fast that you’re worried they’re going to run someone down The neighborhood bands together and one-by-one succeeds in getting these menaces…
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