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Oil Commission Warns Drillers To Slow Down and Wise Up
Despite obvious differences, the icy Arctic Ocean and the warm, deep waters of the Gulf of Mexico have an important commonality: we aren’t prepared to safely drill for oil in either place. Last year’s Gulf spill – which killed 11 rig workers and fouled waters that nourish ecosystems and economies alike – is a harsh…
Read MoreTr-Ash Talk: Please, Not in Their Backyard
(This is the latest in a weekly series of 50 Tr-Ash Talk blogs discussing the dangers of coal ash. Earthjustice hopes that by December 2011, the third anniversary of the TVA coal ash spill, the EPA will release a coal ash rule establishing federally enforceable regulations ensuring the safe disposal of this toxic waste.) The average home…
Read MoreFacing Off the Faces of Coal
Fakes, not faces, are served up by coal industry
Read MoreOf Bikes and Jobs
We all know that cycling is good for your health. Turns out it’s good for the economy too.
Read MoreTaking Big Coal to Court in Kansas
The proposed expansion of a coal-fired power plant near Holcomb, Kansas has been the center of controversy for several years. And now the issue is back in the news.
Read MoreFriday Finds: I Spy Climate Change
Secret agents discover climate change preparedness hole Military officials, CIA analysts and outside experts believe that the U.S. government is ill prepared to act on climate changes “that will threaten to bring instability to places of U.S national interest,” reports McClatchy Newspapers. Bureaucratic infighting and a lack of funding are just two reasons for this…
Read MoreThank You, Rep. Janice Schakowsky!
Last week, this time, Earthjustice was responding to news of a resolution introduced by Rep. John Carter (R-TX), seeking to block important clean air protections. Using the Congressional Review Act, Rep. Carter aims to undo protective health standards that will reduce mercury and other toxic emissions from cement plants. If successful, Rep. Carter’s resolution would…
Read MoreBiggest Mountaintop Removal Mine Vetoed – A Win for Appalachia
Coal mine finally stopped as EPA rejects Spruce No. 1 Mine
Read MoreTr-Ash Talk: A is for Arsenic
(The following is the first in a weekly series of 50 upcoming Tr-Ash Talk blogs discussing the dangers of coal ash. Earthjustice hopes that by December 2011, the third anniversary of the TVA coal ash spill, the EPA will release a coal ash rule establishing federally enforceable regulations ensuring the safe disposal of this toxic waste.) Arsenic,…
Read MoreTaking Australia Beyond Zero Emissions
By now, we all know the refrain. Sure, politicians and pundits tell us, it would be swell to make the switch to clean energy, but such a move is infeasible at any time in the near future. No, they say, we must not stray from our well-hewn path of environmental destruction paved by fossil fuels.…
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