Another controversial Obama appointment
This time, environmentalists are angered with Obama’s choice for Office of Surface Mining Reclamation, and Enforcement.
Enviros Blast Obama’s Choice for Office of Surface Mining – ENS
For the past 17 years Pizarchik has been engaged in Pennsylvania’s mining program, first as legal counsel and then as the […]
Continue Reading →Finally some international pressure on the coal pit/coalbed methane proposals just northwest of Glacier (and Waterton) National Parks-
United Nations Will Study Threats to Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park. By Dan Testa, Flathead Beacon (in New West)
Continue Reading →New controls complete after more than 60,000 air quality violations-
New controls. Farmington (NM) Daily Times.
This has long been a major polluter of the air and water of the 4-Corners country of the southwest.
Continue Reading →It’s good to see the sucker finally dead!
Ely coal-fired power plant plan withdrawn. AP in the Reno Gazette Journal.
Continue Reading →The massive Foisey Creek coal development in B.C. (the Lodgepole coal pit and 2000 coal bed methane wells) is becoming an international issue.
UN to hear petition. The Globe and Mail. By Mark Hume.
Earlier in this blog.
5/15/09. North Fork Flathead plight in U.N. spotlight
9/5/08. Another coal mine planned […]
Back East, things aren’t looking much better for the environment-
See below
Obama’s EPA clears 42 of 48 New Mountaintop Removal Mining Permits
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The Obama administration has cleared more than three-dozen new mountaintop removal permits for issuance by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, drawing quick criticism from environmental groups who […]
Continue Reading →Good news for energy and wildlife-
It is increasingly clear that the building of new coal plants is collapsing as this article indicates as a followup to my post of yesterday, Companies rethink coal plants.
While planning and some actual construction of wind, solar and geothermal plants in remote locations […]
Continue Reading →Many planned coal plants are now being scrapped-
Companies rethink coal plants. By Traci Watson, USA Today.
Planned new coal plants are dropping by the scores. However, the majority of electricity in the U.S. is produced by coal, and many by old, and therefore more polluting plants like the one below.
On my recent […]
Continue Reading →Now with a new and improved label! New Reality ad directed by the Academy-award winning Coen Brothers.
Continue Reading →Wow, quick action! Lisa Jackson was just confirmed the new EPA Administrator-
Obama’s EPA Raises Objections to South Dakota Coal Power Plant. By Catherine Dodge. Bloomberg.com
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