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Hearing Raises New Questions About Coal Lobby Group

The House Select Committee for Eneregy Independence & Global Warming held a hearing this morning on the coal lobby letter fraud. A firm called Bonner & Associates sent phony letters … Read more

Duke Energy Quits American Coalition for Clean Coal Energy

Duke Energy quit the American Coalition for Clean Coal Energy over differences with other member companies who do not support energy and climate legislation. Duke Energy is a founding member … Read more

Big Coal Dumps Letter Fraud Lobbyists

As the National Journal reports, Big Coal is dropping its dirty lobbying firm: The American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity announced Thursday that it was severing ties with Bonner & … Read more

Not Allowed in “Families for Coal” Group: Families

I hopped in the National Wildlife Federation Prius yesterday to drive from our headquarters in Reston, VA to the Netroots Nation blogger conference here in Pittsburgh, PA. Every 30 miles … Read more

Coal’s Dirty Money Funding Anti-Climate Bill Campaign

The coal industry and utilities have already spent an incredible $77.8 million on lobbying Congress this year. And that figure doesn’t even include all those television ads that bombard the … Read more

Catchphrases Won’t Solve Climate Change

You’ve probably been hearing a lot about “clean coal” as one of the paths we can take to a new energy future., but while it sounds nice, the truth is: … Read more

Courageous Kansas Governor Takes a Stand

Kudos to the leadership of Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius for her courageous stand on Friday to veto the state’s forced approval of two coal fired power plants. The Governor’s Secretary … Read more

Be A Good Neighbor to Wildlife

The #1 thing us homo-sapiens can do to help wildlife today and here on out is reduce our global warming pollution. Knowing this, the National Wildlife Federation just introduced a … Read more

10 Best Green Stories of 2007

Grist has an excellent post called The Top Green Stories of 2007.  While they highlighted some of the biggest news, good and bad, I tried to focus on the most … Read more

Energy Bill Signed into Law

Wildlife to Benefit from this “Down Payment” on Strong Global Warming Legislation The package–which passed the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives in the past week–will help reduce America’s oil … Read more