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New Report Out – Coal’s Assault on Human Health

 |  Dec 2, 2009

Listen to television ads that promote “clean coal” a thousand times over and you will soon begin to believe that clean coal actually exists. At least that’s the aim of … Read more

Hearing Raises New Questions About Coal Lobby Group

 |  Oct 29, 2009

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

 |  Sep 4, 2009

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

 |  Aug 21, 2009

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

 |  Aug 14, 2009

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

 |  Aug 4, 2009

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

 |  Dec 29, 2008

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

 |  Mar 24, 2008

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

 |  Mar 14, 2008

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

 |  Dec 28, 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