Tag: coal mines
‘Reckless’ coal companies moving forward with new mines and plants, report...
The majority of the new mining projects being planned were in China, India, Australia, Russia and South Africa.
New study warns to reach net-zero emissions by 2050, abandon ‘developed...
There should not only be no new development of oil and gas fields or coal mines, but also abandon 40 percent of "developed reserves" of fossil fuels.
Exposed: West Virginia and other states relying on ‘House of Cards’...
“Who pays? The damaged environment? The communities that are blighted by unreclaimed mine sites?”
US Forest Service broke law when opening 4,900 acres of Colorado...
“The Forest Service failed to provide a logically coherent explanation for its decision to eliminate the Pilot Knob Alternative.”
Thousands of activists stage protests at three German coal mines to...
"We want to show with our protest today that this mine needs to be shut down permanently."
US coal consumption to reach an all-time low in decades
"The trend lines showing the demise of coal shouldn't come as a shock to anyone, including those in the Trump administration and coal industry executives."
Ties of blood
Our deep and abiding connection with Mother Earth is what compels us to fight to protect it.
How Montanans Stopped the Largest New Coal Mine in North America
The abandonment of the Otter Creek mine project shows that land defenders and climate activists are learning how to take on big energy companies and win.
‘Nail in the Coffin’: Obama to Halt New Coal Mining Leases...
"The only safe place for coal in the 21st century is deep underground—these reforms will help keep more of it there."
China Bans New Coal Mines: Why Hasn’t U.S. Done the Same?
Should President Obama should use his last year in office to effectively put measures in place that keep fossil fuels in the ground?
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The Unseen Cost of Cigarette Pollution: Billions in Environmental Damage
The yearly economic cost of cigarette plastic waste amounts to approximately $26 billion.
Billionaire Heirs: The accelerating $5.2 trillion wealth transfer
Without robust wealth and inheritance taxes the children and grandchildren of today's billionaires will dominate our future politics, economy, culture, and philanthropy."
COP28 president challenges science: Claims ‘no science’ behind fossil fuel phase-out
At the heart of the climate debate, COP28 President Sultan Al Jaber's controversial stance on fossil fuels sparks a global outcry, challenging the core objectives of the climate summit.
Make America fascist again (MAFA!)
Is this the future If Donald Trump returns to the Oval Office?
“The madness of militarism,” the 2023 Ellsberg lecture by Norman Solomon
Norman Solomon reflects on 'the madness of militarism' in the Ellsberg Lecture