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    Feds Greenlight LNG Exports From Controversial Jordan Cove Project in Oregon

    Feds Greenlight LNG Exports From Controversial Jordan Cove Project in Oregon

    Though the decision was anticipated and remains conditional, the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) approval of the Jordan Cove liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal at Coos Bay, OR is already drawing the ire of environmental groups across the country. The Jordan Cove project includes building an export terminal that would be supplied by the proposed 235-mile-long Pacific Connector […]

    Why Investing in Aging Coal Plants is a Losing Bet

    Why Investing in Aging Coal Plants is a Losing Bet

    This entry is the first of a two-part follow up to the blog Long wrote last fall. This first entry focuses on the national story, the next entry will focus on coal in the west. Across the U.S., economics are increasingly favoring investment in renewable energy at the expense of dirty coal energy. As the price of solar […]

    First-Ever Book Educating Children About Dangers of Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining

    First-Ever Book Educating Children About Dangers of Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining

    Saro Lynch-Thomason‘s new book Lone Mountain is an illustrated children’s story book created to educate youth about the devastating impacts of mountaintop removal coal mining. Set in central Appalachia, this 32-page book presents beautifully illustrated full color pages that focuses on Appalachia’s rich cultural and natural heritage while raising awareness about the threats of mountaintop removal. “This […]

    Koch Brothers Are Largest Lease Holders in Alberta Tar Sands

    Koch Brothers Are Largest Lease Holders in Alberta Tar Sands

    The largest lease holder in Canada’s oil sands is a subsidiary of Koch Industries, the conglomerate that is the source of the fortune owned by the controversial conservative political donors, Charles and David Koch. The Alberta, Canada, tar sands operations. Photo credit: Occupy.com The Koch’s holdings in the tar sands were disclosed by Koch Cash, an activist […]

    Residents Take Stand Against World’s Largest Coal Company in Southern Illinois

    Residents Take Stand Against World’s Largest Coal Company in Southern Illinois

    On March 13, a handful of local residents blocked a road through the forest in southern Illinois and attempted to prevent a contractor for Peabody Energy, the world’s largest coal company, from bringing in logging equipment to clear the area for a new 1,000-acre mine. Opponents of the Rocky Branch strip mine in Illinois block logging equipment […]

    Oil and Gas Giant Exxon Agrees to Its First Carbon Risk Disclosure

    Oil and Gas Giant Exxon Agrees to Its First Carbon Risk Disclosure

    Shareholders of the nation’s largest oil and gas company are beginning to have concerns about the long-term environmental impact of the corporation’s operations. As a result, Exxon has agreed to disclose carbon emissions estimates and details on how it plans on operating under the risk of potential climate regulations. Social responsibility investment firm Arjuna Capital filed […]

    Breaking: North Carolina Regulators Take Legal Action Against Duke Energy for Coal Ash Dumping

    Breaking: North Carolina Regulators Take Legal Action Against Duke Energy for Coal Ash Dumping

    North Carolina environmental regulators have cited Duke Energy for violating the conditions of a wastewater permit after it illegally dumped an estimated 61 million gallons of coal ash wastewater into a Cape Fear River tributary, according to Waterkeeper Alliance.  The state’s Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) issued the citation on Thursday for the permit […]

    Interstate Pipeline Spills 10,000 Gallons of Crude Oil Into Ohio Nature Preserve

    Interstate Pipeline Spills 10,000 Gallons of Crude Oil Into Ohio Nature Preserve

    About 240 barrels of crude oil—roughly 10,000 gallons—leaked from a Sunoco pipeline this week, contaminating a large area in the Oak Glen Nature Preserve, near Cincinnati, OH. Local, state and federal officials reported to the scene Monday evening and contained the leak by about 5 a.m. Tuesday, Cincinnati’s WCPO reported. The cause remains under investigation and […]