By Laura Flanders, YES! magazine
The people who agreed to spend their days digging coal from the underside of mountains produced enough power to industrialize the nation: They're owed something back.
By Nancy LaPlaca, Energy & Policy Institute
Arizona, the sunniest state in the U.S., is 3.2% solar and 40-50% coal...what?! It's a shining example of how broken the electricity system is...
By Energy Crunch staff, Energy Crunch
In the last fortnight we’ve seen new rules on coal emissions in the US, the prospect of a cap on coal consumption in China, and a report from the International Energy Agency (IEA) highlighting the risks to fossil fuel investment.
By Zane Selvans, Clean Energy Action
Even without the threat of carbon regulations, the US coal industry is already in dire straits.
By Resilience.org Staff, Resilience.org
•Here’s Why The Carbon Regulations EPA Will Announce Monday Are So Important •A guide to Obama's new rules to cut carbon emissions from power plants •EPA unveils far-reaching climate plan targeting power plants •Obama's New Plan To Fight Climate Change Is A Really Big Deal
By Energy Crunch staff, New Economics Foundation
Coalition energy policy came under fire from an unusual source this week – former energy secretary and noted fracking enthusiast Lord Howell. ...he now claims the government’s view of shale gas “is much too optimistic...
By Resilience.org Staff, Resilience.org
•Turkish Mine Rescue Hampered by Fire That Killed Over 200 People •Coal mine collapse in West Virginia kills two miners •IEA: Coal use is spiking climate mitigation costs •The True Cost of Coal-report
By Kurt Cobb, Resource Insights
The Koch brothers, the much-maligned fossil fuel titans, were in the news last week after their legislative stalking horse, the innocuously named American Legislative Exchange Council, was discovered pushing legislation in the states that would establish new fees on solar energy.
By Joe Romm, Climate Progress
“The End Of China’s Coal Boom,” is a new, must-read chart-filled report from Greenpeace.
By Kurt Cobb, Resource Insights
Net pay is what you have to pay your bills today. And, net energy is what society has in order to conduct its business (and its fun) on any given day. Is net energy still increasing?