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In light of the disasters, what we need to do NOW (Good Politics+Good Policy=Good Future)

May 21, 2010 By jumbowonk

An exclusively clean energy bill will have great results for relatively little cost, and will be very popular as well.  It reduces our dependence on foreign oil, helps prevent more disasters like these, creates jobs, and, if a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: clean-energy, coal, coal-mine-disaster, national, oil, oil-rig-disaster, solar-power, wind-power

Waxman-Markey Bill no slam dunk needs help!

June 25, 2009 By woburndem

http://www.environmentalleague... Waxman-Markey: Too Close to Call Thirty-three years ago, in 1976,  I served as campaign manager for a young Mass. State Representative running as a dark-horse candidate for the U.S. Congress. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: big-oil, coal, economy, environment, george-bachrach, green, markey

Markey on coal: Go along to get along

September 7, 2007 By Charley on the MTA

Heaven save us from our friends: My US Rep. Ed Markey, chair of the House Select Committee on Energy and Global Warming, seems ready or resigned to rely on -- and subsidize the hell out of -- so-called "clean coal" technology (CCS -- carbon … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: coal, environment, global-warming, markey, national

Cape Wind vs Coal Guy

September 3, 2007 By Charley on the MTA

Good gravy ... how's this for "optics"?The anti-Cape Wind group, the Alliance to Protect Nantucket Sound, has tapped "coal industry insider" Glenn Wattley as its new head, according to the Cape Cod Times. Here's a PowerPoint (in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: cape-wind, coal, energy, environment, global-warming, massachusetts

Subsidies for “UNKILLABLE DRACULAS”

June 12, 2007 By lori

Bela Lugosi's got nothin' on Big Coal, but the parallel is humorously appropriate when you consider blood sucking air pollution, global warming, mountaintop removal, strip mining, coal slurry ponds, acid rain, and such.  From today's … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: barak-obama, co2, coal, coal-gasification, energy, global-warming, massachusetts

Coal-to-liquid: 180 degrees the wrong direction

May 29, 2007 By Charley on the MTA

I agree with Matt -- this is just damn depressing: WASHINGTON, May 28 ? Even as Congressional leaders draft legislation to reduce greenhouse gases linked to global warming, a powerful roster of Democrats and Republicans is pushing to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: co2, coal, ctl, environment, global-warming, national, obama

I’m not about Obama

May 20, 2007 By Charley on the MTA

Ugggggghhh ... It's really a shame, because Obama is plainly very charismatic and bright, but I really can't consider him seriously for the nomination at this point. He's just whiffing so badly and unseriously on the two issues I take most … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: coal, environment, global-warming, health-care, obama, president

Coal’s Stranglehold on Congress

January 22, 2007 By stomv

Bits and Bobs of InformationBefore writing this diary, I knew little about the financial side of coal.  Some tidbits:  * Total United States coal production 2005-06: 1131.5 million short tons (eia.doe.gov).  * There are … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: bingaman, byrd, coal, dingell, electricity, energy, house, markey, national, obama, pelosi, schweitzer, senate, tester, united-states

WashPo & NYTimes: Climate Change Fat Lady Sings?

November 25, 2006 By lori

Also seen at Truth & ProgressFrom today's Washington Post, Energy Firms Come to Terms with Climate Change.  The fat lady has is singing away today: Exxon Mobil is contemplating dropping funding to climate skeptic think tanks and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: bush-administration, coal, energy, exxon-mobil, global-warming, massachusetts, mitt-romney, national, rggi, txu

It’s wind, nukes, or coal. Take your pick.

March 23, 2006 By Charley on the MTA

A Globe article today on meeting the area's power needs presents us with a stark choice:Facing a worsening crunch in the supply of electricity, soaring prices, and rolling blackouts, top New England utility officials are thinking about some … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: cape-wind, coal, environment, kennedys, massachusetts, nuclear

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