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Coal Scrap
August 30, 2007 | Tucson Weekly

As destinations go, Bowie is a yawn. Stretching along Interstate 10 east of Willcox, this sleepy scrawl of modest homes is anchored by two RV parks and the Dairy Burger, where long-haulers stop to jaw over coffee. So mobile is the town's tiny...

Sun Set to Shine on Solar
August 27, 2007 | Toronto Star

The Cleantech Network released an insightful report last week that paints a rosy picture of the clean-technology sector, highlighting 2006 as a year of significant expansion. "The year 2006 proved to be even more exciting than 2005," the report...

Victories Against New Coal Plants: Moving Closer to a Moratorium on Coal
July 1, 2007 | Rainforest Action Network

The Rainforest Action Network has compiled a list of recent victories against new coal plants - permit denials, decisions to switch to renewables or natural gas, buyouts and cancellations. Read their list, and be encouraged!
Jim Hansen calls for moratorium on coal
February 26, 2007 | Valley Watch

In a speech at the National Press Club on February 26, 2007 Jim Hansen, director of the Goddard Institute for Space Studies at NASA, and a thirty-year observer of changes inthe earth's climate today called for as moratorium on new coal plants and...

TXU Buyout leads to cancellation of coal plants
February 25, 2007 | New York Times
TXU Corp., the biggest power producer in Texas, will curtail plans for coal-fired generators to win support from environmentalists for a proposed $44 billion buyout by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. and Texas Pacific Group.
Big Coal's Dirty Move
January 25, 2007 | Rolling Stone

According to the American Heritage Dictionary, a suicidal act is one that is "dangerous to oneself or to one's interests; self-destructive or ruinous." By this standard, the coal boom that is currently sweeping America is the atmospheric...

Xcel plans to tap wind, water for power needs
November 6, 2006 | Minneapolis Star Tribune

Xcel Energy Inc. is planning to turn to wind and water to head off a forecast shortfall of electricity. The utility plans to get enough additional energy to power 375,000 homes from the projects, which would begin operating in 2015. Once they are...

Merchant of Menace: How "merchant coal" is changing the face of America.
August 24, 2006 | Grist

Some of the 153 new coal plants propsed for developers like LS Power and Peabody, are proposing speculative "merchant" coal plants, which ultimately intend to sell the power -- or even the plant itself -- to the highest bidder. Local need for...

Xcel Faces Fight on Rate Hike
August 21, 2006 | Denver Post

State regulators should grant Xcel Energy far less than the $210 million electric rate increase the company is asking for, ratepayer advocates say. The state Office of Consumer Counsel, which represents residential...

Study of Songbirds Finds High Levels of Mercury
July 25, 2006 | New York Times
A biologist studying wild songbirds in New York State has found that all 178 woodland birds he tested last year had unusually high levels of mercury in their blood and feathers, a sign that the toxic chemical has spread farther in the environment...
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