Category Archives: Coal
Coal protest movement hits Wyoming
By JEREMY PELZER Thursday, May 17, 2012 Cross-Posted from Star-Tribune CHEYENNE— It started as street theater in Cheyenne on Thursday, but by the end of summer, the group organizing the event said it will likely lead to confronting mine operators … Continue reading
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Xstrata wins approval for Australia’s biggest coal mine
Cross-posted from Mining Weekly PERTH – An Australian court ruled in favour of global miner Xstrata on Tuesday in a case which sought to halt the company’s plans to build the country’s largest coal mine on the grounds that it … Continue reading
MayDay Action: Peabody Coal Shareholder Meeting Disrupted
Cross-Posted from St Louis Today Occupy protesters rally at a Peabody Energy shareholders meeting at the Peabody Opera House on Tuesday, May 1, 2012. Photo by Christian Gooden, cgooden@post-dispatch.com ST. LOUIS • “Pay up, Peabody!” was the theme of protesters who … Continue reading
Action Alert! Help Stop Mountaintop Removal Spruce Mine!
From our allies at I Love Mountains: We won a major victory for Appalachia last year when the Environmental Protection Agency decided to veto the Spruce Mine in West Virginia — one of the largest mountaintop removal mines ever proposed. … Continue reading
Filed under Actions, Climate Change, Coal, Energy, Mountaintop Removal, politics
Protest: Diné and Hopi water rights at risk, protesters gather on Navajo Nation
From the frontlines of the water wars: Diné and Hopi water rights at risk, protesters gather on Navajo Nation by Drew Sully on Thursday, April 5, 2012 Cross-Posted from Indigenous Action Media All photos and reporting from the scene are courtesy of … Continue reading
Filed under Climate Change, Coal, Corporate Globalization, Energy, Indigenous Peoples, Water
Historic Victory Won with Retirement of Chicago’s Two Coal Plants!
A decade-long grassroots campaign against two of the oldest and dirtiest coal-fired power plants in the nation Today, Midwest Generation, a subsidiary of Edison International, will announce the retirement of its Fisk and Crawford coal plants, two of the oldest and dirtiest … Continue reading
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Music Video Captures Grief Over Mountaintop Removal
by Jeff Biggers 02-21-2012 - As millions of pounds of explosives from mountaintop removal strip mining operations continue to devastate historic mountain communities in central Appalachia, a powerful new music video released this week by the beloved American Roots band Magnolia Mountain … Continue reading
Filed under Coal, Energy, Mountaintop Removal
Drax scraps plans for UK biomass plants
Note: This article frames biomass energy as ‘renewable’. It’s not. — GJEP Operator of Britain’s largest coal-fired power station blames lack of financial help from government for decision which involved £1.4bn investment By Richard Wachman, Cross-posted from the UK Guardian guardian.co.uk Tuesday 21 … Continue reading
Portland OR Activists Scale Billboard, Expose Local Coal Threats
Portland, Ore. Three activists with Cascade Climate Network and Portland Rising Tide occupied a billboard at the corner of SE 12th and Sandy Blvd. Sunday afternoon to protest proposals for coal export terminals across the Northwest. The activists altered the billboard with … Continue reading
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Navajo & Environmental Organizations Partner to Appeal Peabody Coal’s Kayenta Coal Permit
Feb 17, 2012 Appeal filed today aims to protect critical drinking water below Black Mesa To Nizhoni Valley, Ariz- A group of five organizations, To Nizhoni Ani, Black Mesa Water Coalition, Dine C.A.R.E, Sierra Club and the Center for Biological Diversity … Continue reading
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