U.S. Senate Majority leader Harry Reid names the elephant in the room during an interview with Fox News saying, "coal makes us sick, oil makes us sick". Check it out below: youtube link keep reading
Written by Leslie Berliant this week, about Coal & Oil, Politics
Sometimes a short piece of media can exemplify a whole way of looking at the world. An Exxon commercial I just saw demonstrated exactly the fossilized mindset of petrol-lovers. The ad sought to present Exxon as using technology to meet people's needs. What are our needs? Exxon's representative ... keep reading
Written by Eliav Bitan this week, about Clean Technologies, Coal & Oil, Consumerism, Industry, Media
On June 13, environmental activists hijacked a train carrying coal to Drax power station, Britain's largest electricity generating plant. The plant, located in the village of Drax near Selby in North Yorkshire, is actually named after the parish and produces 7 percent of Britain's electrical power. It is ... keep reading
Written by Jeanne R. this week, about Coal & Oil, Events, Protest
By Peter Montague of Rachel’s Democracy & Health NewsWhen burned, coal produces three times its own weight in carbon dioxide (CO2) -- making it far dirtier than any other energy source, per unit of usable energy. Carbon dioxide is the main human contributor to global warming, so as more people ... keep reading
Written by Peter Montague last month, about Carbon Sequestration, Coal & Oil, Natural Disasters, Politics
In order to reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions to levels that would not further imperil earth's climate, the globe as a whole will have to spend $45 trillion dollars, according to the International Energy Agency's 2008 report. This expenditure would reportedly produce a 50% reduction of CO2 emissions ... keep reading
Written by Jeanne R. last month, about Architecture, Carbon Trading, Clean Technologies, Coal & Oil, Consumerism, Economics, Energy Saving, Environment & Wildlife, Finance, Global Warming, Industry, Nuclear, Politics, Population, Transport, Water
Editor's Note: Gar Smith is editor emeritus of Earth Island Journal and the cofounder of Environmentalists Against War. We greatly appreciate his granting permission to republish this article which first ran on Common Dreams. At the 2007 Gas and Oil Expo in Calgary, two keynote speakers introduced as representatives ... keep reading
Written by Gar Smith last month, about Agriculture & Food, Biofuels, Coal & Oil, Consumerism, Health
Wind power seems to be having its day in the sun of late. In May, it was announced that “Britain’s Queen Elizabeth is investing in the world's largest offshore wind turbine and also in the development of offshore windfarms in Scottish waters.” Clipper Windpower out of California is ... keep reading
Written by Leslie Berliant last month, about Clean Technologies, Coal & Oil, Politics, Weather
Editor's Note: Colin Beavan, also know as No Impact Man, asked me to write a post for his site about Bill McKibben’s new campaign, 350.org, which seeks to create the political will in the U.S. to develop legislation to reduce carbon dioxide in the atmosphere to ... keep reading
Written by Leslie Berliant last month, about Carbon Sequestration, Coal & Oil, Consumerism, Environment & Wildlife, Global Warming, Philosophy & Religion, Politics, Weather
In the U.S., the U.N. is the favorite villain of right wingers, jingoists and conspiracy theorists. For international progressives, the villains of late (besides the entire Bush administration) have been the WTO, the IMF, and perhaps, the most egregious of them all, the World Bank. Now 121 organizations ... keep reading
Written by Leslie Berliant last month, about Coal & Oil, Finance, Politics, Weather
Editor’s note: With this post we welcome Shom Teoh to the Celsias writing team. Shom is from Malaysia and currently lives in Kyoto, Japan where she is pursuing her MSc in Environmental Management at Kyoto University. Her specialty is Global Ecological Economics. She has also worked as a technology ... keep reading
Written by Shom Teoh last month, about Architecture, Clean Technologies, Coal & Oil, Transport
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We heard back in the Seventies that oil would run out by the end of ... Asked by Nick Lewis last month
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