Clean Up Coal

National Parks at Risk

The National Parks Conservation Association has listed 10 national parks as at risk to coal-plant pollution. While many were aware of the threat to North Dakota’s Theodore Roosevelt National Park, two South Dakota parks made the list—the Badlands and Wind Cave.  ...read more »

No More Loans for Coal Plants

The Agriculture Department's Rural Utility Service (RUS) has suspended its low-interest loan program for rural electric cooperatives that want to build new coal plants, according to the Washington Post. In a letter, RUS said it will withhold loans for fiscal 2008 and 2009, when the government may revise guidelines for climate change.  ...read more »

Jan. 29, 2008: Energy Department Pulling Plug on FutureGen

With apprehension about cost, the Department of Energy is withdrawing from the FutureGen Alliance Next Generation Coal Plant.

Chicago Business
Energy Department Pulling Plug on FutureGen
By David Eggert
Jan. 29, 2008
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/cgi-bin/news.pl? id=27954&seenIt=1  ...read more »

ILSR - Per Capita Dividends in Carbon Cap

John Bailey of the Institute for Local Self-Reliance e-mailed the Commons with a policy brief on universal per capita dividends in carbon cap. Check out the PDF online.

Coal makes USA Today

Plans for at least 8 clean coal plants hit snagsBy Paul Davidson, USA TODAYClean coal-fired power plants have been touted as a remedy for an environmentally challenged age, offering the promise of turning cheap but dirty coal into a pollution-free energy source.

Don't turn off those wind turbines yet.  ...read more »

Big Stone II Project Manager gives SD lump of coal on Christmas Eve

VIEWPOINT : Big Stone II helps bridge power gap

By Mark Rolfes ,

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Statement by Mark Redsten, Executive Director of Clean Wisconsin

Clean Wisconsin (Founded as Wisconsin’s Environmental Decade)
Your environmental voice since 1970.

STATEMENT By Executive Director, Mark Redsten
October 19th

Signs of the times: coal-fired power plants fall out of favor due to global warming liability  ...read more »

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