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91 items by Jeff Goodell
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A Rosa Parks Moment: Climate Activist Tim DeChristopher Sentenced to Prison | BLOG ENTRY
Once in a while, the moral insanity of the world we live in reveals itself to anyone who cares to look. One such moment came yesterday afternoon, when 27-year-old Tim DeChristopher was sentenced to two years...
July 27, 2011 11:10 AM ET -
Michael Bloomberg Funds Guerilla War Against Big Coal | BLOG ENTRY
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who also happens to be the 10th richest person in America, with a personal fortune of some $18 billion, likes to pick a fight -- especially fights where the line...
July 21, 2011 10:30 AM ET -
Mining-Linked Birth Defects: Coal Industry Blames ... Inbreeding | BLOG ENTRY
A few weeks ago, we posted about a new study linking mountaintop removal coal mining with increased incidence of birth defects. The study by researchers at West Virginia University examined two million health records in Appalachia...
July 12, 2011 1:10 PM ET -
Australian Carbon Tax: Big Coal Isn't Scared | BLOG ENTRY
On Sunday, Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard introduced a plan to make Oz the first nation to put a price on carbon pollution. In a world sorely lacking for signs that political leaders are taking the...
July 11, 2011 2:37 PM ET -
Meet America’s Most Creative Climate Criminal | BLOG ENTRY
In December of 2008, during the final hours of the George W. Bush administration, the Bushies tried to give one final gift to their pals in the oil and gas industry by auctioning off drilling...
July 7, 2011 2:00 PM ET -
Time For Climate Activists to Get Tough | BLOG ENTRY
Have we failed to slow global warming pollution in part because climate and environmental activists have been too polite and well behaved? Is it time to take to the streets, express some outrage, maybe engage in a...
June 30, 2011 2:37 PM ET -
Week's Top Enviro Stories: Kyoto, R.I.P. and More | BLOG ENTRY
Kyoto, R.I.P.This is hardly news to anyone who follows international climate negotiations, but it's still worth pointing out: the notion that the good people of the Earth are going to come together and...
June 23, 2011 4:08 PM ET -
Summer Gas Price Craziness Begins | BLOG ENTRY
So the annual gas-price panic has begun in Washington, spurred by onset of summer driving season and election-year politics. This morning, the International Energy Agency (IEA) – the global agency that coordinates international energy policy –
June 23, 2011 12:24 PM ET -
Why Electric Companies Have All the Power | BLOG ENTRY
If you want know why the richest, most technologically advanced nation on earth is still burning black rocks for power – and, in the process, killing people and cooking the planet – check out this
June 21, 2011 6:40 AM ET -
Week's Top Enviro Stories: Zombie Nuclear Plant Lives! | BLOG ENTRY
Zombie Nuclear Plant Lives!One thing you can say about nuclear power: the people who believe it is the silver bullet for America's energy problems never give up. Consider the case of Bellefonte 1,...
June 16, 2011 3:17 PM ET -
Environment: Wacko Republicans Out of Touch | BLOG ENTRY
In the first GOP debate the other night, Michele Bachman launched into her usual rant about the evils of Big Government and vowed, if elected (fat chance, Tea Party girl), to eviscerate federal agencies that interfere with...
June 16, 2011 11:05 AM ET -
Week's Top Enviro Stories: The Southwest is Burning, and More | BLOG ENTRY
The Golden Age of Gas?The International Energy Agency released a special report this week, suggesting that natural gas could be a key part of the solution to the world's energy and climate problems. Natural gas is...
June 10, 2011 2:44 PM ET -
Week's Top Enviro Stories: Fracking, Nukes and More | BLOG ENTRY
Global Carbon Pollution Still RisingOne of the big questions in the climate change debate: Are humans any smarter than frogs in a pot? If you put a frog in a pot and slowly turn up the...
June 3, 2011 11:15 AM ET -
Week's Top Environment Stories: Food Prices, Chinese Blackouts & More | BLOG ENTRY
Extreme Weather Driving up Food PricesIt's not just gas prices that are skyrocketing – it's also the cost of food. The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization’s World Food Price Index, which tracks 55 food-commodity items, rose...
May 26, 2011 12:28 PM ET -
Mine Blast Report: Massey, Blankenship 'Profoundly Reckless' | BLOG ENTRY
The first major investigative report (PDF) on the coal mine disaster in West Virginia last year that killed 29 miners was released today. The 122-page report, a year in the making and authored by a team...
May 19, 2011 1:24 PM ET -
Schwarzenegger Was Good on Climate Change! | BLOG ENTRY
If there is one thing that President Clinton taught us, it's that you shouldn't judge a politician by the actions of his dick alone. This is certainly true of Arnold Schwarzenegger, who recently split with his wife...
May 17, 2011 3:00 PM ET -
Climate Deniers Hit Gingrich on Flip-Flop | BLOG ENTRY
Oh, this is going to be fun. Less than 48 hours after Newt Gingrich announced that he is running for President in 2012, he was already in trouble over his views on climate change. The problem? Back...
May 13, 2011 10:41 AM ET -
Big Oil to Congress: 'Don't F#@k With Us' | BLOG ENTRY
Big Oil execs appeared on Capitol Hill yesterday and told members of the Senate Finance Committee, in so many words, "Don't fuck with us." That’s nothing new, of course. But yesterday’s hearing was a particularly...
May 13, 2011 9:46 AM ET -
Asthma Medication! Free Inhalers! Big Coal Really Cares | BLOG ENTRY
If you know anything about the energy industry, you might think that big coal companies like Peabody Energy, the largest privately held coal company in the world, doesn't care about how burning coal is cooking the planet,...
May 10, 2011 10:45 AM ET -
Big Coal Fights Off Crackdown on Toxic Ash | BLOG ENTRY
Yesterday was a good day for Big Coal. At a meeting yesterday with activists in Washington an EPA official announced that although the agency is working “very hard” on new rules - already about 30...
May 4, 2011 4:05 PM ET
