2 Points

The World without Frogs: Climate Change and Pesticides May Lead to Extinction (www.chelseagreen.com)

See that little frog at the top of this post? Consider him the canary in the coal mine. As humans continue burning coal, invading wetlands, and spraying herbicides like atrazine,...

Tags: frogs,climate change,tmc,nature,environment,coal,wetlands,atrazine

Submitted 23 days ago by cdoherty | 0 Comments |

3 Points

New Cabinet Position-"Energy and the Environment"? (www.theoildrum.com)

Last night on the Change.gov website, the major 'categories' for the transition administration included the usual headings: 'Commerce', 'Defense', 'Education', etc. But there was a curious entry in... More

Tags: coal,energy policy,environment,ethanol,barack obama,cabinet

Submitted 24 days ago by cdoherty | 0 Comments |

2 Points

Coal is not the answer (unless the question is: what's the enemy of the human race?) (gristmill.grist.org)

Sierra Club launches new pushback campaign against coal propaganda

Tags: tmc,grist,coal,clean coal,video,environment

Submitted about 1 month ago by robertharding | 0 Comments |

5 Points

A defense of Obama's dirty-energy rhetoric, part the second (gristmill.grist.org)

In part the first I made four points about political context: 1. Obama's no ordinary candidate -- given his considerable political liabilities, he is at unique pains to appear reasonable and... More

Tags: obama,dirty energy,2008 presidential election,nuclear power,coal,tmc,carbon sequestration

Submitted about 1 month ago by cdoherty | 1 Comments |

3 Points

Cement Plant Powered by Huggies (www.motherjones.com)

Here's an idea that gives new meaning to waste management: to help produce energy, the Devil's Slide Cement plant in Morgan, Utah burns surplus diapers.

Tags: tmc,the blue marble,huggies,cement plant,video,coal,waste

Submitted 2 months ago by klarajo | 0 Comments |

2 Points