Jeff Biggers, Huffington Post. March 28, 2008. Appalachia could provide Obama an historic opportunity to move beyond our racial politics with a truly new vision -- a green one.
Brad Knickerbocker, Christian Science Monitor. February 6, 2008. Coal and nuke get the big bucks, while funds for renewables and poor people hoping to save on energy costs get sacked.
Amanda Paulson, Christian Science Monitor. February 5, 2008. A new book reveals the environmental battle raging across one of America's poorest regions.
Jeff Biggers, Huffington Post. January 29, 2008. Despite their inspiring speeches on global warming, they've bought into the sham of coal's reemergence as a "clean" source of energy.
AlterNet Staff, AlterNet. December 15, 2007. From the top 100 ways global warming with change your life to anti-environmental homeowners associations to the biofuel hoax, read this year's best.
Antrim Caskey, AlterNet. December 14, 2007. Big coal is hoping for government subsidies to replace oil. But its "clean coal" plan is an ecological nightmare for everyone.
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Huffington Post. November 30, 2007. Where does your energy come from and how dirty is it? A new website allows you to see your link to coal.
Amanda Terkel, Think Progress AlterNet: MediaCulture. November 28, 2007. Amanda Terkel: Sponsorship of Wednesday's debate appears aimed at influencing Florida Gov. Crist (R), who is leading a "crusade against coal."
Mark Hertsgaard, AlterNet: PEEK. October 25, 2007. Mark Hertsgaard: Al Gore is apparently considering an invitation from a prominent environmental group to engage in civil disobedience against the construction of new coal-fired power plants.
Kelpie Wilson, TruthOut.org. October 15, 2007. Politicians in Washington are years away from embracing a massive investment in clean energy. We must start an energy revolution ourselves.
Antrim Caskey, AlterNet. October 9, 2007. Thanks to Bush, Big Coal uses 3 million pounds of explosives each day in West Virginia to fuel our addiction to dirty energy.
Megan Tady, In These Times. September 3, 2007. A recent victory for coal plants in Texas is just another reminder of how "compromise" with polluters won't get the environmental movement anywhere.
Frank O'Donnell, TomPaine.com. July 20, 2007. New legislation in Congress that claims to be environmental is set to sell us out to one of the most polluting industries.
Amanda Griscom Little, Grist.org. March 15, 2007. Coal-bashing is a hot new trend in Congress, science circles, and the business world. Are we nearing the overthrow of mighty King Coal?
Tara Lohan, AlterNet. February 15, 2007. If you want to know what we can do to resolve our energy crisis, look no further than West Virginia. Understanding a recent battle over wind development in coal country could help us all.
