Staff, The Nation AlterNet: Environment. April 18, 2009. China's coal dependency has turned the country into the world's largest greenhouse gas producer.
Bo Webb, AlterNet. February 19, 2009. Like sitting ducks waiting to be buried in an avalanche of mountain waste, we are trapped in a war zone within our own country.
Joseph Romm, Climate Progress. February 19, 2009. It is incumbent on progressives to propose a realistic alternative to new coal plants -- here's our best options.
Bruce Nilles, Sierra Club. February 17, 2009. The new ruling could mean 90 new mountaintop removal coal mining sites that can dump toxic pollution into our drinking water.
Jeff Biggers, Huffington Post. February 5, 2009. If you thought the TVA spill in December was bad, we could be be in for much worse in Coal River, West Virginia if we don't act now.
Joe Provey, E Magazine. January 30, 2009. With rising oil costs, improvements in turbine technology and a more stable energy policy, U.S. wind energy production has doubled in two years.
Fred Pearce, Yale Environment 360. January 26, 2009. Recent backpedaling in Europe may signal the end of its leadership on climate change. Can Obama push America to the font?
Elizabeth Nash, Independent UK. December 1, 2008. The ambitions of Spain's richest man is boundless and his energy networks already stretch to three continents.
Kyle Rabin, AlterNet. October 7, 2008. Too often people who want to install clean, efficient solar and wind systems can find themselves drowning in a sea of red tape.
Kari Lydersen, AlterNet. September 26, 2008. A national day of action tomorrow for green jobs is showing that clean energy can be our modern day gold rush.
Scott Thill, AlterNet. August 21, 2008. The controversial oil magnate has made headlines for a supposed conversion to cleaner energy, but there's ample reason to be suspicious.
Peter Slavin, AlterNet. August 19, 2008. One community is attempting to prove that clean energy can beat dirty power -- even in the heart of coal country.
Kevin Grandia, Huffington Post. August 4, 2008. Transitioning to renewable energy sources promises significant global job gains at a time when the coal industry has been hemorrhaging jobs for years.
Linda Gunter, AlterNet. July 12, 2008. Neither McCain nor Obama are willing to take nuclear energy off the table, but there are two important reasons why they should.
Jeff Biggers, Huffington Post. July 9, 2008. Faced with an impending proposal to stripmine over 6,600 acres, local residents have come up with a better idea.
Paul Rodgers, Independent UK. December 6, 2007. A proposed wind-fueled 'supergrid' will give clean power to Europe via a 5,000-mile network, cutting the continent's carbon output by a quarter.
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.
