Coal resources
My Air Gets An F
You don’t want to see a bad grade on your child’s report card, but does the air she breathes pass the test? Is your family, like mine, among the 42 percent of Americans who live in places where the air itself is dangerous to breathe, according to the American Lung Association’s State of the Air …
What's Better? More Pollution, Or Less Pollution? (video)
Moms Clean Air Force has created a series of ads with the Environmental Defense Fund to express gratitude for senators in Missouri, New Hampshire, North Carolina and Virginia. Their opposition to anti-Clean Air Act amendments during Senate budget debates in March that would have blocked the EPA’s historic Carbon Pollution Standard, the Mercury and Air Toxics …
Utah Celebrates Earth Day With Fossil Fuels
A typical Earth Day celebration might entail planting a tree in your yard and teaching children about the importance of low-impact living by promoting the habits of "Reduce, Reuse, Recycle." But in Utah, the celebration of Earth Day has taken on a new spin, and it's anything but earth-friendly. Utah's Department of Oil, Gas and …
Advocates Speak Out Against Coal Ash
This article is from Clean Energy Now: Environmental groups and concerned citizens are speaking out about a coal-fired power plant in Trenton that spread coal ash residue across the town on Wednesday morning. The ash, released by DTE’s Trenton Channel coal plant, which has repeatedly exceeded its stack emission limits, is loaded with carcinogens like …
- America’s Dirtiest Energy Source. (Source: Clean Air Task Force, 2010)
- Coal’s Assault on Human Health. (Source: Physicians for Social Responsibility, 2010)
- Full Cost Accounting for the Life Cycle of Coal. (Source: Harvard’s Center for Health and the Global Environment, 2011)
- Hidden Costs of Energy: Unpriced Consequences of Energy Production and Use. (Source: National Research Council, 2009)
- Map of Coal Plants in the U.S. (Source: Sierra Club)