Coal

A cabal of senators is on track to overturn America’s Clean Power Plan and send a message to the upcoming COP21 Climate Summit that Americans are not on the same page as their president in supporting a robust climate change agenda. Last week, their resolution...

  When the climate change talks convene in Paris next month, global attention will focus on island nations like the equatorial Maldives, which are quickly being swamped by sea level rise. But I don’t have to go to France or the equator to see this...

Summer air conditioning bills are often higher than winter heating bills (you can see the huge difference between my summer and winter bills here). Cranking up the air conditioner doesn’t just take its toll on your pocketbook, though. If a coal-fired plant is generating electricity...

This was written by Dick Munson for the Environmental Defense Fund’s Energy Exchange: America’s electricity landscape is changing dramatically. Clean energy resources like solar and wind are becoming cost competitive with conventional coal, global corporations like Walmart, Google, and Facebook are pressuring utilities to increase...

At the first Indiana Mama Summit on April 8, 2015, Moms Clean Air Force and a dozen health, faith and environmental partners, made a powerful case for legislative action to protect children’s health in Indiana. On the third-floor rotunda of the beautiful Indiana Statehouse, Dr. Indra Frank, a physician...