State of the Union: Parsing Obama’s ‘Clean Energy’ Promises
Cross-posted from the Institute for Policy Studies By Daphne Wysham The sound of the president’s silence on climate change and the BP oil disaster was deafening. Tellingly, President Barack Obama...
View Article“Dirty Business” New Documentary Debunks ‘Clean Coal’
Working Films is an organization that links documentary film with activism and organizers. They are now promoting their film Dirty Business which is a new documentary that shines a light on the myth...
View ArticleRomney, Obama both back coal industry on campaign trail
By Sean Cockerham, September 18, 2012. Source: The Bellingham Herald WASHINGTON, D.C. — Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama have wholeheartedly embraced coal on the campaign trail, despite past...
View ArticleObama climate plan touts gas fracking as “transition fuel,” doubling down on...
By Steve Horn, June 25, 2013. Source: DeSmogBlog Today, President Barack Obama announced his administration’s “Climate Action Plan” for cutting carbon pollution in his second term in the Oval Office at...
View ArticleEnergy Secretary Ernest Moniz relies on dubious coal tech for Obama climate...
By Sharon Kelly, June 28, 2013. Source: DeSmog Blog The key takeaway from President Obama’s major climate change announcement this week was his intent to batten down on coal. But if history is any...
View ArticleU.S. not waging ‘war on coal’: Energy Secretary Moniz
Note: More disappointing news after last weeks revelation that Obama’s climate strategy wold rely heavily on ‘clean coal’ and Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS). Obama’s Climate Action Plan is not...
View ArticleCan Kemper become the first US power plant to use ‘clean coal’?
Note: Another absurd detour on the road to a scorched and lifeless planet… -The GJEP Team Suzanne Goldenberg, March 12, 2014. Source: The Guardian The massive block of steel towers and pipes rises out...
View ArticleWorld’s biggest coal company, world’s biggest PR firm pair up to promote coal...
Note: Looks like Peabody coal is taking this one right out of the UN’s “Sustainable Energy For All” playbook. Pushing for more coal plants under the guise of reducing “energy poverty.” -The GJEP Team...
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