Saturday, June 23, 2012
President Obama :: Congress Must Act on Transportation Bill and Student Loans
Posted by Linda H on 9:07:00 AM
EPA sues India-based firm mining coal in Kentucky
Posted by Linda H on 6:32:00 AM
The EPA is alleging that mountaintop removal mines in three counties dumped pollutants into tributaries of the Levisa Fork River in 2005 and 2007.
The mines were run by Trinity Coal Corp. and its subsidiaries, based in Scott Depot, W.Va. Trinity has been owned since 2010 by Mumbai-based Essar Group, which owns coal reserves around the world and has business interests in 25 countries.
New Carbon Rule Will Spur More Clean Energy
Posted by Linda H on 6:32:00 AM
As the saying goes: When one door closes, another opens. That is certainly true of the Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed carbon pollution rule, which will finally shut the door on new coal plants polluting for free and open the door to more clean energy.
Power plants that burn coal for electricity are not held accountable for the “hidden” health and environmental impacts they impose on society. Recent research published in the Annals of the New York Academy of Sciencesestimates that these hidden impacts from coal-fired electricity, or
First-graders protest Starbucks to save local coffee shop
Posted by Linda H on 5:56:00 AM
Back in 2011, a tragedy of epic proportions struck the East Village: Starbucks moved in. And not only did it move in, it kicked a beloved local coffee shop, The Bean, out of its flagship location. Even non-coffee drinking elementary school students were outraged, as Majorie Ingall discovered:
These budding activists handed out their hand-drawn flyers to their schoolmates, plus some for the Bean staff. According to other local kids, they also came up with some righteous chants, such as “The Bean rules, Starbucks drools.”
Apple Needs to Make it in America
