And it’s headed for DC. ThinkProgress: According to the Maryland Department of the Environment, approximately 4,000 gallons of toxic coal ash has spilled into the North Branch of the Potomac River in Luke, MD. A “dime sizedâ€� hole developed in the pipeline on March 8, but was not discovered...

You know the WV Quarter? Nice mountain... be a shame if something happened to it.......

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Yesterday, 14 people were arrested as part of a non-violent protest of a plan to blow up and pull down a mountain in West Virginia in order to obtain the coal that lies within. The protesters’ rallying cry: “Windmills, not toxic spills”. Right next to the mountain is an artificial ...

by Richard T. Stuebi Generalizations are always tricky, but it's safe to say that many employees of many electric utilities whose generation plants are mainly coal-fired have a hard time feeling very enthusiastic about renewable energy. You can imagine the rants: renewables are tiny and negligible, ...

Steven Chu is a well respected scientist, national laboratory manager and biofuels focused researcher. He has been nominated by President-elect Barack Obama to be the Secretary of Energy, a position that puts him in charge of approximately 30,000 people and an annual budget of approximately $25 bill...

Healy Clean Coal Plant: Ask some damn questions! Last week we reported on a pending deal being pushed by the Palin administration that had all the signs of a questionable deal being driven by politics and insider payoffs.  Today Governor Sarah Palin announced that her administration had come to a...

Healy Clean Coal Plant: Ask some damn questions! Last week we reported on a pending deal being pushed by the Palin administration that had all the signs of a questionable deal being driven by politics and insider payoffs.  Today Governor Sarah Palin announced that her administration had come to a...

       After twenty years of screwing both the State of Alaska and the US Department of Energy over a clean coal plant that they wanted built in the first place, it looks as if the Palin administration is on the verge of allowing Golden Valley Electric Association to screw the state one mor...

       After twenty years of screwing both the State of Alaska and the US Department of Energy over a clean coal plant that they wanted built in the first place, it looks as if the Palin administration is on the verge of allowing Golden Valley Electric Association to screw the state one mor...