by faster | Aug 13, 2018 | Blog
SOURCE: Reuters DATE: August 13, 2018 SNIP: Immerath, once a small village of 1,200 in Germany’s western frontier, host to both farms and industry, has fallen quiet. Roughly 1.3 billion tons of lignite – a soft coal – were discovered long ago under the...
by faster | Mar 28, 2018 | Blog
SOURCE: The Guardian DATE: March 28, 2018 SNIP: Bank holdings in “extreme” fossil fuels skyrocketed globally to $115bn during Donald Trump’s first year as US president, with holdings in tar sands oil more than doubling, a new report has found. A sharp flight from...
by faster | Feb 7, 2018 | Blog
SOURCE: Inside Climate News DATE: February 7, 2018 SNIP: Toxic substances including arsenic may be leaking from unlined pits and contaminating groundwater at hundreds of coal ash storage facilities nationwide, according to an analysis by the environmental law...
by faster | Feb 7, 2018 | Blog
SOURCE: Ars Technica DATE: February 7, 2018 SNIP: An epidemic of severe and rapidly progressive black lung disease is emerging among coal miners in Appalachia. Case counts from just three clinics in the region reveal the highest disease levels that doctors have ever...
by faster | Feb 7, 2018 | Blog
SOURCE: Environmental Research Letters DATE: February 7, 2018 SNIP: [T]he continued reliance on coal-fired power plants in a number of major emerging economies could still turn out to be a massive stumbling block for climate change mitigation. Coal-fired power plants...
