Another one bites the dust!
BREAKING: Kentucky Cancels Coal Plant, New Power Movement Electrifies Grassroot Alliance
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Thanks to a powerful and growing New Power grassroots movement, a broad alliance of Kentucky activists sent an electrifying message across the nation today: A just transition to a clean energy future, even in the heartland of coal country Kentucky, is possible.
The long knives are coming out.
Arch Coal CEO Calls for Rolling Back Regulation – CEO Council – WSJ
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Arch Coal Inc. Chief Executive Steven Leer, whose coal-mining company has faced a swath of new rules, said that Congress should put on hold planned regulations and consider overturning existing rules following years of stepped-up government involvement in the U.S. economy.
Don’t be a doormat. Take power from the power-holders (that’s the corporations, politicians, big NGOs, etc)
When Citizens Are Merely Political Spectators They Get Rolled Over by the Political Class | Climate
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Two years ago, President Obama sailed into the White House on the winds of voters’ desire for widespread social change and their disgust with two wars and a massive recession associated with George W. Bush. Only two years into his presidency and the concurrent Democratic takeover of Congress, howeve
Pittsburgh City Council says “No Fracking Way” to natural gas drilling in the city limits. Kinda a big deal!
Pittsburgh Bans Natural-Gas Drilling – WSJ.com
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Pittsburgh’s city council voted 9-0 Tuesday to ban natural-gas drilling within city limits, citing health and environmental concerns, becoming the first city in Pennsylvania state to do so.