For Immediate Release: October 23, 2007 Rainforest Action Network accuses financial giant of destroying Appalachian communities, environment SAN FRANCISCO – Activists with Rainforest Action Network’s (RAN) Global Finance Campaign draped a 50-foot banner reading “Bank of America: Funding Coal, Killing Communities” across the street from Bank of America’s downtown Charlotte,… Continue reading

by Bernie Woodall LOS ANGELES – Opponents of coal-fired power plants say they were given a new weapon last week when Kansas became the first state to reject a coal-fired power plant solely on the basis of the health risks created by carbon dioxide emissions. A dozen states have rejected… Continue reading

LIVING ON EARTH Development’s Carbon Cost Air Date: Week of October 19, 2007 Some states and local governments are calling on developers to calculate the climate impact of their development projects. As Living on Earth’s Ashley Ahearn reports, measuring the greenhouse gas emissions from the loss of trees or new… Continue reading

—————————- “This trend will continue into the future.” ” … poleward shifts of westerly winds in the Southern Ocean reduced the region’s ability to suck up CO2 as have mid-latitude droughts, which slowed the growth rate of forests and plants that capture carbon.” “… this research shows that CO2 emissions… Continue reading