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"Santee Cooper nixes plan for coal plant"

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Is this a sign of things to come? Is the clean energy revolution taking root even as Dirty Coal tries to scare the daylights out of us by spending millions on astroturfing and a fear campaign? more

More forged letters to Congress found: Coal industry tactics deplorable

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Will dirty Coal stop at nothing? The scandal over coal industry lobbyist stealing identities — to protect their profits has deepened. Yesterday Washington’s Roll Call newspaper reported that: “Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) has uncovered five more forged letters as part of his investigation into fraudulent correspondence sent by Bonner & Associates on behalf of the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity opposing the House climate change bill.” more

Canada’s strip-mining isn’t so friendly for Montana’s Glacier National Park

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What would it say about our prospects for global peace and prosperity if the world’s first International Peace Park were strip-mined and drilled in search of coal and gas? I wish that question was merely hypothetical, but with Canadian strip-mining and gas drilling threatening the water and wildlife of Montana’s Glacier National Park, the U.S. portion of the Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park, the question is all too real. more