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…’Largest reduction of all countries’ — ‘U.S. CO2 emissions down to levels not seen since 1964’ Barry Saxifrage The Vancouver Observer 6/4/2012 The Americans? Really? Every year the International Energy Agency (IEA) calculates humanity’s CO2 pollution from burning fossil fuels. And once again, the overall story line is one of ever-increasing emissions: “Global carbon-dioxide emissions […] June 5th, 2012 | Tags: Appalachia, Bjorn Lomborg, CO2 emissions, coal plants, Curt Spalding, International Energy Agency, Lisa Jackson, pollution, poverty, Rio + 20, Sen. Jim Inhofe, Sustainable Development, Yale University | Category: Energy, Politicians, Progressives, United Nations, United States | Comments are closed
One small strike against Obama Darlene Click Protein Wisdom 10/7/2011 I blame Bush. U.S. District Judge Reggie Barnett Walton, a Bush 43 appointee to the D.C. bench, handed the Obama administration its hat today by ruling that the Environmental Protection Agency overstepped its authority in pulling Corps of Engineers permits for coal mines in Appalachia, […] October 7th, 2011 | Tags: Appalachia, coal, Judge Reggie Barnett Walton, National Mining Association, Rep. Shelley Moore Capito, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers | Category: Congress, Energy, Environmental Protection Agency, West Virginia | Comments are closed
Patrick Reis Politico 1/13/2011 The Obama administration Thursday reversed a Bush-era decision and blocked a bid to build one of the largest mountaintop removal coal mines in Appalachian history. For the first time, the Environmental Protection Agency is revoking a permit already issued, taking back its approval for Arch Coal’s Spruce No.1 mine in southern […] January 13th, 2011 | Tags: Appalachia, Arch Coal, Lisa Jackson, Sen. Joe Manchin | Category: Barack Obama, Energy, Environmental Protection Agency, West Virginia | Comments are closed
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