Let me state for the record that I have been against the development of biofuels for a long time. I think it is just the taking of one kind of burning fuel and replacing it with another, and in the mean time nothing changes. We are still extracting something from the earth, lighting [...]
In case you did not know, the ACCCE stands for the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity. These are the people who keep running ads about how great “clean coal” is, and how it’s going to create millions of “green” jobs. (Great video of the clean coal myth here) They are running ads (one [...]
Dear EarthTalk: It is starting to get colder and I’m eager to try out the fireplace in our new home, but we don’t want to create health or environmental problems. Are there materials that would be more eco-friendly to burn in a fireplace than regular firewood?
Burning wood may be humanity’s oldest way of [...]
From the Reality Coalition, who are debunking the myth of “clean coal”. The video is pretty funny, and sadly true. Coal companies are spending huge sums of money marketing coal as “clean” rather than actually making it so. But the truth is in America, burning coal for electricity emits more global warming pollution than [...]
