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Global actions against coal

Friday, September 7, 2012 / Sustainable development / Leave a Comment

As renewable energies such as wind power and solar are becoming more and more competitive and as climate gets weirder and warmer, opposition to coal grows fiercer and more global. Think Progress has a compelling article on how plans to build coal fired plants are thwarted by local grassroots movements which do not want air, …

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Down with coal ! 12 inspiring stories

Thursday, August 18, 2011 / Sustainable development / 2 Comments

Coal is the environmental enemy #1. It releases huge amounts of CO2 into our atmosphere and pollutes our soil and water. So when Grist writes on how 12 communities around the world stopped the expansion of coal I had to share. This happens as ” According to 2010 projections by the EIA, coal consumption in …

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