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Possible Coal Industry Link to Forged Letters

Tom Schueneman — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 01:42:45 +0000

Last week we reported on a series of forged letters sent to freshman Congressman Tom Perriello, purportedly from constituent groups, but in reality from an employee for “grassroots” lobbying firm Bonner & Associates. The letters urged Perriello to vote against the Waxman-Markey American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009.

A total of 12 forged letters, sent to three House Democrats, have thus far been uncovered. As well, as Perriello, who voted for ACES, Kathy Dahlkemper and Chris Carney of Pennsylvania also received letters claiming authorship from community organizations. Dahlkemper and Carney voted against ACES.

The task now is unraveling the extent of the connection between the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity, the forged letters, and Bonner & Associates.

Nissan Unveils the All-Electric LEAF to the World (Exclusive Photos)

TreeHugger — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 07:00:24 +0000

Nissan drew back the curtain today on its ambitious all-electric LEAF. Along with a small parade of international journalists, I've been in Yokohama for the past three days meeting with executives, getting technology briefings, and driving the electric platform. Although we had been given a chance to see the LEAF with our own eyes the day before, we went camera-less and all images were embargoed until this morning when, at Nissan's glimmering new super-green headquarters, the car was revealed. It was driven onstage by Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn and other notables, including the former ...Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Nissan Unveils the All-Electric LEAF to the World (Exclusive Photos)

Indian Government Pushes Rural Electrification For Population Control: Television As Contraception?

TreeHugger — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 17:24:48 +0000

Television watching proposed as rural birth control measure. Image credit:TimesOnline. India's Health and Family Welfare Minister is pushing for a rural electrification scheme which sounds analogous to the TVA at its inception, back in the 1930's. But, India's proposed program uses a weird promotional angle: it's presented with population control as a major benefit. TimesOnline reports: “If there is electricity in every v...Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Abandoned Mines Could Be Used for Other Purposes: Geothermal Energy

Ruedigar Matthes — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 20:35:11 +0000

Coal power supplies most of the electricity that we use here in America. It’s been that way for a long time. Because of coal’s popularity as a source of power, mines, both active and abandoned, lay scattered across the nation. And now, with coal’s popularity waning, the number of abandoned mines could increase. Since 2001 alone, 100 coal-fired plants have taken their turn in front of the firing squad.

And it doesn’t seem as though it’s over. If the trend of extinguishing coal-fired plants continues, more and more mines will be shut down, not to mention mines that simply up and quit. But what is to be done with the abandoned mines? It isn’t as though we can just dispose of them at some hi-tech facility. These mines will become useless scars.

Two engineers from the University of Oviedo have an idea, though. In their research, which is being published in the journal Renewable Energy, Rafael Rodríguez and his colleague María Belarmina Díaz claim that mine shafts on the point of being closed down could be used to provide geothermal energy to local towns.

The Climate Post: Big hopes for Al G.

Grist - the Latest from Grist — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 20:35:04 +0000

Extending electricity’s shelf-life, the recent carbon control high-five between the U.S. and China, and bending algae to our biofueled will: this week in climate news from The Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions at Duke University.

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