Archive for February 2008

Filmmaker Catherine Pancake recently announced that her documentary film, Black Diamonds: Mountaintop Removal and the Fight For Coalfield Justice will have its New York City premiere at the prestigious “Documentary Fortnight Series” at the Museum of Modern Art. The Black Diamonds screening will take place on Thursday, February 14th at 6:00 p.m. at the Museum…

KFTC is putting on a very special event on a day that is of great importance to all Americans who want to see an end to mountaintop removal coal-mining. What is that day? Valentine’s day of course! (hint: That’s Feb 14th fellas) The hardworking folks in Kentucky have put together an amazing lovers-day lineup for…

“A wave of public opposition to coal-burning plants, motivated partly by broad fears about global warming and partly by local aesthetic concerns, is making their construction more difficult. On Monday, Wall Street weighed in: Three big investment banks announced that in deciding whether to make loans for new coal plants, they would calculate the projects’…

Republican Congressman Bob Inglis (SC-04) on global warming: “Its a real problem. Its of human making. Its up to us to do something about it.” – Bob Inglis (SC-04) Rep. Bob Inglis Greets Clemson FTN from clemsonfocus on Vimeo. Update: Ha! Check out this global warming clip from 1958!

The Christian Science Monitor reports: “Instead of the $1.76 billion project, which was expected to capture and store underground 90 percent of its greenhouse-gas emissions, the Energy Department is budgeting $241 million for several commercial power-plant projects that will capture and store a smaller share of their emissions. Federal officials called it a money-saving move.”…