Coal

What The US Can Learn From Germany’s Stunning Environmental Movement

November 15, 2013 Ben Goossen, www.wagingnonviolence.org Strategize! Coal, Energy, Environment, Nuclear Energy

The secret to Germany’s sustainability success has been the relentless and unapologetic application of populist direct action. From 1975, when 30,000 Germans caught the world’s attention by storming and occupying a proposed nuclear plant for 10 months, to just this past October, when clean energy activists dumped coal outside the workspaces of environmentally friendly politicians who had not gone far enough, confrontation has pumped the heart of progress. The roots of German environmentalism reach back well into the 19th century, when notions of sustainability and conservation fueled dreams of nationalist expansion and military readiness, including under Hitler’s Nazi regime. Postwar environmentalism, however, has proved a tool of liberation. The legions of students, grandmothers, social reformers and full-time activists that formed the emerging movement in the 1950s and 1960s aligned their collective agenda with values like decentralization, anti-fascism, social equality and multiculturalism.

Super Typhoon Haiyan Raises the Stakes for Warsaw Climate Talks

November 10, 2013 Staff, www.350.org Educate! Climate Change, Coal, Environment

Super Typhoon Haiyan—one of the most powerful storms ever recorded—should be an alarming wake up call for negotiators at the UN Climate Summit, said activists on Friday. While no single weather event can be tied to global warming, climate change is loading the dice for extreme weather events like Haiyan. The storm's strength and rapid development have been aided by unusually warm ocean waters and warm, moist air (warm air holds more water vapor than cold). Global warming also causes sea level rise, increasing the risk of flooding from storm surges, especially in low-lying areas like much of the Philippines. “Haiyan should be yet another wake-up call for rich countries to finally wake up and make serious commitments. Instead, they’re hitting the snooze button and cuddling up with the coal industry,” said Jamie Henn, Strategy Director for 350.org, an international climate campaign. 350.org will be mobilizing its international network to help with Haiyan relief efforts, as well as continuing to turn up pressure on negotiators to deliver results.

Brown University Tells Student Activists, We Can’t Live Without Coal

October 31, 2013 Heather Smith, www.grist.org Educate! Coal, Energy, Environment

"Although the social harm is clear, this harm is moderated by the fact that coal is currently necessary for the functioning of the global economy. Coal is the source of approximately 40 percent of the world’s electricity, and it provides needed energy for millions of people throughout the world. In many regions, there are serious technological impediments to transitioning away from coal. In addition, coal is used in the production of other products, such as cement and steel, which are central to the economies of both developed and developing countries."

B.C. First Nation Protests Kinder Morgan Pipeline

October 15, 2013 CBC, www.huffingtonpost.ca Resist! Coal, Energy, Environment, Indigenous Rights

The Tsleil-Waututh First Nation and environmentalists have crossed Burrard Inlet in traditional canoes to protest U.S. oil giant Kinder Morgan's $5B plans to expand its Trans Mountain pipeline. Protesters dodged tankers as they sailed close to the Westridge Marine Terminal, in a bid to stop Kinder Morgan nearly tripling the capacity of the pipeline, which carries crude oil from the Alberta oilsands to tankers in Vancouver. When completed, the proposed expansion is expected to increase capacity in Trans Mountain from the existing capacity of 300,000 barrels per day to 850,000 barrels per day.

Mother Jones Still Needed In Coal Conflicts

October 14, 2013 Jeff Biggers, www.huffingtonpost.com Organize! Coal, Energy, Worker Rights and Jobs

A century later, the coal barons are up to their same games -- billionaire coal baron Chris Cline, in fact, named his 164-foot yacht, Mine Games. Mother Jones, the miner's angel, may be gone, but Mother Jones magazine just called out International Coal Group -- who gave us the Sago, WV tragedy -- for 20,000 clean water violations. And Illinois is now dealing with the billionaire coal king Cline, who recently praised Massey Energy's Don Blankenship for his "moral" convictions in one of the bloodiest years of coal mining, and on the 10th anniversary of the Martin County coal sludge disaster; in Ohio, Murray Energy's coal slurry leaks continue to wipe out aquatic life.

Mountain Justice Spring Break

October 8, 2013 Staff, www.mjsb.org Organize! Climate Change, Coal, Energy, Environment, Nuclear Energy

Mountain Justice Spring Break. Register Now for Mountain Justice Spring Break 2014 Sunday March 9 - Sunday March 16 2013 in Northern West Virginia Come to the beautiful mountains of West Virginia for your Spring Break! Learn about the dirty, destructive, dangerous life-cycles of coal, natural gas, and nuclear energy. Stand in solidarity with the communities in Virginia, West Virginia, SW Pennsylvania, Ohio, Kentucky and Tennessee facing the ongoing destruction of coal mining, hydraulic fracturing, and nuclear energy! See mountaintop removal coal mining and natural gas extraction via hydraulic fracturing up close! Take direct action to end the reign of King Coal!

Largest Coal Plant In New England To Be Closed

October 8, 2013 Steve Urbon, www.southcoasttoday.com Resist! Coal, Energy, Environment

Just five weeks after closing on the purchase of the Brayton Point Power Station, new owners Equipower, a subsidiary of investment partners Energy Capital Markets of Short Hills, N.J., disclosed Monday that they intend to shutter the plant as of June 2017. The Conservation Law Foundation immediately declared this the “death knell” for coal-fired power plants in New England. The decision was spurred by failure to agree with the region's power grid managing company, ISO New England, which cut one-third from Brayton Point's proposed pricing arrangement for future years. The decision was conveyed in five plain documents filed with ISO New England by Equipower and obtained by The Standard-Times. Equipower, which renamed the plant Brayton Point Energy LLC, did not return calls seeking comment.

After 2 Yrs, UNC Board Meets With Coal Divestment Students

October 3, 2013 Anastasia Schemkes, www.wearepowershift.org Resist! Coal, Energy, Environment

Four years ago, students at the University of North Carolina -Chapel Hill helped pioneer campus coal work for the nation and today the Beyond Coal group continues that leadership pushing for coal divestment. After 2 years of student pressure surrounding divestment, the UNC Chapel Hill Board of Trustees Finance & Infrastructure committee agreed to meet with students from UNC Beyond Coal Wednesday to discuss moving the University's endowment holdings out of the coal industry and into clean energy. Since 2011, when the Board voted to phase out UNC’s on-campus coal plant, students have been calling on the University to remove university endowment holdings from the coal industry. Last year, 77% of the UNC student body voted in support of coal divestment, and to date over 3,000 individual students have signed petitions in support.

Activists Blocking Coal Train In Germany

September 1, 2013 Staff, www.linksunten.indymedia.org Resist! Coal, Energy, Environment

This year, there are much more people who express their legitimate protest in this way. It is people from the most varied backgrounds and regions of the world. This clearly shows: Climate change affects us all. And: “A change of the existing conditions of exploitation and destruction is only possible with determined and joined grass-root actions”, says one of the activists. “The impacts of lignite burning is not a local issue – first, because of the consequences of global warming but also because of the far-reaching distribution of particle matter. Depending on the weather conditions, the particle matter of RWEs power stations can go down anywhere in Europe and can cause grave health problems.” “Some people criticize the resistance actions against lignite mining because they are in conflict with the law. However, if the existing law protects industries which destroy the future of this planet, then the law is the problem.

Dirty Energy’s Dirty Tactics: Boulder On The Front Lines

August 22, 2013 Margaret Flowers and Kevin Zeese, www.truthout.org Create! Coal, Corporatism, Democracy, Energy, Environment

The Boulder community is on the front lines of the struggle for a carbon-free and nuclear-free energy future. It built a broad community coalition that voted democratically to support the energy initiative. It developed excellent models to determine the feasibility of converting to renewables and hired the best consultants to review the work. It has a solid campaign to make clean municipal energy a reality. If Boulder succeeds, other communities will be able to use Boulder's tools and experience to repeat the project in their locale. Already, Minneapolis and Santa Fe, New Mexico, are following suit. It should come as no surprise, then, that Xcel is not leaving without a fight.

Activists Boat Onto Sludge Pond; Confront Gov. Tomblin

August 21, 2013 Staff, www.rampscampaign.org Resist! Coal, Energy, Environment

There is mounting evidence that coal’s impacts on West Virginia go far beyond coal slurry. New studies continue to document the damage to community health and water quality from out of control mining, but Gov. Tomblin continues to blindly defend the industry. Gov. Tomblin has not only ignored the evidence of the coal industry’s impacts on the health of West Virginia communities, he has also rejected calls for alternative economic development in the face of a declining coal industry. Central Appalachia is in the midst of a steep decline as predicted by many industry analysts. “I was scared on the impoundment, but I am more terrified of the coal industry’s continued disregard for human life and land.

Activists Stop Coal Strip Mine Stopped In Tennessee

August 18, 2013 Staff, www.myprgenie.com Organize! Coal, Energy, Environment

Organizations working with local residents learned this week that Kopper Glo Mining, LLC withdrew its state permit application to strip mine 578 acres on King Mountain near Clairfield, Tennessee. This decision comes just a month after state and national environmental groups appealed a determination by the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation ("TDEC") that degradation of local streams by this coal mine was justified by economic and social necessity. "I think Kopper Glo made a good choice to withdraw the permit application," said Carol Judy, a Claiborne County resident and member of Tennessee Clean Water Network. "This decision will allow future generations to enjoy King Mountain and will allow the mountain to continue recovering from past strip mining damage."

Coal Protest In The Northwest

August 14, 2013 Staff, www.backbonecampaign.org Organize! Coal, Energy, Environment, Video

Residents from across the Northwest converged on the Seattle offices of the Army Corps of Engineers to demand stronger federal environmental oversight of proposed export facilities for coal, oil and gas, transforming the Pacific Northwest and Salish Sea into a fossil fuel corridor to Asia. Residents are upset that despite tens of thousands of public comments requesting a comprehensive environmental review of these projects the Corps testified in June that public concern over impacts from burning fossil fuels overseas or increased rail and shipping traffic were "outside the Corps' control and responsibility."

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