Coal

'No Pay, We Stay': 23 Days Into Train Blockade Protest, Kentucky Coal Miners Demand Stolen Wages With Support of Progressives Nationwide

Behavior of Australia's Prime Minister at Pacific Islands Forum Makes Clear Climate Crisis Not A Priority

Eoin Higgins, staff writer

"Watered-down climate language has real consequences—like water-logged homes, schools, communities, and ancestral burial grounds."

To Stave Off 'Climate Disaster,' 29 States and Major Cities Sue Trump EPA Over 'Dirty Power' Rule

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

"President Trump's attempt to gut our nation's Clean Power Plan is foolish. It'...

Shifting Subsidies to Renewable Energy Instead of Propping Up Fossil Fuel Giants Would Prompt 'Clean Energy Revolution', Study Shows

Julia Conley, staff writer

"What we are doing is using taxpayers' money to boost hurricanes, to spread...

In 'Visionary' Document, Small Island Nations Declare 'Climate Crisis' in Pacific

Berkeley, California Makes 'Incredible Leap' Away From Fossil Fuels With Natural Gas Ban in New Buildings

"He Might've Stayed a Minute": Coal Miners With Black Lung Slam McConnell for Brushing Them Off in Healthcare Meeting

Insurance Giant Ditching Coal Industry Called 'Major Step Forward'—Especially If Others Follow

'We Are Unstoppable, Another World Is Possible!': Hundreds Storm Police Lines to Shut Down German Coal Mine

Because 'Another World Is Possible,' Tens of Thousands of Activists Stage Climate Mobilizations in Germany

Chorus of Outrage as Trump Admin. Throws Climate, Public Health Under Bus by Killing Obama-Era Clean Power Plan

In Ruling on Coal Mining, Federal Judge Issues Latest Rebuke of Trump's Attack on Public Lands

'Simple Laws of Economics' Doom Remaining US Coal Plants as Solar, Wind Are Now Cheaper

Citing 'Permanent Oil Price Decline,' Norwegian Fund's Fossil Fuel Divestment Could Spark Global 'Shockwave'

In 'Wake-Up Call' for Nation, Study Using Industry's Own Data Finds 9 in 10 Coal Plants Are Causing Toxic Pollution

Who Else Might Like Medicare for All? Retired Coal Miners Who Just Had Their Health Benefits Ripped Away

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Australian Coal's F#ck You Ensures Profits to Shareholders By Killing Their Grandchildren

You thought Keystone was bad? If approved, Keystone will emit about 24.3 million tons of greenhouse gases, or 1.2 billion over its 50-year life. If approved, two mega coalmines in Australia will emit triple that, or 3.7 billion tons. In honor of that appalling figure and an upcoming National Day of Divestment, action groups have released a great video announcing the coal industry's new Fuck You policy, a "philosophy where we are able straddle the dichotomy between what we know is true and how...