1. Baseload Power Bull
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...rom a black/brown lump into electricity. Without the trains, without the coal mine machinery, without the plants, there is no baseload supply. That infrastructure had to be created, which cost a whole...

2. New Study Shows Wide Scale Impacts of Coal Ash
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...e, toxic byproducts of burning coal, on water quality across the country.The report shows that coal power plants are discharging huge amounts of toxic pollution including arsenic, mercury, and seleniu...

3. Other greenhouse gases
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...al warming. It's also important to remember that CO2 has a crucial role in the ecosystem. Without it, plants would die and most life on the planet would then follow suit. Plants need carbon dioxid...

4. Mercury contamination widespread in USA fish
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... Earlier this year, the EPA announced that it intends to control mercury emissions from coal-fired power plants by issuing a rule under the Clean Air Act; but every day that passes, more is being spe...

5. EPA to Limit Toxic Coal Waste
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...notice for the agency’s 26-year delay in updating coal pollution regulations. Pollution from coal plants is becoming increasingly toxic as more pollutants are taken out of the air, only to the...

6. Environmental Groups Hold EPA Accountable
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... Agency (EPA) on notice for the being 26 years late in setting limits on toxic discharges from coal power plants, like coal ash and coal slurry. The action follows revelations in this weekend’s ...

7. 100 Coal Plants Prevented or Abandoned
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...uot;At the beginning of the coal rush in 2001, it seemed inevitable that as many as 150 new proposed coal plants would get built. Since then we’ve seen an incredible change in the way people, bu...

8. Sierra Club Cheers L.A. Coal-Free Commitment
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...portunity for the city.  Instead of sending millions in ratepayer dollars every year to pay for coal plants in Utah and Arizona, we will invest that money here in Los Angeles and in California.&n...

9. Obama Boosts Commitment to Energy Efficiency
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...hich could obviate the need for the amount of energy produced by 14 dirty coal-fired power plants.  The president also announced plans to speed up the release of some $346 million ...

10. Sierra Club Announces New Conservation Director
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...aign among others. This national initiative, which has helped defeat nearly 100 proposed coal-fired power plants, was described in Rolling Stone as "the most successful campaign the environmental...

11. Alternative uses for beer
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.... Another interesting variation on this is to spray beer on weeds so the snails eat those instead of your plants - using a pest to control a pest. Of course, once you're out of weeds, then you'...

12. Rain Barrel Water Recycling
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...downspout so that it collects rain running off the roof of your house and recycling the rainwater on your plants and lawn as needed. You can buy a ready-made rain barrel but it is also very easy and i...

13. In Historic Step, EPA Determines Global Warming Major Threat to Human Health, Environment
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...on while it begins developing national emission standards for new motor vehicles and new coal-fired power plants, the nation's two largest sources of global warming pollution. EPA's action c...

14. Organic fertilizers
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...nic fertilizers means that you have found the means of encouraging a lush growth of beautiful flowers and plants without contaminating the soil or the water systems. When herbs, vegetables, and frui...

15. How wind turbines work
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...on is prevented from going into the atmosphere if that electricity had been sourced from coal fired power plants. Carbon dioxide is a major contributor to global warming induced climate change. Wind s...

16. Renewable energy primer
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...cks to create steam that can drive turbines to generate electricity. While the construction of geothermal plants are very costly, creating electricity from that point onwards is quite cheap. The main...

17. Other greenhouse gases
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...al warming. It's also important to remember that CO2 has a crucial role in the ecosystem. Without it, plants would die and most life on the planet would then follow suit. Plants need carbon dioxid...

18. Your Composting Questions Answered
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...tes, grass clippings, branches and other organic materials to create a loamy material that will help your plants grow to their maximum potential like no other commercial grade fertilizer possibly can....

19. Your Recycling Questions Answered
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... When it comes to creating your own compost pile you want to stick with organic materials such as leaves, plants, grass and other yard wastes and leave food or animal wastes alone to be disposed of in...

20. The Seven Building Blocks of Building Green
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...s with moisture sensors to regulate water use and prevent over-watering. Use native and drought-tolerant plants. Use porous concrete pavers on driveways to allow rainwater to percolate down into the...