US Coal Exports Could Push the Climate Past a Point of No Return

Greenpeace says coal exporting is “new front line in the battle to prevent catastrophic climate change.” Continue reading US Coal Exports Could Push the Climate Past a Point of No Return

Visit the Tiny Town Where Big Coal Will Meet Its Fate

“Building the new West Coast terminals could be a matter of life or death for US coal.” Continue reading Visit the Tiny Town Where Big Coal Will Meet Its Fate

Melamine tableware may leach chemical: study

The dose makes the poison, though. Continue reading Melamine tableware may leach chemical: study

Former Mont. Gov. Brian Schweitzer Calls Most Wash. Coal Export Plans ‘Dead’

“Ten years from now, maybe there will be some export capacity on the West Coast, but for right now, what we have is completely full and what has been proposed is probably dead — and not even dead in the water, just dead.”

[Inside Climate News]

French gas cloud causes a stink in south-east England

Dozens of calls to emergency services after accidental discharge of foul-smelling but harmless gas from factory in Rouen. Continue reading French gas cloud causes a stink in south-east England

Global mercury treaty will take decades to work

“This crackdown certainly has a few cracks in it.” Continue reading Global mercury treaty will take decades to work

China’s bad air puts the lie to EPA scare tactics

By Steve Milloy
January 22, 2013, Washington Times

China’s notoriously bad air has recently been especially hard to breathe. It also shows that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) science is especially hard to believe. Continue reading China’s bad air puts the lie to EPA scare tactics