Warren Buffett recently threw down $34 billion for the Burlington Northern Sante Fe Corporation, his biggest bet yet. (MSNBC) The recent recession created conditions whereby acquisition of the railroad became a...
Members of the mainstream media -- people who call themselves "journalists" -- seem to have paid absolutely no attention to a Congressional Research Service report on energy released Oct. 27 -- this, despite the fact that two energy-related measures (i.e., the Kerry-Boxer and...
The United States could be energy independent if it possessed the collective political will to make it happen. After all, the country has the largest energy reserves on earth, according to a recently-released Congressional Research Service report. As shown in the first chart...
This week, the EPA announced "plans to revise the existing standards for water discharges from coal-fired power plants to reduce pollution and better protect America’s water". The move comes in the wake of...
Mines in china comes in news only for wrong reasons, this time it is death of 11 miners in Shanxi due to gas explosion. More than 3200 people died inmines related accidents last year."At least 11 people have died in a gas explosion at a mine in the northern Chinese Shanxi,...
14 miners are missing and presumed dead after an underground coal mine exploded in northern Slovakia. The miners had been putting out a fire in the Handlova mine when it exploded, said the mine owner. The explosion occured in an unused section of the mine, and is thought to...
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The EPA published a list of 44 coal surry sites. The reason they are disclosing this information now is due to the high risk to humans. It was delaying direct release of the information because the Army Corp of...
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By Bob McCarty at BobMcCarty.com Look at the statements below, then try to guess the identity of the person Lou Pritchett was describing as someone who “scares” him in a letter published May 19 at...
Writing about biofuels that aren’t always contributing to climate improvement, followed by explaining the destructive effects of carbon emissions and nitrous oxide-N20 gasses into the atmosphere, this...
Industrial countries currently generate most of their electricity through large centralized power plants, but the process is evolving. Large centralized facilities became the dominant form of developing...
In yet another incident of mine related accident 16 people are fighting with death in flooded mine in north east province of China.How safe are Chinese mines for the workers? Do they follow the standard safety...
UPDATE: Download or listen online to an unprecedented debate with Guy Pearce, on ABC-Radio National, re. the folly of carbon trading policy in Australia.– Download it here: Quarry vision: why coal is no longer important –Environmental advocate Guy Pearse argues...
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With America’s reliance upon Middle Eastern oil falling under increasing criticism, President Obama recently traveled to Canada to check out their oil sands operation with the hope of inspiring them to clean up...
I would like to remind you about several stories on flood at my city, Samarinda.. I mentioned that the floods caused by open coal mining near town.. And several days ago, i took some pictures on it..
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Listen to this week's edition of the "Weekly Radio Spin," the Center for Media and Democracy's audio report on the stories behind the news. This week, corporate healthcare gets the vapors, GM's new spinmeister and...