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New No Dirty Energy campaign urges consumers to take a closer look at the source of their gasoline, other energy sources. Visit NoDirtyEnergy.org.  With the costs of America's addiction to fossil fuels now dominating the political debate, rising demand for gasoline has refineries in the United States increasingly turning to one of the world's dirtiest energy sources: Canadian tar sands.

the University of Kentucky just received a federal earmark of over $1 million to fund their study of coal-to-liquid fuels. too bad a peer reviewed study was released this week showing that coal-to-liquids will emit significantly more carbon into the atmosphere than conventional fuels. even worse that it seems like nobody cares...

the price of Appalachian coal has tripled in the last year. but don't expect government revenues from the coal severance tax to do the same. coal companies get richer and the Commonwealth of Kentucky gets poorer

Kentucky politicians are among the greatest recipients of coal industry campaign contributions in the country. their actions reinforce those donations - go figure, right? great numbers from Follow the Coal Money on Kentucky's difficult situation with the coal industry.

One inch high activists have scaled a smokestack and occupied a coal-fired power station. The six teeny campaigners appeared at the top of a replica coal plant at Legoland before unveiling a banner saying STOP CLIMATE CHANGE down the length of the tower. Lego police are in attendance at the foot of the tower, along with a Lego police helicopter - but neither police nor campaigners are commenting, because they're made of plastic.

Lexington Herald-Leader cartoonist Joel Pett takes a jab at Kentucky Lt. Gov. Daniel Mongiardo over his professed love of mountaintop removal. See Pett's parody of John Prine's "Paradise" and the comments Mongiardo made about MTR in eastern Kentucky.

THIRTY-SEVEN demonstrators were arrested after about 1000 people halted trains in Newcastle yesterday in a protest against the coal industry's role in climate change. Police invoked some special powers, not used in a public protest since the Cronulla riots of 2005, enabling them to search vehicles, although organisers maintained the protest was peaceful.- Dr. Salil Pande

According to the US Department of Energy, 258 gigawatts of new generating capacity are needed to meet an expected 40% increase in consumption by 2030, and coal companies are stepping up to meet this need.

Lester Brown tells Green Futures why, at last, there's cause for optimism. He believes we’ve reached a historical tipping point – one which will see a revolution in energy provision across the globe. And America, he says, could be the unlikely leader..

Panelists discuss the technical and commercial state of carbon capture and storage (CCS) systems today, and their deployments in coming years to enable clean coal electrical generation plants. Panelists discuss the technologies - and the need for them -- from the scientific, technology, commercialization and financial perspectives.

People give you this whole rap about how easy saving the planet is. Change a light bulb and save the world. Yes and no. How about we consider it a start rather than an end destination? The lowdown on the CFL from Simran Sethi and Sarah Smarsh.

Washington, D.C.-A transition to renewable energy sources promises significant global job gains at a time when the coal industry has been hemorrhaging jobs for years, according to the latest Vital Signs Update released by the Worldwatch Institute.

- Metro Elite Mortgage

"Fulton County Superior Court Judge Thelma Wyatt Cummings today issued a decision to halt construction of Georgia’s first proposed Coal-Fired power plant in twenty years. Judge Thelma Wyatt has charged the Georgia Environmental Protection Division (EPD) with failing to REGULATE CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS from the plant, a decision that will have NATIONWIDE APPLICATION.

It's a beginning!!

God help us.