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• “No Democratic Legitimacy” for New Nukes and Coal

  Andy Rowell

  Nov09

  A radical shake-up of Britain’s planning laws is going to be announced today which will make it easier for the government to fast-track or steam-roll large energy projects such as nuclear, gas or  power stations or even wind turbines. In all the government will publish six “National Policy Statements” on energy this afternoon, including –…
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• The $120 Billion Hidden Cost of Our Addiction

  Andy Rowell

  Oct23

  For a long time now people have argued that if you internalised the external costs of our fossil fuel addiction, we would soon realise that our habit was too expensive and we would be left with no alternative but to kick our dirty ways. So a new report from the US National Research Council has…
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• Dying for a Drink?

  Andy Rowell

  Oct13

  In these days of climate change it is all too easy to forget about the other pollution that belches from the chimney stacks of our power stations or pours from its pipes into our rivers. So good on the New York Times for running a series called “Toxic Waters” that looks at the worsening pollution…
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• King Coal Crumbles ..

  Andy Rowell

  Oct08

  Environmental activists across the globe are celebrating this morning after the energy giant E.On shelved its controversial plans for a new coal fired power station at Kingsnorth in Kent in the UK. Blaming the recession and not the sustained three-year campaign to stop it, E.ON, said the fall for electricity had caused it to re-think.

• “We are seeing fraud-mongering on clean energy”

  Andy Rowell

  Aug19

  It’s turning into Astroturf August. Hot on the heels of the revelations about the fake oil industry PR campaign, comes the fake coal PR campaign. We knew that the fossil fuel industry would not give up without a fight, but we did not realise that had turned into such fossil fools, by have all their…
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• Coal’s Judgement Day

  Andy Rowell

  Jul03

  A jury in the north of England will decide today whether 22 climate change activists who boarded a coal train heading to the notorious Drax power station are innocent or guilty. The accused had stopped a train carrying 42,000 tonnes of coal in June last year on its way to Drax in North Yorkshire, the…
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• New King Coal

  Andy Rowell

  Apr23

  Much to the utter dismay of climate scientists, the British Government is to announce a new generation of coal-fired power plants to stave off a potential energy crisis. The plants will also use unproven carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology to try and pump CO2 emissions under the sea. Each CCS could cost more than…
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• “We don’t want the world to boil, no coal, no oil!”

  Andy Rowell

  Mar03

  Despite the biting cold weather they came in their thousands, prepared to undertake the largest-ever act of civil disobedience on climate change in the US. They were wrapped up warm, but wore hard hats, boiler suits and face masks, they dressed as dirty chimneys, or were in their “Sunday Best”. There was a real festival…
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• As the politicians talk, its a day of Direct Action against Coal

  Andy Rowell

  Mar02

  There is no doubt that the main focus of talks this week between UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown and President Obama will be the economic meltdown. They will be talking about a “global new deal”. But let’s not forget climate change needs to be totally and utterly integral in any agreement or action. Brown’s visit…
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• Its Gore Versus Obama Over Coal

  Andy Rowell

  Feb04

  This one promises to be quite a fight. In the one corner stands the former US Vice President Al Gore and his Alliance for Climate Protection. In the other is current President Obama, riding high on a wave of popularity and public expectation. In the middle stands the concept of clean coal and the future…
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