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  • Ashley Judd campaigns against mountaintop removal mining

    Thu, Mar 05, 2009 6:05 PM by Shea Gunther

    Ms. Judd is lending her star power to the effort to convince the Obama administration to end the evil practice of mountaintop removal mining.

  • Top U.S. cities with green buildings

    Thu, Mar 05, 2009 3:52 PM by Shea Gunther

    ABC News Now examines a list of the top ten U.S. cities with green buildings, written by the eco-blog The Daily Green.

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  • President Obama kills Yucca Mountain

    Wed, Mar 04, 2009 3:14 PM by Shea Gunther

    The Obama Administration slashed funding for the central nuclear waste storage facility that was slated to be built in Yucca Mountain in Nevada.

  • Political Habitat: Hanging out the 'Now Hiring' sign

    Wed, Mar 04, 2009 5:30 AM

    Recession? What recession? Step right up as the coal industry is loading up on lobbyists.

  • Ecollywood: Chuck Norris and Polly Draper

    Tue, Mar 03, 2009 3:49 PM

    Video: Listen to Chuck Norris' green tip...or else.

  • The Coen Brothers tackle "clean coal"

    Thu, Feb 26, 2009 8:34 PM by Shea Gunther

    The brothers behind 'The Big Lebowski' turn their filmmaking talents to the boondoggle that is "clean coal".

  • Greening the economy: From ruin to revival

    Thu, Feb 26, 2009 5:29 AM by Robynne Boyd

    Dean of Yale's School of Forestry suggests cutting back, not buying in to 'green chic'. An MNN interview.

  • Solar stock plunges more than 20%

    Wed, Feb 25, 2009 9:54 PM by Shea Gunther

    The stock price of First Solar took a beating on news of the expectation that many of its customers would default on their 2009 orders.

  • ABCs of HPF CFLs

    Fri, Feb 20, 2009 2:12 PM by Vanessa Vadim

    The problem with regular CFLs is the way they draw power from the energy grid.

  • Wind power 101

    Thu, Feb 19, 2009 6:15 PM

    MNN gives you everything you want to know about wind energy - how it works, where it is and where it's going.

  • Cheap oil winners and losers

    Thu, Feb 19, 2009 3:40 PM by Shea Gunther

    What is the upside and downside of cheap oil? Who is coming out on top and who is getting snowed under when oil is under $40/barrel?

  • Alaskans lovin' wind power

    Wed, Feb 18, 2009 5:03 PM by Shea Gunther

    The Alaskan state government has pledged $300 million towards local renewable energy projects as they discover the economic benefits of wind power.

  • Activists to protest U.S. Capitol Power Plant

    Tue, Feb 17, 2009 3:54 PM by Shea Gunther

    On March 2, thousands expected to march in a peaceful civil disobedience action at 99-year-old coal-fired plant located blocks off Capitol Hill.

  • Monday link drop: Energy

    Mon, Feb 16, 2009 9:20 AM by Shea Gunther

    Ex-gang members install solar; global warming happening faster than we thought; and "clean coal" funding is gone.

  • Scenes from the TVA coal disaster

    Fri, Feb 13, 2009 5:23 PM

    Photographs taken by United Mountain Defense in the days following the spill show the widespread impact on the surrounding community and countryside.

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