Green Options » clean coal http://greenoptions.com/tag/clean-coal Posts tagged 'clean coal' Wed, 21 Oct 2009 12:13:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Our Energy Future: Titanic #2 (Cartoon) http://redgreenandblue.org/2009/10/21/our-energy-future-titanic-2-cartoon/ http://redgreenandblue.org/2009/10/21/our-energy-future-titanic-2-cartoon/#comments Wed, 21 Oct 2009 12:13:20 +0000 Joe Mohr http://redgreenandblue.org/2009/10/21/our-energy-future-titanic-2-cartoon/ Mean Joe Green #77: The State of Our Energy Future: Titanic #2 (Cartoon)

With ‘clean coal’ and nuclear power likely to play a larger-than-expected role in climate change legislation, are we heading for an iceberg? Literally, no–they’re all melting. Figuratively, maybe…

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]]> http://redgreenandblue.org/2009/10/21/our-energy-future-titanic-2-cartoon/feed/ The Cartoonist vs. Big Coal (cartoons) http://redgreenandblue.org/2009/10/13/the-cartoonist-vs-big-coal-cartoons/ http://redgreenandblue.org/2009/10/13/the-cartoonist-vs-big-coal-cartoons/#comments Tue, 13 Oct 2009 11:13:09 +0000 Joe Mohr http://redgreenandblue.org/2009/10/13/the-cartoonist-vs-big-coal-cartoons/ Mean Joe Green #76: The Cartoonist vs. Big Coal

I have taken on Big Coal.

OK–obviously I cannot win. In a cage match between Big Coal and me, Big Coal would be like the real Mean Joe Greene of the Pittsburgh Steelers’ “Steel Curtain” defense, and I would be…well, me–the other Mean Joe Green (although, I did play college football, for what it’s worth).

However, I am not attempting to take down Big Coal–a D2 wide receiver has little hope against a Hall of Fame defensive lineman. I am simply attempting to shine a small light on the corruption that surrounds a multi-billion dollar industry struggling to hold on to its inevitably diminishing wealth. An industry focused on profit at the expense of the health of air and water, thereby, the health of those who breathe and drink it–an industry on its way out.

Please enjoy my archive of 11 Big Coal cartoons, below (click on the cartoon titles to see the accompanying text for each cartoon):

“Clean Coal?!” from 3/29/2008

“CO2 Molecules for McCain”, from 9/11/2008

“Coal’s New Look” from 11/18/2008

“Naughty Mayors May Get Coal This Year” from 12/03/2008

“Want Coal? Expect Occassional Sludge” from 12/31/2008

“The Lights are on but Nobody’s Home” from 3/4/2009

“Rep. Rahall (D) Shows His Love for (getting money from) Coal (companies)” from 7/21/2009

“Big Coal Claims Climate Bill Unfair” from 8/7/2009

“Hunger Strike Protest for Coal and Oil” from 9/2/2009

“Old King Coal’s New Nursery Rhyme” from 9/24/2009

“CO2 Isn’t Good for You…It’s GREAT!!!” from 10/1/2009

Mean Joe Green Cartoon Archive, #’s 1-76

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]]> http://redgreenandblue.org/2009/10/13/the-cartoonist-vs-big-coal-cartoons/feed/ Duke Energy Pulls Support for Dirty ‘Clean Coal’ Lobby http://redgreenandblue.org/2009/09/02/duke-energy-pulls-support-for-dirty-clean-coal-lobby/ http://redgreenandblue.org/2009/09/02/duke-energy-pulls-support-for-dirty-clean-coal-lobby/#comments Wed, 02 Sep 2009 20:41:16 +0000 Timothy B. Hurst http://redgreenandblue.org/2009/09/02/duke-energy-pulls-support-for-dirty-clean-coal-lobby/ coal train

Utility withdraws from the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity, the troubled coal industry group

Duke Energy, the North Carolina-based electric utility announced on Wednesday it would be leaving the clean coal lobbying group, the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity (ACCCE), over differences with the organization’s opposition to clean energy and climate legislation being considered by Congress.

Officials from Duke Energy said that “While some individual members of ACCCE are working to pass climate change legislation, we believe ACCCE is constrained by influential member companies who will not support passing climate change legislation in 2009 or 2010.”

Duke said that ACCCE’s position is not consistent with Duke Energy’s work to pass economy-wide and cost effective climate change legislation as soon as possible.

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]]> http://redgreenandblue.org/2009/09/02/duke-energy-pulls-support-for-dirty-clean-coal-lobby/feed/ 5 More Fake Anti-Climate Bill Letters From Seniors Sent to House http://redgreenandblue.org/2009/08/18/5-more-fake-anti-climate-bill-letters-from-seniors-sent-to-house/ http://redgreenandblue.org/2009/08/18/5-more-fake-anti-climate-bill-letters-from-seniors-sent-to-house/#comments Wed, 19 Aug 2009 03:10:37 +0000 Jennifer Lance http://redgreenandblue.org/2009/08/18/5-more-fake-anti-climate-bill-letters-from-seniors-sent-to-house/ More fake letters from seniors against Waxman-MarkeyIt’s well known that politics is dirty, but recently, anti-climate bill tactics have sunk to a new low:  forging letters written by senior citizens against the Waxman-Markey climate bill.

The Markey Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming is investigating the fake letters sent by the lobbying firm Bonner & Associates claiming the elderly were opposed to the climate bill for fear it would raise utility costs. Five more suspected forgeries were released today bringing the grand total to 58 letters under investigation. 

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]]> http://redgreenandblue.org/2009/08/18/5-more-fake-anti-climate-bill-letters-from-seniors-sent-to-house/feed/ Tiny Molecular Bowls Pull Carbon Dioxide Out of the Air http://cleantechnica.com/2009/07/16/tiny-molecular-bowls-pull-carbon-dioxide-out-of-the-air/ http://cleantechnica.com/2009/07/16/tiny-molecular-bowls-pull-carbon-dioxide-out-of-the-air/#comments Thu, 16 Jul 2009 20:37:57 +0000 Bryan Nelson http://cleantechnica.com/2009/07/16/tiny-molecular-bowls-pull-carbon-dioxide-out-of-the-air/ Coal-fired Plant

The discovery of a tiny bowl-shaped molecule which collects carbon dioxide right out of the air has beckoned some creative solutions to global warming.

By genetically engineering microbes to manufacture the handy molecule, scientists hope to make it useful as an industrial absorbent for CO2 capture. That could help clean up smokestacks from dirty coal-fired power plants, but it’s also possible that the molecules could be used for pulling carbon dioxide right out of the ambient air.

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2009/07/16/tiny-molecular-bowls-pull-carbon-dioxide-out-of-the-air/feed/ New Study Lifts the Curtain on Clean Coal http://cleantechnica.com/2009/07/12/new-study-lifts-the-curtain-on-clean-coal/ http://cleantechnica.com/2009/07/12/new-study-lifts-the-curtain-on-clean-coal/#comments Sun, 12 Jul 2009 15:46:48 +0000 Tina Casey http://cleantechnica.com/2009/07/12/new-study-lifts-the-curtain-on-clean-coal/ coal is clean!A new study from West Virginia University exposes one more dirty little secret about America’s favorite fossil fuel, coal.  Though coal mining is touted as an economic boon to local communities, the study reviews mortality statistics to conclude that coal mining communities in Appalachia are among the weakest economies in their home states, and in the country.  The study, “Mortality in Appalachian Coal Mining Regions,” appears in the July-August issue of Public Health Reports, the official journal of the U.S. Public Health Services.

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2009/07/12/new-study-lifts-the-curtain-on-clean-coal/feed/ TVA Ships Toxic Coal Ash to Georgia and Alabama http://ecolocalizer.com/2009/06/08/tva-ships-toxic-coal-ash-to-georgia-and-alabama/ http://ecolocalizer.com/2009/06/08/tva-ships-toxic-coal-ash-to-georgia-and-alabama/#comments Mon, 08 Jun 2009 07:00:26 +0000 Becky Striepe http://ecolocalizer.com/2009/06/08/tva-ships-toxic-coal-ash-to-georgia-and-alabama/

Georgia and Alabama are now storing more than 1000 tons of the fly ash that leaked from a Tennessee coal fired power plant in December.


[Creative Commons photo by Jim Combs]

The spill, which dumped over 5.4 million cubic yards of toxic sludge in the area around the Kingston coal plant, was over 120 times larger than the Exxon Valdez. It destroyed homes in the area and contaminated local water supplies. Cleanup is still underway from the disaster six months later.

So why is the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) shipping tons of this toxic substance from Tennessee to Georgia and Alabama?

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]]> http://ecolocalizer.com/2009/06/08/tva-ships-toxic-coal-ash-to-georgia-and-alabama/feed/ China Building Coal Stockpiles of 100 Million Tonnes, Calls For Greater Emission Cuts From Developed Nations http://redgreenandblue.org/2009/05/13/china-building-coal-stockpiles-of-100-million-tonnes-calls-for-greater-emission-cuts-from-developed-nations/ http://redgreenandblue.org/2009/05/13/china-building-coal-stockpiles-of-100-million-tonnes-calls-for-greater-emission-cuts-from-developed-nations/#comments Wed, 13 May 2009 16:04:21 +0000 Mridul Chadha http://redgreenandblue.org/2009/05/13/china-building-coal-stockpiles-of-100-million-tonnes-calls-for-greater-emission-cuts-from-developed-nations/

China is building four to six coal reserves each with capacity exceeding 20 million tonnes in order to address the problem of shortage of the fuel. Meanwhile, Chinese officials also called upon the leaders of developed nations to set ambitious carbon emission reduction goals.

China is the world’s largest coal producer and consumer but lately the demand has outpaced supply, a trend likely to continue into the next year. To address this gap in demand-supply China’s National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) has planned to build coal reserves in the the eastern province of Shandong which will be ready within three to five years. According to the officials of the NDRC, the stockpiles are meant for use with the province only and China has substantial coal supply on the national level.

Coal remains China’s primary source of energy and it is also exported to many neighboring countries as well. Easy and plentiful availability of coal is one of the major reasons behind China’s strong resistance to any kind of emission reduction targets. Instead, officials from the NDRC itself called upon the developed nations to commit to more ambitious emission targets closer to 25 to 40 percent by the year 2020 from 1990 levels.

Reports about shortage of coal reserves have been doing the rounds lately with some of them predicting a peak in coal supplies by 2025. India, too, has been facing shortage of coal.

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]]> http://redgreenandblue.org/2009/05/13/china-building-coal-stockpiles-of-100-million-tonnes-calls-for-greater-emission-cuts-from-developed-nations/feed/ Inspired Economist Pick of the Week http://inspiredeconomist.com/2009/05/04/inspired-economist-pick-of-the-week/ http://inspiredeconomist.com/2009/05/04/inspired-economist-pick-of-the-week/#comments Mon, 04 May 2009 01:09:41 +0000 Reenita Malhotra http://inspiredeconomist.com/2009/05/04/inspired-economist-pick-of-the-week/

This new column highlights the top economic stories of the week.

At the outset of this week, it looked like the Swine flu might be the largest influenza epidemic since the virus that wiped out a significant portion of the world’s population at the end of the first World War. Local economies everywhere have been affected given that people have stopped going out for fear of “The SuperFlu.”

Not to mention the fact that pork sales are down even though it’s common knowledge that the virus cannot be attained through food. Although, new cases of the flu have been spotted in Europe and Latin America, it looks as though things are easing up, and that the worst is over.

Jazzfest kicked off its 40th year anniversary last weekend under beautiful breezy blue skies.   Despite the global economic mood, the festival goers seemed more  upbeat this year as programs to rebuild the New Orleans economy are slowly taking root and beginning to yield visible results.

And there has been much talk about clean coal. West Virginia Mountain Top Removal coal protests heated up this week. Also, CNN Money interviewed George Soros this week. The billionaire says sometimes his firm’s investments conflict with his personal views. But that coal is a viable source of energy once you take the carbon out.

But the automobile industry definitely seemed to top the economic news this week. GE showed the way forward with advanced hybrids and EVs just as Chrysler’s woes have left the world wondering as to the future of GM. While Fiat’s proposed acquisition of GM’s European group signified hope for Chrysler, NPR is of the view that convincing consumers to buy cars from a bankrupt company would seem to be a Sisyphean task. Can Chrysler do it — or to be more precise, can Fiat, which never had much success in the American market, do it?

And what can we expect next week?

Well, for starters, President Barack Obama plans to roll out a set of proposals on international tax policies on Monday, in an announcement with potential implications for U.S. multinational firms. Let’s see what happens.

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]]> http://inspiredeconomist.com/2009/05/04/inspired-economist-pick-of-the-week/feed/ Canada’s Clean Coal Concept http://inspiredeconomist.com/2009/04/30/canadas-clean-coal-concept/ http://inspiredeconomist.com/2009/04/30/canadas-clean-coal-concept/#comments Thu, 30 Apr 2009 23:57:42 +0000 Lisa Wojnovich http://inspiredeconomist.com/2009/04/30/canadas-clean-coal-concept/ A coal plant in Nanticoke, Ontario, CanadaWednesday, Canadian Environment Minister Jim Prentice announced his government’s most recent plan for eliminating CO2 emissions. The Canadian government hopes to phase out electrical generation by modern coal technology in favor of carbon capture and storage (CCS) — the much debated and as yet unproven “clean coal” concept — nuclear power, and other, renewable sources of energy.

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]]> http://inspiredeconomist.com/2009/04/30/canadas-clean-coal-concept/feed/ Wyoming Gov. Calls Salazar’s Wind Power Remarks ‘Dumb’ http://redgreenandblue.org/2009/04/11/wyoming-gov-calls-salazars-wind-power-remarks-dumb/ http://redgreenandblue.org/2009/04/11/wyoming-gov-calls-salazars-wind-power-remarks-dumb/#comments Sat, 11 Apr 2009 12:28:23 +0000 Timothy B. Hurst http://redgreenandblue.org/2009/04/11/wyoming-gov-calls-salazars-wind-power-remarks-dumb/ smokestack and wind turbine at power plant

Freudenthal says replacing coal with wind “Ain’t going to happen”

In response to Interior Secretary Ken Salazar’s recent comments that the offshore wind energy resource in the United States could potentially provide 25% of our electricity and replace the need for coal-fired power generation, Wyoming Governor Dave Freudenthal balked, telling reporters: “Ain’t going to happen.”

At an impromptu press conference in Cheyenne on Wednesday, Freudenthal said Salazar’s comments were a “dumb thing to say,” and said he hoped Salazar would learn the wisdom of “not making gratuitous statements.”

Wyoming is the biggest coal-producing state in the U.S., producing more than 450 million tons of coal in 2007, or nearly 40 percent of the country’s coal.

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]]> http://redgreenandblue.org/2009/04/11/wyoming-gov-calls-salazars-wind-power-remarks-dumb/feed/ SolveClimate: Media Savvy Youth are Blogging Coal to Death http://sustainablog.org/2009/04/03/solveclimate-media-savvy-youth-are-blogging-coal-to-death/ http://sustainablog.org/2009/04/03/solveclimate-media-savvy-youth-are-blogging-coal-to-death/#comments Fri, 03 Apr 2009 18:49:26 +0000 SolveClimate http://sustainablog.org/2009/04/03/solveclimate-media-savvy-youth-are-blogging-coal-to-death/ Editor’s note: This post was written by Rachel Barge, and originally published on Tuesday, March 31, at SolveClimate.

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We all know young people have a handle on the Internet like no other demographic. My generation grew up playing computer games, had PC literacy classes in elementary school, and secretly hijacked the internet for music pirating before we were teens. We have an intuitive sense of the web – its uses, its limitations, and its future.

The nation’s young people are now harnessing that power for climate action, and we’re beating coal’s dirty PR in ways that have industry front groups shaking.

The coal industry’s American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity has poured millions of dollars into online advertising to convince Americans that “clean coal” is the solution to global warming, and it’s planning a $20 million online push this year. But type “clean coal” into Google, and up pop progressive climate blogs, spoofs and news articles.

In my own search for “clean coal,” eight out of the top 10 organic results were web sites that completely debunked the idea – only Wikipedia and an AP news article held both “sides” up. Not a single site in the top 10 was a pro-clean-coal industry page. Industry front group have had to buy their way onto Google’s front page, thanks in large part to young bloggers.

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]]> http://sustainablog.org/2009/04/03/solveclimate-media-savvy-youth-are-blogging-coal-to-death/feed/ Liquid “Clean Coal” Project Dropped After Legal Challenges http://planetsave.com/blog/2009/03/30/liquid-clean-coal-project-dropped-after-legal-challenges/ http://planetsave.com/blog/2009/03/30/liquid-clean-coal-project-dropped-after-legal-challenges/#comments Mon, 30 Mar 2009 19:12:01 +0000 Alex Felsinger http://planetsave.com/blog/2009/03/30/liquid-clean-coal-project-dropped-after-legal-challenges/

Baard Energy withdrew an application for federal loans for a $6 billion coal-to-liquids plant in Illiinois last week. The company cited lawsuits by the Sierra Club and National Resource Defense Council for blocking the project.

“Baard keeps claiming this is a clean coal facility and nothing could be further from the truth,” said Nachy Kanfer of Sierra Club. “There is nothing clean about a fuel that emits twice the global warming pollution of normal gasoline or a refinery that spits out huge amounts of dangerous air pollutants and heavy metals.”

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]]> http://planetsave.com/blog/2009/03/30/liquid-clean-coal-project-dropped-after-legal-challenges/feed/ Residents Sue Over Coal Ash Dump Disguised as Golf Course http://planetsave.com/blog/2009/03/28/residents-sue-over-coal-ash-dump-disguised-as-golf-course/ http://planetsave.com/blog/2009/03/28/residents-sue-over-coal-ash-dump-disguised-as-golf-course/#comments Sat, 28 Mar 2009 16:52:02 +0000 Alex Felsinger http://planetsave.com/blog/2009/03/28/residents-sue-over-coal-ash-dump-disguised-as-golf-course/

Residents of Centerville, Virginia have sued Dominion Virginia Power to the tune of $1 billion for supplying 1.5 million tons of toxic fly ash to fill the hills of a nearby golf course.

The attorneys representing 400 Centerville residents claim that Dominion knew that the substance they supplied to the Battlefield Golf Club would eventually seep into the water supply. The suit also names the golf course’s developer and Dominion’s ‘coal-ash management consultant.’

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]]> http://planetsave.com/blog/2009/03/28/residents-sue-over-coal-ash-dump-disguised-as-golf-course/feed/ Five Scottish Protesters Arrested for Stopping Work at Coal Mine http://planetsave.com/blog/2009/03/26/five-scottish-protesters-arrested-for-stopping-work-at-coal-mine/ http://planetsave.com/blog/2009/03/26/five-scottish-protesters-arrested-for-stopping-work-at-coal-mine/#comments Thu, 26 Mar 2009 23:59:19 +0000 Alex Felsinger http://planetsave.com/blog/2009/03/26/five-scottish-protesters-arrested-for-stopping-work-at-coal-mine/

Five activists managed to shut down a coal mine before being arrested and charged with “breach of the peace” for standing on a piece of equipment with a sign reading “No New Coal.”

“We’re here to send a message to [mining company] ATH Resources that mining the dirtiest fossil fuel and fuelling climate change is not acceptable,” said one activist. “As mining companies such as ATH don’t appear to be listening, we’ve come to stop them mining, too.”

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]]> http://planetsave.com/blog/2009/03/26/five-scottish-protesters-arrested-for-stopping-work-at-coal-mine/feed/ Activists Storm the Stage at DC Coal-to-Liquids Conference http://planetsave.com/blog/2009/03/26/activists-to-storm-the-stage-at-dc-coal-to-liquids-conference/ http://planetsave.com/blog/2009/03/26/activists-to-storm-the-stage-at-dc-coal-to-liquids-conference/#comments Thu, 26 Mar 2009 20:27:00 +0000 Alex Felsinger http://planetsave.com/blog/2009/03/26/activists-to-storm-the-stage-at-dc-coal-to-liquids-conference/

Today seven activists are facing a crowd of some of the world’s biggest proponents of coal-based energy at the World Coal-to-Liquids Conference 2009 in Washington, DC.

The group, acting as Rising Tide DC, interrupted the planned panel discussion to interject some ideas of their own about the environmental detestation caused by coal technologies. The panel, which began at 4:30 pm, includes representatives of Chevron, the World Coal Institute, the World Petroleum Council, and Consol Energy.

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]]> http://planetsave.com/blog/2009/03/26/activists-to-storm-the-stage-at-dc-coal-to-liquids-conference/feed/ EPA Stops Mountaintop Removal; Waterways Still Not Safe? http://planetsave.com/blog/2009/03/24/epa-stops-mountaintop-removal-waterways-still-not-safe/ http://planetsave.com/blog/2009/03/24/epa-stops-mountaintop-removal-waterways-still-not-safe/#comments Tue, 24 Mar 2009 23:35:54 +0000 Alex Felsinger http://planetsave.com/blog/2009/03/24/epa-stops-mountaintop-removal-waterways-still-not-safe/

Just days after news leaked that Obama’s Environmental Protection Agency will designate CO2 as a pollutant, the EPA has announced that hundreds of mountaintop removal coal mining permits will be put on hold while their impact on streams and waterways is evaluated.

Mountaintop removal is a controversial method of extracting coal that literally blows the tops off mountains to access the coal underneath. The waste is then dumped in streams and wetlands, which has alarmed environmentalists and community activists.

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]]> http://planetsave.com/blog/2009/03/24/epa-stops-mountaintop-removal-waterways-still-not-safe/feed/ Coal Company Settles Lawsuit Regarding Toxic Mine Waste http://planetsave.com/blog/2009/03/24/coal-company-settles-lawsuit-regarding-toxic-mine-waste/ http://planetsave.com/blog/2009/03/24/coal-company-settles-lawsuit-regarding-toxic-mine-waste/#comments Tue, 24 Mar 2009 18:09:36 +0000 Alex Felsinger http://planetsave.com/blog/2009/03/24/coal-company-settles-lawsuit-regarding-toxic-mine-waste/

A coalition of environmental groups emerged victorious today when Patriot Coal agreed to test a new way to remove selenium from coal mine run-off.

The West Virginia-based coal company agreed to the deal to settle a lawsuit filed by the Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition and West Virginia Highlands Conservancy which made allegations that the company had violated the Clean Water Act.

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]]> http://planetsave.com/blog/2009/03/24/coal-company-settles-lawsuit-regarding-toxic-mine-waste/feed/ Earth Hour Opponents Plan Lame “Human Achievement Hour” http://planetsave.com/blog/2009/03/22/earth-hour-opponents-plan-lame-human-achievement-hour/ http://planetsave.com/blog/2009/03/22/earth-hour-opponents-plan-lame-human-achievement-hour/#comments Sun, 22 Mar 2009 07:01:05 +0000 Alex Felsinger http://planetsave.com/blog/2009/03/22/earth-hour-opponents-plan-lame-human-achievement-hour/

The Competitive Enterprise Institute has announced their own plans for March 28th from 8:30 to 9:30 pm: instead of shutting of lights with millions of people across the globe for Earth Hour, they’ll be celebrating Human Achievement Hour.

CEI is a libertarian organization that advocates for human innovation. Interestingly, green innovation doesn’t ever seem to impress them, but they did recently throw a “Celebrate Coal!” rally. Anyway, the group seems to have struck a new low with their recently announced opposition to Earth Hour.

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]]> http://planetsave.com/blog/2009/03/22/earth-hour-opponents-plan-lame-human-achievement-hour/feed/ Traveling Down a Different Route: Exquisite Safaris Philanthropic Travel http://ecopreneurist.com/2009/03/19/traveling-down-a-different-route-exquisite-safaris-philanthropic-travel/ http://ecopreneurist.com/2009/03/19/traveling-down-a-different-route-exquisite-safaris-philanthropic-travel/#comments Thu, 19 Mar 2009 12:00:11 +0000 Paul Smith http://ecopreneurist.com/2009/03/19/traveling-down-a-different-route-exquisite-safaris-philanthropic-travel/ In our highly connected world, travel can happen from any number of means, catering to just about any human desire out there. So why should you bother with Exquisite Safaris Philanthropic Travel? For many reasons, the top of which being that when you travel with them, $250 goes directly to organizations and communities where you visited. No opaque claims of a percentage of proceeds or other such vagueness. You get emailed a copy of the Wells Fargo bank transfer, showing exactly who it went to.

Not something your run of the mill backpacker “eco adventure” travel agency would do. But then, Exquisite Safaris Philanthropic Travel’s main focus as  a business is to raise funds for high impact non profits around the world, through the vehicle of memorable, powerful travel experiences, spending substantial time with local people in the regions you visit. Real, meaningful interactions, rather then pre packaged tourist shows. And at the same time you get a superbly accommodated trip.

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