James Hansen: Obstruction of Justice? via It's Getting Hot In Here
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GUEST: Hansen’s Proposal to Replace Coal with Wood Is Ecologically Misguided via Earth Blog
Amongst scientists, James Hansen [search] has long been one of the clearest voices for strong action against climate change including ending the use of coal [ark | search]. Yet now he advocates replacing coal with wood from vast tree plantations [ark | moreark], burning the wood and capturing and sequestering the carbon dioxide. It is saddening that such an ecologically short-sighted proposal comes from the man who rightly warns that we are already 'beyond safe levels' of greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere. It is understandable that he and other scientists are looking at ways of reducing the fast increasing carbon dioxide (CO2) concentrations. Unfortunately, most of the proposals put forward for 'cooling the planet' involve either using vast amounts of energy for still... Energy Action’s Jessy Tolkan on Al Jazeera’s Inside USA: “America’s Real Black Gold” via It's Getting Hot In Here
Brianna and I were stoked this week to get a piece back from Al Jazeera’s “Inside USA,” featuring Energy Action executive director Jessy Tolkan talking about America’s dependence on coal.
The Inside USA team traveled to the coal mines of Illinois to look at the personalities and the politics behind the fossil fuel. Half of America’s electricity is generated by coal; an amount that produces 40 percent of the country’s greenhouse gases. With this in mind, advocates - including those those taking part in Power Vote - have joined leading climate scientists in calling for a moratorium on new coal-fired power plants, saying that addressing global warming means addressing America’s dependence on coal as a top priority.
Juxtaposed to the proposed...