Check out this new animation by well-known animator Mark Fiore. Very well done commentary on the absurdity of so-called "clean coal."
Democracy is utterly dependent upon an electorate that is accurately informed. In promoting climate change denial (and often denying their responsibility for doing so) industry has done more than endanger the environment. It has undermined democracy.
There is a vast difference between putting forth a point of view, honestly held, and intentionally sowing the seeds of confusion. Free speech does not include the right to deceive. Deception is not a point of view. And the right to disagree does not include a right to intentionally subvert the public awareness.
This is a guest post by Josephine Ferorelli, originally published at Occupy.com.
There is not enough room in the national headlines for all the battles between fossil fuel expansion projects and climate activists occurring right now. But the Keystone XL proposal’s public comment period ends on April 22nd, so we can shift our focus to coal exportation for a moment. Domestic coal use is one of the few figures that has been steadily dropping, with...
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Awesome
Great video - perfect fit for some of the stuff that we've doing here at the Sierra Club. I posted it, along with a link to this post, on our blog compass (http://sierraclub.typepad.com/compass/2008/05/coal-is-the-cle.html) and sent it to some people. thanks Kevin!
Toast the Clean Coal
Very nice, in the spirit of (but not surpassing) "Toast the Earth with Exxon Mobil":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhExwgiSxt8