Click here to find a group working on coal in your state
Help build a new Wikipedia-style resource on coal issues
59 Coal Plants Cancelled in 2007!
5/6/2008
Sierra Club threatens suits over coal power plants
Reuters
4/25/2008
Autism Risk Linked To Distance From Power Plants, Other Mercury-releasing Sources
ScienceDaily
4/17/2008
Addicted to Coal: The Fight in Illinois
Peter Downs – Illinois Times
4/14/2008
Global warming has a new battleground: coal plants
Judy Pasternak – Los Angeles Times
3/20/2008
World's Dumbest Project: Tata Ultra Mega
Ted Nace – Grist
3/13/2008
Washington Suspends Lending for Coal Plants
Steven Mufson – Washington Post
3/11/2008
Chairman Waxman Introduces H.R. 5575, the "Moratorium on Uncontrolled Power Plants Act"
announcement by Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
3/5/2008
NRDC's Walke discusses impact of court decision rejecting EPA emissions regulation
interview with Monica Trauzzi – OnPoint
3/5/2008
Loans Program for Coal Plants Suspended
Matthew Brown – Omaha World Herald
2/14/2008
U.S. Moving Toward a Ban on Coal-Fired Power Plants
Lester Brown – Earth Policy Institute
2/4/2008
Wall Street Shows Skepticism Over Coal
Jeffrey Ball – Wall Street Journal
January 2008
A SOLAR GRAND PLAN: Solar Could Provide 69 Percent of U.S. Electricity by 2050
Ken Zweibel, James Mason, and Vasilis Fthenakis – Scientific American
1/28/2008
Senator Reid Says Coal Is "Ruining the World"
Alexander Duncan – Platts
1/24/2008
Blackstone's Coal Problem
Marc Gunther – Fortune
1/23/2008
Stopping Coal in Its Tracks
Ted Nace – Orion Magazine
1/18/2008
59 Coal Plants Cancelled or Shelved in 2007
raisingkain.com
1/17/2008
Nevada Coalition Opposes Coal Plants
Phoebe Sweet – Las Vegas Sun
1/17/2008
Progress Towards a Coal Moratorium
59 Plants Cancelled or Shelved in 2007
1/14/2008
Clean Coal Goes on Trial Across the U.S.
Matthew Brown – Associated Press
1/11/2008
"Clean Coal" Plants Hitting Snags
Spencer Hunt – Columbus Dispatch
1/10/2008
"Redford Takes on 'Goliath' in Texas
Edward Klump – Bloomberg.com
1/9/2008
Candy Man Curbs Big Coal
Matthew Brown – Washington Times
12/7/2007
Reid Getting Tougher on Coal
Steve Tretreault and John G. Edwards – Las Vegas Review-Journal
11/26/2007
IGCC Stumbles and Falls in the U.S.
Modern Power Systems
11/8/2007
Waxman Introduces Coal Moratorium Legislation
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
10/19/2007
Kansas Says "No" to Coal Plant
Reuters
10/14/2007
Pocatello Mayor Speaks Out Against Coal
Associated Press
10/12/2007
New Zealand Declares a 10-Year Moratorium on New Coal
John Laumer – TreeHugger
10/3/2007
German Coal Plant Construction Site Occupied
Greenpeace International
In recent months, prominent experts in global warming have pointed out the urgency of halting new coal-fired power plant construction until carbon capture capability is available. Indeed, James Hansen, director of NASA’s Goddard Space Institute, recently told Congress that such a measure is “the most critical action for saving the planet at this time.”
Accomplishing a moratorium will not be easy. According to Coal Moratorium NOW!'s most recent survey, over 110 coal-fired electrical generating plants and synfuels plants are currently under construction or in the planning process. But a nationwide movement is emerging, with initiatives at both the state and federal levels.
Fortunately, cost-effective alternatives to coal-fired power generation do exist. For example, recent testimony by David Schlissel and Anna Sommer in the Big Stone II hearings before the South Dakota Public Utilities Commission pointed out that an appropriate combination of clean generation methods and energy efficiency measures could provide consumers with reliable electricity at a lower price than coal.
In the January 2008 issue of Scientific American, authors Ken Zweibel, James Mason, and Vasilis Fthenakis lay out a Solar Grand Plan, under which 69 percent of U.S. electricity needs could be met by 2050 by solar photovoltaic and solar thermal plants, at costs "equivalent to today’s rates for conventional power sources." With the addition of other renewable sources, the authors argue that "renewable energy could provide 100 percent of the nation’s electricity and 90 percent of its energy by 2100."