A Coal Free Northwest? Far from a Done Deal
This weekend, Alberta-based utility company TransAlta, Washington Governor Christine Gregoire, and a coalition of environmental groups announced an agreement had been reached to stop burning coal at the Centralia power…
RAN Protests Coal Export Kingpin Ambre Energy
Today in Salt Lake City, RAN has joined with climate activists, air quality advocates and local labor organizations to tell coal giant Ambre Energy that the coal rush is over….
Why the New Western Frontier Is Not Exporting Coal
What’s a company like Arch Coal to do? In January, the Environmental Protection Agency revoked Arch’s mining permit at Spruce — the largest proposed mountaintop removal (MTR) site in West…
A Cargill Tale: Spray it, Buy it, Ship it
Final Dispatch: Andrea and Jodie writing from the South American soy frontier On the way back from visiting the threatened Yaguarete forest and the community of Tava Guarani, we happened…