Portal:Coal Issues

Portals: Koch Exposed  · FrackSwarm · CoalSwarm · OutsourcingAmericaExposed · ALECexposed  · NFIBexposed  · Fix the Debt · State Policy Network · All Portals edit   Coal Issues Portal This article is part of the CoalSwarm portal on SourceWatch, a project of Global Energy Monitor and the Center for Media and Democracy. Find out more about contributing content to this portal. Welcome! Welcome to CoalSwarm, the shared information tool on issues such as coal plants, mines, companies, environmental impacts, clean alternatives, regulation, grassroots organizing, industry lobbying, and much more. Articles include: International information on coal: country by country Africa: Botswana, Kenya, Mozambique, South Africa, other East and Southeast Asia: Burma, China, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Korea, Mongolia, the Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, other Europe: Europe and coal, Germany, Poland, Russia, Turkey, United Kingdom, other North and South America: Canada, Colombia, Mexico, United States, Venezuela, other Oceania: Australia, New Zealand, other South Asia and the Middle East: Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Turkey, other International information on coal: special topics International Chinese coal projects State-by-state information on coal in the United States (or click on the map below) edit   General information Articles That Need Work | Blogs | Books |Carbon dioxide | Citizen Groups | Clean Coal | Coal-Related Terminology | Coal Waste | Data Sources | Documentaries | Environmental Impacts | Executives | Existing Plants | Exports | Externalities | Fracking | International | Institutional Coal Finance Restrictions | Jobs | Journalists | Litigation | Mercury | Mines | Mining Disasters | Mountaintop Removal | Particulates | Photo and Video Collections | Plant construction costs | Plant Retirements | Presentations | Proposed Mines | Proposed Plants | Protests | Researching Coal | Scandals | Studies | Synfuels | Tennessee Spill | Terminals | Testimony | Twitter | Videos | Wikipedia | Volunteer | about CoalSwarm edit   Coal plants Existing Campus coal plants Coal phase-out Coal plant conversion projects Coal plant retirements Coal plants near residential areas EPA coal plant settlements Existing U.S. coal plants - 600+ plants Proposed coal plants in the U.S. Former coal plants Top ten largest coal plants in the world Oldest existing coal plants Retrofit vs. phase-out of coal-fired power plants Scrubber retrofits at existing coal plants Proposed Coal plant cancellations Proposed coal plants - 300+ projects in 26 countries Proposed synfuels plants (U.S.) What happened to the 151 proposed coal plants? edit   Coal mines Existing coal mines in the United States - over 600 articles Top ten largest coal mines in the world Proposed coal mines (international) Proposed coal mines in the United States Coal mine reclamation Coal mining accidents Coal reserves Federal coal leasing The footprint of coal Large coal mines Longwall mining Mine safety Mine Safety and Health Administration Mountaintop removal Powder River Basin Proposed coal mines Risk factors for coal companies edit   Citizen activism on coal Dario goes to City Hall Carbon Principles Citizen groups working on coal issues - 450+ groups Coal Activist Videos Coal and Native American tribal lands Coal moratorium Coal plant litigation Environmental justice How to Research a Proposed Coal Plant Nonviolent direct actions against coal Opposition to existing coal plants Philanthropy and coal - 6 articles Presentations about coal and alternatives Public polling on coal and alternatives Shareholder action on coal Coal plant strategies & tactics Testimony on proposed coal plants Additional articles about citizen activism on coal edit   Coal-related companies, agencies, and lobbying groups Coal lobby Astroturf Lobby groups, front groups, and trade associations - 33 articles Coal industry PR companies, advisers and lobbyists - 10 articles Coal industry PR and marketing campaigns - 5 articles "Clean coal" Coal money in politics Greenwashing coal U.S. coal industry lobbyists 2008 U.S. power company and utility lobbyists 2008 and 2009 Coal project financing and construction Banks and other financiers of coal - 8 articles Bechtel Group, Inc. Electric power Power companies and agencies - 200 articles Rural electric cooperatives in the United States - 28 articles Headquarters of U.S. coal power companies Key private sector decision makers on coal Coal mining Coal mining companies and agencies - 48 articles Headquarters of U.S. coal mining companies Global list of coal mining companies and agencies Synfuels Synfuels companies and agencies Proposed Synfuels Plants in the United States Transportation Railroads and coal Ports and terminals edit   Exports Coal exports (global) Coal exports (U.S.) Coal imports (U.S.) Coal exports from northwest United States ports Coal terminals Corporate market share of global coal export trade Existing U.S. Coal Mines Global use and production of coal Powder River Basin Coal transport infrastructure (Australia) Coal transport infrastructure (U.S.) Coal transport infrastructure (worldwide) Foreign ownership of U.S. coal mines edit   Carbon capture and storage Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) Carbon Capture and Storage in the United States Carbon Capture and Storage demonstration projects worldwide Carbon Capture and Storage: Reports and Submissions Carbon Dioxide Capture Technology Act of 2009 Clean Coal Clean Coal Technology Clean Coal Marketing Campaign Clean Coal Subsidies Schwarzenegger clause Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle (IGCC) Additional articles on carbon capture & storage and "clean coal" edit   Economics and subsidies Clean Development Mechanism Coal and jobs in the United States Comparative electrical generation costs Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 and coal Federal coal leasing Federal coal subsidies Financial Risks of Coal Energy Investment Rural Electric Cooperatives and Coal State coal subsidies State-funded coal marketing programs U.S. Air Force and Coal World Bank and coal Export-Import Bank and coal edit   Other extreme energy sources Biofuels Coalbed methane Fracking Nuclear power Offshore oil drilling Synfuels Tar sands edit   Community What is CoalSwarm? A tour of CoalSwarm FAQ Formatting tips and examples Advisors Participants Funding How to get involved History edit   The problem with coal James Hansen testifies to the U.S. Congress There is no longer any doubt that global warming is underway, but the situation is not hopeless. The good news is that scientists have proposed a way to avoid the worst outcomes: phase out coal. In fact, James Hansen, director of NASA's Goddard Space Institute, has said that ending emissions from coal "is 80% of the solution to the global warming crisis." Fortunately, economical alternatives to coal are now at hand, and around the world, over 400 citizen groups are working to promote a transition away from coal. The mission of CoalSwarm is to assist this movement by building a constantly expanding body of information that everyone in the movement can use and add to. Read more... edit   Politics and coal Barack Obama discusses coal The 2008 economic crisis and coal Barack Obama statements on coal Coal money in politics Coal-related legislation Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 and coal Environmental justice and coal Public polling on coal and alternatives Obama administration actions on coal U.S. coal politics edit   Environmental, health, and safety issues Coal mines Acid mine drainage Air pollution from coal mines Benzene Coal dust Coal mining disasters Coal mine reclamation The footprint of coal Heavy metals and coal Methane released by coal mining Mine safety Mountaintop removal Coal plants Climate impacts of coal plants Coal waste Greenhouse Gas Statistics and Conversions Heavy metals and coal Mercury and coal National parks and coal Particulates and coal Scrubbers Scrubber Retrofits at Existing Coal Plants Selenium Smog Sulfur dioxide and coal Thermal pollution from coal plants TVA Kingston Fossil Plant coal ash spill TVA Widows Creek coal waste spill Water consumption by coal plants General impacts Environmental impacts of coal External costs of coal Health effects of coal Water pollution from coal Additional articles on the environmental issues of coal edit   Legislation / Regulation / Judicial decisions Judicial decisions Connecticut v. AEP Massachusetts v. EPA Statutes Clean Air Act, Clean Air Act (1970), Clean Air Act (1990) Clean Water Act Coal-to-Liquids Fuel Promotion Act of 2007 Global Warming Solutions Act (California - AB32) Greenhouse Gas Limits in 2007 Energy Act Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 Resource Conservation and Recovery Act Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act Proposed legislation Clean Water Protection Act Waxman-Markey Climate Bill Regulations Clean Air Interstate Rule Clean Air Mercury Rule Clean Air Transport Rule Coal plant cooling regulations Coal regulations National Ambient Air Quality Standards National Emission Standard for Hazardous Air Pollutants New Source Review Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards edit   Alternatives to coal Policies Cap and refund Carbon tax Carbon trading Coal and jobs in the United States Coal phase-out Coal plant conversion projects Decoupling Feed-in tariff Renewable portfolio standard Technologies Biomass as an alternative to coal Comparative electrical generation costs Concentrating solar power land use Conservation and efficiency programs as an alternative to coal Google Renewable Energy Cheaper Than Coal initiative Natural gas as an alternative to coal Nuclear power as an alternative to coal Photovoltaic power as an alternative to coal Thermal solar power as an alternative to coal Wind power as an alternative to coal Additional articles about alternatives to coal edit   Quotes "CoalSwarm is a great example of a loose community united by a common cause developing a shared resource to do their collective work better." --Advocacy 2.0 For the more academic activist, look to CoalSwarm, the one-stop-shop wiki for all the dirt you need on coal. Coal Swarm is an effort to create transparent, group-source information about the coal industry: tracking plant announcements, political maneuvers, lawsuits and more. As one supporter explained: “It’s putting information once the province of lobbyists into local activist’s hands.” --SolveClimate "What began as a few local ripples of resistance to coal-fired power is quickly evolving into a national tidal wave of grassroots opposition from environmental, health, farm, and community organizations and a fast-growing number of state governments. The public at large is turning against coal." --Lester Brown, President, Earth Policy Institute "In a few years, the backlash against coal power in America has become the country's biggest-ever environmental campaign, transforming the nation's awareness of climate change and inspiring political leaders to take firmer action after years of doubt and delay. Plants have been defeated in at least 30 of the 50 states, uniting those with already strong environmental records, such as California, with more conservative areas, such as the southern and central states." --Manchester Guardian Portals: Koch Exposed  · FrackSwarm · CoalSwarm · OutsourcingAmericaExposed · ALECexposed  · NFIBexposed  · Fix the Debt · State Policy Network · All Portals