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Coal Plants in Transition Report This is the summary of a report put together by Natural Capitalism Solutions. The report details the business case for transitioning from coal to renewable energy. The report gives a... 1908 03-04-2010
Dirty Kilowatts2007: America’s Most Polluting Power Plants Environmental Integrity Project assembled this report in 2007. "Nationwide, the power plants that provide electricity to run our homes, businesses, and factories also account for 40 percent of carbon... 1607 03-29-2010
Incinerators Trash Community Health The Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives explains some of the health risks posed by trash incinerators. 1604 06-28-2010
CBD Biomass Presentation 2011 Center for Biological Diversity Presentation: Is Biomass Burning Worse than Coal. PPT presentation 2011 1511 06-10-2011
An Industry Blowing Smoke Released June 2009, this report, compiled by the Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives, concludes that new incineration technologies, like older-style burners, are expensive, inefficient and contribute to both climate change... 1443 06-28-2010
Municipal Waste Composition Overview Study of municipal waste composition 1410 03-02-2011
SEAC's Organizing Guide A massive revision of the Student Environmental Action Coalition's original 1991 organizing guide, this 104 page (5.5*8.5 size pages) spiral-bound manual is a great tool for beginners and experienced activists... 1376 06-28-2010
Food and Water Watch Excellent resource on the detriments of Fracking by Food and Water Watch provided by Sam Schabacker 1342 11-25-2011
Impacts of Thinning on Carbon Stores in the PNW: A Plot Leve Forest carbon storage, thinning vs non-thinning. 1305 09-30-2011
Mining Coal, Mounting Costs: the lifecycle consequences of c This study quantifies the typically externalized costs of mining and burning coal. 1293 02-28-2011
Mercury Falling This report is somewhat dated (data is from 1998), but it provides detailed information on how much mercury is really emitted from coal-burning power plants in the US. The Environmental... 1287 08-16-2010
The Toll from Coal Publication The Toll from Coal 1283 11-08-2010
Fracking Myths and Facts This two pager dispels the myths around (hydro)fracking in the Marcellus Shale gas formation. Drafted for Philadelphia-area residents, the factsheet may be useful to anyone organizing in opposition to gas... 1278 09-06-2011
Environmental Justice and Energy Production: Coal-Fired Powe Research paper. Identifies environmental injustice in Illinois by looking at coal plants and Census Data at the block level. 1260 11-20-2010
Coal Ash Myths Sierra Club, Earthjustice, and the Environmental Integrity project put together a resource describing the dangers of coal ash and some of the myths of how it is handled. 1246 08-20-2010
350 Reasons Carbon Trading Won't Work By Carbon Trade Watch, Rising Tide North America, and the Camp for Climate Action. www.350reasons.org 1217 08-14-2013
From Wood to Wing Northwest Advanced Renewables Alliance... converting forest residuals into bio-jet fuel and other co-products... taking wood to new heights. 1192 03-04-2014
Air Pollution from Proposed Sunnyside Ethanol Biorefinery Pollutants, permitted emissions, health problems, frequency of testing. 1189 02-26-2011
OH-Grandview-WTL-a-SunOil1970s WTL Grandview - Sun Oil filings from 1970s 1153 09-07-2012
Coal Blooded Action Toolkit The Coal Blooded Action Toolkit is a step-by-step guide on how to take action to address pollution from coal fired power plants. The toolkit has six modules: Investigating Coal in... 1138 01-25-2013
Coal Ash Myth Factsheet Sierra Club, Earthjustice, and the Environmental Integrity project put together this resource on the dangers of coal ash. 1120 08-20-2010
Swarmwise: The Tactical Manual to Changing The World "'Your most valuable asset isn’t your employees,' I told the executive. 'Your most valuable asset is the thousands of people who want to work for you for free, and you... 937 08-17-2017
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