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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... 1270 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... 952 03-29-2010
Incinerators Trash Community Health The Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives explains some of the health risks posed by trash incinerators. 891 06-28-2010
CBD Biomass Presentation 2011 Center for Biological Diversity Presentation: Is Biomass Burning Worse than Coal. PPT presentation 2011 856 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... 779 06-28-2010
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... 728 06-28-2010
Food and Water Watch Excellent resource on the detriments of Fracking by Food and Water Watch provided by Sam Schabacker 717 11-25-2011
Impacts of Thinning on Carbon Stores in the PNW: A Plot Leve Forest carbon storage, thinning vs non-thinning. 680 09-30-2011
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... 668 08-16-2010
The Toll from Coal Publication The Toll from Coal 663 11-08-2010
Mining Coal, Mounting Costs: the lifecycle consequences of c This study quantifies the typically externalized costs of mining and burning coal. 657 02-28-2011
Municipal Waste Composition Overview Study of municipal waste composition 655 03-02-2011
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. 649 11-20-2010
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... 642 09-06-2011
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. 600 08-20-2010
Air Pollution from Proposed Sunnyside Ethanol Biorefinery Pollutants, permitted emissions, health problems, frequency of testing. 578 02-26-2011
350 Reasons Carbon Trading Won't Work By Carbon Trade Watch, Rising Tide North America, and the Camp for Climate Action. www.350reasons.org 554 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. 550 03-04-2014
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... 540 01-25-2013
OH-Grandview-WTL-a-SunOil1970s WTL Grandview - Sun Oil filings from 1970s 536 09-07-2012
Coal Ash Myth Factsheet Sierra Club, Earthjustice, and the Environmental Integrity project put together this resource on the dangers of coal ash. 503 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... 343 08-17-2017