Coal Booms Amid Climate Concerns

December 18, 2012 Subscribe · Forward Coal Booms Amid Climate Concerns In a report destined to frustrate advocates for global action on climate change, the Paris-based International Energy Agency projected Tuesday morning that in five years' time, the amount of coal burned around the globe every year will increase by an additional 1.2 billion metric tons -- an amount roughly equivalent to the current annual coal consumption of the U.S. and Russia combined. Continue reading... TransCanada CEO: Secretary Of State Pick Shouldn't Affect Keystone XL Shell Scraps Drilling Plan In Contested Canadian Area NY Groups Want Details On Fracking Health Study Zoo Babies 2012: Adorable Baby Animal Pictures From Around The World (PHOTOS) 'Peak Farmland' Is Here, Experts Predict, As Crop Yields Rise And Population Growth Slows Animal Photos Of The Week: Lions, Monkeys, Giraffe And More Pictures From Around The World Zoo Babies 2012: Adorable Baby Animal Pictures From Around The World (PHOTOS) Echidna Puggles Born At Perth Zoo Reportedly Mark Breeding Milestone (PHOTOS, VIDEO) Echidna Puggles Born At Perth Zoo Reportedly Mark Breeding Milestone (PHOTOS, VIDEO) Yorkie Cam: Live Video Of Puppies Featured On The Pet Collective's YouTube Channel U.S. Wildfires: Burn Area Expected To Double By 2050 ELLIOTT NEGIN Memo to Neil Young: Higher MPG Standards Are a Good Thing Don't let it bring you down, Mr. Young. Indulge me a bit. Let me explain just what these new standards will accomplish and how some complementary policies -- including cutting U.S. oil use in half -- would help us, as you termed it, "get real on carbon." Continue reading... SARA MAITLAND Nature and Fairy Stories We have been aware for a long time that landscape, the natural world, deeply affects many individual writers and artists. Very often it is the landscape of childhood that imprints itself indelibly on the creative imagination. Continue reading... DAN R. FINK Fracking Deadline Looms for British Columbia's Sacred Headwaters Energy developers, environmental groups, First Nations, local businesses and sportsmen are all anxiously watching and waiting as last-minute negotiations continue before the expiration of a four-year-long fracking ban for the Klappen Coalbed Methane project in northern British Columbia, Canada. Continue reading... TERRIE M. WILLIAMS The Hand of Man: A True Christmas Story Despite the rawness of nature, the world made more sense in the oceans, the forests and the mountains. Yet, it was from the wilderness through one animal -- an endangered seal named KP2 (Kauai Pup 2) -- that my faith in the hand of man was restored. Continue reading... MARY ELLEN HARTE Climate Change This Week: A Break for Clean Energy, 2012 Hottest Yet, GravityLight, and More! Making the U.S. a global clean energy leader will ensure a heck of a lot more jobs, and a clean, safe future. Continue reading... Received this from a friend? Sign up for alerts from The Huffington Post here Unsubscribe here.