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Coal Lobby Warns Wind Farms May Blow Earth Off Orbit

Is the US doing enough to heed the warnings of coal industry scientists who say turbines could blow the Earth right into the sun? In this funny coal lobby video, The Onion satirizes both the ridiculous claims of the coal lobby and the inept analyses offered by the mainstream press.

Funny coal lobby video; runtime 2:39; from: The Onion

 
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Rating: 4 of 5 - Very good Radio EcoShock

Talking Dirty... About Coal — Coal is a world-class environmental wrecking ball, with impacts affecting climate, mountains, streams, air pollution, food quality, and more. But hey don't worry about that; American jobs are at stake. That's the message coming from the National Center for Policy Analysis, or the NCPA. It's a tax-exempt organization that's been pumping out the big-business message for over 30 years. Here's an example of some recent NCPA coal propaganda: "Increasing US coal exports could be good for the US economy, workers, and the environment..." Really? Coal, good for the environment? Not so fast, mister...
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GP comment:  Despite all the talk about moving away from coal, the pace is slow and mostly driven by economics, not concern for the environment or climate change.

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GP comment:  The project in India is just another example of our collective inability to sacrifice power demand for carbon reductions. It's just not going to happen. Alex Smith plays a brief sidebar at the end of this interview that sums it up perfectly. Listen, and awaken to climate reality.

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