Coal Cares, a project from Yes Lab, is an elaborate hoax that, at its root, is making the point "pollution from coal companies is making kids sick." The website's fiction is quite obvious after reading lines like "coal power is solar power," but as Jon Stewart has proven, important topics don't always need to be […]
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When Energy Efficiency Sullies the Environment
March 8, 2011 
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This New York Times article on the "energy rebound effect" says the challenge of energy conservation isn't persuading people to be energy efficient, it's getting them to use less total energy.
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Demonstration Purposely Narrowing American View on Energy
In short-lived public demonstration yesterday, the conservative campaign Occupy Occupy D.C. protested against wind turbines, claiming their motivation to stop their use was to protect birds and reduce energy cost. The group promoted coal, holding signs reading messages such as, “Coal: Reliable Cheap Energy.” When the coal advocacy was questioned by pointing out mining’s capabilities […]
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