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West Virginia Football Uniforms To Honor Coal, Fallen Miners

photo via Nike In an attempt to honor the 29 coal miners who tragically died last year at the Upper Big Branch coal mine, the West Virginia University Mountaineers have teamed up with Nike to create new football uniforms that have the mark of coal. The uniforms are white, but have coal dust on the... [continue]

Interview: Rainforest Action Network Executive Director Rebecca Tarbotton

photo via RAN Rainforest Action Network's new Executive Director, Rebecca Tarbotton, has big plans for the Bay Area-based advocacy group. RAN, which was founded in 1985, takes on big banks that are funding the coal industry, like JP Morgan and Chase, and it has worked to protect the world's most... [continue]

On James Lee and the Events at Discovery Communications Headquarters

photo: Michael Graham Richard As most readers have probably heard or read by now, yesterday was a dramatic day at the Silver Spring, Maryland headquarters of TreeHugger's parent company, Discovery Communications. Early in the afternoon a lone man, later identified to be James J. Lee, entered the... [continue]

Déjà Vu All Over Again: Offshore Oil Platform Explodes in Gulf of Mexico [Updated x5]

Image: Google Maps Thankfully, No Deaths This Time An offshore oil platform exploded and caught fire today in the Gulf of Mexico. It is located about 80 miles off the Louisiana coast, west of the site of BP's massive oil spill. All 13 people who were on the rig were evacuated and only one was... [continue]

Today on Planet 100: Golf Course is an Environmental Hole in One (Video)

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Ariel - The BBC newspaper

Sue Foll posted a photo: The BBC's internal newspaper. Copyright BBC. Photographs top right and bottom left by Sue Foll. Design by Gary Lonergan. Copyright BBC [continue]

Greenpeace Argentina Makes Procter & Gamble Take Charge For Tons Of Used Batteries

Photo: Courtesy of Greenpeace Argentina. Some may argue that Greenpeace has its twisted ways, but sometimes they just nail it. In Argentina, last year there was a huge controversy over a used batteries recycling program by the Buenos Aires government: essentially they were collecting them without a... [continue]

Today on Planet 100: Tiger Cub Violates Carry-On Restrictions (Video)

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Bono, Russian Rocker Help Halt Controversial Highway through Moscow's Khimki Forest

Russian rock star Yury Shevchuk sings in Moscow's Pushkin Square at an Aug. 22 demonstration to protect Khimki Forest. Photo via RFE/RL. Russian authorities are not known for responding to popular protests, but when one of the country's most famous musicians and one of the world's biggest rock... [continue]

Today on Planet 100: Canada's Oil Sands More Toxic Than Ever (Video)

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