Clean Energy's Collateral Damage

March 11, 2013 Subscribe · Forward Clean Energy's Collateral Damage Is kickstarting a clean-energy industry and accelerating a movement away from fossil fuels worth the expense of, say, a few desert tortoises or a collection of piping plovers? If so, how many of these threatened species would you be willing to sacrifice to build a commercial wind farm, or a utility-scale solar array? Continue reading... Top U.S. Admiral: Climate Change Is Biggest Threat Annual Chopstick Demand Is Crushing China's Forests EU Bans Sale Of Animal-Tested Cosmetics GRAPHIC PHOTO: 900 Dead Pigs Found Floating In China River Tapirs, Monkeys, Baby Orangutans And More Animal Photos MORE Dead Pigs Found In Chinese River Whole Foods Makes Huge Announcement Ted Nugent Brags About Killing 455 Pigs For Bill Maher And 'Animal Rights Freaks' Ted Nugent Brags About Killing 455 Pigs For Bill Maher And 'Animal Rights Freaks' Whole Foods Makes Huge Announcement WATCH: Babies And Animals, A Cuteness Overload STEVEN COHEN President Obama Should Abandon the All of the Above Energy Strategy The surest sign that President Obama is willing to make renewable energy a priority will be when we stop hearing about "all of the above" and start hearing about the need to set priorities and make choices. Continue reading... KERT DAVIES Greedy Lying Bastards: The Movie Exxon and the Koch Brothers Hope You Don't See (VIDEO) The long legacy of denial and deception by the legion of fossil doom will never be erased. They know who they are. We know exactly who they are. And we know exactly they have done. Greedy Lying Bastards is the most complete telling of this story to date. Continue reading... GAYATHRI VAIDYANATHAN 23-Year-Old Roughneck's Death Highlight Risks of $100K Jobs in Oil and Gas Oil and gas drilling sites are among the most dangerous workplaces in the United States. Since 2006, some 652 workers have died in the oilfields, often due to highway crashes, being struck by equipment, falls from great heights, electrocution and other mishaps. Continue reading... MICHAEL BRUNE What's That Smell? Too many people -- especially politicians -- aren't paying attention to the dangers of the current "boom" in natural gas development. Here are three big reasons why we should stop new gas drilling and replace fossil fuels at every opportunity with clean, renewable energy. Continue reading... ANTHONY SWIFT Rail Is Not an Alternative to the Keystone XL Tar Sands Pipeline Expansion depends on tar sands being able to reach the high prices of overseas markets. But pipelines to the east and west are stalled and rail - as we will show here - is not an economically viable alternative to Keystone XL. Continue reading... Received this from a friend? Sign up for alerts from The Huffington Post here. Unsubscribe here.