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- EcoMother - Quantum Physics Explain The Law of Attraction
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  Underground coal gasification-The quantum physics delivers an explanation that there are no separate parts of the universe.
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- If Gore Were Arrested...
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  Fresh from winning the Nobel Peace Prize for his climate change evangelism, Al Gore is apparently considering an invitation from a prominent environmental group to engage in civil disobedience against the construction of new coal-fired power plants.
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- Carbon backlash: coal divides corporations
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  Robert Murray, chairman and chief executive of Murray Energy Corp. branded more than 20 major corporations that make up the U.S. Climate Action Partnership (USCAP) "un-American" for allying with environmental groups he calls "enemies of coal." "If we want to address climate concerns, we need to invest more heavily in coal -- not less," Chief Executive Steven Leer told the McCloskey Coal USA conference.
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- Lawmakers Push for Big Subsidies for Coal Process
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  Could be one of the worst. ideas.ever.
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rhoehn comments on:
Bill Gates pushes coal

There is no such thing as clean coal. Its a re-branding on the same dirty thing.

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1:14 pm 5/09/08
theangryindian comments on:
Bill Gates pushes coal

Gates understands full well the implications. He knows neo-cons will spend money on coal. And it seems windmills.

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8:52 am 5/08/08
Jeff comments on:
Bill Gates pushes coal

Chuck, seems like Gates doesn’t understand that the overall impact on the world of his actions (personal and professional) are just as important as the persona he tries to create with his foundation. Or perhaps we can one day erect different statues to Microsoft Bill, Philanthropist Bill and Indifferent Globalization Evangelist Bill.

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1:23 pm 5/07/08
carley comments on:
Bill Gates pushes coal

Talk about backwards progress. Gates needs to get his act together and start investing in the technology of the future. Isn’t the Midwest synonymous with wind these days? I can’t say that I’m surprised, though, given some of the gaffes his company has made regarding environmental issues in the Northwest.

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10:36 am 5/07/08
chuckt comments on:
Bill Gates pushes coal

It looks to me like the Minnesota lawmakers don’t really understand the difference between the Gates Foundation and Gates’ personal investment company.

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10:33 am 5/07/08
garrettmoon comments on:
Bill Gates pushes coal

Sadly if you look at all of our presidential candidates you’ll find that they all support coal as well. ’Clean’ coal, but does clean coal exist? You still have to tear up mountains, destroy streams and decimate communities, even if you scrub the air clean. The problem is that the US has more coal than anyone else in the world, and plenty of it to solve all of our fuel issues*. If we change our reliance of fuel to coal, we no longer rely on foreign oil, and everything becomes peachy again*.
*not everything is really peachy and our problems aren’t really solved, they’re just different problems.

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10:31 am 5/07/08
Jon comments on:
Bill Gates pushes coal

Making sure that philanthropists are investing their assets in alignment with their social missions is a hugely important (and oft-overlooked) aspect of pushing social change. Bravo to Grist for shining the spotlight on this.

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10:29 am 5/07/08