Posted by GSerrano on December 7, 2009 ·
A comprehensive and critical medical report by the Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR) entitled Coal’s Assault of Human Health, replete with expert medical and public health opinion, states that ‘coal pollutants damage every major organ in the human body and contribute to four of the top five leading causes of death in the United States.’ [...]
Posted by GSerrano on December 5, 2009 ·
In 1997, the three energy multinationals American Electric Power (AEP), BP-Amoco (BP), and Paci?corp signed an agreement with the government of Bolivia. The deal involved for these companies to be allocated the carbon offsets generated by keeping trees standing, ‘in return for millions of dollars of investment for the protection of an area of rainforest [...]