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01/07/2018 / By JD Heyes

Over-the-top environmental activism against coal-fired power plants leaves New Englanders FREEZING as grid teeters on failure

No one in their right mind wants to breathe dirty air or leave our country and our earth worse off for the next generation and beyond. That includes “conservatives” and “capitalists” who are always accused by the Left as wanting to destroy the planet. That said, there has to be a better balance between sustainable […]

04/24/2017 / By JD Heyes

Britain celebrates first “coal-free day” since beginning of the Industrial Revolution

When America’s greatest inventor, Thomas A. Edison, opened the Holborn Viaduct power station in London in 1882, Britain became the first nation on earth to use coal for electricity. The Observer, a newspaper from that time, reported that “a hundred weight of coal properly used will yield 50 horse power for an hour.” The paper […]

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