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Developers drop plans for Texas coal plant
Towers are assembled for power lines in Central Texas. A proposal to pay companies to build excess generating capability, through what is called a forward capacity market, has caused concern for...
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Strengthening Beijing Air Pollution Control and Regulations
Beijing residents continue to struggle with choking levels of hazardous air pollution, compounded by a sandstorm, causing the government to urge people to stay indoors and take steps to protect...
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American Electric Power agrees to close 3 coal plants in emissions settlement.
Photo: legalplanet.wordpress.com One of the the nation’s largest utilities agreed Monday to close three of its coal-fired power plants as part of a settlement with government officials and...
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As U.S. Cleans Its Energy Mix, It Ships Coal Problems Abroad
The port of Norfolk, Virginia, seen here in 1970, is the largest U.S. facility for exporting coal. It saw a surge of activity last year as U.S. coal exports increased 17 percent to set a new record....
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The road to climate heaven is paved with ever cheaper oil
Greenpeace recently issued a call for coordinated action to halt development of the 14 most threatening fossil fuel projects on the planet. These coal, oil, and gas projects, by increasing greenhouse...
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Coal Transporters Held Accountable for Contamination of Local Waterways
The Sierra Club and its partners sent a 60-day notice of intent to sue to Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway (BNSF) and several coal companies yesterday for violations of the federal Clean Water Act....
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Environmentalists say ‘war on coal’ a fabrication
(AP file photo/Chris Gardner) U.S. coal mining employment the past two years was the highest it’s been in 15 years, despite claims that President Barack Obama is waging war on the industry, an...
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Groups Call for Moratorium on Powder River Coal in Letter to New Interior...
The leaders of 21 organizations welcomed Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell to her first day on the job with a letter calling for “an immediate moratorium on new coal leasing in the Powder River...
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ExxonMobil Aims to Prove Gas is Cleaner Than Coal
Image: Refinery flare by Kristian Dela Cour ExxonMobil has had a horrible four-week run in the aftermath of its Pegasus pipeline break in Arkansas, but a just-published greenhouse gas emissions study...
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Nuclear Plants Next to Go in the Northeast
Will plant closures leave the Northeast too reliant on a single fuel? Photo: The Huntsville Times Low gas prices and impending environmental regulations both played a role in a wave of announced coal...
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A Better World Lies Beyond Coal, Oil and Gas
Photo courtesy of Shutterstock Few of us will ever venture past the 60-mile boundary that separates Earth and outer space. If you do, though, you’re likely to experience something known as “the...
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A Little Less Coal in China
Six ways China is addressing its coal consumption There is a smattering of good news when it comes to China’s insatiable appetite for coal. Beijing will eliminate nearly all of its coal-fired boilers...
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European coal pollution causes 22,300 premature deaths a year, study shows
Burning coal also costs companies and governments billions of pounds in disease treatment and lost working days Image credits: Blogspot / news.softpedia.com Air pollution from Europe’s 300 largest coal...
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KIER to Build Demonstration Plant for Producing High-grade Coal in Indonesia
It concluded MOUs with 3 major companies in Indonesia for collaborating for developing low-grade coal. ▲ President Whang Joo-ho of KIER (right) and Executive Director Suprin Hanan of Sales Division...
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Coalition is asking us to act illegally, says green investment bank
Clean Energy Finance Corporation says shadow ministers asked it to break its legal obligations by not committing to any loans A solar thermal project in Spain. Critics of Coalition policy fear for the...
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First Navy Solar EV Charging Station Opens, Last Coal Power Plant Closes
The Navy got its first ever solar powered electric vehicle charging station last week, and though it’s a drop in the bucket compared to the Navy’s overall fuel consumption it is yet another...
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Private miners be allowed to sell coal, demands CII
A view of an opencast coal mine in Khammam district of Andhra Pradesh. A file picture. Photo: The Hindu Pitching for de-regulation of the coal sector, the industry body CII on Friday said private firms...
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Toxic Coal Ash Pollution and Do Nothing Governments Prompt Citizen Action
For decades all across America, coal-fired power plants have dumped tons of toxic pollutants into public rivers, lakes, streams and coastal waters. On a toxicity-weighted scale, discharges from...
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Power Industry At Odds With Republican ‘War On Coal’ Rhetoric
House Speaker John Boehner has called the president's coal plan "absolutely crazy." (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File) When President Barack Obama laid out a broad climate change package earlier this...
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WWF Team Develops Cookstove to Halve Congo Charcoal Use
Image credit Martin Wright At first glance, you could easily mistake Lake Kivu for one of the world’s tourist treasures. Its turquoise shimmer sets off the vivid green of the surrounding hills – one...
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