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Norway: Capturing carbon at the edge of the world
2014-11-30 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Toronto Star: Mine 7 is a broad black smear across the pure white Arctic wilderness that surrounds the worlds most northern town. For more than a century, tonnes of coal carved out of the mountain face have fuelled the furnaces that generate electricity for this community of 2,000 people. The power plants towering smokestack spews out a steady, grey cloud that falls as soot. Mixed with coal dust from the mine, it turns snow black. It is a stain not just on the landscape, but on the reputation Norway...
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