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WV emissions plan has little impact on coals future
2016-04-22 13:11:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Gazette: West Virginia regulators and lawmakers have limited ability to blunt any impact that the Obama administrations greenhouse emissions reduction plan would have on the coal industry, the state Department of Environmental Protection said in a much-anticipated report made public Thursday. In the 109-page report to the West Virginia Legislature, the DEP said compliance with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agencys Clean Power Plan is feasible from an economic standpoint, but it would require some...
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Coals Slow Burn to Bankruptcy
2016-01-12 22:54:00| Transmission & Distribution World
Arch Coal Seeks to Trim $4.5 billion Debt One-quarter of Americas coal production in bankruptcy. read more
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Coal's image suffering in climate debate: BHP
2015-09-18 23:52:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: The coal industry is losing the public relations battle against environmental activists, mining giant BHP Billiton has warned as it urged the sector to unite to fight back. BHP coal president Mike Henry said mitigating greenhouse gas emissions was essential, but it was also crucial that access to reliable and affordable energy was available to support development. "It would be fair to say that as we stand here today, in the court of public opinion, the 'no coal' camp has been more effective,"...
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In Kentucky, debate over coal's future 'really is about manufacturing.'
2015-03-19 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EnergyWire: It's not hard to see how energy fits into Kevin Butt's business of assembling 2,000 cars a day. "When we make cars, we argue about pennies sometimes," he said. "Make it better, but don't spend the money." Butt is the regional environmental director at Toyota Motor Corp.'s assembly plant here, where time and precision are measured down to the final bolt. More than 7,000 full-time workers a day pass through Toyota's largest assembly plant outside of Japan, a sprawling 7.5-million-square-foot space...
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Australia: Hunter Valley coal's annual health bill $600 million, doctors groups say
2015-02-22 20:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Age: The coal industry in the Hunter Valley could leave taxpayers with annual health bills running into the hundreds of millions of dollars and further mine expansion should be halted, a report released by 28 health groups says. The Coal and Health in the Hunter report by the Climate and Health Alliance estimates that burning coal for electricity in the valley alone produces health damage in the order of $600 million annually from the resulting air pollution, including the release of small particles....
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