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US Power Plants Dirty the World More Than Most
2014-09-21 00:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World: A new report is ranking America's power plants as some of the worst polluters the world has seen, sullying our air with more carbon emissions that the industries of Russia, India, and Japan combined. According to the report released by the Environment America Research and Policy Center, only China remains in the lead with emissions, but also boasts significantly cleaner individual power plants, compared to an apparently outdated US industry. "America's dirtiest power plants are the elephant...
Not in my backyard: US sending dirty coal abroad
2014-07-28 22:41:43| Energy - Topix.net
The largest power plant in Oregon, the Boardman Coal Plant, sat idle one day earlier this summer, "cold steel" in industry parlance, its dirty power no longer wanted on an electricity grid that is becoming greener.
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Not in my backyard: US sending dirty coal abroad
2014-07-28 14:00:18| Railroads - Topix.net
In this July 24, 2014, the Trianel power plant is pictured in Luenen, Germany. The power plant relies completely on coal imports, about half from the U.S. Soon, all of Germany's coal-fired power plants will be dependent on imports, with the country scheduled to halt all coal mining in 2018 when government subsidies end.
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Dirty water stink in auto vs steel fight
2014-07-22 03:03:01| Automakers - Topix.net
Two industrial units with a Tata connect are locked in a dispute over water-logging in the manufacturing hub of Adityapur with one blaming the other for disrupting production schedules leading to losses to the tune of Rs 50 lakh a day.
The House Condemns the World's Poorest to Dirty Coal
2014-06-19 15:42:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Huffington Post: The FY2015 State Foreign Operations spending bill that emerged from the House on Tuesday demonstrates a clear misunderstanding of the role of international institutions in promoting U.S. interests and reflects the inconsistent priorities and hypocrisy of House Republicans. The bill cuts funding for the UN Human Rights Council and other worthy institutions, while simultaneously boosting spending to build coal-fired power plants overseas. Although trade-offs must be made when budgets are tight, steering...
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