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China's capital to replace some coal-fired heating plants
2013-10-05 12:42:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: China will replace four coal-burning heating plants in the capital Beijing with natural gas fired ones by the end of next year as it steps up efforts to clean up pollution, the official Xinhua news agency reported on Saturday. The report, citing the city's Municipal Commission of Development and Reform, said the four plants and some 40 other related projects would cost around 48 billion yuan ($8 billion)and cut sulphur dioxide emissions by 10,000 metric tons. It did not detail the related projects....
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2 coal-fired plants in SW Pa. to close next week
2013-10-04 13:49:22| Energy - Topix.net
FirstEnergy says it will close two coal-fired power plants in southwestern Pennsylvania as scheduled next week with no expectations that they will be sold or reopened under stricter environmental regulations.
Two Coal-Fired Plants in SW Pa. to Close Next Week
2013-10-04 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: FirstEnergy says it will close two coal-fired power plants in southwestern Pennsylvania as scheduled next week with no expectations that they will be sold or reopened under stricter environmental regulations. The (Washington) Observer-Reporter says company president James Lash told state House members Thursday that no potential buyers have come forward for the Mitchell Power Station in Washington County or the Hatfield`s Ferry Power Station in Greene County. He said the company has made job...
EPA set to block new coal-fired power plants
2013-09-18 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Financial Times: Regulations that would in effect ban the construction of new coal-fired power plants without costly carbon capture equipment are expected to be set out this week by the Environmental Protection Agency, the US regulator. The proposed rules, setting limits to emissions of carbon dioxide that contribute to the threat of global warming, have already revived talk about the Obama administrations war on coal. In terms of its impact on US energy, however, the immediate battle is little more than a skirmish....
President Obama's Officials: Rule Won't Kill Coal-Fired Power
2013-09-18 06:51:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: President Barack Obama's top energy and environmental officials said Wednesday there is a future for coal, despite a pending regulation aimed at limiting global warming pollution from new power plants that Republicans and the coal industry say will doom the fuel source. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz and EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy, questioned at a House hearing, both said coal-fired power would continue. Coal makes up about 40 percent of U.S. electricity. "The rule will provide certainty...
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