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Oregon utilities agree to phase out coal-fired power
2016-01-07 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
OPB: Oregon utilities have agreed to support a bill that would phase out coal-fired power in Oregon by 2030. The agreement follows negotiations with the backers of a proposed ballot measure that set the same target for eliminating coal from the state`s electrical supply. The proposed legislation would only affect Pacific Power and Portland General Electric, which together serve about 70 percent of Oregon`s electricity. It also calls for doubling the amount of renewable energy the utilities generate...
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Environmental lapses cost China coal-fired power producers $98 million
2015-12-14 11:28:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Violations of environmental regulations for scrubbing coal emissions have cost Chinese power producers 635 million yuan ($98.33 million) in lost subsidies and fines under new regulations that came into effect in 2014, the country's central planning commission said. Authorities confiscated or deducted 589 million yuan ($91.20 million) worth of environmental subsidies and fined companies 46 million for exceeding emissions standards, the National Development and Reform Commission said late last week....
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2400 coal-fired power plants planned despite climate-friendly pledges
2015-12-06 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Living on Earth: Coal-fired power plants have provided cheap energy for over a hundred years, and despite coal-burnings high emissions, about 2,400 are planned globally. A new study calculates that emissions from global energy generation must reach zero before the middle of the century to keep climate change below a two-degree Celsius temperature rise. Niklas Hohne of the New Climate Institute discusses the study with Living on Earths Helen Palmer and explains why building these plants is inconsistent with emissions...
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UK proposes closing all its coal-fired power plants by 2025
2015-11-18 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Britain aims to close its coal-fired power plants by 2025 under plans announced on Wednesday, becoming the first major economy to put a date on shutting coal plants to curb carbon emissions. Instead, the country will look to nuclear and natural gas-fired power plants to complement intermittent renewable energy, Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change Amber Rudd said. "It cannot be satisfactory for an advanced economy like the UK to be relying on polluting, carbon-intensive 50-year-old...
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Australia: Coal-fired plants lead 'extreme competition', lifting emissions
2015-11-13 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Sydney Morning Herald: An intense battle among electricity producers in Australia is being won by coal-fired power plants, sending carbon emissions climbing, energy consultants Pitt & Sherry say. With demand in the national electricity market (NEM) all but flat, "extreme competition" existed between clean energy being forced into the sector from the renewable energy target and surplus capacity among coal-fired power stations, Phil Harrington, a principal consultant with the firm, said. "At the moment, coal is winning,"...
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