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Coal moratorium turns spotlight to oil, gas leases
2016-01-27 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: Emboldened by the Obama administration's pause on federal coal leasing, activists and scientists are now urging the government to bring federal oil and gas leasing in line with U.S. climate policy before the president leaves office next January. The federal coal leasing moratorium announced in January marks a major turning point in the federal fossil fuels leasing program because it shows the government is willing to take steps to keep some fossil fuels in the ground as a way to address climate...
U.S. Announces Moratorium On New Coal Leases On Federal Lands
2016-01-16 15:43:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bonham Journal: While environmentalists cheered, state government and central Utah county leaders expressed dismay about the Obama administration's decision to halt new coal leases on federal lands. There's enough coal in reserve under existing leases to continue production at its current rate for another 20 years, she said. "The coal industry is shrinking, and it will continue to shrink for the foreseeable future". "It is abundantly clear that times are different than they were 30 years ago, and the time...
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International push for moratorium on new coal mines
2015-11-27 10:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: World renowned scientists and economists back Kiribati Presidents call for No New Coal Mines in open letter published tomorrow in The Guardian UK and global edition of New Scientist. Former NASA Goddard Institute Director Dr. James E. Hansen, Dr. David Suzuki, Nobel Laureate Professor Kenneth Arrow, and Professor Hans Joachim Schellnhuber have joined 53 other scientists, economists and other experts in calling for a moratorium on new coal mines ahead of the Paris Climate Summit. The list includes...
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Australia PM Turnbull stands by coal amid moratorium calls
2015-10-28 14:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Home: When Malcolm Turnbull ousted Tony Abbott as prime minister last month, climate watchers were hopeful he would reverse Australias coal-friendly stance. There was some sign of that this week, as newly appointed chief science advisor Alan Finkel envisioned a world free of fossil fuels. Yet it has been business as usual for the country`s bullish mine expansion plans, which threaten international climate goals. That is despite 61 prominent Australians, from rugby player David Pocock to Nobel laureate...
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Scotland widens shale moratorium to include coal gasification
2015-10-09 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Scotland has placed a moratorium on underground coal gasification, a form of unconventional gas extraction, adding to a ban on shale gas that it imposed in January in conflict with the pro-shale stance of Prime Minister David Cameron. The Scottish government also said on Thursday it would start an in-depth investigation into the impact of shale gas fracking, the process whereby water, sand and chemicals are blasted at underground rocks to release trapped gas. The outcome of the consultation...
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