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Coal's 'lifeline to Asia' emerges as new front in global warming fight
2013-01-18 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ClimateWire: This 900-acre industrial park features a horseshoe-shaped dock of timber and steel that juts out into the Columbia River, an hour's drive north of Portland. During World War II it shipped bullets and bombs across the Pacific. Now it's providing ammunition for a new battle: whether to export substantial amounts of coal from the western United States to Asia. "The channel runs deep here. It's self-scouring, so you don't have to dredge it," explained Craig Allison, operations manager for the port,...
VIDEO: 'Jobs guarantee a lifeline'
2013-01-04 11:01:12| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
The Labour Party says it will guarantee a job for the long-term unemployed, if it is re-elected.
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'Fiscal Cliff' Deal Gives Wind Energy Tax Credit 1-Year Lifeline
2013-01-02 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Desert Sun: A one-year extension of a key tax credit for the wind industry made it into the fiscal cliff deal the U.S. Senate and House passed on Tuesday. The tax credit, which has been a major driver for wind development across the U.S. over the past two decades, is worth 2.2 cents per kilowatt-hour of energy produced by new wind installations for their first 10 years of operation. A White House news release confirmed that the production tax credit extension is included in the Senate package that the...