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Warren Buffett to Close One of Nations Dirtiest Coal Plants in Favor of Solar Energy
2014-05-08 18:20:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: One of the dirtiest coal-fired power plants in the U.S. will soon shut down, thanks to a well-known billionaire and previously passed legislation. As part of its acquisition of Nevadas largest utility, NV Energy, Warren Buffetts Berkshire Hathaway also inherited Reid Gardner, a 557-megawatt (MW), coal-fired energy plant near Las Vegas. The massive structure, which has a history of recognition among the countrys dirtiest carbon polluters, wont be a lasting legacy of NVs profile. NV plans on...
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WHO finds Indian cities have dirtiest air; Chinese data foggy
2014-05-07 16:46:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: An effort by the World Health Organization to measure pollution in cities around the world has found New Delhi admits to having the dirtiest air, while Beijing's measurements, like its skies, are far from clear. The study of 1,600 cities found air pollution had worsened since a smaller survey in 2011, especially in poorer countries, putting city-dwellers at higher risk of cancer, stroke and heart disease. Air pollution killed about 7 million people in 2012, making it the world's single biggest...
Americas dirtiest secret
2014-03-14 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Boulder Weekly: The oil and gas industry has a dirty little secret, make that a dirty big secret ... no, make that one of the biggest, dirtiest secrets in U.S. history. What is no secret these days is that the potential for negative environmental and health impacts as a result of oil and gas exploration and production activity is very real. Concern over fracking, with its toxic cocktail composed of some combination of between 300 and 750 chemicals, 70 percent of which are known to be harmful to humans because...
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'50 Dirtiest' US Power Plants Emit More Greenhouse Gases than South Korea
2013-09-13 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Christian Science Monitor: The study by Environment America paints a bulls-eye on the nations biggest coal-fired power plants, suggesting that reining in a relatively small share of America's 6,000 electric generating facilities could have a significant impact on greenhouse gas emissions. The report comes as the Obama administration is preparing the nations first-ever greenhouse gas emissions regulations for US power plants, which could be released as soon as this month. The administrations goal is to have power plant...
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European Investment Bank halts lending to dirtiest coal power plants
2013-07-24 13:48:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BusinessGreen: Green groups have cautiously welcomed a decision by the world's largest public financial institution to phase out funding for certain coal power plants, after its directors agreed to stop lending to projects that emit the highest levels of carbon dioxide. The European Investment Bank (EIB) board of directors agreed late yesterday to adopt an emissions performance standard for energy projects, which aims to screen out those energy projects that could undermine the EU's climate change policies,...
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