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Australia: Coal is not dead: New study describes forces behind the 'coal renaissance'
2015-07-13 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Australian Broadcasting Corporation: While some are calling the current depressed state of the coal market "the end of coal", a new study has revealed it is actually undergoing a renaissance. In fact, global coal consumption has risen dramatically in the past decade according to the paper, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States. The amount of coal consumed by developing and emerging countries has risen from one gigatonne in 1990 to 3.7 gigatonnes in 2011. Mercator Research Institute...
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Minnesota Power Advances EnergyForward: Less Coal, More Natural Gas And Solar Power, And Additional Energy Efficiency Savings
2015-07-13 04:14:12| pollutiononline Home Page
Minnesota Power, a division of ALLETE, Inc. recently laid out the next steps in its EnergyForward plan, which will reduce carbon emissions, increase the use of renewable resources and add natural gas to meet customer electric service needs in a balanced, reliable and cost-effective way over the next 15 years and beyond
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Gas-based power overtakes coal power in US, research finds
2015-07-13 01:00:00| Power Technology
Gas has overtaken coal as the fuel used for energy generation in the US in April this year, reveals a research conducted by SNL Energy.
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Will Some Republican Governors Running for President Ignore EPA Coal Regs?
2015-07-10 15:11:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: Some Republican governors who are running for president are threatening to ignore Environmental Protection Agency regulations likely coming this summer that would limit power plant emissions. Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker and Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal have both been the most vocal in telegraphing their planned resistance. To combat climate change, President Obamas goal is to cut carbon pollution 30 percent by 2030 and to reduce pollution that causes soot and smog by 25 percent from 2005 levels....
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MN Utility Shutdown Two Coal Units Lake Superior
2015-07-10 15:10:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Midwest Energy News: A Minnesota utility announced Thursday it will close two coal-fired generators at a plant on Lake Superior by next fall as part of an plan to substantially reduce its reliance on coal. Minnesota Power will idle the Units 1 and 2 at Taconite Harbor in Schroeder next year as it begins a process of reducing coal-based generation while moving toward more natural gas and renewables. Unit 3 was retired in May. The announcement comes ahead of Minnesota Power's September filing of a required "integrated...
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