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Woodside Petroleum CEO Peter Coleman's attack on coal leaves politicians fuming
2015-06-08 06:01:51| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
Speaking at the World Gas conference, Peter Coleman said the gas industry had been "too timid to aggressively address the shortcomings of coal". Woodside Petroleum chief executive Peter Coleman's very public attack on coal last week in Paris has left politicians and industry executives fuming, with shadow resources minister Gary Gray labelling it "not wise".
World Leaders Urged to Kick Coal Habit to Save Lives, Money and Planet
2015-06-06 17:09:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Leaders of G7 countries at this weekends summit in Germany are being called on today to show leadership by pledging to end all coal burning for electricity generation in the industrialized world. Let Them Eat Coal, a report by the international relief charity Oxfam, explains how it can be achieved without financial difficulty, and warns that continuing to burn coal will kill millions because of the food shortages that climate change will cause. The report is endorsed by a group of scientists,...
Dethroned and dismayed: ex-King Coal
2015-06-06 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Economist: The coal industrys mood is smokestack-black. In China, which burns half the worlds coal, consumption in the first four months of 2015 was down by 8% year-on-year; imports by a stonking 38%. The market capitalisation of Americas four largest coal companies is $1.2 billion, down from $22 billion in 2010. America will shut 12.8GW of coal power-generating capacity in 2015, triple the 2014 figure. More will close next year. Natural gas and, increasingly, solar energy are cheaper and cleaner. The coal...
G7s Coal Addiction Behind Hunger
2015-06-06 08:22:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Inter Press Service: As heads of state and government of the G7 states prepare for their Jun. 7-8 summit in Germany, Oxfam has released a new report titled Let Them Eat Coal which they may find hard to digest. According to the report, coal plants in the G7 countries Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, United Kingdom and United States are on track to cost the world 450 billion dollars a year by the end of the century and reduce crops by millions of tonnes as they fuel the gathering pace of climate change. Launching...
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Watch as Duke Energy demolishes Cape Fear coal plant units
2015-06-05 22:46:45| Energy - Topix.net
Duke Energy Progress demolished the last two coal units at its 92-year-old Cape Fear power plant on Thursday, using explosives to implode the main structures. The remaining structures on the Lee County site will be removed mechanically over the next few months.
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