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Burning Coal is Hot, Global Warming Produced Even Hotter
2015-06-03 17:29:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Scientific American: Think of a holiday road trip's effect on the climate this way: The amount of heat a car contributes to the atmosphere because of its carbon emissions may be 100,000 times greater than the actual heat given off by its engine. That's the conclusion of a Carnegie Institution for Science study published Tuesday that shows two things: Emissions from burning a lump of coal or a gallon of gas has an effect on the climate 100,000 times greater than the heat given off by burning the fossil fuel itself....
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Bankrupt Patriot Coal picks Blackhawk Mining as lead bidder
2015-06-03 14:57:29| Energy - Topix.net
Patriot said Wednesday it's teaming with Lexington, Kentucky-based Blackhawk on a $643 million bid. The "stalking horse" bid would set the floor for an auction process that lets competitors make better offers.
Merkel under pressure on coal ahead of G7 climate push
2015-06-03 13:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France Presse: Chancellor Angela Merkel is hoping to send a robust message on climate change from a G7 summit this weekend but may be undermined by Germany's own heavy dependence on coal. Europe's top economy sees itself as a pioneer among industrialised nations for its "energy transformation" pushing the development of renewables while phasing out nuclear power. However the ambitious drive, prompted by Japan's Fukushima nuclear disaster in 2011, has extended its reliance on coal, particularly the country's...
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Big Oil becomes Big Gas as climate threat spurs tussle with coal
2015-06-03 10:39:10| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
Oil companies that have pumped trillions of barrels of crude from the ground are now saying the future is in their other main product: natural gas, a fuel they're promoting as the logical successor to coal. With almost 200 nations set to hammer out a binding pact on carbon emissions in December, fossil-fuel companies led by Royal Dutch Shell PLC and Total SA say they're refocusing on gas as a cleaner alternative to the cheap coal that now dominates electricity generation worldwide.
Jeb Bush meets coal industry CEOs, drawing criticism environmental activists
2015-06-02 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: Presumed presidential candidate Jeb Bush spoke Monday afternoon to coal industry CEOs at a closed door conference in Bristol, Virginia, drawing preemptive expressions of concern from environmental activists. Bush was the only potential presidential candidate on the agenda at the fourth annual meeting of the Coal & Investment Leadership Forum, which includes top officers of some of the largest coal firms in the eastern United States. A spokesperson for Bush said the former Florida governor was...
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