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Australia given more $4 billion foreign subsidies for coal projects: Report
2015-06-02 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Morning Herald: Australia has received more than $4 billion in money from foreign governments to fund coal projects since 2007, according to a new report highlighting the extent to which wealthy countries are still financing fossil fuels. And Australian taxpayers have subsidised coal mines and power plants around the world to the tune of $1.4 billion through the Export Finance and Insurance Corporation, a government bank that helps finance Australian projects in other countries. Government-owned finance institutions...
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IGCC: the future of coal power?
2015-06-02 01:00:00| Power Technology
As the call to abandon fossils fuels grows, the future for coal power has never been so uncertain. Integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) technology, however, might be the best shot at achieving the holy grail of clean coal, but will it ever
West Ghent man documents coal dust through YouTube videos
2015-06-01 20:01:13| Railroads - Topix.net
Self-impose coal dust monitor Ray Gregory watches as the particles drift into the air from the Norfolk Southern dumper as coal is loaded onto a ship at Lambert Point's Pier 6 on Wednesday, May 20, 2015. Stephen M. Katz A bluff near the sixth hole is his favorite place to watch a subject that has become a near obsession: the Norfolk Southern coal terminal.
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The 10 billion tons of coal could erase Obama's progress on climate change
2015-05-31 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Vice: Some 10.2 billion tons of coal, sitting on 106,00 acres of public land, have been authorized for sale by the Obama administration today. The Department of the Interior has released its Regional Management Plan for the Wyoming Powder River Basin, and in terms of the climate, it's ugly news. The region is home to the nation's largest coal field, and these 28 new coal leases mean a trully massive stock of pure carbon is about to be mined, for cheap. An analysis from Greenpeace notes that there are...
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China burns half of coal consumption worldwide, figures show
2015-05-31 09:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: China now burns nearly as much coal as the rest of the world combined. The country's appetite for the carbon-intensive fuel rose by 9% in 2011, to 3.8bn tonnes, meaning it now accounts for 47% of worldwide coal consumption. The growth, revealed by US government figures on Tuesday, was driven by China's booming economy, which has grown at an average rate of around 10% over the past decade. China overtook the US as the world's biggest carbon emitter in 2007, and became the world's biggest consumer...
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