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Turkey to double coal capacity in four years
2015-05-20 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EurActiv: Turkey is planning to double its coal power capacity in four years, the third largest investment in the polluting fossil fuel in the world, health campaigners have warned. The Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL) today called on the European Union to promote sustainable development in Turkey and end lending for new coal projects. Air pollution from existing coal plants already costs Turkey up to â3.6 billion per year in covering health costs caused by coal. That would be significantly increased...
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Duke Energy to close N.C. coal plant, build $750M gas facility
2015-05-20 11:11:48| Energy - Topix.net
Duke Energy Progress has decided to shut down it 376-megawatt coal-fired Asheville Plant and build a 650-megawatt combined-cycle natural-gas plant on the site. Duke also will build a solar farm on the site, though it will be significantly smaller than the gas facility.
SSE to close Ferrybridge coal plant
2015-05-20 08:16:28| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Energy company SSE has confirmed it will close down one of its two remaining coal-fired plants, saying it is no longer economical.
Duke Energy unveils $1.1bn plan to convert coal based Asheville power plant to gas
2015-05-20 01:00:00| Power Technology
US-based Duke Energy has announced a $1.1bn plan to shut down its 376MW Asheville coal power plant in North Carolina and replace it with a natural gas based power plant.
Coal & climate change: a death sentence for the Great Barrier Reef
2015-05-19 22:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Conservation: Back in 1999, I made an upsetting discovery. By comparing the temperature tolerance of reef-building corals with the projected effects of rising carbon dioxide levels, I found that the oceans would soon grow too warm for corals to bear, meaning that coral-dominated systems like the Great Barrier Reef would disappear within 30-40 years. Much as I tried to find a mistake in my reasoning and calculations, the numbers kept telling me that one of the worlds most diverse ecosystems would disappear...
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