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Coal, oil, gas subsidies higher than public health spending
2015-05-19 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EU Observer: Around 1.6 million premature deaths would be prevented annually if the world's governments stopped subsidising fossil fuels, a study by four researchers from the International Monetary Fund found. The most relative gains could be made in eastern Europe and Turkey, where 60 percent of the people who die as a result of air pollution are estimated could be saved. The IMF study, published Monday (18 May), calculated the true costs of the widespread practice of giving tax benefits and other subsidies...
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Coal Ash Disposal Could Provide New Revenue Stream to MSW Landfills
2015-05-19 09:41:00| Waste Age
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ruled in December that coal ash can now be disposed of in landfills, under its new classification as a non-hazardous material. With roughly 130 million tons of coal ash generated each year, the ruling could provide lucrative new business streams for landfill operators. read more
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Oxford University says will not invest coal, tar sands companies
2015-05-19 09:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: The University of Oxford will continue to avoid investments in companies involved in coal extraction and tar sands, the university's highest decision-making body said on Monday. The university's funds - the Oxford Endowment Fund and the Oxford Capital Fund - have 2 billion pounds ($3.1 billion) of assets under management, and none of it is currently invested in coal or tar sands, the university said in a statement. (ouem.co.uk/) "Our investment managers take a long-term view and take into account...
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Germany may relax emission target of coal based power plants
2015-05-19 01:00:00| Power Technology
Germany is planning to soften the 2020 reduction targets for CO2 emissions by coal power plants, after opposition to the plan.
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Rulings require feds to consider carbon impact of coal mines
2015-05-16 09:41:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Beset by power plant closures, growing regulatory scrutiny and proposed changes in how they pay royalties, coal mines are facing a new obstacle -- a review of how coal extracted and burned will impact the air and global warming. Under a series of rulings by U.S. judges in Denver over the last year, federal agencies that approve mining projects have been told to take into account coal's indirect environmental impact along with traditional concerns about mine dust and equipment emissions. The...
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