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Coal bust may be behind stall in carbon emissions
2015-03-17 22:19:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New Scientist: THE link between economic growth and rising greenhouse gas emissions may have finally been broken. Last week, we learned that carbon dioxide emissions from burning fossil fuels failed to rise in 2014 the first time that has happened without an economic downturn. Now we know why. Although coal plant construction tripled globally after 2005, that boom is turning to bust. An analysis by CoalSwarm, a think tank supported by the Sierra Club and other US NGOs, has found that since 2010 hundreds of coal...
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US Coal companies merge: Murray Energy acquires controlling interest in Foresight Energy GP LLC for $1.395B
2015-03-16 12:55:20| Green Car Congress
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Fatty acid esters can improve cetane number of diesel from direct coal liquefaction
2015-03-16 10:55:40| Green Car Congress
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Oxford to rule on coal investments
2015-03-16 02:55:35| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
The University of Oxford will decide whether to pull out of its investments in coal and oil sands later.
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Bill would study effects of closing Montana coal plant
2015-03-13 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Washington lawmakers say they want to study the effects of closing a massive coal-fired power plant in southeastern Montana that provides power to the Northwest. Senate Bill 5874 was initially written to make it easier for owners of the four-unit plant in Colstrip, Montana, to shut that plant down, prompting letters of concern from Montana's governor and Montana's utility commission. But the Senate amended and passed the bill Wednesday night to call for a study on the costs and benefits of...
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