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UK major parties vow to shut down coal, Australia should follow
2015-02-14 17:23:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Renew Economy: Todays announcement from the United Kingdom that the British Prime Minister -- with agreement from other major parties -- has agreed to phase out all unabated coal fired generation is further evidence that developed countries are increasingly recognising the need to transition electricity markets from coal. This is another warning to investors on the increasing financial risks of stranded assets. Coal mining and the associated infrastructure assets are at risk, as are the Governments who continue...
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Is clean coal dead end or bridge to future?
2015-02-14 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Star Phoenix: Depending on who you believe, carbon capture and storage is either an expensive boondoggle that creates more environmental problems than it solves or it's the world's last best chance to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and help slow man-made climate change. These two diametrically opposed positions were juxtaposed in Regina this week as the Canadian Centre of Policy Alternatives released its report, SaskPower's Carbon Capture Project: What Risk? What Reward? The CCPA report blasts the...
British leaders pledge climate push, curb on coal plants
2015-02-14 01:13:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: The leaders of Britains three main parties have pledged to end power generation from coal plants that dont use emissions-capturing technology, and to push for a global climate deal, according to a document published on Saturday. The agreement did not give any timeframe for phasing out the plants. But campaigners welcomed the cross-party announcement and said Britain was the first major economy to make such an explicit promise. Prime Minister David Cameron, Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg...
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The Cost of Clean Coal
2015-02-13 22:23:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: On December 14, 2006, Barbara Correro was at home drinking tea, reading the paper. She had spent the past five years and most of her savings on a long-cherished retirement dream: a small mobile home on 24 acres of pine and hardwood forest, a large organic garden, and a pack of friendly dogs in rural Kemper County, Miss. The acres once belonged to her grandmother, who kept cows and chickens, sold the hand-churned butter and eggs, and grew a bale of cotton every year to pay the taxes on the land....
European Wind Energy Installations Outperform Gas and Coal in 2014
2015-02-11 16:31:00| Transmission & Distribution World
The European wind energy industry installed more new capacity than gas and coal combined in 2014. Content Classification: Curated read more
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