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World Bank to ditch coal for clean energy
2014-11-24 18:55:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The World Bank will invest heavily in clean energy and only fund coal projects in circumstances of extreme need because climate change will undermine efforts to eliminate extreme poverty, says its President Jim Yong Kim. Talking ahead of a U.N. climate summit in Peru next month, Kim said he was alarmed by World Bank-commissioned research from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research in Germany, which said that as a result of past greenhouse gas emissions the world is condemned to unprecedented...
US poll finds most back limits on coal emissions even if power prices rise
2014-11-23 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: A majority of Americans support tougher pollution limits on coal-burning power plants even if it means paying more for electricity. The survey of 1,275 adults backs President Barack Obama's efforts to bypass Congress and enact climate regulations by executive authority. Two-thirds of those polled by researchers at Yale and George Mason universities support limits on carbon dioxide emissions even after being told such measures would raise power prices, they said on Wednesday. The survey also...
Alpha, Patriot Coal lay off 190 in Ky., W.Va.
2014-11-22 03:07:39| Energy - Topix.net
A statement from St. Louis-based Patriot Coal says 130 workers have been idled immediately at its Corridor G Mining Complex near Madison. Alpha Natural Resources says in West Virginia, layoffs involve 25 workers at a Wayne County mine, 22 at the Ruby Energy mine in Mingo County, and one worker at a Delbarton Prep Plant.
In Step Lower Carbon Emissions, China Will Place Limit on Coal Use in 2020
2014-11-21 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: China plans to set a cap on coal consumption in 2020, an important step for the country in trying to achieve a recently announced goal of having carbon dioxide emissions peak by around 2030. The State Council, Chinas cabinet, released details of an energy strategy late Wednesday that includes capping coal consumption at 4.2 billion tons in 2020 and having coal be no more than 62 percent of the primary energy mix by that year. Worldwide, coal burning for industrial use is the largest source of...
Wisconsin Groundwater Contaminated by Coal Ash, Says Study
2014-11-19 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Midwest Energy News: The "beneficial reuse" of coal ash, often touted as a way to keep the material out of landfills, is potentially causing serious contamination of drinking water in southeast Wisconsin and possibly across the state, according to a report released Tuesday by Clean Wisconsin. By classifying coal ash as an industrial byproduct, as report author Tyson Cook says, companies are able to place contaminant-laden coal ash in the ground - as structural fill in and below roads, trails, parking lots, buildings,...
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