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Coal the future, insists Abbott as UN calls action on climate change
2014-11-04 02:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The Australian prime minister, Tony Abbott, has stood by his defence of coal, saying it is the foundation of Australias foreseeable future, just days after a United Nations climate report called for an urgent reduction in carbon emissions. For the foreseeable future coal is the foundation of our prosperity. Coal is the foundation of the way we live because you cant have a modern lifestyle without energy, the prime minister said on Tuesday. You cant have a modern economy without energy...
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Cabot Corp Lignite Coal Mine Opens In TX
2014-11-03 22:15:19| Chemicals - Topix.net
Cabot Corporation announces the opening of its new mine in Texas. This mine will produce lignite coal and supply Cabot's adjacent activated carbon manufacturing facility in Marshall, Texas for an expected 50 years.
Coal emission reduction technology still five years off, says CSIRO
2014-11-03 04:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: CSIRO technology to clean up power stations cited by Greg Hunt as one of the two big things the world can do to immediately reduce greenhouse emissions is at least five years away and still relatively immature and unproven, the CSIRO itself says. Asked about the findings of the latest synthesis report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which called for immediate and rapid emission reductions and the phasing out of coal-fired power, the environment minister said: Well,...
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Denmark considers phasing out coal by 2025 in big green shift
2014-11-01 12:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Denmark should ban coal use by 2025 to make the Nordic nation a leader in fighting global warming, adding to green measures ranging from wind energy to bicycle power, Denmark's climate minister said on Saturday. Denmark has already taken big steps to break reliance on high-polluting coal - wind turbines are set to generate more than half of all electricity by 2020 and 41 percent of people in Copenhagen cycle to work or school, higher than in Amsterdam. "The cost (of phasing out coal) would...
Arch revises Montana coal mine application
2014-10-31 08:38:19| Waste Management - Topix.net
The St. Louis-based company applied to build the Otter Creek mine southeast of Ashland in 2012. Montana's Department of Environmental Quality found deficiencies in the company's application last year.
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