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World's Largest Coal Company Plans Billion-Dollar Solar Project in India
2014-09-25 20:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Yale Environment 360: Gevra mine, operated by Coal India Limited Continuing its push to increase investment in renewable energy, Indias energy ministry is working with the state-controlled coal mining company Coal India Limited -- the largest coal mining operation in the world -- to install solar power projects worth $1.2 billion. The company is in the process of selecting sites for solar plants, which are expected to have a combined total energy-generating capacity of 1,000 megawatts, the Times of India reports. India...
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China's war on pollution could leave Australia dirty coal out in cold
2014-09-25 16:39:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Ecologist: To tackle its serious air pollution, China is imposing stringent restrictions on dirty coal high in ash or sulphur, writes Shabbir Ahmad. One result: half of Australia's coal exports to China face exclusion, or extra 'washing' costs. But Australia's response is not to raise environmental quality. Instead, it's increasing production. if Australia wants to remain an energy exporter far into the future, it should focus on developing renewable energy products. China's recent move to limit imports...
Greenpeace lauds India court ruling on illegal coal allocations
2014-09-25 12:54:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Greenpeace India has lauded a landmark ruling by the country's top court to scrap 214 coal blocks given by the government to various companies after the allocations were deemed to be illegal and arbitrary. The Supreme Court verdict is a victory for the environment over corruption in the mining industry, said Greenpeace India, urging Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government to reverse "its excessive reliance on coal power as the engine of economic growth". "Its a strong message from the highest...
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Duke Energy Says it Will Close SC Coal Ash Pits
2014-09-24 23:34:00| Waste Age
<a href="http://www.wsoctv.com/">WSOCTV.com</a> Duke Energy told state regulators Tuesday it plans to remove coal ash from one of its South Carolina waste pits and close two more at a power station that environmentalists say threatens the Saluda River. Content Classification: Curated read more
Supreme Court scraps allocations of 214 coal blocks
2014-09-24 19:51:16| Steel - Topix.net
In a landmark judgement, the Supreme Court today scrapped the allocation of 214 out of the 218 coal blocks since 1993. Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi said that out of the 218, 214 coal blocks have been cancelled and out of the remaining four, two that is one belonging to Steel Authority of India Limited the other to National Thermal Power Corporation have been saved.
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