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Swedish parties promise to ban new Vattenfall coal mine plans
2014-09-05 16:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The coal mining ambitions of Swedish state energy giant Vattenfall have been thrown into doubt after the leaders of all eight major parties promised to ban its planned new operations in Germany. During an election debate on Wednesday, leaders were asked if they would ban Vattenfall from expanding coal power in Germany? All eight responded affirmatively by holding up green cards. The company plans to enlarge its lignite mines and potentially build new coal power stations in the east German...
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China may be ready kick coal habit
2014-09-05 15:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate News Network: There are still doubts. The statistics might be proved wrong. But it looks as if China might be starting to wean itself off its coal consumption habit. China produces and consumes nearly as much coal as the rest of the world combined. Coal, the most polluting of all energy sources, has powered the growth of Chinas flyaway economy. But as incomes have risen, so has pollution. The country is now the worlds No.1 emitter of greenhouse gases. Latest figures indicate that change is on the way,...
Aventine upgrades Pekin ethanol plant from coal to natural gas
2014-09-04 20:30:25| Green Car Congress
Court rules against Ohio utility in coal dispute
2014-09-04 14:49:37| Energy - Topix.net
The Ohio Supreme Court has sided with state utility regulators in a dispute with American Electric Power over how much the company can charge customers for coal. The Columbus Dispatch reports that the court, in a unanimous ruling Wednesday, rejected AEP's contention that it should have been able to keep $71.6 million that it received related to a coal contract in 2009.
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Solar farm set to transform Welsh coal mine
2014-09-04 11:33:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BusinessGreen: A disused coal mine in Wales is set to be transformed into a giant solar farm capable of powering 2,400 homes. The site at Hendai Farm has been purchased by Conergy from developer Solar Securities, along with a second smaller site in Cornwall. Conergy intends to build a 13.5MW plant across 74 acres of boggy and unproductive slopes beneath the old coal mine, which was closed in the late 1970s, filled 30 to 50 metres deep with coal mine refuse, and then covered with a thin layer of topsoil. The...
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