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These 6 states are most dependent on oil, gas, and coal production
2014-08-09 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Vox: Wyoming's mining sector has seen a large boom in the past decade, particularly as US coal production continues to shift from Appalachia to Wyoming's Powder River Basin. Advanced fracking and horizontal drilling techniques have also allowed companies to extract oil and gas from the Niobara formation. Alaska is the one big state bucking the trend -- whereas lots of other energy states have seen a boom in fossil-fuel production due to fracking, Alaska's mining industry actually declined last year....
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McConnell's wife sits on board that opposes coal
2014-08-09 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Courier-Journal: While Sen. Mitch McConnell is traveling Kentucky portraying himself as a friend of coal, his wife, former Labor Secretary Elaine Chao, sits on the board of Bloomberg Philanthrophies, an organization that is supporting an anti-coal campaign. McConnell, a Republican seeking his sixth term in one of the nation's most-watched Senate races, also has been a staunch defender of tobacco interests. But, again, Chao is advising the Bloomberg group even as it backs a global battle against tobacco. Furthermore,...
Green Billionaires Club? David Vitter Owns Stock in Coal Utilities Fighting EPA Carbon Rules
2014-08-09 05:03:03| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
We Energies says it stands to lose economically if the proposed Obama EPA carbon rules are implemented, citing the potential risks related to legislation and regulation in its most recent U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Form 10-Q .
Green Billionaires Club? David Vitter Owns Stock in Coal Utilities Fighting EPA Carbon Rules
2014-08-09 04:23:47| Energy - Topix.net
We Energies says it stands to lose economically if the proposed Obama EPA carbon rules are implemented, citing the potential risks related to legislation and regulation in its most recent U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Form 10-Q .
Beijings War on Coal
2014-08-08 17:22:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: China announced its latest step in the war on pollution this week, with a Beijing Municipal Environmental Protection Bureau official declaring a ban on coal power and the sale of coal in Beijing by the end of 2020, due to its acute health and environmental impacts. While it constitutes a relatively small portion in Chinas annual coal use, analysts expect neighboring provinces to follow suit. According to official statistics, coal use accounted for 25.4 percent of the capitals energy consumption...
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