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Another Coal Chemical Spill Pollutes Public Waterway, This Time in Kentucky
2014-06-10 15:48:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: On Friday, May 30, another coal-related chemical spill polluted a public waterway in Central Appalachia, killing hundreds of fish and alarming local residents. The chemical spill happened at a Cumberland Coal Company prep plant in Harlan County, KY. This time, the spill was not of coal slurry or a coal-washing chemical, but of a flocculanta type of compound usually used to control other substances in sediment ponds or clean up spilled material in creeks. Reminiscent of the slurry spill from the...
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Under attack, coal maintains its political muscle
2014-06-08 17:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: The coal industry is shedding thousands of jobs and facing the government's most severe crackdown on carbon emissions yet. But king coal still flexes its political muscle in Kentucky and West Virginia, where Republicans and even Democrats try to out-coal one another by cozying up to the industry and slamming President Barack Obama. In other coal-producing areas such as Ohio and Virginia, Democrats have been able to win even with the industry against them. That's not an option for politicians in...
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Not so cheap: Australia needs acknowledge the real cost of coal
2014-06-08 16:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Conversation: US President Barack Obamas latest plan to reduce carbon emissions is a welcome one, and not just because it addresses climate change. In publicising the plan to cut emissions from old coal power stations, Obama put the emphasis on health. Now it is time for Australia to do the same. Here we continue to ignore the real costs of coal, instead clinging to the myth that coal is cheap, justifying continuing expansion and subsidies for the industry. In the immediate wake of last months budget,...
Coal industry taking lumps
2014-06-08 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Columbus Dispatch: Proposed federal rules that would cut carbon pollution by 30 percent nationwide drew complaints last week from coal and power companies, whose officials say that more government oversight is another dagger in the heart of an industry bound by regulations for decades. But both industries have survived regulations before, and the new limits wont strike a fatal blow, policy experts say. Theyre going to adapt, said Scott Miller, director of Environmental and Energy Programs at Ohio Universitys...
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Climate change and coal
2014-06-08 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Rapid City Journal: Western coal production is expected to fall by over 30 percent in 2020 due to new federal pollution standards proposed for power plants, according to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency projections. The decline is anticipated to be offset in part by a rise in natural gas fired generation, which the EPA estimates may increase as much as 18 to 19 percent by 2030. The countervailing numbers highlight the dilemma facing Wyoming. The new pollution standards would cut carbon dioxide emissions at...
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