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Goldman Sachs: Arch Coal Good, Walter Energy Bad
2014-04-21 18:20:06| Industrial Machines - Topix.net
Just because Walter Energy and Arch Coal are coal miners doesn't mean they should be treated the same-as Goldman Sachs made clear when it downgraded Walter Energy and upgraded Arch Coal.
Philippines: UN warns govts on coal use
2014-04-20 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Manila Standard Today: The Aquino administration should heed the United Nations and stop the construction of 17 coal plants and shift to renewable energy in light of last Mondays report of the UN scientific panel on climate change, according to a civil society group. The latest publication of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change shows that the world can still keep global warming below dangerous levels only through immediate and drastic cuts in greenhouse gas emissions, as well as by almost quadrupling the...
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Poland Uses Ukraine to Push Coal
2014-04-20 03:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Inter Press Service: A European "energy union' plan proposed by Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk as an EU response to the crisis in Ukraine could be a Trojan horse for fossil fuels. On account of Poland's proximity and deep historical ties to Ukraine, the country's centre-right government led by Donald Tusk has assumed a prominent position in attempts to ease the crisis in Ukraine. Notoriously, Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski helped negotiate a February deal between then Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych...
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Coal: The fuel of the future, unfortunately
2014-04-19 20:43:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Economist: WHAT more could one want? It is cheap and simple to extract, ship and burn. It is abundant: proven reserves amount to 109 years of current consumption, reckons BP, a British energy giant. They are mostly in politically stable places. There is a wide choice of dependable sellers, such as BHP Billiton (Anglo-Australian), Glencore (Anglo-Swiss), Peabody Energy and Arch Coal (both American). Other fuels are beset by state interference and cartels, but in this industry consumers--in heating, power...
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Australia: Coal: Stop burning it, this is the next asbestos
2014-04-19 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Canberra Times: In the 1960s asbestos mining was a very profitable business. And it created a lot of jobs. Asbestos was very useful - indeed, one of the best insulating materials known to humankind. The link between asbestos and cancer was known as early as the 1930s. But mining continued. Hot water pipes were sheathed in it. In Australia, it was mined into the 1970s despite the known risk. Asbestos was mixed with cement to make building materials and sprinkled in roofs to insulate Canberra houses from the cold....
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