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Southern Co. and China Coal Producer Sign Coal Gasification Technology Deal
2014-04-16 17:45:37| ENR.com: Headline News
Memo of understanding will build on technology use to gasify lignite, a more available grade of coal, at the U.S. firm's plant in Mississippi.
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Southern agrees to coal research with Chinese firm
2014-04-15 23:23:48| Energy - Topix.net
Southern Co. has signed a deal with a state-owned Chinese coal and energy company to help develop coal technologies, based in part on the coal gasification and carbon capture technology that Southern subsidiary Mississippi Power Co.
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A Green Group Sees Hope in The End of Chinas Coal Boom
2014-04-15 22:12:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: Through much of its history, Greenpeace has been big on what I call woe is me, shame on you messaging on the environment. As I explained at a TEDx event in Portland, Ore., over the weekend, fingerpointing (including Greenpeaces) is appropriate in many instances, but doesnt work well with human-driven global warming. The blame game too often ends up resembling a circular firing squad. This is why The End of Chinas Coal Boom, a valuable new report from Greenpeaces East Asia office, is so refreshing...
Why the Great Wash U Sit-in Against Peabody Coal Matters: Which Side Are You On?
2014-04-15 20:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Huffington Post: Entering its second week, the inspiring Washington University sit-in against Peabody Energy has already gone beyond its goals to cut school ties with the St. Louis-based coal giant, and forced the rest of the nation to ask themselves an urgent question in an age of climate change and reckless strip mining ruin: Which side are you on? Will other schools, alumni groups -- and investors in Peabody Energy -- follow the lead of the Washington U. students? Case in point: Tonight in my native Saline...
Japan prefers coal over renewables for post-Fukushima energy mix
2014-04-15 12:43:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: Japans Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has approved a new energy plan that promotes coal as a cheap, stable, long-term and efficient energy source, along with nuclear power, while failing to set adequate renewable energy targets. Shortly after the UN warned that the world must dramatically reduce the use of fossil fuels and increase investment in clean energy in order to tackle climate change, the Japanese government has given the green light to a new energy plan that would give a prominent role to...
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