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Clean Coal Test: Power Plants Prepare to Capture Carbon
2014-03-31 09:12:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Geographic: In Juliette, Georgia, Southern Company operates a coal-fired power plant that is the single largest source of planet-warming carbon dioxide emissions in the United States. In Kemper County, Mississippi, the same company is pioneering a technology that many experts believe will be crucial to preventing a climate disaster: It's building the world's first new power plant designed to capture and store most of its carbon. Carbon capture and storage, or CCS, has been hailed for decades by some as...
The Losing Economics of Investing in Aging Coal Plants: Part 1
2014-03-30 06:12:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Energy Collective: Across the United States, economics are increasingly favoring investment in renewable energy at the expense of dirty coal energy. As the price of solar dips below coal and even natural gas in some instances, the domestic demand for coal wanes and a growing number of companies are eager to get out of their investments in aging coal plants that cost more than theyre worth to upgrade and, in a growing number of instances, just to keep running. As the nations coal power plants age, they become more...
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UK Coal seeks cash help to save pits
2014-03-29 18:45:02| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
UK Coal is appealing for urgent financial help which it says is required to keep its mines open.
Obamas Methane Emissions Plan Puts Oil, Coal and Gas Industries on Notice
2014-03-28 20:57:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Methane emissions have decreased by 11 percent in the past 24 years, but they could pick back up by 2030 if actions arent taken to combat them. Thats why the powerful greenhouse gas is the center of a newly announced strategy by the White House. Released Friday as a new layer to President Barack Obamas Climate Action Plan, the methane emissions strategy aims to bring economic and health benefits to the country while fighting climate change by removing a gas from the atmosphere that, by the...
Two Arrested Protesting Strip Mine as Community Battles Worlds Largest Coal Company
2014-03-28 14:42:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: While Peabody Energy may have hired a notorious public relations firm to hawk its international ad campaign, a village trustee and her rural farming community have exposed the devastating legacy of the worlds largest coal company near its historic Illinois beginnings. Meet Judy Kellen and the courageous community of Rocky Branch in Saline County, IL, whose battle to save their farms, homes and cherished Shawnee Hills from Peabody Energys proposed strip mine expansion is turning out to be one of...
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