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Flurry of Coal Power Plant Shutdowns Expected by 2016
2014-02-19 23:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: A flurry of coal-fired power plants -- major sources of climate change-fueling carbon dioxide emissions -- could be closed by 2016, according to U.S. Energy Information Administration forecasts. New emissions regulations and low natural gas prices, partly because of the fracking boom throughout the U.S., are leading utilities to shut down coal-fired power plants and open new ones that burn natural gas. With new Environmental Protection Agency emissions standards limiting mercury, acid gases and...
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North Carolina riverbed coated by toxic coal ash, officials say
2014-02-18 21:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Federal officials said Tuesday that toxic coal ash has coated the bottom of a North Carolina river as many as 70 miles downstream of a Duke Energy dump where a massive spill occurred two weeks ago. The US Fish and Wildlife Service advised that a massive pile of coal ash about 75ft long and as much as 5ft deep has been detected on the bottom of the Dan river near the site of the February 2 spill. Deposits varying from 5in deep to less than 1in coated the river bottom across the state line into...
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Burning natural gas is better than using coal: study
2014-02-15 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: The latest news about natural gas arrives in an awkward moment. American gas drilling is booming. The market is expanding. And natural gas is promoted as a clean fuel, far better to run buses or heat homes than oil. A report in Science magazine concludes those benefits are real, but at the same time decades of studies have found that natural gas leaks into the air are a potent contributor to climate change. And the new study finds those leaks are greater than the Environmental...
Gov. McCrory denies Duke coal ash deal involvement
2014-02-15 08:51:21| Energy - Topix.net
By MICHAEL BIESECKER Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. - North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory denied Friday he had any talks with Duke Energy executives or lobbyists about his administration's scuttled deal to settle environmental violations at two of the $50 billion company's coal ash dumps for $99,000.
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India's SAIL-led group doing due diligence on coal mines abroad
2014-02-14 19:59:55| Steel - Topix.net
Steel Authority of India Ltd , India's second-biggest steelmaker, said its coal joint venture with four other Indian firms was in advance stages of due diligence on purchases of mines abroad, with no limit set on its investment.
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