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Go-Ahead For Opencast Coal Mine In Northumberland Beauty Spot Is Slammed
2016-07-05 19:27:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: Friends of the Earth have today criticised the decision made today by Northumberland County Council to give allow permission for a large and highly controversial opencast coal mine in a Northumberland. Over 10,000 people have objected to the planning application by Banks Mining for a surface mine next to Druridge Bay, 30 miles north of Newcastle. The campaign against the opencast coal mine is being led by Save Druridge Bay. It is also opposed by numerous local and national organisations, as...
Report: Coal dust kills 23,000 per year in EU
2016-07-05 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: US court ponders greenhouse gas limits for coal plant China pollution pledge hopes to soothe smog fears Britain to close dirty coal power plants Paris - Lung-penetrating dust from coal-fired power plants in the European Union claims some 23 000 lives a year and racks up tens of billions of euros in health costs, an NGO report said on Tuesday. Even as the bloc shifts towards renewable sources like wind and solar energy, coal still accounted for 18% of the EU's greenhouse gas emissions in 2014...
Communities Uneasy As Utilities Look For Places To Store Coal Ash
2016-07-05 15:46:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: The Broadhurst Environmental Landfill in Wayne County handles waste from southeast Georgia and would like to bring in coal ash by rail from out of state. The Broadhurst Environmental Landfill in Wayne County handles waste from southeast Georgia and would like to bring in coal ash by rail from out of state. Outside Susan Holmes' house in southeastern Oklahoma, visitors are welcomed by an entryway lined with oxygen bottles and a machine that collects and concentrates oxygen from the air. "I take...
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Coal Still King in Kentucky, But Not Forever
2016-07-05 13:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Lane Report: Fracked gas gains steam, but coal still central to state`s cheap, plentiful power supply LG&E and KU in June christened a 10-megawatt solar power generation array at its E.W. Brown Generating Station in Burgin in Mercer County. For nearly as long as there has been electricity in Kentucky, coal has been used to make it. Slowly, however, that's changing. In 2015, coal's share of electricity generation in Kentucky dipped below 90 percent for the first time in decades. And in the future the...
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Oakland Puts a Big Stop on Massive Coal Project
2016-07-05 02:19:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
The Real News Network: On June 27, the Oakland, California City Council voted unanimously to block the handling and storage of large shipments of coal at a new proposed portside terminal. Joining us now to discuss the environmental justice victory in Oakland is Irene Gutierrez. She is an attorney in Earthjustice's California regional office, and much of her work has involved this issue. This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. SHARMINI PERIES: So, Irene, let me start by asking you, how did you do...
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