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Why Obamas push for climate means trouble ahead for coal
2014-01-29 21:27:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Christian Science Monitor: While President Obama did not mention coal Tuesday night, it nevertheless played a central role in his State of the Union address. You could tell by the way he talked about climate change. "The debate is settled," he said. "Climate change is a fact. It wasn't just what he said. It was the tone he used confident (or strident, depending on your point of view). In Mr. Obamas world, a progressive federal government bent on cleaning the air and the water is not just healthy for the environment but...
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Drax coal case shows police cannot be trusted investigate themselves
2014-01-29 17:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: It was an interesting day in the Court of Appeal last week. Twenty-nine of us had our convictions for obstructing a train carrying 42,000 tonnes of coal to Drax power station overturned after the judge ruled that crucial evidence about the role of undercover police officer Mark Kennedy had been withheld. This latest chapter in the undercover policing revelations shows that issues of transparency, accountability and fairness remain absent from the UK's secret police force currently operating...
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Coal cars derail
2014-01-29 12:23:12| Railroads - Topix.net
Seven empty coal cars from a train traveling from Norfolk to Grundy derailed Tuesday in the Jewell Ridge section of Tazewell County.
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Chinas Growing Coal Use Is Worlds Growing Problem
2014-01-27 20:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: China has been praised recently for its investments in renewable energy. And the credit is well deserved as China's commitment to renewables dwarfs that of the U.S. and other industrialized countries. From 2010 to 2012 alone, China's renewable electricity growth was double that of the U.S., and it is continuing to grow. But all the accolades are distracting us from the reality that fossil fuels dominate China's energy landscape, as they do in virtually every other country. Today, fossil fuels...
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2013 Renewable Energy Projects Triple Amount of New Coal, Oil and Nuclear Combined
2014-01-27 15:41:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Renewable energy sources are still playing catch up when it comes to their percentage of the nation`s installed electricity capacity, but 2013 was a crucial year for their rise. Renewable energy--solar, wind, biomass, geothermal and hydropower--accounted for more than 37 percent of all new, domestic power generating capacity installed last year, according to the "Energy Infrastructure Update" report from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission`s Office of Energy Projects. That percentage represents...
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