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King Coal is dead. Long live King Coal!
2014-01-12 08:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Christian Science Monitor: While environmental regulations and cheap natural gas have worked together to kill off coal in the United States, coal is not dead yet. The rapidly unfolding shale gas revolution brought prices down so significantly in recent years that natural gas began to capture market share from coal in a meaningful way. In particular, coals share dropped from 42% in 2011 to 37% in 2012. There were even moments in time in 2012 when both fuels were making up equal percentages of the electric power sector. Environmental...
Coal spills after CP train operated by CN Rail derails in Burnaby
2014-01-12 02:03:06| Railroads - Topix.net
A Canadian National Railway official stands on the tracks after seven Canadian Pacific Railway train cars derailed on the CN Rail tracks spilling coal from three of the cars in Burnaby, B.C., on Saturday January 11, 2014.
Train derails in Vancouver suburb spilling coal into creek
2014-01-11 17:29:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Toronto Star: A Canadian Pacific Railway train operated by a CN Rail crew derailed in Burnaby, B.C., sending seven cars off the tracks and spilling coal into a creek that feeds into a lake. Emily Hamer, a spokeswoman for CN, said the train went off the tracks Saturday morning and that three of the cars were lying on their sides while four remained upright. Hamer said she could not say how much of the coal went into the water near Burnaby Lake. She said she also did not know whether CP or CN, which owns...
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Coal Chemical Spill Contaminates Drinking Water Prompting State of Emergency in West Virginia
2014-01-10 17:19:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Residents of nine counties in West Virginia have been told not to use or drink their water after a chemical used by the coal industry spilled into the Elk River on Thursday. Gov. Tomblin (D-WV) declared a state of emergency as more than 100,000 customers, or 300,000 people, are without safe drinking water. The chemical, 4-Methylcyclohexane Methanol, used to wash coal of impurities spilled from a tank at Freedom Industries into the Elk River, contaminating the drinking water for more than 300,000...
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Colombia halts Drummond coal loading
2014-01-09 12:20:42| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Colombia suspends the loading of coal by US-based mining company Drummond after it failed to abide by stricter rules aimed at preventing pollution.
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