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Coal in their stockings
2013-12-25 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Politico: Coal-fired power plants are shutting their doors at a record pace -- and for the most part, nobody's building new ones. The latest round in the war on coal? Not exactly. The reality is that Americans' lights will stay on just fine even as coal plants continue to close, thanks to a quiet revolution in energy efficiency and a boom time for cheap natural gas. Throw in some stricter rules for older plants, and the result is a sharp drop in the economic viability of coal-fired power. The coal industry...
Turning coal into gas: A solution for China smog?
2013-12-25 08:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Christian Science Monitor: In its latest Medium-Term Coal Market Report the International Energy Agency (IEA) forecasts a slowing of coal demand growth but no retreat in its global use. That wont surprise energy realists, but the item I wasnt expecting was the reference in the IEA press release to growing efforts in China to convert coal into liquid fuels and especially synthetic natural gas (SNG). Its not hard to imagine Chinas planners viewing SNG as a promising avenue for addressing the severe local air pollution...
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Environmental assessment planned for Vancouver coal docks
2013-12-24 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Vancouver Sun: Public comments were overwhelming negative over Port Metro Vancouvers environmental impact assessment of the proposed $15-million Surrey Fraser Docks coal-handling facility. About 3,500 comments were received by the port criticizing the assessment or the project, compared to six positive comments, according to a group opposed to the project -- Voters Taking Action for Climate Change (VTACC) -- that reviewed the comments. Nearly 3,400 of the negative comments were submitted through a website,...
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Chinas pollution problems threaten Australia's coal exports
2013-12-24 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Eco-Business: Coal mining companies in Australia have been enjoying the good life in recent years, making millions of dollars from feeding the seemingly insatiable energy appetites of Asia's tiger economies -- particularly that of China. But a new report by the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment (SSEE) at Oxford in the UK warns that Australia's coal mining party could be coming to an end. It says coal demand in China looks likely to fall in the years ahead due to concerns about climate change...
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Mitsubishi Corporation Constructs Coal Fired Power Plant in Vietnam
2013-12-24 08:45:50| Grocery - Topix.net
Mitsubishi Corporation , together with Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction of Korea, and Vietnamese partners, Power Engineering Consulting Joint Stock Company 2 and Pacific Corporation, has concluded a contract with state-owned Vietnam Electricity to build a coal fired thermal power plant in Vietnam.
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