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Coal dust kills 23,000 per year in EU: report
2016-07-04 17:26:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Phys.Org: Coal accounts for 18 percent of the EU's greenhouse gas emissions in 2014 and a quarter of its electricity mix in 2015 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 Tuesday. Even as the bloc shifts towards renewable sources like wind and Sun energy, coal still accounted for 18 percent of the EU's greenhouse gas emissions in 2014 and a quarter of its electricity...
Pollution guidelines leave a blind spot for assessing the impact of coal and oil
2016-07-04 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
The Conversation: Coals impact on the Great Barrier Reef by causing climate change is one of the reasons why environmentalists oppose the development of coal fields and exports in Queensland. But fossil fuels could have a more direct impact on the reef and the waters around it, through chemicals produced during their production and distribution. When coal dust is released in the marine environment it can damage marine ecosystems. Coal contains a number of different chemicals, but it is polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons...
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Coal ash bedevils Oklahoma town, revealing weakness of EPA rule
2016-07-04 01:29:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Public Integrity: Here in the land of wind-whipped, rolling plains, the gray dust, which sparkles in just the right light, seems inescapable. Residents of this town near the Arkansas line say they have spotted it on their grass, trees, ponds, barns, furniture and cars. The source of Bokoshes enduring misery is coal ash, an often-toxic byproduct of burning coal for electricity. Clouds of it, swirling like tornadoes at times, descend upon people while they sit in their yards and mow their lawns. The powdery material...
Coal Baron Promises Huge Layoffs, Then Tells Workers To Vote Trump
2016-07-03 15:35:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Huffington Post: Robert Murray, owner of the country's largest private coal company, wasted no time pointing the finger when he announced plans earlier this week to lay off as many as 4,400 workers, or 80 percent of his workforce. His St. Clairsville, Ohio-based Murray Energy Corporation needed to downsize "due to the ongoing destruction of the United States coal industry by President Barack Obama, and his supporters, and the increased utilization of natural gas to generate electricity," he said. "Frankly,...
Coal ash fears stoke fight over southeast Georgia landfill
2016-07-03 15:06:29| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
WABE: Peggy Riggins, a retired high school teacher and counselor in Jesup, Georgia, is on a mission. On a hot, bright day in the southeast Georgia town, shes going from business to business, asking people to join and donate to her cause: fighting a plan to bring thousands, maybe millions, of tons of coal ash to the local landfill. Coal ash is a byproduct from burning coal for electricity. It can contain toxic materials, like mercury and arsenic. Nationwide, utilities generate more than 100 million...
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