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Obama Pushes More Oil Production To Clean Up Coal
2013-12-22 08:21:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: America's newest, most expensive coal-fired power plant is hailed as one of the cleanest on the planet, thanks to government-backed technology that removes carbon dioxide and keeps it out of the atmosphere. But once the carbon is stripped away, it will be used to do something that is not so green at all. It will extract oil. When President Barack Obama first endorsed this "carbon-capture" technology, the idea was that it would fight global warming by sparing the atmosphere from more greenhouse...
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Australia gives environmental nod to $5.7B coal project
2013-12-21 21:08:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: Waratah Coal on Saturday, December 21, welcomed the Australian government's approval of its Aus$6.4 billion (US$5.7 billion) Galilee coal project, as conservationists warned the decision threatened the environment. The proposed coal mine, rail and infrastructure development in Queensland received approval for its environmental impact statement on Friday, December 20. "The project has been approved subject to 49 strict conditions to avoid, mitigate and manage impacts to matters of national environmental...
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To clean up coal, Obama pushes more oil...
2013-12-21 15:22:46| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
ADVANCE FOR MONDAY, DEC. 23 - In this photo taken Oct. 22, 2013, heat exchangers are in place at Denbury Resources Inc.'s, Tinsley Field facility in Tinsley, Miss.
Australia: Coalition coal push adds hurdles for its climate plan, green paper reveals
2013-12-21 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Sydney Morning Herald: The Abbott government's climate change policy to replace the carbon tax highlights the scale of the task to cut greenhouse gas emissions in an expanding economy, with limited funds and many details yet to be settled. The green paper on the Emissions Reduction Fund, which will bankroll the government's plan to pay polluters to cut greenhouse gas emissions, said funding would be capped at $1.55 billion over the forward estimates. ''We are about simplifying things after this incredibly complex...
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Why U.S. Thermal Coal Could Rebound in 2014
2013-12-20 17:40:02| Railroads - Topix.net
One of the big concerns in the domestic coal market is the ongoing displacement of coal power by natural gas plants.
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