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Australian Coal ProjectsThreatened by Drop in Demand From China
2013-12-17 19:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Yale Environment 360: Major Australian coal projects risk losing value due to falling demand from China, where leaders are increasingly concerned about growing public anger over severe air pollution, a new analysis from Oxford University has found. Future coal mining projects are vulnerable to being "stranded" by a range of policy changes from the Chinese government, including environmental regulation, carbon pricing, investment in renewable energy, and energy efficiency, the report said. One expert told The Guardian...
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IEA: Coal 'simply unsustainable' without more controls
2013-12-17 10:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Gazette: The International Energy Agency projected Monday that global demand for coal will continue to grow over the next five years, but warned that "coal in its current form is simply unsustainable." IEA Executive Director Maria van der Hoeven said, "radical action is needed" to control greenhouse gas emissions, but lamented, "Radical action is disappointingly absent." "As we look to the long term, we must ask what role coal has to play in the energy mix that we want to achieve -- because there will...
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Vancity dissatisfied with Fraser Surrey Docks environmental review of proposed coal facility
2013-12-17 08:01:20| Railroads - Topix.net
Vancity questions an SNC-Lavalin review of a proposed Direct Transfer Coal Facility to serve Burlington Northern Santa Fe railway.
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NRG Energy May Deactivate Coal Units
2013-12-17 03:07:55| Energy - Topix.net
The Washington Post reports NRG Energy is seeking federal permission to deactivate the coal units at facilities in Dickerson in Montgomery County and at Chalk Point in Prince George's County in 2017.
Coal 101: An Overview of Bituminous Coal
2013-12-16 20:13:35| Chemicals - Topix.net
Bituminous coal is a relatively soft, black coal that is formed by the diagenetic and submetamorphic compression of peat bog material.
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