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Ameren gets OK to sell Ill. coal plants to Dynegy
2013-10-15 00:10:28| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission says Ameren Corp. can sell five Illinois coal-fired plants to Houston-based Dynegy Inc. - though the deal still hinges on a pollution-control waiver.
Coal export from US sent via BC shorten lives in China
2013-10-12 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Vancouver Sun: Our son Henrys best friend lives next door to us in Burnaby, but only for a few more months. Five-year-old Xiao Xiao, an earnest little boy with a quick and dimpled smile, is here with his mother, Wei, who is spending the year as a visiting scholar at SFU. Soon Wei and Xiao Xiao will return home to toxic air and a completely different lifestyle in Tianjin, a port city in northern China. While Henry will continue to breathe clean air, play outside nearly every day and take natural beauty for granted,...
Coal Export Terminal Draws Resounding No at Washington Hearing
2013-10-10 22:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Concerned Southwest Washington and Oregon residents gathered yesterday at the official scoping hearing for the proposed coal export terminal in Longview, WA. A vast majority of the almost 600 attendees at the hearing opposed the proposed coal terminal; 111 of 157 speakers at the hearing spoke about their concerns about the project. Testimony came from nurses, business owners, shellfish growers, students, scientists, faith leaders and many other community members on their concerns about the coal...
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150 Coal Plants Retired in Major Milestone Towards a Clean Energy Future
2013-10-09 15:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: The Sierra Club and a growing coalition of local, regional and national allies announced yesterday the retirement of its 150th coal plant--a significant milestone in the ongoing campaign to move the country beyond coal no later than 2030. With the announcement that the Brayton Point Power Station in Massachusetts would retire by 2017, the campaign officially marked 150 coal plants that have announced plans to retire since 2010, spurring record increases in clean energy. Pollution from burning...
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Minnesota's Largest Coal Unit to Restart, Despite Concerns over Pollution, Emissions
2013-10-09 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ClimateWire: One of the Midwest`s largest coal-fired electric generation units is set to restart this week after a nearly two-year shutdown that required the unit to be rebuilt from the ground up. Xcel Energy Inc.`s Sherburne County Unit 3 generator, a 900-megawatt behemoth that provides baseload power to the Minneapolis-St. Paul region and points beyond, is expected to begin sending power to the grid after several days of testing, according to officials with the Minneapolis-based utility, which has a 59 percent...
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