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Zombie coal: Borneo resurrects controversial coal plant
2013-09-19 01:40:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: The Malaysian government is taking another look at building a hugely controversial coal-fired plant in the Bornean state of Sabah, a proposal that was thrown out in 2011 due to a large-scale grassroots movement. The 300 megawatt coal plant would have been built in Lahad Datu on the edge of a wildlife reserve and the state's renowned coral reefs. Reportedly, the government is now considering building the same plant only further south in Tawau, which also lies on the coast. "We are shocked to hear...
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Obama's energy, EPA chiefs say climate plan won't kill coal
2013-09-18 21:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: New rules limiting emissions from U.S. power plants that are expected to be proposed on Friday will "provide certainty" to the coal industry, environment and energy chiefs told lawmakers anxious about the fuel's future. "We believe coal will continue to represent a significant portion of the energy supply in the decades to come," Environmental Protection Agency administrator Gina McCarthy told the House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce on Wednesday. McCarthy's testimony,...
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Big Coal, Republicans go after Obamas energy nominee, saying hes too green
2013-09-18 17:20:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: Ron Binz is an experienced electricity regulator who understands the important role that wind and solar power are playing as they pour electrons into grids across the country. He was the lead author of a paper last year that described how boosting renewable energy infrastructure could hedge against fossil-fuel cost increases, aging equipment, and other risks. This is no time for backward-looking decision making, he wrote in that paper [PDF], published by the nonprofit Ceres. It is vital for...
In Australia, an uphill battle to rein in the power of coal
2013-09-18 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Yale Environment 360: The lucky country, as Australians call their homeland, sits on enormous deposits of natural resources: uranium, zinc, iron ore, lead, bauxite, copper, gold, manganese, and nickel. But among its greatest assets are the worlds fourth-largest coal reserves -- an estimated 76.4 billion tons, or 9 percent of global reserves. Coal mining has powered the Australian economy for decades. In recent years, thanks to the seemingly insatiable energy appetite of China and other Asian countries, Australias...
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Appalachian miners decry what call Obama's 'war on coal'
2013-09-17 07:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LA Times: When President Obama laid out ambitious plans in June for combating climate change, coal miners like Roger Horton heard what they considered the latest fusillade in the administration's "war on coal." Until his retirement two weeks ago, Horton, 59, worked underground for decades in southern West Virginia's Logan County, then operated a 200-ton earth-moving truck to remove debris from blasted mountaintops. A milestone in Obama's initiative will come this week, when the Environmental Protection...
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