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New Zealand Court Opens Denniston Plateau to Coal Mining
2013-08-09 01:53:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environment News Service: New Zealand environmentalists have lost another round in their long-running battle to keep coal mining from destroying conservation land on the Denniston Plateau on the West Coast of the country`s South Island. The Environment Court today ruled to allow Australian-owned Bathurst Resources Ltd. to construct an open cast, or open pit, coal mine on conservation land on the Denniston Plateau. "The government is allowing one of the most unique native ecosystems in the world to be destroyed by Australian...
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Siemens providing compressor trains for three LNG plants for liquefying synthetic natural gas produced from coal
2013-08-08 22:30:15| Green Car Congress
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House Republicans Use Fear Mongering In Fight for Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining
2013-08-08 22:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: A lopsided legislative hearing held by the House Natural Resources committee last Friday is further proof that fans of mountaintop removal mining arent giving up without a fight. The hearing focused on legislation recently introduced by Rep. Johnson (R-OH), a proud coal industry advocate, and Rep. Lamborn (R-CO), a pro-coal congressman in his own right. With the catchy title Preventing Government Waste and Protecting Coal Jobs in America (PGWPCJA), H.R. 2824 would stop the Office of Surface...
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Railroad in Quebec Coal Tragedy Files for Bankruptcy
2013-08-08 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: A rail company whose runaway oil train caused a fire and explosion that killed 47 people in a small town in Canada filed for bankruptcy protection in the U.S. and Canada on Wednesday, and an attorney said he expects company executives to explore putting it up for sale within weeks. In its filings, Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Railway Ltd. and its Canadian counterpart, Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Canada Co., cited debts to more than 200 creditors following the disaster in Lac-Megantic, Quebec. Attorney...
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Coal: White House meeting part of new, uncertain relationship between EPA, industry
2013-08-07 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Greenwire: Last week's much-touted White House meeting between Obama administration environmental leaders and West Virginia Democrats on coal was part of what advocates are calling an increasing dialogue between both sides of the contentious debate. U.S. EPA and top lobby groups alike have been stressing cooperation rather than disagreement about proposed and potential rules affecting coal-powered electricity and mining. While some coal boosters don't see anything positive coming out of dialogue with the...
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