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U.S. coal state lawmakers seek regulatory relief from EPA chief
2013-08-02 01:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Democrats from West Virginia, concerned about jobs in the major coal-producing state, urged President Barack Obama's chief environmental regulator to be flexible when putting in place future federal curbs on carbon emissions. A delegation of 17 Democratic lawmakers from the state, led by U.S. Senator Joe Manchin, met with Gina McCarthy, the new administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, to press their concerns about the economic impact of agency rules on their state's economy. The...
US bank sued over pollution from coal exports
2013-08-01 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Beaumont Enterprise: Environmental activists sued the federal government Wednesday over the exports of Appalachian coal to Europe and Asia, arguing it approved a $90 million loan guarantee to one company without considering the implications for air and water pollution along the transportation route. The lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in San Francisco says communities near the mines, ports and railways that connect them are all affected, and the U.S. Export-Import Bank was required to review the environmental impacts...
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Poland to get dirtier as it leans towards lignite coal
2013-08-01 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Poland, one of the heaviest polluters in Europe, will become even dirtier now that its shale gas ambitions have faded and it turns to cheap domestic lignite coal to secure its energy supply. Poland already relies on coal to produce more than 90 percent of its electricity and is home to the European installation that emits the most carbon dioxide - utility PGE's lignite power plant in Belchatow. Its choice of fuel now could determine its energy and environmental situation for decades to come, given...
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Environmentalists sue bank over loan guarantee to domestic coal broker
2013-08-01 14:37:25| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: Above the harbor in Baltimores industrial Curtis Hill district is a one-acre urban farm. Jason Reed, a community organizer who works there, described the view. I can look out over the harbor, and you can see the piles and piles of coal, he said. That coal is the subject of a lawsuit filed Wednesday by a coalition of environmental groups against the Export-Import Bank of the United States. The groups are challenging the federal agencys financing of fossil fuel exports from ports in Baltimore...
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Southern Co. absorbs $450M in additional losses for over-budget Mississippi coal plant
2013-07-31 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Southern Co. shareholders will absorb $450 million in losses incurred while building a new coal-fired power plant in Mississippi, raising the total write-offs on the construction project to nearly $1 billion, utility officials said Tuesday. The utility announced the pre-tax write-off on its massive project in Mississippis Kemper County before releasing its second-quarter earnings Wednesday. Company officials had earlier estimated the most recent charge would be around $160 million or more, significantly...
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