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Debating the future of coal
2013-07-21 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Cincinnati: Coal is a dirty fuel that worsens our regions air quality, exacerbates asthma and other respiratory diseases, and produces huge amounts of CO2 emissions that contribute to climate change. Its also a cheap and plentiful fuel that powers most of the electricity in Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky, keeps utility rates low, and helps employ thousands of people in the region. So when President Obama ordered limits on carbon emissions from power plants last month, local businesses and advocacy groups reacted...
The war on coal Obama isn't fighting
2013-07-21 14:34:51| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nation: As the pending decision on the Keystone XL pipeline dominates the climate focus in the United States, an even bigger carbon bomb is ticking quietly in a remote region of the American West. Big Coal and Republican lawmakers are pushing to expand mining operations on federal lands in the Powder River Basin, which straddles eastern Montana and Wyoming and holds the bulk of the country's coal stocks. If they're successful, railways in the Pacific Northwest will soon transport an annual cargo bound...
U.S. wont fund a massive coal plant in Vietnam
2013-07-19 23:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: On Thursday, the board of the U.S. Export-Import Bank voted against backing a new coal-fired power plant in Vietnam. The 1,200-megawatt Thai Binh Two plant was the first test of one of the policy changes President Barack Obama laid out in his big climate speech last month. Reuters reports that Ex-Im said the decision came after "careful environmental review." In his speech, Obama called for an end to public funding for new coal plants "unless they deploy carbon-capture technologies, or there`s...
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World Bank joins war on coal
2013-07-18 17:28:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: There`s a new ally in the fight against the dirtiest of fossil fuels. The World Bank`s board of directors approved a strategy shift this week that will move the lending body formally away from its longstanding support of coal-fired power plants in favor of cleaner and smarter alternatives. Following the adoption Tuesday of its Energy Sector Directions Paper [PDF], the World Bank will "provide financial support for greenfield coal power generation projects only in rare circumstances," such as...
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World Bank to Dramatically Limit Financing of Coal Plants
2013-07-17 07:29:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: The World Bank's board on Tuesday agreed to a new energy strategy that will limit financing of coal-fired power plants to "rare circumstances," as the Washington-based global development powerhouse seeks to address the impact of climate change. The Bank will amend its lending policies for new coal-fired power projects, restricting financial support to countries that have "no feasible alternatives" to coal, as it seeks to balance environmental efforts with the energy needs of poor countries. The...
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