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Coal Doesn't Have To Die - We Can Make Furniture Out Of It
2013-07-14 10:40:36| Chemicals - Topix.net
The fuselage of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner is made from high-tech forms of carbon.
U.S., China agree to cut emissions from vehicles, coal
2013-07-10 20:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: The United States and China, the world's top emitters of greenhouse gases, agreed to five initiatives on Wednesday to cut carbon output from the largest sources, including heavy duty vehicles, manufacturing and coal-fired plants, the State Department said. The U.S.-China climate change working group, which officials from both countries formed in April, will work with companies and non-governmental groups to develop plans by October to carry out the measures aimed at fighting climate change and...
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Supporters and opponents speak out about coal at Portland hearing
2013-07-10 05:05:09| Waste Management - Topix.net
Hundreds of people commented in the final round of public hearings on coal export permits, which ran for 12 hours Tuesday in Portland and Hermiston.
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Coal Emissions in China Slash 5.5 Years off Life Expectancy, Study Says
2013-07-09 18:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Yale Environment 360: The life expectancy of people living in northern China is 5 ½ years less than in southern China as a result of the north's notoriously bad air pollution, largely due to the burning of coal, according to a new study. In an analysis of air quality recordings from 90 Chinese cities from 1981 to 2000 and mortality data from the 1990s, a team of researchers estimated that high air pollution will cost the roughly 500 Getty Images million people living north of the Huai River a combined 2.5 billion...
Coal mines in pension rescue deal
2013-07-09 16:24:09| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
UK Coal announces a restructuring of its mining operations, saving 2,000 jobs, with its pension scheme taken over by the Pension Protection Fund.
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