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The two things we learned yesterday about Obamas plans to regulate coal
2013-06-26 18:29:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: In Obama`s climate speech yesterday, he offered a rousing defense of pollution standards, practically cribbing from this post I wrote in 2009. (Be still my heart!) As expected, he called for the EPA to regulate carbon from both new and existing power plants. But he offered no detail, and nothing in his remarks addressed the stringency of the power-plant rules, which is the heart of the matter. Nonetheless, we now know a couple of things about the coming regs that we didn`t know before. First,...
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Rio Tinto in Mozambique coal freeze
2013-06-26 16:38:23| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
The mining giant Rio Tinto has suspended its coal exports from Mozambique, because of security concerns following threats from the former guerrilla movement, Renamo
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Coal Industry Concerned By Obama's Climate Change Plans
2013-06-26 10:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: President Obama on Tuesday announced a wide-ranging plan to address climate change. Rather than taking it to Congress, Obama is implementing the plan on his own. The president wants the Environmental Protection Agency to restrict carbon dioxide emissions from power plants. The biggest source of those emissions is coal-fired facilities.
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Obama Unveils Climate Change Strategy: End of Line for U.S. Coal Power
2013-06-25 22:48:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Geographic: President Obama launched his climate change policy effort Tuesday in a speech that invoked Hurricane Sandy's assault on New York, the drought's devastation in the Midwest, and a recent heat wave in Alaska. "Americans are already paying the price of inaction," he said. "Our planet is changing in ways that will have profound impacts on all humankind." "As a president, as a father and as an American, I'm here to say, 'We need to act,'" said Obama in a speech Tuesday at Georgetown University in Washington,...
06.26.13 -- Coal Use To Become More Environmentally Friendly
2013-06-25 16:22:45| pollutiononline News Articles
06/26/13 Pollution Online Newsletter
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