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US Army Corps declines environmental reviews for coal export terminals
2013-06-19 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Greenwire: The Army Corps of Engineers today said it would not conduct an areawide or cumulative review of various coal export terminal proposals in Oregon and Washington state. In a hearing of the House Energy and Commerce Committee's Energy and Power Subcommittee, corps acting regulatory chief Jennifer Moyer also said her agency would not weigh the climate change impacts of burning more American coal overseas. "The corps has determined that neither a programmatic nor an areawide regional [environmental...
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Government silent on climate coal report
2013-06-17 08:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Australian Associated Press: The federal government won`t say whether it will take the advice of its top climate scientists and keep Australia`s coal reserves in the ground to avoid dangerous global warming. In its latest report released on Monday, the Climate Commission warned there needed to be a major shift in the way energy is produced if international targets for global warming were to be met. The commission said the best way to avoid a changing climate beyond 2 degrees would be to invest heavily in clean energy, phase...
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Leave coal in ground, scientists urge govt
2013-06-17 08:52:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
sydney morning herald: Most of Australia's coal reserves will have to be left unburned if the world is to avoid catastrophic global warming, according to a major new report from the federal government's Climate Commission. The report puts the key science advisory body on a collision course with some of the nation's biggest export industries, and marks the first time a government agency has endorsed calls for fossil fuel industries to be phased out because of their contribution to climate change. Its findings mean that...
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Climate Commission's latest report says Australia must phase out coal power
2013-06-16 16:37:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
AAP: IMAGINE a world without coal, one where mining companies didn't dig up fossil fuels but instead kept them in the ground where they couldn't be burned. It's a challenging concept, but one Australia's climate change experts say we must come to terms with - fast - if we're to have any chance of avoiding the most dangerous consequences of an overheated atmosphere. In its latest report, released on Monday, the Climate Commission says there needs to be a fundamental change in the way we create energy...
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Canada: Carbon emissions a factor in Metro Vancouver opposition to coal port
2013-06-15 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Vancouver Sun: Climate change was a central theme of a debate that saw Metro Vancouver pass a resolution Friday opposing new coal shipments from the Fraser River estuary. At issue is a proposed new $15-million coal terminal at Fraser Surrey Docks under review by Port Metro Vancouver, which will handle electricity-generating coal from Wyoming destined for Asia. While the only issue Metro Vancouver has jurisdiction over at the proposed terminal is air quality, board directors noted greenhouse gas emissions...
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