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In Montana, ranchers line up against coal
2013-04-27 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LA times: Out in these windy stretches of cottonwood and prairie grass, not far from where Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer ran into problems at Little Bighorn, a new battle is unfolding over what future energy development in the West will look like. Here, rancher Wallace McRae and his son, Clint, run cattle on 31,000 acres along Rosebud Creek, land their family has patrolled with horses and tamed with fences for 125 years. They could probably go on undisturbed for 100 years more if the earth under the...
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Patriot Coal bankruptcy case starts Monday
2013-04-27 03:59:08| Energy - Topix.net
Thousands of United Mine Workers union members and supporters rallied in Charleston on April 1 to protest the actions of Patriot Coal Corp.
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America now has more solar energy workers than coal miners
2013-04-26 20:10:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mother Nature Network: Some might dismiss the solar energy industry because its still very small compared to the oil & gas industry. But to paraphrase a famous Canadian hockey player, we need to skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been. Indeed, solar is still in its infancy, but its growing quickly thanks to ever falling prices brought on by technological improvements and economies of scale. For the first time ever last month, new solar power capacity represented 100 percent of new energy on the...
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Australian minister: I never saw advice against coal port
2013-04-26 14:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Australia's environment minister said he never saw advice that a proposed coal port posed "extreme" risks including threats to endangered turtles and a species of dolphin at the Great Barrier Reef. Campaigners said Tony Burke should have ruled out the Fitzroy Terminal as soon as the government received the strongly worded warnings, rather than allow the company to undertake a lengthy environmental impact statement. But a spokeswoman said the minister had not seen the 2011 advice and the...
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Environmental groups sue TVA over coal plant
2013-04-25 23:32:01| Energy - Topix.net
A coalition of environmental groups is suing the Tennessee Valley Authority over its decision to continue operating a coal-burning power plant in Gallatin.
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