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Coal exports fuel climate change woes
2013-04-25 10:07:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Portland Tribune: My greenhouse is covered with a thin plastic film. A few molecules of plastic are all it takes to make it 30 degrees Fahrenheit warmer inside than out. When coal, gasoline and natural gas are burned, they produce carbon dioxide that traps heat just like the plastic film of my greenhouse. Green plants recycle carbon dioxide, but they can't keep up with the amount that we put out. Two hundred years ago, atmospheric CO2 levels were 280 parts-per-million; now they're more than 395 ppm. Every year...
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Eriez Offers "Equipment for the Coal Industry" Brochure
2013-04-25 06:00:00| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
Erie, PA - Eriez® announces the availability of the company’s “Equipment for the Coal Industry” brochure. The six-page guide offers a complete overview of the extensive line-up of Eriez equipment offered to assist coal industry professionals with their toughest processing problems.<br /> <br /> Equipment covered in the brochure includes Suspended Electromagnets; Bin Vibrators; Mechanical Feeders, Conveyors and Screeners; Wet Drum Magnetic Separators; Heavy Duty Vibratory ...
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United Kingdom: Drax secures 75m Treasury loan guarantee to switch from coal to biomass
2013-04-25 01:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BusinessGreen: Plans to convert the UK's largest coal plant to run on biomass have been given a multi-million pound boost, after the Treasury confirmed Drax would be the first company to receive a loan guarantee from its new scheme designed to drive investment in infrastructure. Drax yesterday announced it will receive a 75m guarantee from the Treasury scheme, known as UK Guarantees, which will underpin a private loan by Friends Life to fund the biomass conversion of three of its six generators. The company...
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Greenpeace Activists Board Ship in Protest of Australias Coal Export Boom
2013-04-24 20:08:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: At sunrise, the six activists left the Rainbow Warrior on inflatable boats and drew up alongside the MV Meister, a ship carrying thermal coal loaded at Abbot point in Queensland. Using steel ladders, they climbed the side of the ship and 18 hours later remain on the vessel. Greenpeace boarded the ship just after it left the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area. The six activists come from five countries in the Asia Pacific region where Greenpeace is campaigning to end the age of coal: Australia,...
EPA Proposal Will Affect Coal Plants
2013-04-24 19:33:39| ENR.com: Headline News
Proposed standard would limit release of pollutants into waterways
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