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Adani may withdraw from Australian coal mine project, citing delays: Reports
2016-06-05 00:40:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Indian conglomerate Adani Enterprise Ltd may walk away from its proposal to build one of the world's biggest coal mines in Australia , citing long delays caused by legal challenges to the project by groups concerned about the environment. Adani is battling multiple legal challenges from green groups opposed to its $10-billion Carmichael mine, rail and port project. The Australian on Saturday reported that the company's founder and chairman, Gautam Adani had told the newspaper the company may...
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Philippines: Senator hits proliferation of coal power plants
2016-06-04 17:35:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Philippine Star: The government should tap cleaner and less wasteful sources of energy and stop allowing more coal-fired power plants in the country, Sen. Loren Legarda said Friday. As chair of the Senate committee on climate change, Legarda lauded the Aquino administration's order for government agencies to review the Philippines' energy policy, which may see the country moving away from generating electricity through coal. "Our goal to reduce carbon emissions will be impossible if we will continue to allow...
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The federal government should buy coal plants, shut them down and pay to retrain their employees
2016-06-04 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: The Supreme Courts decision in February to stay President Obamas Clean Power Plan may lead to a protracted legal battle over aging, unprofitable and environmentally unsound coal plants. But instead of litigating our way out of the problem, there is a simpler solution: The federal government could buy the plants and close them. The courts move threatens to not only derail the presidents initiative to curb greenhouse-gas emissions at U.S. coal-fired power plants but also unravel the progress...
Coal could have innovated and iterated to a greener future
2016-06-04 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Slate: Coal is getting killed in the U.S. That's largely because its main customer, the electricity industry, is switching to fuels or sources that are either cheaper or cleaner (or both), like natural gas and renewables. In March, for example, coal accounted for only 24 percent of electricity generated down in the U.S.--that's down from 33 percent in March 2015 and from 41 percent in March 2014. So far this year, U.S. coal production is just two-thirds of what is was last year. Coal is being massacred...
Adani may withdraw from Australian coal mine project, citing delays: Report
2016-06-04 08:40:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Indian conglomerate Adani Enterprise Ltd may walk away from its proposal to build one of the world's biggest coal mines in Australia, citing long delays caused by legal challenges to the project by groups concerned about the environment. Adani is battling multiple legal challenges from green groups opposed to its $10-billion Carmichael mine, rail and port project. The Australian on Saturday reported that the company's founder and chairman, Gautam Adani had told the newspaper the company may abandon...
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