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EIA: US energy-related CO2 emissions in 2012 lowest since 1994; reflects drop in coal use
2013-04-05 21:30:15| Green Car Congress
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Nevada utility: Screw this, coal is more trouble than its worth
2013-04-05 19:40:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: John Upton mentioned this here yesterday, but I wanted to pause for a closer look, as I have been following this story for a while. Last year, I wrote about the Reid Gardner coal-fired power plant in Nevada; the Paiute Native American tribe being poisoned by the plant; and the tragicomic efforts of the plant`s hapless owner, power utility NV Energy, to bamboozle the local media about it. Then, last month, I wrote about the revelation that NV Energy falsified pollution reports from the Reid...
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Japan Gets the Green Light to Mine Coal in Mozambique
2013-04-05 19:00:43| Steel - Topix.net
Japan's main steelmaker, Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp, announced Thursday it got the necessary permits to start developing Mozambique's Revuboe coking coal mine, a week after Anglo American decided not to buy a majority stake in the project.
Canada: New Niagara Tunnel Helps Ontario Replace Coal with Hydro
2013-04-04 22:47:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environment News Service: The province of Ontario is harnessing more renewable electricity from Niagara Falls through the just-completed Niagara Tunnel Project, as part of its plan to phase out its coal-fired power plants by the end of 2014. The new tunnel, which is more than 10 kilometers (six miles) in length, carries water from the Niagara River to the Sir Adam Beck Generating Station. This will supply Ontario with enough electricity to power the homes and businesses of a city the size of Barrie, a central Ontario city...
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Sierra Club says it will sue BNSF over coal dust in Columbia River
2013-04-04 16:32:31| Railroads - Topix.net
The Sierra Club has notified Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway that it intends to sue the company and several coal businesses for alleged federal Clean Water Act violations.
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