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Canada: TransAlta official rejects calls for accelerated phase-out of coal plants
2013-03-27 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Edmonton Journal: An official at one of Albertas biggest electricity companies agrees the province needs to invest more in renewable energy -- but takes issue with other assertions in a report that focuses on the health impact and climate costs of coal-fired generating plants. Don Wharton, vice-president of sustainable development for TransAlta, said Tuesday he recognizes a transition from fossil fuels needs to take place, but rejects the suggestion that Albertas coal plants should be phased out at an accelerated...
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Northwest governors to feds: Clear the air before exporting coal
2013-03-27 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Seattle Post-Intelligencer: The federal government must undertake and complete a thorough examination of air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions before any decision on turning Northwest ports into terminals for exporting coal to China, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee and Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber said in a letter sent Monday. The basic question as the governors outlined to the Council on Environmental Quality: Should the United States stoke use of a fuel that imposes public health costs, creates ocean acidification and rising...
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Use of coal power costs Alberta $300-million a year in health expenses: Report
2013-03-27 14:38:34| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Globe and Mail: The use of coal power in Alberta adds $300-million a year to health expenses, a factor that heavily increases coal's true cost, a new report has found. Coal pollution also leads to nearly 100 premature deaths, 700 emergency-room visits and 80 hospital admissions each year, as well as triggering asthma attacks, the report said. Jointly produced by the Pembina Institute, the Asthma Society of Canada (ASC), Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment and the Lung Association, the report...
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Governors Ask Obama to Weigh Climate Impact of Coal Ports
2013-03-26 11:15:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: President Barack Obamas administration should weigh the climate-change impact of burning coal in Asia when considering whether to approve Pacific coal- export terminals, two Western governors said. In a letter to the White House Council of Environmental Quality, the Democratic governors, John Kitzhaber of Oregon and and Jay Inslee of Washington, said the administration must expand its review of the projects and consider the carbon dioxide that would be released when the coal is burned for power....
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Clean Coal Technologies Announces Advance Of $400,000 From Ventrillion
2013-03-26 10:05:00| chemicalonline News Articles
Clean Coal Technologies, Inc., an emerging cleaner-energy company utilizing patented technology to convert raw coal into a cleaner burning and more efficient fuel, recently announced an agreement for a $400,000 advance payment from Singapore-based Ventrillion Management Company Ltd. (“Ventrillion”)
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