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United Kingdom: 650 jobs may go as coal mine closes
2013-03-07 02:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Press Association: One of the UK's last remaining coal mines is to shut with the loss of up to 650 jobs. The decision to close Daw Mill colliery in north Warwickshire follows a major fire last month, the largest in a UK coal mine in more than 30 years. A small team will remain on site to secure the mine over the coming months but the owner, UK Coal Mine Holdings, said the majority of Daw Mill's 650-strong workforce will be made redundant. The company said the fire is still burning ferociously at a depth of...
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The coal monster: Pollution forces Chinese leaders to act
2013-03-06 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Spiegel: What does growth smell like? What does the biggest economic miracle of all time taste like? In Guiyu, on the South China Sea, the smell of growth is a caustic, slightly nut-like odor emitted when a computer keyboard is placed on a hotplate. Electronic waste is processed in Guiyu, one of the most prosperous cities in Guangdong Province. In Xintang, on the Pearl River Delta, it is the bitterly acidic gases that are released when tons of denim material are bleached, dyed and washed. Xintang is...
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Coal train cars derail in Missoula
2013-03-06 02:52:25| Railroads - Topix.net
Three cars on a Montana Rail Link train derailed in Missoula with one of the coal cars spilling some of its contents.
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Natural Gas Dethrones King Coal As Power Companies Look To Future
2013-03-01 22:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: The way Americans get their electricity is changing. Coal is in decline. Natural gas is bursting out of the ground in record amounts. And the use of wind and solar energy is growing fast. All this is happening as power companies are trying to choose which kind of energy to bet on for the next several decades. Until recently, half of these plants burned coal to make electricity. Now, that's down to about one-third. Since 2010, about 150 coal plants either have been retired or it's been announced...
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Campaign says has helped retire 15 percent of coal capacity
2013-03-01 22:24:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and the Sierra Club, an environmental group, said Friday they were halfway to their goal of getting one-third of coal-fired power plants retired by 2015 through a variety of civic actions. Bloomberg gave the Sierra Club $50 million in 2011 to launch the "Beyond Coal" campaign, which set a goal to preside over the retirement 105,000 megawatts of coal-fired power in four years and encourage a shift toward renewable energy. The campaign took credit for helping...
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