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Miners to picket Patriot Coal hearing in St. Louis
2013-01-29 16:57:44| Energy - Topix.net
About 175 West Virginia coal mining families are picketing bankrupt Patriot Coal in St.
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Indian Coal Imports Rose 45% in December, Interocean Data Show
2013-01-28 06:09:45| Steel - Topix.net
Coal imports by India, the world's third-largest consumer of the fuel, rose 45 percent in December from a year ago, according to shipping data.
Solar power cheaper than coal: one company says its cracked the code
2013-01-25 19:24:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: Over time I`ve grown more and more suspicious of stories about breakthrough technologies. I always think back to those heady days of EEStor, the guys who were going to make a battery that would revolutionize grid storage and electric cars alike. "EEStor CEO says game-changing energy storage device coming by 2010! As you may have noticed, 2010 came and went and the game remains unchanged. All of which is to say, regarding the post to follow: caveat lector. Still, this looks very, very cool....
Port Metro Vancouver approves first of two controversial coal export projects
2013-01-25 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Vancouver Sun: Port Metro Vancouver has approved a $200 million expansion project at North Vancouvers Neptune Bulk Terminals that will double the terminals coal export capacity. The decision, announced on the ports website Jan 23, is the first of two applications before the port authority that will help secure Metro Vancouvers role as North Americas largest coal export hub. It comes at a time when public awareness is growing over coal exports, the role coal plays in global warming, and the ports procedure...
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Should colleges divest from coal, oil?
2013-01-25 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Christian Science Monitor: The divestment campaign aims to slow the development of coal, oil, and gas resources forms of energy that emit large quantities of heat-trapping greenhouse gasses and contribute to climate change by reducing the investment dollars flowing into energy companies. But energy companies have provided colleges and universities with relatively healthy returns in the past several years. "We're not debating that fossil fuels are profitable right now. We all understand that. This goes beyond profitability,"...
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