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Death of US coal: industry on a steep decline as cheap natural gas rises
2016-04-08 13:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: On a wintry night in 2010 a few months before 29 men were killed in the Upper Big Branch mine explosion, the coal boss, Don Blankenship then one of the richest and most powerful men in West Virginia squared up to Robert Kennedy Jr in a public debate about destructive mining practices and climate change. The contest had been an epic smackdown and about 1,000 people turned out to see the scion of the liberal Kennedy clan take on the native son and champion of coal. But Kennedy, despite his...
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25% of Europe Quits Coal
2016-04-07 16:49:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Europes coal industry continues its downward spiral as a quarter of European Union countries have now closed their doors to the dirty energy source. Belgium has become the latest country to shut down its last remaining coal-fired power station, Langerlo. Announced on March 30, Belgium follows Cyprus, Luxembourg, Malta and the Baltic countries in quitting the polluting fossil fuel. The closure of Belgiums Langerlo plant comes hot-on-the-heels of Scotland closing Britains largest coal-fired...
Three Demonstrators Killed in Clash over Planned Coal Plant in Bangladesh
2016-04-05 14:27:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Three people were killed on Monday when Bangladeshi riot police fired shots after coming under attack from demonstrators in a disturbance over a planned, Chinese-built power plant, authorities said. S Alam Group, a Bangladeshi company, signed a deal earlier in the day with SEPCOIII Electric Power Construction Corporation of China to build the coal-fired plant in the coastal Chittagong district to produce 1,320 megawatts of electricity. In the incident in the village of Banshkhali in Chittagong,...
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Cost of stopping new coal and gas projects in freefall, costings reveal
2016-04-04 23:15:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: As the fossil fuel industry appears increasingly shaky, the cost to the federal budget of stopping all new coal and gas projects in Australia has plummeted costing less than 20% of what it was estimated to just 2.5 years ago, according to official parliamentary costings seen by Guardian Australia. The Greens have a policy of approving no new thermal coal or unconventional gas projects in Australia. That includes new mines, as well as expansions to existing mines. In 2013 the party obtained...
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Australia: Australia approval of vast coal mine evil says marine scientist
2016-04-04 11:47:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Home: Australian lawmakers have been slammed as crying crocodile tears after giving the go-ahead for a mega-mine amid scientist warnings of record bleaching across the Great Barrier Reef. The Queensland government granted leases on Sunday at the AUS $22 billion Carmichael mine, which aims to produce 60m tonnes of coal a year for shipment through the delicate, coral ecosystem to Asia. In recent months, warm waters driven by a strong El Nino and man-made emissions have caused vast tracts of the 2,300-km...
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