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Obama Halts Most Coal Mining on Public Lands
2016-01-17 05:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Daily Croton: The Department of the Interior announced a moratorium Friday on new coal leases on public lands while a review of the federal coal leasing program takes place. The announcement follows President Barack Obama's State of the Union address, in which he spoke of improving management fossil fuel resources and moving the country toward a clean energy economy. But today, thanks to hundreds of thousands of activists like you who submitted comments, showed up at hearings, took to the streets, and called...
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We Might Have Finally Seen Peak Coal
2016-01-17 05:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ThinkProgress: Chinese coal use peaked back in 2013, as Climate Progress first reported in May. Since China was responsible for some 80 percent of the growth in global demand since 2000 - and since the United States and most of the industrialized world have also started cutting coal use - the key remaining question for the dirtiest fossil fuel was, "Will a handful of developing countries, particularly India, see enough growth in coal consumption to overcome that drop?" Goldman Sachs, among others, says the answer...
3 Reasons Big Coal Had a Bad Week
2016-01-16 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Here are three reasons Big Coal had a bad week: 1. Sec. of the Interior Sally Jewell announced Friday that the Obama Administration will be putting an immediate suspension on all future and modified coal leases in order to create time and space to fully review the program for its consequences for taxpayers, our environment and the climate. The announcement followed President Obamas groundbreaking statement in the State of the Union that he would push to change the way we manage our oil and coal...
U.S. Announces Moratorium On New Coal Leases On Federal Lands
2016-01-16 15:43:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bonham Journal: While environmentalists cheered, state government and central Utah county leaders expressed dismay about the Obama administration's decision to halt new coal leases on federal lands. There's enough coal in reserve under existing leases to continue production at its current rate for another 20 years, she said. "The coal industry is shrinking, and it will continue to shrink for the foreseeable future". "It is abundantly clear that times are different than they were 30 years ago, and the time...
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More Bad News For Coal Mine-Reliant States
2016-01-16 14:11:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: On Friday, the Obama administration announced a halt to new coal leases on federal land. In Wyoming, most of the federally-owned coal mines and revenue from coal leases pays for school construction. SCOTT SIMON, HOST: In President Obama's State of the Union address, there was a line you might have missed, but it caught the ear of people in the energy industry. (SOUNDBITE OF SPEECH) BARACK OBAMA: I'm going to push to change the way we manage our oil and coal resources so that they better...
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