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Unilever to stop using coal for energy within five years
2015-11-27 01:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Unilever, the consumer goods giant, has pledged to eliminate coal from its energy usage within five years, and derive all of its energy worldwide solely from renewable sources by 2030. The company will become carbon positive by 2030, through its own use of renewables, and by investing in generating more renewable energy than it needs, selling the surplus on the markets and making it available to local communities in areas where it operates. About 40% of the companys energy use currently comes...
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Cracks in track led to train derailment in Banff, coal waste in river: report
2015-11-26 21:22:25| Railroads - Topix.net
The Transportation Safety Board says a fractured piece of railway track caused a derailment last year that sent coal ash waste into a creek in Banff National Park. A report has concluded that a loose joint and minor cracks in the track had worsened over time with train traffic.
Allianz makes a 2 trillion euro statement about coal divestment
2015-11-24 10:11:40| Telecom - Topix.net
German broadcaster ZDF quoted Allianz chief investment officer Andreas Gruber as vowing to shift investments out of coal and into renewables. Allianz is the latest big company turning its back on coal, with the German financial services giant vowing to offload significant coal holdings within six months.
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Allianz makes a 2 trillion euro statement about coal divestment
2015-11-24 09:14:34| Industrial Machines - Topix.net
German broadcaster ZDF quoted Allianz chief investment officer Andreas Gruber as vowing to shift investments out of coal and into renewables. Allianz is the latest big company turning its back on coal, with the German financial services giant vowing to offload significant coal holdings within six months.
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Export of wood pellets US to EU more environmentally friendly than coal
2015-11-21 22:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: As the export of wood pellets from the U.S. to the European Union has increased six-fold since 2008, questions have been raised about the environmental impact of the practice. According to a new paper from a University of Illinois expert in environmental economics, even after accounting for factors ranging from harvesting to transportation across the Atlantic Ocean, wood pellets still trump coal by a wide margin in carbon emissions savings. The greenhouse gas intensity of wood pellet-based electricity...
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