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A Call from people of Zonguldak in Turkey to G20 Leaders: We want future without coal
2015-11-16 10:22:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: The people of Zonguldak, a historic coal city in Turkey, have come together during the first day of the G20 Summit underway today in Antalya to make a clear demand for A Future Without Coal in a concerted effort to focus the worlds attention on the enormous threats from the existing and the many proposed coal power plants in the region. Liveable Zonguldak Platform (Yasanabilir Zonguldak Platformu), want attention on the massive problems from air pollution and its impacts on human health in Zonguldak....
Coal Not Going Away Anytime Soon Despite Renewables Push
2015-11-15 22:46:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ABC: Coal: Can't live with it and can't live without it at least not yet. It is the biggest source of heat-trapping greenhouse gases that negotiators around the world hope to limit in an agreement to be thrashed out in Paris next month. Demand for coal is leveling off, but it will remain a key energy source for decades, no matter how many billions of dollars of investment go into cleaner energy like wind and solar. Too much of the world depends on it now for heating and power generation for us to...
Why Coal Burners Don't Totally Hate Obama's Climate Plan
2015-11-14 18:23:01| Energy - Topix.net
On the one hand, Southern Co. and American Electric Power Co. have joined in a legal challenge against the Obama administration's Clean Power Plan, which is meant to steer the U.S. away from coal power and toward renewable energy.
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Here's How Hillary Clinton Wants to Support Displaced Coal Workers
2015-11-13 17:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Al Jazeera: U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton on Thursday proposed a $30 billion plan to help displaced workers in coal-producing areas find new jobs and continue receiving health benefits as the country shifts to using renewable energy and more natural gas. Clinton's proposals expand on her earlier pledge to protect and build on President Barack Obama's Clean Power Plan. Republicans have criticized Obama's plan as a "war on coal" that will devastate producing regions. The U.S. coal...
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High-energy coal to help Australia miners steam ahead in Asia
2015-11-13 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: As debate swirls around the future of coal, Australian miners are counting on the higher energy content of the coal they dig and proximity to growing Asian markets to give them an edge over rivals and defy a global push towards cleaner energy. With around $35 billion in projects in the pipeline, the world's No.2 exporter of thermal coal is relying on Asian markets using the cheapest source of power even as they try to contain soaring emissions and choking pollution. That growth in coal demand comes...
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