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World urged to make clean energy cheaper than coal
2015-09-16 15:21:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: Top environmental advocates on Wednesday urged the international community to increase and coordinate investments in research and development for renewable energy to make it cheaper than coal within 10 years. "A sensible approach to tackling climate change will not only pay for itself but provide economic benefits to the nations of the world," they said in a petition, ahead of a key climate change conference in December. "We urge the leading nations of the world to commit to this positive,...
Subsidies Coal Production Boost Emissions, Impede Cleaner Fuels
2015-09-16 06:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: While many G20 nations are showing some commitment to tackling climate change, most are also still spending heavily to subsidize the fossil fuel industry. A new study published today finds that subsidies for thermal coal production in two key supply regions the Powder River Basin (PRB) in the United States and Australia are significant, distorting the market, driving up emissions, and acting as a barrier to entry for cleaner energy sources. The paper shows that scrapping subsidies amounting...
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Arch Coal (ACI) Stock Closes Up After Wyoming Regulators Reaffirm Permits
2015-09-14 23:01:09| Waste Management - Topix.net
The company said that all its other permits in the state continue to qualify for self-bonding. The company said that it self-bonded an aggregate of $457 million in the state of Wyoming as of June 30, 2015.
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United Kingdom: Christian Aid calls on government to get out of coal with big shift campaign
2015-09-14 15:25:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: Christian Aid today launches its Big Shift campaign aimed at persuading the UK government and industry to move away from the use of fossil fuels, particularly coal the dirtiest fuel of all. Its first move is an appeal to the UK government to end the underwriting of coal industry sales abroad by way of Export Credit Guarantees, which insure exports such as mining equipment and coal-fired power plant machinery against non-payment by foreign customers. The charity wants the UK government to...
2 states' regulators oppose Patriot Coal reorganization plan
2015-09-10 19:33:17| Energy - Topix.net
" Ohio and Pennsylvania regulators say Patriot Coal's reorganization plan doesn't adequately address the company's obligations to clean up mine pollution. Both states opposed the plan's approval in separate motions filed this week in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Richmond, Virginia.
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