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EIA: energy-related CO2 emissions from natural gas surpass coal as fuel use patterns change
2016-08-18 11:55:23| Green Car Congress
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Amid coal market struggles, less fuel worth mining in US
2016-02-23 00:55:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Vast coal seams dozens of feet thick that lie beneath the rolling hills of the Northern Plains once appeared almost limitless, fueling boasts that domestic reserves were sufficient to power the U.S. for centuries. But an exhaustive government analysis says that at current prices and mining rates the country's largest coal reserves, located along the Montana-Wyoming border, will be tapped out in just a few decades. The finding by the U.S. Geological Survey upends conventional wisdom...
International Energy Agency sees 'peak coal' as demand for fossil fuel crumbles in China
2015-12-18 21:47:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Telegraph: Chinas coal consumption has been falling for two years and may never recover as the moment of "peak coal" draws closer, the International Energy Agency (IEA) has said. The energy watchdog has slashed its 2020 forecast for global coal demand by 500m tonnes, warning that the industry risks unstoppable decline as renewable technologies and tougher climate laws shatter previous assumptions. In poignant symbolism, the peak coal report came as miners worked their final shift at Britains last surviving...
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Coal delivery issues causes fuel shortage at Xcel
2014-08-03 00:26:55| Energy - Topix.net
Xcel Energy's Chief Executive Officer Ben Fowke wrote in a July 23 letter to the federal Surface Transportation Board that rail carrier BNSF has fallen behind on coal deliveries to the 2,500-megawatt Sherco plant, according to the La Crosse Tribune .
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Coal the fastest growing fossil fuel in 2013, says BP
2014-07-08 11:36:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: Despite renewable energy experiencing incredible growth last year, many parts of the world are still hooked on cheap and polluting coal, according to oil giant BPs latest figures on energy consumption. BPs report says that energy from clean sources hydro, sun and wind power provided around 5.3% of global energy output and nearly 3% of primary energy consumption. This is thanks to the falling cost of technology and the greater levels of investment. Solar energy in particular was the fastest...
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