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 Stories About: carbon sequestration AND coal AND elections AND energy AND John Edwards AND presidential race 08
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Edwards not as green as you thought: When a ban isn't a ban Why Edwards' 'ban' on coal plants does little good against climate change |
David Roberts |
10 Sep 2007 |
Gristmill |
| John Edwards. Photo: kk+ via flickr One of the most meaningful steps the U.S. can take to fight climate change is to forbid construction of new coal plants unless they capture and sequester their carbon emissions. If we allow more dirty coal plants, all our other efforts will be in vain. That's why James Hansen and Al Gore return to the subject so often. Dem presidential candidate Chris Dodd has called for such a policy in blunt language: "The Do ... |
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| Topics: carbon sequestration, coal, elections, energy, John Edwards, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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Edwards and 'compatibility' John Edwards would not require that new coal plants sequester their CO2 emissions |
David Roberts |
10 Sep 2007 |
Gristmill |
| There was some question in this thread about what exactly John Edwards means when he says he would "require that all new coal-fired plants be built with the required technology to capture their carbon dioxide emissions." Would he require that new coal plants sequester their emissions, or merely that they be built in such a way that they could sequester their emissions at some point in the future? I called the Edwards campaign today. The answer is the latt ... |
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| Topics: carbon sequestration, coal, elections, energy, John Edwards, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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