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Carbon-loaded question
Obama parries ABEC |
David Roberts |
31 Jan 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Obama gets buttonholed by a planted ABEC coal shill: Nothing he says here is particularly objectionable. The priority on reducing CO2 emissions is welcome. It is true that if we can figure out a way to cost-effectively sequester coal emissions, it will bring some benefit. More important, though, is what's not said. He says we can't emit more CO2, but he stops short of calling for a moratorium on dirty coal plants with no sequestration. (He says he won't 'license ... |
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| Topics: Barack Obama, climate, coal, elections, energy, greenhouse-gas emissions, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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Coal is the enemy of the human race: Gloating edition
In which I rejoice |
David Roberts |
23 Jul 2007 |
Gristmill |
| Count me among those rejoicing: Citigroup analyst John Hill downgraded coal company stocks across the board in a report this week, saying that expected U.S. greenhouse gas regulations on coal, which emits more of the main heat-trapping gas carbon dioxide than any other fuel, paint a bleak outlook for the sector. Downward pressure on stock prices by a current U.S. coal oversupply could last for more than a year, he wrote. If that happens it could coincide with 200 ... |
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| Topics: climate, coal, elections, energy, greenhouse-gas emissions, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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