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West Virginia, Mountain Drama
Clinton and Obama boost coal in West Virginia |
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21 Mar 2008 |
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| Posted at 2:03 PM on 21 Mar 2008 Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama both did some coal-boosting while campaigning in West Virginia this week. Clinton told West Virginians she's always been in favor of "the cleanest coal possible," but that "coal fits in very importantly" to America's energy future. Asked about mountaintop-removal mining in a radio interview Wednesday, she hedged, saying she didn't &quo ... |
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| Topics: Barack Obama, coal, economy, elections, energy, green jobs, Hillary Clinton, mining, news, politics, presidential race 08, West Virginia (all these topics) |
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Thought: Control
Waxman and Markey introduce bill to ban new dirty coal plants |
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11 Mar 2008 |
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| Posted at 10:09 AM on 11 Mar 2008 House Representatives Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) and Ed Markey (D-Mass.) have introduced the "Moratorium on Uncontrolled Power Plants Act of 2008," which would do pretty much what it sounds like: prevent new coal plants in the U.S. unless they're built with advanced pollution controls. Says Waxman, "The altemative is senseless -- locking in decades of additional global war ... |
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| Topics: carbon sequestration, climate, coal, Ed Markey, energy, greenhouse-gas emissions, legislation, news, politics, US House of Representatives (all these topics) |
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They Doth Protest Again
U.K. activists will hold big protest at coal plant this summer |
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03 Mar 2008 |
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| Posted at 9:45 AM on 03 Mar 2008 Activists in the U.K. have announced that an annual weeklong climate camp, held last year to protest expansion of London's Heathrow Airport, will this summer be held at the site of a proposed coal-fired power plant in Kent. Which is not to say, of course, that they're not still pissed about Heathrow. source: The Guardian From the Archives Unfortunate ... |
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| Topics: air travel, climate, coal, energy, England, grassroots activism, news (all these topics) |
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The Clean's List
Governors are of varying minds when it comes to clean energy |
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25 Feb 2008 |
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| Posted at 3:50 PM on 25 Feb 2008 At the annual winter meeting of the National Governors Association, which concluded Monday, state leaders revisited a previously launched initiative called "Securing a Clean Energy Future" -- and struggled with the reality that "clean energy" has very different meanings to different states. "Clean coal," in particular, was boosted by coal states and eyed w ... |
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| Topics: coal, energy, news, politics, state politics (all these topics) |
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Duke It Out
Duke Energy will build likely its last coal plant in North Carolina |
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30 Jan 2008 |
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| Posted at 4:30 PM on 30 Jan 2008 Well, we've got good news and bad news: North Carolina air-quality officials have granted Duke Energy a permit for a new coal plant (boo) in what Duke Carolinas President Ellen Ruff says is "very likely the last coal plant you'll see coming from Duke" in the Carolinas (rah!). The permit stipulates that four older Duke coal plants in the state be retired before the new one g ... |
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| Topics: coal, energy, news, North Carolina (all these topics) |
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PastGen
Department of Energy backs away from funding FutureGen project |
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29 Jan 2008 |
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| Posted at 5:04 PM on 29 Jan 2008 Well let us just pick our grinning jaws up off the floor: The U.S. Department of Energy has told lawmakers that it plans to pull funding for FutureGen, its ambitious and crazily expensive "clean coal" demonstration plant. The feds had planned to cover some three-quarters of the $1.8 billion price tag, and cited ballooning costs as its reason for backing out. The announcement pissed ... |
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| Topics: carbon sequestration, coal, Department of Energy, energy, Illinois, news, politics (all these topics) |
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Coaled Over
China will close thousands of small coal mines |
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22 Jan 2008 |
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| Posted at 4:56 PM on 22 Jan 2008 China plans to close more than 5,000 small coal mines, accounting for about 8 percent of the country's coal output, for safety reasons. Some 4,750 people died in China's mines in 2006. source: Bloomberg From the Archives Woe Dirt. Erosion is as big a problem as climate change, say experts. He's So Transparent. Prince Charles appears as hologram to speak in Abu Dhabi. Bring Us B ... |
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| Topics: China, coal, energy, news (all these topics) |
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The Coal War
Coal lobbyists step up their game |
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18 Jan 2008 |
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| Posted at 1:08 PM on 18 Jan 2008 A group called Americans for Balanced Energy Choices is waging a $35 million campaign urging Americans to make one choice in particular: coal. As U.S. activists step up their protests against coal plants -- and find increasing success -- the industry-backed ABEC is running ads chirping that the black rock "powers our way of life" and "will help us with vital energy security." Radio, print, and TV ... |
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| Topics: Barack Obama, coal, energy, news, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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Massey Business
Coal company penalized for Clean Water Act violations |
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17 Jan 2008 |
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| Posted at 5:16 PM on 17 Jan 2008 Massey Energy Co., the nation's fourth-largest coal producer, has agreed to a $30 million settlement with the U.S. EPA over allegations of Clean Water Act violations. Massey was accused of polluting streams and waterways in West Virginia and Kentucky with the detritus of mountaintop-removal mining on at least 4,500 occasions between 2000 and 2006. The company must pay $20 million in civil pena ... |
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| Topics: coal, energy, litigation, mining, news, US EPA, water pollution (all these topics) |
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Silly Elliott
Court justice frolicked with coal exec while fraud case was pending |
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15 Jan 2008 |
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| Posted at 2:21 PM on 15 Jan 2008 When found guilty of fraud and penalized $50 million by a West Virginia jury, coal company Massey Energy appealed to the state Supreme Court -- and won in a 3-to-2 decision. Now a motion has been filed to disqualify Justice Elliott Maynard from the case and withdraw his favorable vote, as pictures have surfaced of Maynard and Massey CEO Don Blankenship enjoying each other's company ... |
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| Topics: coal, energy, jackassery, litigation, news, politics (all these topics) |
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A Black Day
With oil prices rising, Asia turns to coal |
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04 Jan 2008 |
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| Posted at 11:44 AM on 04 Jan 2008 You may have heard that oil prices are flirting with $100 a barrel; what's an oil-dependent, energy-hungry globe to do? In Asia, home to a third of the world's proven coal reserves, the answer seems obvious. Across the continent, billions of dollars are being poured into R&D of coal-to-liquid fuel and coal-bed methane extraction. Some tout the new technologies as clean 'n' green -- but coal by any other ... |
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| Topics: Asia, coal, coal-to-liquid fuel, energy, news (all these topics) |
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That's the Worst Idea We've Heard in an E.ON
Plans for new U.K. coal plant move forward |
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03 Jan 2008 |
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| Posted at 1:45 PM on 03 Jan 2008 It's the week o' ill-advised energy choices in Britain, where nuclear power may soon get a boost and plans for the first new coal-fired power plant in decades are inching forward. A local government authority has recommended that Business Secretary John Hutton give the go-ahead to utility E.ON's proposal for a coal plant; concerned that Hutton might just do so, critics have a ... |
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| Topics: coal, energy, news, United Kingdom (all these topics) |
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Long, Long Sago
Two years after Sago Mine explosion, many mine-safety standards still not implemented |
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02 Jan 2008 |
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| Posted at 4:57 PM on 02 Jan 2008 In January 2006, 12 coal miners were killed when an explosion in West Virginia's Sago Mine trapped them underground. In response, Congress passed legislation strengthening mine safety standards. Two years later, many of the standards have yet to be implemented, to the frustration of the United Mine Workers union. Says union president Cecil Roberts, "[The fe ... |
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| Topics: coal, energy, mining, news (all these topics) |
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Perhaps He Had Too Much Eggnog
Tory leader David Cameron lauds |
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20 Dec 2007 |
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| "green coal" Posted at 4:50 PM on 20 Dec 2007 British Conservative Party leader David Cameron said in a speech today that under a Tory government, Britain would be a world leader in "green coal" technology. Ahem: Coal. Is. Not. Green. That is all. sources: BBC News, The Press Association see also, in Grist: Coal is the enemy of the human race From the Archives March Orders. U.S. will b ... |
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| Topics: coal, energy, news, United Kingdom (all these topics) |
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Stan, Stan, He's Not Our Man
Nominee for federal fossil-energy secretary has strong ties to Big Coal |
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17 Dec 2007 |
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| Posted at 5:18 PM on 17 Dec 2007 From 2001 to 2003, Stanley Suboleski was chief operating officer of mining company Massey Energy, which faces $2.4 billion in fines for more than 4,000 alleged Clean Water Act violations at its coal operations in West Virginia and Kentucky within the past six years. It's only logical, then, that President Bush would nominate Suboleski, who is still an independent ... |
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| Topics: coal, Department of Energy, energy, jackassery, news, politics (all these topics) |
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Neva-duh
Cheaper to power Nevada with renewables than coal, says consultancy |
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26 Nov 2007 |
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| Posted at 2:57 PM on 26 Nov 2007 Nevada will end up with costlier power if it goes ahead with plans to build three new coal plants instead of relying on renewables, says a study from an independent economic consultancy. Higher construction costs and an inevitable tax on emissions will drive up costs of the black rock in the not-so-long run, according to ECONorthwest. The conclusions will surely get the thumbs up from d ... |
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| Topics: coal, energy, Nevada, news, renewable energy, Utah (all these topics) |
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Boo Hoo Hoosier
Indiana regulators approve coal plant |
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21 Nov 2007 |
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| Posted at 10:11 AM on 21 Nov 2007 Apparently not having received the memo that denying coal plants is the hip thing to do, the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission has approved an application from Duke Energy to build a coal-gasification plant in the city of Edwardsport. The bright side (if you can call it that): Duke will have to submit a plan on how to capture carbon-dioxide emissions from the plant. But still. sources: The New York Times ... |
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| Topics: coal, energy, Indiana, news (all these topics) |
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The Maine Event
Maine rejects coal, embraces wind power |
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07 Nov 2007 |
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| Posted at 2:58 PM on 07 Nov 2007 Three cheers for the people of Maine (Mainites? Mainians? Mainists?): The community of Wiscasset rejected a zoning ordinance change that would have allowed a new coal gasification plant, while the state's Land Use Regulation Commission approved a 57 MW wind farm in Washington County. Give 'em all a lobster! sources: The Lincoln County News, Natural Resources Council of Maine From ... |
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| Topics: coal, energy, Maine, news, progress, wind power (all these topics) |
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Capitol and Trade
U.S. Capitol buys carbon offsets |
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06 Nov 2007 |
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| Posted at 1:14 PM on 06 Nov 2007 As part of an ongoing greening plan, the U.S. Capitol is buying $89,000 worth of carbon credits to offset the 30,000 tons of greenhouse gases emitted annually by the antiquated coal plant that provides it with power. The Government Accountability Office plans to publish a review of the carbon-offset industry in April; some members of Congress asked House Chief Administrative Officer Daniel Beard, who will cut th ... |
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| Topics: carbon trading, climate, coal, energy, news, politics, US House of Representatives (all these topics) |
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Assuming There Will Be a Future, Of Course
New report makes suggestions for sustainable energy future |
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23 Oct 2007 |
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| Posted at 2:52 PM on 23 Oct 2007 Coal is the enemy of the human race, but don't take our word for it: 15 national science academies pooh-pooh the evil black rock in their new report "Lighting the Way: Toward a Sustainable Energy Future." The report also rah-rahs solar and wind power and energy efficiency, and is warily supportive of nuclear energy and cellulosic biofuels. sources: Th ... |
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| Topics: cellulosic ethanol, coal, energy, energy efficiency, news, nuclear power, solar voltaic power, wind power (all these topics) |
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Black Lung Is the New Black
Rates of black lung disease double in a decade |
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14 Sep 2007 |
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| Posted at 5:01 PM on 14 Sep 2007 Rates of black lung disease have doubled in the last decade, according to the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. The disease, which is caused by inhaling coal dust, now occurs in almost 10 percent of coal miners who work 25 or more years underground, as opposed to about 4 percent a decade ago. Safety standards enacted in 1969 were supposed to prevent black lung altoget ... |
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| Topics: coal, energy, health, mining, news (all these topics) |
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Move Your Bloomin' Ash
Curbing air pollution from coal plants can lead to more ash in landfills |
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28 Aug 2007 |
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| Move Your Bloomin' Ash Curbing air pollution from coal plants can lead to more ash in landfills The growing pressure to clean up emissions from coal-fired power plants is good for air quality, but it's got a sooty lining: pollution capture could end up filling landfills with millions more tons of toxic ash. More than one-third of the ash currently generated by coal plants is recycled for other uses, but the chemicals commonly u ... |
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| Topics: coal, energy, news, toxics (all these topics) |
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All So You Can Have Cheap Electricity
Three workers killed, six injured in Utah coal-mine rescue effort |
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17 Aug 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| All So You Can Have Cheap Electricity Three workers killed, six injured in Utah coal-mine rescue effort Three rescue workers were killed and at least six others injured when a section of Utah's Crandall Canyon coal mine caved in Thursday night. The workers were involved in the nine-day effort to reach six miners trapped deep within the mine. Seismic activity has caused the operation to halt several times; a seismic "bump" caus ... |
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With Safety Like This, Who Needs Danger?
Rescue effort continues in collapsed Utah mine called 'safe' by owner |
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07 Aug 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| With Safety Like This, Who Needs Danger? Rescue effort continues in collapsed Utah mine called "safe" by owner The search for survivors continues at a coal mine in central Utah that collapsed early Monday. Four miners escaped the implosion -- which was so strong it registered magnitude 3.9 at a nearby seismic station -- but six others were trapped about three miles from the Crandall Canyon Mine entrance, some 1 ... |
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| Topics: coal, energy, mining, news, Utah (all these topics) |
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Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Crappiness
Navajo nation at odds over coal-plant plan |
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27 Jul 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Crappiness Navajo nation at odds over coal-plant plan Members of the Navajo nation are at odds over a plan to build a $3 billion, 1,500-megawatt coal-fired power plant on reservation land in New Mexico. Tribal leaders say the plant -- whose juice would go to Las Vegas and Phoenix -- will generate $50 million in much-needed annual revenue and create ... |
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| Topics: climate, coal, energy, environmental justice, New Mexico, news, Texas (all these topics) |
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