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McCain on climate and coal in Michigan Rubber, meet road	David Roberts	13 Jan 2008	Gristmill

Topics: climate, coal, elections, energy, John McCain, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

Gnashing my teeth over globalization Can economic democracy make the global economy more sustainable?	Jon Rynn	07 Jan 2008	Gristmill

Topics: air pollution, business, China, climate, coal, economy, energy, greenhouse-gas emissions, United States (all these topics)

Bad combo Cheap coal and $100 oil	Tom Philpott	04 Jan 2008	Gristmill

Topics: climate, coal, economy, energy, oil (all these topics)

A Black Day With oil prices rising, Asia turns to coal		04 Jan 2008	News
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 ...
Topics: Asia, coal, coal-to-liquid fuel, energy, news (all these topics)

The Choice of an Old Generation Peabody Energy partners on Chinese		03 Jan 2008	News
"clean coal" project Posted at 2:01 PM on 03 Jan 2008 Coal behemoth Peabody Energy -- a partner in the infamous FutureGen -- will join with Chinese equity partners to build China's first "clean coal" plant, dubbed GreenGen. (We just threw up in our mouths a little.) Partners say the project will provide near-zero emissions, and the first phase is expected to be on line by 2009. Isn't optimism cute? source: P ...
Topics: carbon sequestration, China, coal, news (all these topics)

That's the Worst Idea We've Heard in an E.ON Plans for new U.K. coal plant move forward		03 Jan 2008	News
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 ...
Topics: coal, energy, news, United Kingdom (all these topics)

Long, Long Sago Two years after Sago Mine explosion, many mine-safety standards still not implemented		02 Jan 2008	News
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 ...
Topics: coal, energy, mining, news (all these topics)

China, coal, and the U.S. economy More evidence that we're exporting massive carbon emissions	Tom Philpott	02 Jan 2008	Gristmill

Topics: business, China, coal, economy, energy (all these topics)

Survey says ... Two thirds of likely caucus voters in Iowa think conservation more important than coal	Sean Casten	02 Jan 2008	Gristmill

Topics: coal, elections, energy, energy efficiency, Iowa, politics, presidential race 08, renewable energy (all these topics)

Solar cheaper than coal and falling New developments in solar power make 'clean coal' look even dumber	David Roberts	26 Dec 2007	Gristmill

Topics: coal, energy, solar thermal power, solar voltaic power (all these topics)

Perhaps He Had Too Much Eggnog Tory leader David Cameron lauds		20 Dec 2007	News
"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 ...
Topics: coal, energy, news, United Kingdom (all these topics)

Bush, Suboleski, and Blankenship Bush appoints mountaintop-removal mining exec to key DOE position	David Roberts	19 Dec 2007	Gristmill

Topics: coal, energy, politics (all these topics)

'Even Santa is rethinking his position on coal!' Coal industry kicks off a PR campaign aimed at influencing lawmakers	David Roberts	19 Dec 2007	Gristmill

Topics: coal, energy, holiday, Washington DC (all these topics)

Casten on FutureGen: 'Maddeningly stupid' Grist contributor bashes 'clean coal'	David Roberts	18 Dec 2007	Gristmill

Topics: coal, energy, TV (all these topics)

Pity our poor customers Coal utilities weigh in on the carbon policy	Sean Casten	18 Dec 2007	Gristmill

Topics: politics, climate, coal, energy (all these topics)

Coal's bad year Thirteen stories of coal getting stiffed	David Roberts	18 Dec 2007	Gristmill

Topics: coal, energy (all these topics)

Back to the FutureGen FutureGen		18 Dec 2007	News
"clean coal" demonstration plant slated for Illinois Posted at 8:26 AM on 18 Dec 2007 FutureGen, the U.S. Department of Energy's massive "clean coal" demonstration plant, will be sited in Mattoon, Ill., officials announced this morning. Three other potential locations for the plant each lobbied heavily for the roughly $1.8 billion project to be built on their turf -- one other site in Illinois and two others in Texas. The FutureGen project, wh ...
Topics: climate, coal, cogeneration, Department of Energy, news, United States (all these topics)

Stan, Stan, He's Not Our Man Nominee for federal fossil-energy secretary has strong ties to Big Coal		17 Dec 2007	News
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 ...
Topics: coal, Department of Energy, energy, jackassery, news, politics (all these topics)

The U.S. Congress, always willing to be shilling The terrible omnibus bill	Brian Beutler	17 Dec 2007	Gristmill

Topics: coal, nuclear power, energy, legislation, politics (all these topics)

Watch more Fox News! FutureGen on at 5:00 p.m. Central, tonight	Sean Casten	17 Dec 2007	Gristmill

Topics: shameless self-promotion, coal, business, energy, TV (all these topics)

I do not think that word means what you think it means Forest Service objects to Va. 'clean coal' plant that would be one of state's biggest polluters	David Roberts	13 Dec 2007	Gristmill

Topics: Virginia, coal, energy (all these topics)

Notable quotable	David Roberts	12 Dec 2007	Gristmill

Topics: Wyoming, coal, energy, quotables (all these topics)

Pity West Virginia The backlash against coal has not made it to the halls of power in WV	David Roberts	11 Dec 2007	Gristmill

Topics: West Virginia, coal, energy, carbon sequestration (all these topics)

Coal lover to skip climate forum Rudy Giuliani's ties to dirty energy and efforts to kill the Senate energy bill	David Roberts	10 Dec 2007	Gristmill

Topics: climate, coal, elections, energy, politics, presidential race 08, Rudy Giuliani (all these topics)

Coal's fired More backlash against new coal power plants	Clark Williams-Derry	07 Dec 2007	Gristmill

Topics: coal, energy (all these topics)

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