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  • September 2008

    • Green Vandals Acquitted on Climate Change Defense

      Guardian (UK)  |  Sep 11, 08 11:25 AM CDT

      Green Vandals Acquitted on Climate Change Defense

      (Newser) - Six Greenpeace activists who vandalized a coal-fired power station in Britain have won acquittal using the threat of global warming as a defense, reports the Guardian . The activists, who caused more than $50,000 in damage to a smokestack, said they were trying to prevent property damage from the plant’s emissions to locations around the world. The verdict is expected to trigger similar protests. More »

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      climate change  • global warming  • carbon emissions  • Al Gore  • clean energy  • Greenpeace  • coal power

  • August 2008

    • China's Power Pollution to Pass US

      Washington Post  |  Aug 27, 08 6:56 AM CDT

      China's Power Pollution to Pass US

      (Newser) - Carbon emissions from China's mostly coal-fired electric power industry will exceed those of the US this year for the first time, the Washington Post reports. China's runaway economic growth means its power industry's carbon emissions will double by 2020, predicts the Center for Global Development, a Washington-based think tank. Power generation accounts for 27% of all carbon emissions worldwide.   More »

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      China  • climate change  • India  • carbon emissions  • coal  • coal power  • CO2

  • July 2008

    • China's Wind Power Takes Off

      Guardian (UK)  |  Jul 27, 08 6:09 AM CDT

      China's Wind Power Takes Off

      (Newser) - Although known for its monstrous appetite for coal, China has spent the last few years ramping up its wind-power capacity, the Guardian reports. The amount of wind power generated has grown over 100% a year since 2005, with enormous wind farms popping up across the country. "It is huge, huge, huge," said an official from the Global Wind Engery Council. More »

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      China  • electricity  • alternative energy  • renewable energy  • wind power  • coal power  • growth

    • 'Clean Coal' Advocates Blowing Smoke

      Yale Environment 360  |  Jul 17, 08 11:31 AM CDT

      'Clean Coal' Advocates Blowing Smoke

      (Newser) - “Clean coal” is the buzzword of the moment, with industry groups and presidential candidates swearing by a work-in-progress technique known as carbon capture and storage (CCS), which ultimately buries carbon dioxide emissions deep underground. But Jeff Goodell, writing in Yale Environment 360 , doesn’t buy it. “We don’t need to bury our problems,” Goodell writes. “We need to reinvent our world.” More »

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      climate change  • environment  • carbon emissions  • coal  • coal power  • carbon sequestration

  • June 2008
  • May 2008
  • April 2008

    • China Has Only 12 Days Left of Coal

      Australia's News Network  |  Apr 23, 08 6:01 PM CDT

      China Has Only 12 Days Left of Coal

      (Newser) - China only has coal reserves left for about 12 days, and in some regions only about a week's supply is left, Australia's News Network reports. The demand for coal—the most important energy source in the country—has skyrocketed, with huge numbers of new power plants being built in the past decade. More »

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      China  • coal  • coal power

    • National Park, Meet Coal Smog

      Christian Science Monitor  |  Apr 23, 08 4:03 PM CDT

      National Park, Meet Coal Smog

      (Newser) - The Environmental Protection Agency is set to change its rules to allow the construction of coal power plants in previously off-limits areas near national parks, the Christian Science Monitor reports. A draft revision to the Clean Air Act would soften standards of pollution in “Class 1” areas (ie, national parks) and how much pollution a proposed plant would add. More »

    • Activists Fight Coal, Plant by Plant

      Los Angeles Times  |  Apr 14, 08 1:41 PM CDT

      Activists Fight Coal, Plant by Plant

      (Newser) - Environmentalists are taking aim at new, high-pollution coal-fired power plants, the Los Angeles Times reports. Whenever a new plant is proposed, lawyers from a coalition of organizations work on killing it any way that they can. "We hope to clog up the system," one said. "It's putting pressure on Congress to put together a comprehensive plan." More »

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      climate change  • Environmental Protection Agency  • coal power  • Sierra Club

  • February 2008
  • November 2007

    • China, India Stick With Coal as Air Worsens

      Associated Press  |  Nov 14, 07 4:19 PM CST

      China, India Stick With Coal as Air Worsens

      (Newser) - Coal will remain the key source of power generation in China and India for the foreseeable future, the AP reports today from an energy conference in Rome, despite outside pressure on the countries to reduce carbon emissions. Leading officials urged the international community to help the booming Asian countries develop cleaner coal technology or suffer the climate-change consequences. More »

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      China  • climate change  • global warming  • India  • coal power

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