News tagged with coal industry
Banks 'lent 232 bn euros to coal industry'
Leading banks around the world lent 232 billion euros ($308 billion) to the coal industry, one of the biggest sources of greenhouse gases, from 2005 to 2010, campaigners said here on Wednesday.
Nov 30, 2011 |
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Report claims U.S. can curb carbon emissions while boosting domestic oil production
A report from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and The University of Texas at Austin urges the U.S. to accelerate efforts to pursue carbon capture and storage (CCS) in combination with enhanced oil recovery ...
May 24, 2011 |
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Obama seeks new path to environmental goals
(AP) -- Facing a Congress that is more hostile to environmental regulation, President Barack Obama is moderating his environmental goals: a clean energy standard that mixes nuclear, natural gas and "clean ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Jan 27, 2011 |
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Lawmakers, activists battle over mountaintop removal coal mining
Coal industry advocates and environmentalists converged on Capitol Hill on Thursday at a congressional hearing on the impact of mountaintop removal mining on Appalachian streams and rivers.
Jun 26, 2009 |
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