Winds of change: What will power the Northwest's future?
Carl Borgquist wants to spend more than $1 billion to transform a remote butte fringed by pine trees into a giant water battery.
Energy & Green Tech
Mar 7, 2018
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News tagged with coal production
After oil and gas, Denmark's Dong ditches coal
Danish green energy giant Dong said Thursday it was pulling out of coal use, burning another bridge to its fossil fuel past after ditching oil and gas.
Energy & Green Tech
Feb 2, 2017
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US coal peak production: Point and counterpoint
A timely debate on "United States Coal Peak Production" will enliven the annual meeting of the Geological Society of America in Portland, Oregon, today. Highly regarded experts David B. Rutledge of the California Institute ...
Environment
Oct 20, 2009
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Mines and wines in Australia climate battle
Australian winemaker Brett Keating doesn't draw a parallel between the shorter, hotter seasons and slow creep of coal mining towards his land, but he is concerned.
Environment
Aug 2, 2010
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Trump poised to roll back climate protections
US President Donald Trump will on Tuesday roll back a slew of environmental protections enacted by Barack Obama, in a bid to untether the fossil fuel industry.
Environment
Mar 27, 2017
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Coal dust and smog plague lives on S.Africa's Highveld
Tumelo has again lost several days at school because of sickness.
Environment
Jun 26, 2019
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China launches carbon emissions trading scheme
China launched a carbon trading system Monday designed to drive down emissions, as the world's biggest polluter takes steps towards decarbonising its economy by 2060.
Environment
Feb 1, 2021
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Fossil fuel plans by producing nations threaten global climate goals: UN
Plans to expand oil, gas and coal production by major fossil fuel countries would push the world far beyond agreed global warming limits and are "throwing humanity's future into question", the UN warned Wednesday.
Environment
Nov 8, 2023
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China risking water crisis due to coal: Greenpeace
Environmental campaigners Greenpeace urged China Tuesday to review plans for a huge expansion in coal mines and power plants, warning of a water crisis in the country's already arid north.
Environment
Aug 14, 2012
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Biomass-produced electricity in the US possible, but it'll cost
If the U.S. wants to start using wood pellets to produce energy, either the government or power customers will have to pay an extra cost, a new University of Georgia study has found.
Energy & Green Tech
Apr 25, 2018
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