The Trump administration accelerated the pace of its environmental rollbacks for the country's coal-fired power plants Monday, proposing to weaken two Obama-era rules aimed at cleaning up dangerous heavy metals and ash from ...
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Nov 4, 2019
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One proposed method for reducing carbon dioxide (CO2) levels in the atmosphere—and reducing the risk of climate change—is to capture carbon from the air or prevent it from getting there in the first place. However, research ...
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Oct 25, 2019
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Inhaling dust that contains fly ash particles from coal combustion has been linked to lung and heart disease, cancer, nervous system disorders and other ill effects.
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Oct 22, 2019
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South Africa's government announced Friday that the country would increase its use of coal-fired energy, provoking outrage from climate groups.
Environment
Oct 18, 2019
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As the world's largest CO2 emitter and second largest economy, China's climate policy has faced intense scrutiny over the past decade. Despite a report from the International Renewable Energy Agency in January saying that ...
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Jul 9, 2019
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The Powering Past Coal Alliance, or PPCA, is a coalition of 30 countries and 22 cities and states, that aims to phase out unabated coal power. But analysis led by Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, published in Nature ...
Environment
Jul 1, 2019
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Kenya's environment court blocked Wednesday the construction of a coal-fired power station on the country's idyllic Indian Ocean coast, in a move hailed as a major victory by campaigners fighting a years-long battle against ...
Environment
Jun 26, 2019
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Tumelo has again lost several days at school because of sickness.
Environment
Jun 26, 2019
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New York state lawmakers on Wednesday passed one of the world's most ambitious laws aimed at countering climate change, under which fossil fuel power plants and gasoline cars will be phased out by 2050.
Environment
Jun 20, 2019
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The Trump administration on Wednesday unveiled its final plan to rewrite a major Obama-era climate change policy, replacing proposed regulations that cracked down on coal-burning power plants with a weaker alternative.
Environment
Jun 19, 2019
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