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Red, Green, and Blue: Colorado to Ditch Two Coal Plants, Moving to Solar and Wind
State regulators in Colorado have given the green light to plans by Xcel Energy to shut down two coal-powered energy plants in the state, and build one of the world’s largest utility-scale solar-power facilities.
Following discussions lasting several days, the Colorado Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) backed the power company’s voluntary decision to close the two coal-fired plants at Denver and Grand Junction, making Xcel the first utility in the U.S. to make such a move solely in an effort to reduce emissions.
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The Military-Industrial Complex Embraces Coal-to-Liquids | celsias°
It is time to pay close attention to President Eisenhower's warning. In the past six months, the U.S. Air Force (USAF) has begun a major effort to define the future of energy supplies for the U.S. and for its military allies. If military brass reach their goal, the transportation fuel of the future will be based on coal.
According to Air Force Assistant Secretary William Anderson, the USAF plan is to:
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George Monbiot: The stakes could not be higher. Everything hinges on stopping coal | Comment is free | The Guardian
As soon as I have finished this column I will jump on the train to Kent. Last year Al Gore remarked: "I can't understand why there aren't rings of young people blocking bulldozers and preventing them from constructing coal-fired power plants." Like hundreds of honorary young people, I am casting my Zimmer frame aside to answer the call.
Everything now hinges on stopping coal. Whether we prevent runaway climate change largely depends on whether we keep using the most carbon-intensive fossil fuel. Unless we either leave it - or the carbon dioxide it produces - in the ground, human development will start spiralling backwards. The more coal is burnt, the smaller are our chances of future comfort and prosperity. The industrial revolution has gone into reverse.
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Lawsuit brings into the open TVA's role as polluter | www.tennessean.com | The Tennessean
There's nothing like a trial to get a look at a large agency and its records that otherwise can be difficult to see.
The lawsuit the state of North Carolina hit the Tennessee Valley Authority with to try to make it reduce air pollution wafting into that state has shone a rather large spotlight on the independent federal electricity producer.
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What emerged over the 12 days of testimony included:
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The Associated Press: EPA approves air permit for Navajo power plant
Both environmentalists who have been fighting a proposed coal-fired power plant on the Navajo Nation and supporters of the project expected it: an air permit for the plant.
On Thursday, the Environmental Protection Agency signed off on the permit for the Desert Rock Energy Project, which the agency says will set a new standard for coal-fired plants in the United States.
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PDF: Benefits of Reducing Prenatal Exposure to Coal
Technical document on the childhood benefits of reducing coal usage
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Judge: Reduce CO2 Or Don't Build Coal Plant - thedailygreen.com
In a ruling believed to be unprecedented, a Georgia judge halted the construction of Dynegy's Longleaf coal-fired power plant because it had not made provisions for reducing its emissions of carbon dioxide, the greenhouse gas most widely implicated in man-made global warming.
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Burning the Future
Documentary on the effects of strip mining coal in West Virgnia.
If you wanna see the effects go look at a satellite vew of the state from google earth.
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Don't be deceived, there's no such thing as 'clean coal' - Salt Lake Tribune
Let's be real: "Clean coal" is a marketing slogan not a technological reality. Coal does currently provide us with a reliable source of electricity but at an astronomical price that is hidden from us consumers.
Maybe you pay for it with your child's asthma. Maybe you paid for it with your father's heart attack or your grandmother's stroke that took her speech away. Maybe you lost a baby to SIDS on a particularly bad air day.
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Think Progress » 24 Hours After Touting Clean Coal In SOTU, White House Drops Ambitious Clean Coal Project
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Environmentalism in 1306 : Environmental Graffiti - environmental news blog
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Carl Pope: King Coal's Mountain Redoubt - Politics on The Huffington Post
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George W. Bush - Midnight Regulations - Environment - Mining - Energy - Medicine and Health - National Parks - New York Times
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