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Study: Cheap Coal Isn't Worth It

November 3, 2011 by Jim Pierobon
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Each additional study and court ruling read more convincing than those that preceded them. The cost of burning coal is doing even more harm to human health, the environment and worker safety than was previously documentable. But will they — together — persuade policymakers to quicken moves toward a lower-carbon energy future? The latest... [read more]

Nuclear Industry Must Be Transparent on Uranium Mining, Carbon Output Before New Plants

July 19, 2011 by David Thorpe
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The nuclear industry has to clean up its supply chain, be as ethical, accountable and transparent as possible, and come clean on its true carbon impact, if it is to earn our trust.The UK is considering supporting the building of a new generation of nuclear plants, and the Treasury's Carbon Price Support mechanism could result in nuclear... [read more]

Nuclear Industry Subsidies Part IV: Conclusions

July 6, 2011 by Charles Barton
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This is Part IV of my review of Doug Koplow's "Nuclear Power: Still not viable without subsidies." In Part I, I examined the definition of subsidies and looked at several limiting cases, including subsidies to an energy related project, the Cape Wind Project. Par II focused on Government policy toward the domestic Uranium mining... [read more]

Nuclear Industry Subsidies Part II: The Mining Sector

June 28, 2011 by Charles Barton
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Nuclear Industry Subsidies Part II: The Mining Sector Doug Kaplow, in a Union of Concerned Scientists report titled, Nuclear Power: Still not viable without subsidies," has offered us an attempt to assess subsidies offered by the Government to the Nuclear Industry. Koplow charges that one form of government subsidy has to do with... [read more]

Leading Uranium Producer, Cameco Reports 36% Profit Dip in First Quarter

May 9, 2011 by Nathanael Baker
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Cameco (NYSE: CCJ), one of the world's largest uranium producers, announced its earnings dropped 36% in the first quarter of 2011. The Saskatchewan-based company saw its profits drop from $143 million in the Q1 2010 to $91 million in Q1 2011.  Additionally, the company's revenue dropped 6% from $485 million to $454 million... [read more]

BHP Boss: Time For A Carbon Tax

September 16, 2010 by Big Gav
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The SMH has an article on a recent speech by BHP CEO Marius Kloppers, calling for a carbon tax to be introduced to Australia - BHP boss dumps on future of coal.THE world's largest miner, BHP Billiton, has weighed into the climate change debate, warning that Australia should ''look beyond coal'' and towards other energy sources.The chief... [read more]

After 2 Carbon Disasters in 1 Month, Time for Clean Energy

May 8, 2010 by Frances Beinecke
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America has experienced two energy-related disasters in the past month, and though they involved different technologies and occurred in different parts of the country, they had one thing in common: fossil fuels. On April 5, a massive accident at the Upper Big Branch coal mine in West Virginia killed 29 people and injured 2 others. On... [read more]

Newsweek Gets Coal Terribly Wrong

April 12, 2010 by Joseph Romm
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Daniel Stone published a dreadful piece on coal and energy over at Newsweek’s The Gaggle called “West Virginia Mine Disaster Unlikely to Affect National Energy Debate.”  Guest blogger JW Randolph of Appalachian Voices, debunks it fully in this WR repost. David Roberts at Grist responded to Energy Committee Staffer Bill Wicker for... [read more]

Unveiling environmental plans in urban India

May 3, 2009 by Climatico Analysis
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    Nearly a year after India’s climate change plan was revealed, Indian cities are waking up to incorporating climate change action into their policies. The capital, Delhi, has recently unveiled its own climate change action plan that incorporates six out of eight of the nation’s CC missions.  Parts of this... [read more]

Mountaintop Removal Blow-Back

March 25, 2009 by Jesse Jenkins
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After yesterday's emotional roller-coaster ride on mountaintop removal, fueled by some bad reporting from the AP and two dueling and somewhat contradictory press releases from the EPA, we're happy to run this post from Appalachian Voices' Matt Wasson (originally posted at HuffingtonPost) taking a closer look at what's at stake in the... [read more]

Taking Mountain Top Removal Head-On, North Carolina Considers Ban

May 28, 2008 by Jesse Jenkins
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Landmark Legislation Would End State’s Use of Coal from Controversial and Destructive Mining PracticeThis just in: the North Carolina state legislature may take the destructive and despicable practice of mountaintop removal coal mining head-on by banning the use of coal obtained from mountaintop removal at any North Carolina coal plant... [read more]

Hansen stands by coal train/death train analogy

November 26, 2007 by Joseph Romm
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In his final testimony submitted to the Iowa Utilities Board on the proposed coal-fired power plant in Iowa, NASA’s James Hansen used a very provocative metaphor about the trains that deliver coal: If we cannot stop the building of more coal-fired power plants, those coal trains will be death trains — no less gruesome than if they were... [read more]

Mordor? No, Athabasca

October 29, 2007 by Jonathan Smith
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In case your Halloween is too happy / not horrible enough, Monkeyfister relays1 a story in The Guardian2 about “land rape on a gigantic scale.” In ten years, according to the article, the mining in the province of Alberta “will encompass an area as large as Florida… All that spoiled land, ruined fresh water, and wasted Natural Gas. It’s... [read more]