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The Cost of Flipping that Light Switch
dailykos.com 3 hrs ago
While the rising price of oil is quickly reflected in the dollars flowing into your gas tank, there's another energy source that's going up even faster than oil. In fact, the price has gone is up 100% in less than a year. Benchmark prices for some grades of electricity-generating steam coal are...
Experts Encourage Mitigation, Adaptation to Climate Change
newwest.net 3 hrs ago
Mitigate. Adapt. Use Wind Power as an Engine for Economic Development. Promote Local Action Plans. Panels of experts shared diverse perspectives this week on the future of Montana as affected by climate change at the Burton K. Wheeler Center Conference on "Climate Change in Montana: Impacts and...
BHP Billiton to Divest Coal Mine
azom.com 14 hrs ago
BHP Billiton announced that it has reached agreement to sell Optimum Colliery (a thermal coal mine within BHP Billiton's South African portfolio), together with 6.5Mtpa of Richards Bay Coal Terminal entitlement to an entity controlled by a Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) consortium, Optimum Coal...
Sebelius vetoes third bill allowing coal-fired plants
ljworld.com 12 hrs ago
Topeka — Gov. Kathleen Sebelius has for the third time vetoed a bill to allow two coal-fired power plants in southwest Kansas and limit the power of the regulator who has blocked their construction. “Rather than working toward a compromise solution, legislative leaders recklessly chose to...
McCain’s Embarrassing Climate Speech
ncpa.org 22 hrs ago 1 related
Milloy column on Foxnews.com While no one knows who first uttered the sentiment "It’s better to say nothing and seem a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt," Republican presidential hopeful John McCain’s speech this week on climate change certainly supports the phrase’s validity....
Interstate to cut emissions at Iowa coal plant (AP)
yahoo.com 20 hrs ago 7 related
Friday May 16, 2:41 pm ET Interstate Power to install new emission controls at Lansing coal-fired plant DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- Emissions from a coal-fired power plant in northeast Iowa will be cut after its owner, Interstate Power and Light Co., installs $85 million worth of new equipment, the...
When it Comes to Coal, No Simple Party Differences (CQPolitics.com)
yahoo.com yesterday 3 related
By Annie Johnson, CQ Staff Fri May 16, 7:14 AM ET If you want to know how difficult it is to navigate the politics of coal, just ask Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine. Coal may have been on the minds of the candidates more than usual this week as Congress debated energy policy, John McCain talked up his...
Coal power producers set to lose billions under new EU ETS: study
platts.com yesterday 3 related
Power generators with a carbon-intensive fuel portfolio are set to lose billions of euros under the European Commission's plans for the post-2012 EU emissions trading scheme, a French university academic said Thursday. "Full auctioning of ETS carbon dioxide allowances will induce a high...
FOR MINNESOTA POWER: WIND BY WIRE
newenergynews.blogspot.com yesterday
Minnesota has a Renewable Electricity Standard (RES) requiring the state’s utilities to obtain 25% of their power from New Energy sources by 2025. And Minnesota Power knows it will need something besides turbines to meet it, which is why Minnesota Power just bought a big transmission line to...
Maxwell Media Marketing: Real Stock Discoveries Movers and Shakers for Friday, May 16, 2008 CHBP,...
tmcnet.com yesterday
serious speculators everywhere. China Biopharmaceuticals Holding, Inc., (OTC BB: CHBP), is trading up 18% in early trading on the report of May 16, 2008, that announced that as a vertically integrated bio-pharmaceutical company focused on developing, manufacturing and distributing innovative...