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First reported 22 hours ago - Updated 2 hours ago - 4 reports

'Major project status' extended for Galilee Basin coal project

Waratah Coal says its proposed $8 billion coal development in central Queensland's Galilee Basin has reached an important milestone.Federal Infrastructure Minister Anthony Albanese has extended 'major project status' until the end of 2016.Mr Albanese ... [Published ABC Online - 2 hours ago]

Entities: Coal, Waratah, Anthony Albanese

First reported 8 hours ago - Updated 2 hours ago - 4 reports

China's great steps forward

China is taking steps to tackle its huge carbon output. Yesterday, the country announced the details of its first carbon trading program, which will begin in the city of Shenzhen next month. The southern city is one of seven cities and provinces, including ... [Published Business Spectator - 2 hours ago]

Entities: China, Carbon, Emission, Global Warming/Climate Change

First reported 10 hours ago - Updated 3 hours ago - 4 reports

CFMEU head bags Robbo's coal comment

THE head of the coal miners union has bagged opposition leader John Robertson for comments at a public forum that NSW Labor is working on a policy to phase out coal.Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union national president Tony Maher said this ... [Published Newcastle Herald - 3 hours ago]

Entities: John Robertson, Tony Maher, Coal

First reported 9 hours ago - Updated 5 hours ago - 3 reports

Mining lobby touts impacts of coal exports

The National Mining Association has a new report out today that touts the economic contributions of the growing export market for U.S. coal. You can read the report here, and here’s a little of what the NMA has to say on the issue:Rising exports of U.S. ... [Published Charleston Gazette - 5 hours ago]

Entities: Coal, National Mining Association, Mining, United States, Coal Mining

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated 6 hours ago - 3 reports

Coal jobs at the lowest since state started keeping records, report says

HAZARD, Ky (WYMT) - Coal jobs are at the lowest level since the state started keeping records.The state Energy and Environment Cabinet released the Kentucky Quarterly Coal Report for the first three months of this year.It shows on-site employment dropped ... [Published WKYT - 6 hours ago]

Entities: Coal, Bill Bissett, Mining

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated 8 hours ago - 5 reports

A three-story high pile of pet coke next to Detroit River, where will it go?

Pet coke is the by-product of refining tar sands oil.ListenAn eyesore has grown on the Detroit skyline.It's a three-story pile of black petroleum coke that could cover an entire city block and it's the byproduct of oil sands bitumen drilling in Alberta, ... [Published Michigan Public Radio - 8 hours ago]

Entities: Oil Sands, Refinery, Canada, By-product

First reported 11 hours ago - Updated 11 hours ago - 5 reports

Manmohan Singh

Govt to punish wrongdoers in spectrum, coal scam: PM

Amidst allegations of corruption in allocation of telecom spectrum and coal mines, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today promised to punish wrongdoers and said future allotment of scarce natural resources will happen only through auction.UPA II government ... [Published TimesNow.tv - 11 hours ago]

Entities: Coal, Allotment, Manmohan Singh, Allegation

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated 11 hours ago - 7 reports

Carbon trading pilot's operating details revealed

The Shenzhen Carbon Exchange announced details of its carbon trading scheme on Tuesday in advance of the pilot program's launch next month, Financial Times reported. The exchange said the trading scheme would cover 635 industrial and construction companies, ... [Published China Economic Review - 16 hours ago]

Entities: Carbon, Shenzhen, Carbon Emissions, Emission, Allotment

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated 13 hours ago - 4 reports

FORBES & MANHATTAN COAL CORP - Changes to the Board

Changes to the Board Forbes & Manhattan Coal Corp. (Registration number: 002116278) (External company registration number: 2011/011661/10) Share code on the Toronto Stock Exchange: FMC Share code on the JSE Limited: FMC ISIN: CA3451171050 (“Forbes Coal” ... [Published Sharenet - 13 hours ago]

Entities: Coal, Forbes & Manhattan Coal Corp, JSE Ltd

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated 13 hours ago - 5 reports

California Carbon Price Hits New Record

California raised more than $280 million selling greenhouse gas emissions permits in its third auction, with businesses paying a record $14 per metric ton for the right to release carbon this year.All 14.5 million available allowances for use this year ... [Published Environmental Leader - 13 hours ago]

Entities: Carbon, Short Ton, Pacific Legal Foundation, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Emitter

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated 13 hours ago - 3 reports

Gov to Coal Executives: 'Do the Math and Come to TN'

Tennessee doesn't have many coal mining jobs, but Gov. Bill Haslam was selling the state to a room full of coal executives Tuesday, reports the Kingsport Times-News ."We're not blessed with quite as much coal or as much oil or natural gas as other folks ... [Published Knox News Sentinel - 13 hours ago]

Entities: Coal, Bill Haslam, Taxes, Coal Mining

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 4 reports

NC agency seeks injunction in coal ash case against Duke Energy

A state environmental agency is seeking a court injunction against Duke Energy over groundwater that may have been contaminated by coal ash from a Gaston County power plant.The N.C. Division of Water Quality took legal action Tuesday against the utility ... [Published Gaston Gazette - May 22 2013]

Entities: Coal, Duke Energy Corporation, Injunction

Quotes

"We ask that the president amend the proposed rule to utilize a technology-based approach to reduce carbon emissions rather than come up with an approach that is impossible to achieve" Mr. Blunt said on Wednesday. KCP&L provides electrical service to St Joseph and other locales in Northwest Missouri

Lawmakers seek presidential change in proposed EPA rule [Published Individual.com - 2 hours ago]

"The Australian industry, which has been in the doldrums for the past year, will either have to crank up production massively or other coals will come in from South Africa or Russia to plug that gap."

Hope for revival of Australian coal se [Published Efficient Farming - 2 hours ago]

...addition to obtaining background information on this patent, VerticalNews editors also obtained the inventors' summary information for this patent: "The present invention provides a carbon foam which exhibits improved conductivities, thermal and electrical conductivity, density, compressive strength and compressive strength-to-density ratio to provide a combination of strength, conductivity and relatively light weight characteristics not heretofore seen. In addition, the monolithic nature and bimodal cell structure of the foam, with a combination of larger and smaller cells, which are relatively spherical, provide a carbon foam which can be produced in a desired block size and configuration and which can be readily machined."

Patent Issued for Reinforced Resin-Derived Carbon Foam [Published Equities.com - 2 hours ago]

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Blogs

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Bombshell: China May Be Close To Implementing A... [Published Think Progress - 8 hours ago] Credit: Associated Press China is taking steps to tackle its huge carbon output. Today, the country announced the details of its first carbon trading program, which will begin in the city of Shenzhen next month. The southern city is one of seven ...
Coal and gas are far more harmful than nuclear ... [Published Michele Kearney's Nuclear Wire - 14 hours ago] 4 April 23, 2013By Pushker Kharecha and James Hansen,NASA Goddard Space Flight CenterHuman-caused climate change and air pollution remain majorglobal-scale problems and are both due mostly to fossil fuel burning.Mitigation efforts for both of these ...
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Audio/Video

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Hearts of Coal: Dirty, Demanding & Dangerous (R... [Published Russia Today - YouTube - May 20 2013]
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Press Releases

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The Laclede Group Prices Public Offering of Com... [Published Financial Services - 4 hours ago]
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