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Union leader warns Sri Lankan President of further trade union action after Tuesday's strike

* May 18, Colombo: The head of the National Trade Union Center (NTUC) in Sri Lanka K.D. Lalkantha has in writing warned President Mahinda Rajapaksa of further trade union action following the nationwide strike on the 21st.Lalkantha in his letter says ... [Published Colombo Page - 5 hours ago]

Entities: Trade Union, Conspiracy, Refinery

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Giant new plant shows coal power isn't going away

WASHINGTON The Prairie State power plant, set amid farm fields and woods in southwestern Illinois, will start producing power soon, beginning a life of burning local coal that's expected to last until at least the 2040s.Prairie State is the largest coal-fired ... [Published Merced Sun-Star - May 17 2013]

Entities: Coal, Coal Power, Power Plant

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 2 reports

NTPC Ltd

Sri Lanka to sign MoU on Sampur power plant this month

* May 17, Colombo: Sri Lanka will sign the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with India's National Thermal Power Company (NTPC) for the construction of the coal power plant in Sampur this month Power and Energy Ministry said. Power and Energy Ministry ... [Published Colombo Page - May 17 2013]

Entities: NTPC Ltd, Sri Lanka, Power Plant, Colombo (Sri Lanka), MMC International Corp

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Clean Coal Technology Market - Global Industry Size, Market Share, Trends, Analysis, and Forecasts 2012 - 2018

ResearchMoz.us include new market research report" Clean Coal Technology Market - Global Industry Size, Market Share, Trends, Analysis, And Forecasts 2012 - 2018" to its huge collection of research reports.Albany, NY -- ( SBWIRE ) -- 05/17/2013 -- The ... [Published SBWire - May 17 2013]

Entities: Clean Coal Technology, Market, Coal

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Eskom Holdings Ltd

Leave the monopoly & poverty at the door

Dear EditorI am praying that someone can find the space to get this discussion into the open so that it is understood and discussed so that South Africa can take its rightful place in the top 10 growing countries in the world.I have downloaded and read ... [Published Green Times South Africa - May 17 2013]

Entities: Eskom Holdings Ltd, Cape Town, Monopoly

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Time to adapt to climate change, say world’s biggest cities

The world’s largest cities are feeling the effects of climate change and are leading efforts to adapt to them.That is according to the C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group that includes London, New York, Cairo and Sao Paulo.Terri Wills, director of global ... [Published Responding to Climate Change - May 17 2013]

Entities: Global Warming/Climate Change, Adaptation, Greenhouse Gas, Emission Reductions

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

White rose

Funding and networks key to cutting CCS costs

Carbon capture and storage projects need sound funding mechanisms and collaboration on networks to develop and de-risk the industry, a cost reduction taskforce has concluded.The industry-led taskforce reiterated a claim from its interim report that gas ... [Published Utility Week - May 17 2013]

Entities: Carbon Capture & Storage, Carbon, David Clarke, White rose, Michael Fallon

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Kingfisher Ceramic Wear Protection Solutions Address Problems

Many operators of coal fired power stations are adopting biomass resources as the fuel to extend the life of their stations, meeting increasing stringent targets for C02 emissions. At present, biomass co-firing in modern coal power plants with efficiencies ... [Published Woodworking Magazine - May 17 2013]

Entities: Biomass, Kingfisher, Power Plant, fibrous, Coal Power

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 2 reports

Groups Urge OPPD To Phase Out Coal Power Plants

Some Omaha community groups are urging OPPD to phase out coal power and invest in more renewable energy production through wind and solar power.The Sierra Club, Malcolm X Foundation and other groups presented a petition with more than 900 signatures on ... [Published WOWT - May 16 2013]

Entities: Coal Power, Power Plant, Coal

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

Former AG launches coalition to oppose NV Energy's 10-year plan

Former Nevada Attorney General Frankie Sue Del Papa is leading a coalition to defeat a major piece of energy legislation pushed by NV Energy that would create a 10-year plan to divest from coal and launch a massive project to build natural gas and renewable ... [Published Las Vegas Sun - May 16 2013]

Entities: Kelvin Atkinson, Public Utilities, NV Energy Inc, Coalition

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 2 reports

Environmentalists, Labor and Elected Officials Unite Behind New Incentives for Coal Power Sales to State PR Newswire

/PRNewswire/ -- Labor and business leaders are praising the Washington state Legislature and Gov. Jay Inslee for the passage of Senate Bill 5297, which was signed into law by Inslee last week, and becomes effective this July. The bill gives Washington ... [Published Yahoo! Finance - May 16 2013]

Entities: Coal Power, Incentives, Jay Inslee, Labor, Centralia (Washington, United States)

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

MP’s anger at rising energy prices

Reading East MP Rob Wilson invited an MP from a neighbouring constituency to the most recent meeting of the Portcullis Business Club.He welcomed John Redwood, MP for Wokingham, to speak at the event, held at Genting Club in Richfield Avenue, Reading.More ... [Published Bracknell Forest Standard - May 16 2013]

Entities: John Redwood, Anger, MP Rob Wilson, Recession

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...by the Coordinating Committee for Trade Union Alliance has already started responding with various fabrications saying that the strike is a "conspiracy to topple the government, a conspiracy to deny the freedom that has been won, a combined conspiracy of the JVP, TNA and UNP and a united conspiracy of western powers, NGOs and separatist forces."

Union leader warns Sri Lankan President of further trade union action after Tuesday's strike [Published Colombo Page - 5 hours ago]

The plant will use "the best efficiency and emissions equipment on the market today" Kuehn said. Efficiency helps minimize carbon dioxide emissions...

Giant new plant shows coal power isn't going away [Published Merced Sun-Star - May 17 2013]

"Even the price of Rs. 13.00 per unit at Lak Wijeya in Norochcholai is high, but if we could stick to that amount it would be better for the country in rupee terms and the fuel efficiency in Sampur would be much lower than at Norochcholai" a senior engineer said

Like it or not,Sampur coal plant necessary Engineeers [Published Sri Lanka Island - May 17 2013]

...And an analysis of GMO usage by the US National Academy of Science concludes that "GE crops have had fewer adverse effects on the environment than non-GE crops produced conventionally." They've done this by reducing dangerous pesticides and fertiliser runoff and the need for additional tilling that dries soil and releases more carbon...

Ramez Naam: 'Science will save the planet (if we let it)' [Published Wired.co.uk - May 17 2013]

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May 21 Is The First Step, Warn TUs [Published Sri Lanka Sunday Leader - 2 hours ago]
Union leader warns Sri Lankan President of furt... [Published Colombo Page - 5 hours ago]
Mindanao Watchdog Bares 6-Point Age... [Published Bulatlat.com - 19 hours ago]
Giant new plant shows coal power isn't going away [Published Merced Sun-Star - May 17 2013]
Like it or not,Sampur coal plant necessary Engi... [Published Sri Lanka Island - May 17 2013]
Clean Coal Technology Market - Global Industry ... [Published SBWire - May 17 2013]
Leave the monopoly & poverty at the door [Published Green Times South Africa - May 17 2013]
UK government given action plan for CCS [Published Engineer Online - May 17 2013]
Time to adapt to climate change, say world’s bi... [Published Responding to Climate Change - May 17 2013]
Cost-Competitive CCS ‘Possible in UK by 2020s’ [Published Environmental Leader - May 17 2013]
Aker Solutions Conducts World’s First Cement CO... [Published Environmental Leader - May 17 2013]
Ramez Naam: 'Science will save the planet (if w... [Published Wired.co.uk - May 17 2013]
Inter-Min panel to take call on coal mines to P... [Published Smart Investor - May 17 2013]
Guizhou attracts Chongqing investors [Published Chongqing News Net - May 17 2013]
Funding and networks key to cutting CCS costs [Published Utility Week - May 17 2013]
Moapa Band of Paiutes Celebrates switch from Co... [Published Informed Comment - May 17 2013]
Sri Lanka to sign MoU on Sampur power plant thi... [Published Colombo Page - May 17 2013]
Sampur agreement likely to be signed this month [Published Daily Mirror Sri Lanka - May 17 2013]
Oil Price-Fixing Probe Widens as Neste Helps EU... [Published Bloomberg - May 17 2013]
Kingfisher Ceramic Wear Protection Solutions Ad... [Published Woodworking Magazine - May 17 2013]
Groups Urge OPPD To Phase Out Coal Power Plants [Published WOWT - May 16 2013]
Former AG launches coalition to thwart NV Energ... [Published TradingCharts.com - May 16 2013]
Group urges OPPD to phase out coal power plants [Published KETV.com - May 16 2013]
CCS cost reduction taskforce final report [Published Gas World - May 16 2013]
Environmentalists, Labor and Elected Officials ... [Published Yahoo! Finance - May 16 2013]
Environmentalists, Labor and Elected Officials ... [Published TickerTech.com - May 16 2013]
Environmentalists, Labor and Elected Officials ... [Published Financial Services - May 16 2013]
MP’s anger at rising energy prices [Published Bracknell Forest Standard - May 16 2013]
Platts Retains Energy Trader Confidence Amid Pr... [Published La Repubblica - May 16 2013]
Maamba thermal plant to reduce load shedding – ... [Published Zambia Daily Mail - May 16 2013]

Blogs

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Moapa Band of Paiutes Celebrates switch from Co... [Published Informed Comment - May 17 2013] The Moapa Paiutes are celebrating the advent of solar power and the beginning of the end of coal power in southern Nevada. They are having a solar plant built on tribal lands , which will allow them meet their own needs and to sell electricity ...
Carbon dioxide reaches levels never seen by humans [Published Greenpeace news - May 11 2013] The levels of the carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has reached 400 parts per million for the first time in human history. The last time levels were this high global average temperatures eventually reached 3 or 4C° higher than now, the polar regions ...
Carbon dioxide reaches levels never seen by humans [Published The Greenpeace weblog - May 11 2013] The levels of the carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has reached 400 parts per million for the first time in human history. The last time levels were this high global average temperatures eventually reached 3 or 4C° higher than now, the polar regions ...
Drumbeat: May 10, 2013 [Published The Oil Drum - Discussions about Energy and Our ... - May 10 2013] At Least 9 More Decades for North Sea Oil Oil and gas production in the UK North Sea can continue until the end of this century provided the right government policy decisions are made, according to Scottish Energy Minister Fergus Ewing. ..."In domestic ...
NSW coal generation under pressure [Published Larvatus Prodeo - May 08 2013] Well it is if the country stays on its present policy trajectory. Sophie Vorrath at RenewEconomy comments on the latest pitt&sherry electricity emissions update (April data). Back in 1998 coal used to supply 90% of NSW’s National Electricity Market ...

Audio/Video

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Tanzania Coal Power Project [Published ABN Digital - Video - Mar 11 2013]
Congressman Shimkus Speaks on Prairie State Ene... [Published Rep. John Shimkus - YouTube Channel - Nov 28 2012]

Press Releases

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Environmentalists, Labor and Elected Officials ... [Published Financial Services - May 16 2013]
Research and Markets: Supercritical Technology ... [Published Business Wire Environment News - Mar 14 2013]
Research and Markets: Supercritical Technology ... [Published Business Wire Energy News - Mar 14 2013]
China Air Pollution Hits Record Levels; Relief ... [Published PR Newswire: Environment - Jan 15 2013]
Research and Markets: The Market for Coal Power... [Published Business Wire Energy News - Dec 04 2012]