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Coal, tar sands and Copenhagen Pt.3

If USA, Canada and China are committed to oil and coal, what will Copenhagen accomplish?

Energy Exec Says ‘E-mails Helped Our Cause’

" Mike Carey, ACARE President Asked whether he thinks the tables could be turned on climate change alarmists after e-mail evidence of manipulation of climate change data by UK researchers surfaced last week, Mike Carey isn’t ready to declare victory.  The...

China's Carbon Effeciency Goals will Lead to Increased Emissions

I doubt many people would have guessed it but China is ahead of the rest of the world in carbon emissions efficient.  Sound suspicious?  China counts its carbon emissions differently then the rest of...

Buffett sees relationship between EVs and coal with BNSF deal

Warren Buffett recently threw down $34 billion for the Burlington Northern Sante Fe Corporation, his biggest bet yet. (MSNBC) The recent recession created conditions whereby acquisition of the railroad became a...

Major Media Outlets Ignore Report on Energy

Members of the mainstream media -- people who call themselves "journalists" -- seem to have paid absolutely no attention to a Congressional Research Service report on energy released Oct. 27 -- this, despite the fact that two energy-related measures (i.e., the Kerry-Boxer and...

United States Could Be Energy Independent If…

The United States could be energy independent if it possessed the collective political will to make it happen. After all, the country has the largest energy reserves on earth, according to a recently-released Congressional Research Service report. As shown in the first chart...

EPA ends 26 year delay on regulating coal power plant wastewater

This week, the EPA announced "plans to revise the existing standards for water discharges from coal-fired power plants to reduce pollution and better protect America’s water".  The move comes in the wake of...

11 dead in coal mine blast:China

Mines in china comes in news only for wrong reasons, this time it is death of 11 miners in Shanxi due to gas explosion. More than 3200 people died inmines related accidents last year."At least 11 people have died in a gas explosion at a mine in the northern Chinese Shanxi,...

Coal Mine Explosion Traps 19 In Slovakia

14 miners are missing and presumed dead after an underground coal mine exploded in northern Slovakia. The miners had been putting out a fire in the Handlova mine when it exploded, said the mine owner. The explosion occured in an unused section of the mine, and is thought to...

EPA releases list of high-risk coal ash sites

The EPA published a list of 44 coal surry sites. The reason they are disclosing this information now is due to the high risk to humans. It was delaying direct release of the information because the Army Corp of...

‘Open Letter’ to Obama Speaks Volumes

By Bob McCarty at BobMcCarty.com Look at the statements below, then try to guess the identity of the person Lou Pritchett was describing as someone who “scares” him in a letter published May 19 at...

Climate’s Urgent Repair

   Writing about biofuels that aren’t always contributing to climate improvement, followed by explaining the destructive effects of carbon emissions and nitrous oxide-N20 gasses into the atmosphere, this...

Pushback against centralized energy will benefit fuel cells

Industrial countries currently generate most of their electricity through large centralized power plants, but the process is evolving.  Large centralized facilities became the dominant form of developing...

16 trapped in NE China colliery flooding

In yet another incident of mine related accident 16 people are fighting with death in flooded mine in north east province of China.How safe are Chinese mines for the workers? Do they follow the standard safety...

Coal Front Group Plans $20 Million Online Media Blitz For ‘S...

UPDATE:  Download or listen online to an unprecedented debate with Guy Pearce, on ABC-Radio National, re. the folly of carbon trading policy in Australia.– Download it here: Quarry vision: why coal is no longer important –Environmental advocate Guy Pearse argues...

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