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Solar and wind generation hit record highs, prices plummeted, and wind and solar took on increased market share from coal. Installation of renewable energy capacity outpaced coal, oil, and nuclear growth combined. Not a single coal plant has broken ground over the past three years. MORE
The toll coal takes on communities across India is staggering: 100,000 premature deaths annually , a $33 billion "coal-gate" scandal , and financial collapse that is pushing plants to the brink of bankruptcy , but only after families have been forcibly evicted to make way for deadly projects. MORE
That’s why all eyes are now focused on whether Dr. Kim will walk the walk by rejecting a highly controversial new coal plant in the tiny Eastern European country of Kosovo. Coal International MORE
Sporting "Beyond Coal" shirts, speakers from the three groups held the press gathering next to a local event called "Welcome America/Taste of Philadelphia," a big community gathering featuring food, entertainment, and fireworks. MORE
That’s the number of Kosovars the World Bank estimates die every year due to pollution from coal-fired power plants. But instead of helping Kosovo transition to safer, clean energy, and despite its own estimates of coal’s deadly cost, the World Bank and the U.S. MORE
President Obama made a pledge in his Climate Action Plan to lead in the fight against climate disruption when he announced an end to financing for new coal plants overseas. So does the Kosovo coal plant pass this test? Coal International MORE
COP 18: What Negotiators Can Learn from the Qatar Symphony Orchestra » Ex Im Bank: New Dirty, Controversial Coal Plant? taxpayer money as possible to dirty climate destroying coal projects with devastating social and environmental impacts , the U.S. Coal-Director. MORE
EPA, please adopt strong water pollution standards from coal-fired power plants from Kristen E on Vimeo. The EPA is considering adopting new standards for water pollution coming from coal-fired power plants. Coal Dirty Fuels Safe and Healthy Communities Video MORE
In the face of intimidation and human rights abuses by police and government representatives, five villages are standing united against a proposed 2,000 MW coal-fired power plant in Batang, Indonesia. Coal International Photo Credit: (c) WorldIslandInfo.com. MORE
Jackson was on The Daily Show last week, talking to Jon Stewart about the EPA's proposed rules to limit mercury, acid gases and other toxic pollution from coal plants. EPA hearings on mercury from coal-fired power plants took place in Chicago, Philadelphia, and Atlanta. MORE
Many people believe that “clean coal” is an oxymoron. Coal is considered the dirtiest fossil fuel because of high emissions of CO2 when it is burned. Now that natural gas prices have dropped to record low levels, spurring a transition in power generation from coal to natural gas, use of coal is dropping and prices [.]. carbon capture clean coal CCS Summit Power MORE
Prime Minister David Cameron looks like he’s ready to move the UK beyond coal. And this is just the latest in a series of steps away from coal for the UK. In fact, the plant was named as one of the top 30 highest carbon emitting plants in the Europe. Coal International MORE
I am thrilled for students at the University of Georgia: After more than four years of campaigning, gathering more than 5,000 signatures and 100 faculty endorsements, and a slew of community and campus events, the UGA Beyond Coal Campaign is seeing some serious results. MORE
percent — is accurate, choosing to build a new gas power plant instead of a new coal plant produces immediate greenhouse emissions benefits, and that would be the case even if the leakage rate were nearly a point higher. Replacing old, inefficient coal plants with new natural gas facilities would presumably produce larger benefits. Assuming the Environmental Protection Agency’s estimate of the industry’s methane leakage rate — 2.4 MORE
Locals in Gujarat, on India's western coast, might soon receive the reparations they deserve from the construction of the 4,000-megawatt Tata Mundra coal-fired power plant, which sits dangerously close to their homes and to another massive 4,800 MW coal plant. MORE
percent — is accurate, choosing to build a new gas power plant instead of a new coal plant produces immediate greenhouse emissions benefits, and that would be the case even if the leakage rate were nearly a point higher. Replacing old, inefficient coal plants with new natural gas facilities would presumably produce larger benefits. Assuming the Environmental Protection Agency’s estimate of the industry’s methane leakage rate — 2.4 MORE
Particles from coal plants in China have been found landing on the West Coast of the United States and the drifting of these particles is a global problem. Environment Green News China china coal plants china pollution consumerism MORE
It's never too early to shut down coal. Earlier this month, NRG Energy settled a lawsuit that will end coal use six months early at the Portland Generating Station in Portland, Pennsylvania. " How bad was sulfur pollution from the Portland plant? MORE
This means we must start making serious investments in clean, off-grid renewable energy that we can deploy today, without poisoning the air and water, instead of continuing to support centralized coal projects while waiting on costly grid extensions that may never happen. Coal International MORE
Every week it seems like yet another small town gets fed up with the coal industry and demands action. Here's a model showing how much the coal plant's pollution affects people in New Hampshire and Maine. " -- Mary Anne Hitt, Beyond Coal Campaign Director. MORE
India’s king coal is well on its way to being dethroned. First, the World Bank Group’s International Finance Corporation (IFC) refused to finance an expansion of the dirty, destructive Tata Mundra coal-fired power plant back in May. Coal India International MORE
J-Power) announced new delays in securing the $4 billion it needs to construct the IFC- supported 2,000-megawatt Central Java coal-fired power plant. Coal Energy Solutions Health International MORE
Many people believe that “clean coal” is an oxymoron. Coal is considered the dirtiest fossil fuel because of high emissions of CO2 when it is burned. Now that natural gas prices have dropped to record low levels, spurring a transition in power generation from coal to natural gas, use of coal is dropping and prices [.]. carbon capture clean coal CCS Summit Power MORE
Tom coal plant , knowing that its significant air pollution will soon end. Last week the plant's owners, GDF Suez, announced that the plant will cease operations in October 2014. Tom coal plant. "We've Coal Energy Solutions Health MORE
Burstyn Thermal Power Plant, photo courtesy NECU. More troubling are the massive oversights in USTDA’s request for proposals, which indicate that the agency has failed to do even a basic examination of the Burshtyn power plant. The U.S. MORE
But far from steering this ship in the right direction, World Bank President Dr. Jim Yong Kim is on the verge of overseeing his first deadly new coal plant. Yes another coal plant that will kill people is needed to avoid more death by freezing. MORE
Here''s a post from Nicole Ghio of the Sierra Club International Program: Violence and Intimidation Don''t Stop Indian Activists Fighting Deadly Coal Plant. What would you do if a massive coal plant that would poison your air and water broke ground adjacent to your home? MORE
Spirit Bears, Salmon, and Tar Sands Oil Dont Mix » Union of Concerned Scientists Report Finds One-Third of US Coal Plants Ripe For Retirement. These generators average 45 years in age, well beyond the 30-year expected life span for a typical coal generator. coal fleet. MORE
Well believe it or not, for decades, power plants have been allowed to dump toxic pollution into our nation''s waterways, with almost no limits. Coal plants have become by far the largest source of toxic water pollution in the country! MORE
This past Saturday hundreds of tribal leaders, clean energy supporters, and faith leaders from across the southwest joined the Moapa Band of Paiutes for a 16-mile "Coal to Clean Energy Walk." We want to make sure that the coal plant does indeed close and stays closed. MORE
That's right, Asheville, North Carolina, can now join the ranks of cities that have chosen to move beyond coal. On Tuesday night the city council voted UNANIMOUSLY to move the city from coal-fired electricity toward a clean energy future. Coal Coal-Director Energy Solutions Health MORE
In justifying its decision to revoke the environmental clearance for a huge 1,050-megawatt coal plant the Indian National Green Tribunal (NGT) described its original approval as 'smacking of non-application of mind.' MORE
The following is testimony from Nick Mullins, a former coal miner from Virginia, given Thursday before the Environmental Protection Agency public hearing in Washington, DC, on carbon pollution standards. Coal Dirty Fuels Energy Solutions Health Politics MORE
On July 9 at the Naval Support Facility (NSF) Indian Head in Maryland, the Navy said goodbye to the Goddard coal-fired power plant when the aging facility was demolished. The demolition of the Goddard coal-fired power plant will save NSF $7.5 MORE
Automakers Back Call for Fuel Economy Standards » New Ads Highlight World Banks Deadly Coal Plans For Kosovo. Now, armed with the World Banks own statistics, and some devastating public health advertisements, Kosovar civil society is opening a new front in the battle against coal. MORE
However expansion of Australia’s exported GHG pollution is occurring through increasing black coal, liquid natural gas (LNG) and dried brown coal exports and increased pollution domestically through new fossil fuel power plants (coal and natural gas). Thus exports of brown coal from Victoria to Asia are expected to reach 20 million tonnes [Mt] per year (74 million tonnes CO2-e). [3]. tonnes C/MWh for major brown coal plants and 0.6-0.9 MORE
For the fourth year in a row , the World Bank’s investments are coal-free. But the real test of the strength of this commitment will come when the bank decides whether or not to fund the Kosovo C coal-fired power plant in Kosovo. MORE
In March of 2013, Conservation Action Trust, Greenpeace India, and Urban Emissions revealed a shocking death toll from coal-fired power plants in India. They found that 80,000 to 115,000 people die every year from air pollution caused by coal plants. coal plants). MORE
South Florida Citizens Demand Rubio Support Climate Action » Clean Air Measures Will Protect Families, Help Move Arizona Beyond Coal. Toxic air pollution from the Apache, Coronado, and Cholla coal plants kills dozens and hospitalizes hundreds each year. Coal-Director. MORE
Clean Air Measures Will Protect Families, Help Move Arizona Beyond Coal » Filthy and Over-Budget? A fight over a new coal plant in Mississippi that is heating up this week offers a powerful example of the high cost of coal, both for our wallets and our health. MORE
Media Matters : After the EPA proposed regulations on greenhouse gas emissions from power plants, several conservative media outlets claimed that the new rule would increase electricity prices for consumers by prohibiting the construction of coal plants without carbon dioxide controls. But economists and other analysts say that because low natural gas prices are already suppressing coal-plant growth, the rule will not significantly affect electricity rates. MORE
Existing plants are grandfathered into the new standards. Natural gas facilities have the distinct advantage over coal power plants in terms of carbon dioxide emissions. Climate Change coal plants greenhouse gas emissions natural gas MORE
s proposal remain confidential, experts predict that it will include separate standards for carbon dioxide emissions from plants fired by natural gas and by coal. Coal-fired plants, meanwhile, may be allowed to emit as many as 1,400 pounds per megawatt-hour. Shame on you! MORE
COP 18: The Before and the Beginning » New Poll Finds Ratepayers Strongly Oppose Duke Energy Coal Boondoggle. As state regulators prepare to make a major decision on the future of a proposed Indiana coal plant with a $3.5 Coal is not cheap no matter how you look at it. MORE
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JUNE 6, 2012
Many people believe that “clean coal” is an oxymoron. Coal is considered the dirtiest fossil fuel because of high emissions of CO2 when it is burned. Now that natural gas prices have dropped to record low levels, spurring a transition in power generation from coal to natural gas, use of coal is dropping and prices [.]. carbon capture clean coal CCS Summit Power
Living Green & Saving Energy
JUNE 6, 2012
Many people believe that “clean coal” is an oxymoron. Coal is considered the dirtiest fossil fuel because of high emissions of CO2 when it is burned. Now that natural gas prices have dropped to record low levels, spurring a transition in power generation from coal to natural gas, use of coal is dropping and prices [.]. carbon capture clean coal CCS Summit Power
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Sierra Club Compass
JUNE 11, 2014
Tom coal plant , knowing that its significant air pollution will soon end. Last week the plant's owners, GDF Suez, announced that the plant will cease operations in October 2014. Tom coal plant. "We've Coal Energy Solutions Health
Sierra Club Compass
JUNE 19, 2013
But far from steering this ship in the right direction, World Bank President Dr. Jim Yong Kim is on the verge of overseeing his first deadly new coal plant. Yes another coal plant that will kill people is needed to avoid more death by freezing.
Sierra Club Compass
MAY 6, 2013
In justifying its decision to revoke the environmental clearance for a huge 1,050-megawatt coal plant the Indian National Green Tribunal (NGT) described its original approval as 'smacking of non-application of mind.'
Sierra Club Compass
MAY 29, 2013
It's never too early to shut down coal. Earlier this month, NRG Energy settled a lawsuit that will end coal use six months early at the Portland Generating Station in Portland, Pennsylvania. " How bad was sulfur pollution from the Portland plant?
Sierra Club Compass
JULY 16, 2013
Sporting "Beyond Coal" shirts, speakers from the three groups held the press gathering next to a local event called "Welcome America/Taste of Philadelphia," a big community gathering featuring food, entertainment, and fireworks.
Sierra Club Compass
JULY 11, 2013
Burstyn Thermal Power Plant, photo courtesy NECU. More troubling are the massive oversights in USTDA’s request for proposals, which indicate that the agency has failed to do even a basic examination of the Burshtyn power plant. The U.S.
Sierra Club Compass
OCTOBER 3, 2014
Prime Minister David Cameron looks like he’s ready to move the UK beyond coal. And this is just the latest in a series of steps away from coal for the UK. In fact, the plant was named as one of the top 30 highest carbon emitting plants in the Europe. Coal International
Sierra Club Compass
SEPTEMBER 5, 2014
India’s king coal is well on its way to being dethroned. First, the World Bank Group’s International Finance Corporation (IFC) refused to finance an expansion of the dirty, destructive Tata Mundra coal-fired power plant back in May. Coal India International
Sierra Club Compass
MARCH 20, 2014
I am thrilled for students at the University of Georgia: After more than four years of campaigning, gathering more than 5,000 signatures and 100 faculty endorsements, and a slew of community and campus events, the UGA Beyond Coal Campaign is seeing some serious results.
Sierra Club Compass
JULY 16, 2013
EPA, please adopt strong water pollution standards from coal-fired power plants from Kristen E on Vimeo. The EPA is considering adopting new standards for water pollution coming from coal-fired power plants. Coal Dirty Fuels Safe and Healthy Communities Video
Sierra Club Compass
JUNE 17, 2013
In March of 2013, Conservation Action Trust, Greenpeace India, and Urban Emissions revealed a shocking death toll from coal-fired power plants in India. They found that 80,000 to 115,000 people die every year from air pollution caused by coal plants. coal plants).
Sierra Club Compass
AUGUST 8, 2013
In the face of intimidation and human rights abuses by police and government representatives, five villages are standing united against a proposed 2,000 MW coal-fired power plant in Batang, Indonesia. Coal International Photo Credit: (c) WorldIslandInfo.com.
Sierra Club Compass
OCTOBER 16, 2013
Here''s a post from Nicole Ghio of the Sierra Club International Program: Violence and Intimidation Don''t Stop Indian Activists Fighting Deadly Coal Plant. What would you do if a massive coal plant that would poison your air and water broke ground adjacent to your home?
Sierra Club Compass
NOVEMBER 25, 2013
President Obama made a pledge in his Climate Action Plan to lead in the fight against climate disruption when he announced an end to financing for new coal plants overseas. So does the Kosovo coal plant pass this test? Coal International
Sierra Club Compass
JUNE 14, 2013
Every week it seems like yet another small town gets fed up with the coal industry and demands action. Here's a model showing how much the coal plant's pollution affects people in New Hampshire and Maine. " -- Mary Anne Hitt, Beyond Coal Campaign Director.
Sierra Club Compass
DECEMBER 7, 2012
COP 18: What Negotiators Can Learn from the Qatar Symphony Orchestra » Ex Im Bank: New Dirty, Controversial Coal Plant? taxpayer money as possible to dirty climate destroying coal projects with devastating social and environmental impacts , the U.S. Coal-Director.
Sierra Club Compass
OCTOBER 7, 2013
J-Power) announced new delays in securing the $4 billion it needs to construct the IFC- supported 2,000-megawatt Central Java coal-fired power plant. Coal Energy Solutions Health International
Sierra Club Compass
JULY 12, 2013
On July 9 at the Naval Support Facility (NSF) Indian Head in Maryland, the Navy said goodbye to the Goddard coal-fired power plant when the aging facility was demolished. The demolition of the Goddard coal-fired power plant will save NSF $7.5
Sierra Club Compass
SEPTEMBER 20, 2013
The toll coal takes on communities across India is staggering: 100,000 premature deaths annually , a $33 billion "coal-gate" scandal , and financial collapse that is pushing plants to the brink of bankruptcy , but only after families have been forcibly evicted to make way for deadly projects.
Sierra Club Compass
NOVEMBER 7, 2013
This means we must start making serious investments in clean, off-grid renewable energy that we can deploy today, without poisoning the air and water, instead of continuing to support centralized coal projects while waiting on costly grid extensions that may never happen. Coal International
Sierra Club Compass
OCTOBER 13, 2014
For the fourth year in a row , the World Bank’s investments are coal-free. But the real test of the strength of this commitment will come when the bank decides whether or not to fund the Kosovo C coal-fired power plant in Kosovo.
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Jackson was on The Daily Show last week, talking to Jon Stewart about the EPA's proposed rules to limit mercury, acid gases and other toxic pollution from coal plants. EPA hearings on mercury from coal-fired power plants took place in Chicago, Philadelphia, and Atlanta.
Sierra Club Compass
FEBRUARY 6, 2014
The following is testimony from Nick Mullins, a former coal miner from Virginia, given Thursday before the Environmental Protection Agency public hearing in Washington, DC, on carbon pollution standards. Coal Dirty Fuels Energy Solutions Health Politics
Sierra Club Compass
FEBRUARY 4, 2013
Automakers Back Call for Fuel Economy Standards » New Ads Highlight World Banks Deadly Coal Plans For Kosovo. Now, armed with the World Banks own statistics, and some devastating public health advertisements, Kosovar civil society is opening a new front in the battle against coal.
Sierra Club Compass
NOVEMBER 13, 2012
Spirit Bears, Salmon, and Tar Sands Oil Dont Mix » Union of Concerned Scientists Report Finds One-Third of US Coal Plants Ripe For Retirement. These generators average 45 years in age, well beyond the 30-year expected life span for a typical coal generator. coal fleet.
Sierra Club Compass
FEBRUARY 12, 2013
South Florida Citizens Demand Rubio Support Climate Action » Clean Air Measures Will Protect Families, Help Move Arizona Beyond Coal. Toxic air pollution from the Apache, Coronado, and Cholla coal plants kills dozens and hospitalizes hundreds each year. Coal-Director.
Sierra Club Compass
NOVEMBER 30, 2012
COP 18: The Before and the Beginning » New Poll Finds Ratepayers Strongly Oppose Duke Energy Coal Boondoggle. As state regulators prepare to make a major decision on the future of a proposed Indiana coal plant with a $3.5 Coal is not cheap no matter how you look at it.
Sierra Club Compass
FEBRUARY 12, 2013
Clean Air Measures Will Protect Families, Help Move Arizona Beyond Coal » Filthy and Over-Budget? A fight over a new coal plant in Mississippi that is heating up this week offers a powerful example of the high cost of coal, both for our wallets and our health.
Eco Friendly Daily
APRIL 27, 2014
Particles from coal plants in China have been found landing on the West Coast of the United States and the drifting of these particles is a global problem. Environment Green News China china coal plants china pollution consumerism
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JUNE 5, 2013
Existing plants are grandfathered into the new standards. Natural gas facilities have the distinct advantage over coal power plants in terms of carbon dioxide emissions. Climate Change coal plants greenhouse gas emissions natural gas
Green Blog
JANUARY 14, 2011
However expansion of Australia’s exported GHG pollution is occurring through increasing black coal, liquid natural gas (LNG) and dried brown coal exports and increased pollution domestically through new fossil fuel power plants (coal and natural gas). Thus exports of brown coal from Victoria to Asia are expected to reach 20 million tonnes [Mt] per year (74 million tonnes CO2-e). [3]. tonnes C/MWh for major brown coal plants and 0.6-0.9
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APRIL 16, 2012
percent — is accurate, choosing to build a new gas power plant instead of a new coal plant produces immediate greenhouse emissions benefits, and that would be the case even if the leakage rate were nearly a point higher. Replacing old, inefficient coal plants with new natural gas facilities would presumably produce larger benefits. Assuming the Environmental Protection Agency’s estimate of the industry’s methane leakage rate — 2.4
Environmental Economics
APRIL 16, 2012
percent — is accurate, choosing to build a new gas power plant instead of a new coal plant produces immediate greenhouse emissions benefits, and that would be the case even if the leakage rate were nearly a point higher. Replacing old, inefficient coal plants with new natural gas facilities would presumably produce larger benefits. Assuming the Environmental Protection Agency’s estimate of the industry’s methane leakage rate — 2.4
Sierra Club Compass
APRIL 23, 2013
This past Saturday hundreds of tribal leaders, clean energy supporters, and faith leaders from across the southwest joined the Moapa Band of Paiutes for a 16-mile "Coal to Clean Energy Walk." We want to make sure that the coal plant does indeed close and stays closed.
Environmental Economics
SEPTEMBER 16, 2013
s proposal remain confidential, experts predict that it will include separate standards for carbon dioxide emissions from plants fired by natural gas and by coal. Coal-fired plants, meanwhile, may be allowed to emit as many as 1,400 pounds per megawatt-hour. Shame on you!
Sierra Club Compass
JULY 23, 2013
Well believe it or not, for decades, power plants have been allowed to dump toxic pollution into our nation''s waterways, with almost no limits. Coal plants have become by far the largest source of toxic water pollution in the country!
Environmental Economics
APRIL 11, 2012
Media Matters : After the EPA proposed regulations on greenhouse gas emissions from power plants, several conservative media outlets claimed that the new rule would increase electricity prices for consumers by prohibiting the construction of coal plants without carbon dioxide controls. But economists and other analysts say that because low natural gas prices are already suppressing coal-plant growth, the rule will not significantly affect electricity rates.
Sierra Club Compass
MARCH 11, 2014
That’s why all eyes are now focused on whether Dr. Kim will walk the walk by rejecting a highly controversial new coal plant in the tiny Eastern European country of Kosovo. Coal International
Sierra Club Compass
DECEMBER 20, 2013
Solar and wind generation hit record highs, prices plummeted, and wind and solar took on increased market share from coal. Installation of renewable energy capacity outpaced coal, oil, and nuclear growth combined. Not a single coal plant has broken ground over the past three years.
Sierra Club Compass
MAY 5, 2014
That’s the number of Kosovars the World Bank estimates die every year due to pollution from coal-fired power plants. But instead of helping Kosovo transition to safer, clean energy, and despite its own estimates of coal’s deadly cost, the World Bank and the U.S.
Sierra Club Compass
OCTOBER 23, 2013
That's right, Asheville, North Carolina, can now join the ranks of cities that have chosen to move beyond coal. On Tuesday night the city council voted UNANIMOUSLY to move the city from coal-fired electricity toward a clean energy future. Coal Coal-Director Energy Solutions Health
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