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Titus Station Closing Moved Up To Sept. 1

Roy wrote 6 days ago: Map of Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States with township and municipal boundaries (Photo credi … more →

Tags: Reading/Berks, 240-megawatt plant, Berks County, Closures, Coal, Cumru Township, Cumru Township commissioners, GenOn Energy, Gov. Mifflin School District

Can Europe Join the Shale Gas Revolution? [VIDEO] European Commission launched a Green Paper with the 2030 goals for Energy and Climate

alternativeenergypk wrote 2 weeks ago: Sonja van Renssen, leading environment journalist for viEUws - the EU Policy Broadcaster, provides a … more →

Tags: energy and economy, Environment, water, Energy Security, Natural Gas, Politics & Legislation, Environmental Policy, EU Policy Broadcaster, shale gas

Bank of America isn't getting out of the coal business but sees green energy as the bigger bet

Todd Woody wrote 3 weeks ago: On Tuesday, April 30, we wrote about a report from two environmental groups that named Bank of Ameri … more →

Tags: Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup, Coal, Sierra Club, coal mining, Rainforest Action Network, mountain top removal

One of the US's greenest banks is also the biggest financier of the coal industry

Todd Woody wrote 3 weeks ago: While US banks like to trumpet their investments in renewable energy they don’t talk so much about f … more →

Tags: Finance, Energy, Banks, Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup, Sierra Club, coal mining, Rainforest Action Network

black gold ...

Tom Harley wrote 3 weeks ago: First there was Germany, now Japan returns to coal for base load power. Coal is still the cheap, cle … more →

Tags: Climate, Energy, Environment, Comedy, Oz politics, Resources, media, Andrew Bolt, coal power

Report: Air Gets Clearer In Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Metro Area

Roy wrote 3 weeks ago: Locator map of the Scranton-Wilkes-Barre Metropolitan Statistical Area in the northeastern part of t … more →

Tags: Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, Scranton, Pa, Wilkes Barre PA, Lackawanna County, Pollution, Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, Wyoming Valley, Air Pollution

Berks County Gets Failing Air-Quality Grade

Roy wrote 4 weeks ago: Map of Pennsylvania highlighting Berks County (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Berks County has again flunk … more →

Tags: Reading/Berks, Berks County, Reading, PA, Pennsylvania, Air Pollution, Smog, Ground Level Ozone, U. S. Environmental Protection Agency, Lead

The Keystone XL pipeline Distraction the dirty oil it would bring from Canada to U.S. refineries and world energy markets

alternativeenergypk wrote 1 month ago: Climate activists amassed an impressive army to march on Washington against the Keystone XL pipeline … more →

Tags: Climate, CleanTech, Environment, News, climate change, Energy Markets, Carbon and De-carbonization, Politics & Legislation, Coal

Energy lobby thwarts EPA

truthman2012 wrote 1 month ago: The EPA delayed issuance of a new rule limiting emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas … more →

Tags: News, nwo, New World Order, Energy Companies, EPA, Energy lobby, Emmissions, Carbon Tax

Air Pollution in China: The Kids Aren't Alright air pollution caused an estimated 3.2 million premature deaths worldwide in 2010

alternativeenergypk wrote 1 month ago: Last fall, a startling new report revealed that air pollution caused an estimated 3.2 million premat … more →

Tags: energy and economy, News, Carbon and De-carbonization, China, Air Pollution, Coal, Environmental Policy, Public Health, air pollution affects children

energy paybacks ...

Tom Harley wrote 1 month ago: Solar Energy to save CO2 emissions is nothing short of being a false agenda. While useful for remote … more →

Tags: Climate, Weather, Energy, Environment, Science, Resources, temperature rise, coal power, Carbon Emissions

Ontario Shuts Down Coal-Fired Power EIA projected that the fuel mix for producing electricity in the U.S.

alternativeenergypk wrote 1 month ago: As recently as 2007, the Energy Information Administration projected that the fuel mix for producing … more →

Tags: Climate, energy and economy, Wind, Carbon and De-carbonization, Coal, Environmental Policy, Hydropower, Energy Information Administration, Utilities

New Data Reveals U.S. Coal Use Rising Again (U.S. EIA) reveals a troubling trend: Coal-fired power generation

alternativeenergypk wrote 1 month ago: By Kristin Meek, via World Resources Institute New data from the U.S. Energy Information Administrat … more →

Tags: energy and economy, Environment, Power sector, News, Carbon and De-carbonization, Coal, greenhouse gas emissions, Power Plants, E.I.A.

How Much Material Does a 3600 MWe Coal Plant Really Use? [VIDEO]

alternativeenergypk wrote 1 month ago: Utility companies that operate both coal and nuclear power plants rarely use the important communica … more →

Tags: Nuclear Power, Carbon and De-carbonization, Coal, efficiency, New Nuclear Plants, nuclear plant, nuclear power plants, Smarter Energy Future, Utilities

China's electricity industry faces severe water shortages and that could be good news for the environment

Todd Woody wrote 1 month ago: ​ For those keeping track of China’s looming environmental apocalypse, here’s another thing to worry … more →

Tags: bloomberg new energy finance, China, Coal, renewable energy, water shortages drought

Indian coal power plants kill 120,000 people a year

Global Justice Ecology Project wrote 2 months ago: By John Vidal, March 11, 2013. Source: The Guardian New Delhi children take anti-smog precautions. P … more →

Tags: coal, Ending the Era of Extreme Energy, mining, Pollution, Air Pollution, coal mining, energy inequality, India, Smog

Coal-fired Power Plants On The Ropes

davidgahl wrote 2 months ago: A useful article about coal-fired power plants on the ropes. I was pleased to read “142 coal p … more →

Tags: Coal, dirty coal, coal plants

Eat More Mustard! It's Extra Hotter

Wagathon wrote 3 months ago: The American Spirit is outvoted–it’s popular to fail, bring people down… and, fear is a sympto … more →

Tags: The Cultural Hegemony of Climate Superstition, Global Warming, Science, Philosophy, Environment, Climate, Politics, climate change, Climate Science

Leaders Honored for Removing Barriers to Solar Installation

kathleenburch6033 wrote 3 months ago: Click Here. Working from the premise that “Every environmental victory grows the economy, … more →

Tags: Click Here, solar panel installers, Solar Power, solar installation, Allegheny County, solar power installations, innovative funding approaches, Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission, solar source project


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