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Biomass Cogeneration Replaces Coal-Fired Power at Savannah River Site
AIKEN, South Carolina, March 13, 2012 (ENS) – A new biomass cogeneration facility was opened Monday at the Department of Energy’s Savannah River Site in Aiken to replace an old, polluting coal-fired power plant at one of the nation’s nuclear weapons …

Decade-long Grassroots Campaign Shuts Two Chicago Coal Plants, March 2, 2012 (ENS)  

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Neil Gormley Victory in Leeco Mines Case

Photo: PROGRESS: Earthjustice attorneys and our allies scored a small, but potentially important victory when the court sided with us and temporarily halted a proposed mountaintop removal mine in Kentucky until a final decision could be reached. http://ow.ly/t5MN2 Although that represents some good news, we are still pressing the Army Corps of Engineers to consider health impacts before they issue permits for these destructive projects. Coal production, tax revenue, energy security - all of these so-called benefits are counted, but notice anything missing? NO mention of human health impacts. That is a glaring omission. Click SHARE or LIKE if you think the Army Corps needs to look at the entire picture of mountaintop removal mining! Share your thoughts below.

January 24, 2014, earthjustice.org | “Earthjustice and its partners—Kentuckians for the Commonwealth, Sierra Club, Appalachian Mountain Advocates, and the Appalachian Citizens Law Center—just won a small victory with potentially big implications.”

“Victory for Today… PROGRESS!
By: Earthjustice
PROGRESS: Earthjustice attorneys and our allies scored a small, but potentially important victory when the court sided with us and temporarily halted a proposed mountaintop removal mine in Kentucky until a final decision could be reached. http://ow.ly/t5MN2

Although that represents some good news, we are still pressing the Army Corps of Engineers to consider health impacts before they issue permits for these destructive projects. Coal production, tax revenue, energy security – all of these so-called benefits are counted, but notice anything missing? NO mention of human health impacts. That is a glaring omission.

Click SHARE or LIKE if you think the Army Corps needs to look at the entire picture of mountaintop removal mining! Share your thoughts below.”

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India saves ‘Avatar tribe’ from Vedanta mine

The Dongria Kondh are celebrating their victory over British mining giant Vedanta Resources.

January 13, 2014, us1.campaign-archive1.com | “In a sensational victory in the stand-off between India’s ‘real Avatar tribe’ and British mining giant Vedanta Resources, India’s authorities have quashed the company’s plans to mine the Dongria Kondh tribe’s sacred hills, it has been widely reported.”

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Victory: India saves ‘Avatar tribe’ from British mine in the sacred Niyamgiri Hills
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In a sensational victory in the stand-off between India’s ‘real Avatar tribe’ and British mining giant Vedanta Resources, India’s authorities have quashed the company’s plans to mine the Dongria Kondh tribe’s sacred hills, it has been widely reported.
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Filed under: Coal, Earth Ceremonies, Energy - Polluting, Native Peoples, Native Peoples, Land, Oil

EPA publishes emissions rule to GOP’s dismay

January 8, 2014 thehill.com | “The Environmental Protection Agency published its rule limiting carbon emissions from new power plants on Wednesday to the dismay of coal advocates and the GOP.  The proposed rule, published nearly four months after EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy announced it, is a core element of President Obama’s climate change agenda. Included in the new performance standards, the EPA pushes for new coal-fired power plants to be built with carbon capture technology, which Republicans argue is impossible since the technology isn’t ready. McCarthy says the technology is ready and is already being used.”

“-EPA Publishes Emissions Rule to GOP’s Dismay!-
EPA publishes emissions rule to GOP’s dismay: Hill http://bit.ly/1inUzDpThe Environmental Protection Agency published its rule limiting carbon emissions from new power plants on Wednesday to the dismay of coal advocates and the GOP. EI Says: *anti-science haters destroy Earth”
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Renewables Now Cheaper Than Fossil Fuels in Australia

January 8, 2014, www.enn.com | “A study by Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) in Australia has discovered that renewable energy is cheaper to produce than the old conventional fossil fuel sources, and that is without the subsidies.”

Even without a carbon price, wind energy is 14% cheaper than new coal and 18% cheaper than new gas.
: Renewables Now Cheaper Than Fossil Fuels in Australia
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Goldman Sachs Backs Out Of Gateway Pacific Terminal

January 8, 2014, nwpr.org | “One of the key backers of the largest proposed coal export terminal in North America has just announced they’re backing out. The Gateway Pacific Terminal could still be built near Bellingham, Washington. Goldman Sachs owned 49 percent of Carrix, Inc. – the parent company behind the Gateway Pacific Terminal. In July of last year Goldman Sachs released a report titled ‘The Window for Thermal Coal Investment Is Closing’.”

“Wall Street sees the limited future in coal!
Goldman Sachs Sees Decline in Coal Market, Backs Out Of Gateway Pacific Coal Terminal
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One of the key backers of the largest proposed coal export terminal in North America has just announced… they’re backing out. The Gateway Pacific Terminal”
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Ontario Premier’s Bill Bans Coal-Fired Power in the Province

Wynne, Gore

November 22, 2013, ens-newswire.com | “Ontario is going coal-free. The largest coal-burning power plant in North America, Nanticoke Generating Station on the north shore of Lake Erie, will stop burning coal this year, Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne announced on Thursday.”

It can be done: Ontario will be the first jurisdiction in North America to ban coal.
Photo: It can be done: Ontario will be the first jurisdiction in North America to ban coal.
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TVA Closing 8 Coal Units At Plants In Alabama And Kentucky

November 21, 2013, www.lex18.com | “The nation’s largest public utility is shuttering eight coal-fired boilers at plants in Alabama and Kentucky, and more reductions could be in store over the next few years.  The Tennessee Valley Authority relied on coal to generate a majority of its electricity for decades, but at a Thursday board meeting in Oxford, Miss., CEO Bill Johnson said he hopes to reduce coal to just 20 percent of the utility’s portfolio over the next decade. It currently stands at 38 percent.”

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“TVA Closing 8 Coal Units At Plants In Alabama And Kentucky — for economic and health reasons
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(AP) – The nation’s largest public utility is shuttering eight coal-fired boilers at plants in Alabama and Kentucky, and more reductions could be in store over the next few years. The Tennessee Valley Authority relied on coal to generate a majority of its electricity for decades, but at a Thursday b…”
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Demonstrations against Tar Sands in communities all across Canada

Photo: Canadians are getting ready to take a massive stand against Tar Sands with a national day of action Nov 16th, THIS SATURDAY. When Canadians rise against the tar sands, just like when any brave soul rises against fossil fuels--they're rising for our climate and our communities too. CLICK LIKE to send a sliver of thanks and LIKE Defend our Climate, Defend our Communities for the latest updates & photos from this beautiful weekend-in-the-works! More info here: http://www.defendourclimate.ca/

www.defendourclimate.ca | “Between runaway climate change from the tar sands and the Rob Ford Toronto train wreck, Canada is getting a lot of bad press these days.  But on Saturday, Nov 16, thousands of beautiful Canadians from coast to coast to coast were determined to change that story. We dare you not to be inspired by this. Please share to help grow this movement!”

Nov. 16 -> Demonstrations against Tar Sands in communities all across Canada.
Canadians are getting ready to take a massive stand against Tar Sands with a national day of action Nov 16th, THIS SATURDAY. When Canadians rise against the tar sands, just like when any brave soul rises against fossil fuels–they’re rising for our climate and our communities too.
CLICK LIKE to send a sliver of thanks and LIKE Defend our Climate, Defend our Communities for the latest updates & photos from this beautiful weekend-in-the-works!
More info here: http://www.defendourclimate.ca/
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BHP Billiton scraps plans for new coal port at Abbot Point in Queensland

Abbot Point

November 2, 2013, www.theguardian.com | “BHP Billiton has scrapped plans to build a major new coal port on the Queensland coast, as a new report warns that the state’s haste to expand existing ports is misguided and could result in job losses.  BHP said it has pulled out as developer of terminal two at the Abbot Point port, near the Queensland town of Bowen, as well as an accompanying rail line that would have taken coal from mines to be exported.”

“The decision was taken against a backdrop of falling global coal prices “
BHP Billiton scraps plans for new coal port at Abbot Point in Queensland, Australia
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Company is also abandoning a proposed rail line that would have taken coal from the mines
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Al Gore: world is on brink of ‘carbon bubble’

Al Gore

October 31, 2013, www.theguardian.com | “The world is on the brink of the “largest bubble ever” in finance, because of the undisclosed value of high-carbon assets on companies’ balance sheets, and investment managers who fail to take account of the risks are failing in their fiduciary duty to shareholders and investors, Al Gore and his investment partner, David Blood, have said.”

Former Chief Executive of Goldman Sachs joins with the former Vice President in investment strategy to divest from “Stranded carbon assets” such as coal mines, fossil fuel power stations and petrol-fuelled vehicle plants
Al Gore: world is on brink of ‘carbon bubble’ – divest before the bubble bursts!
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Gore and partner David Blood (formerly of Goldman Sachs) call on companies to ‘do their fiduciary duty’ and identify carbon risks in their portfolios
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