Coal
Climate change support could wane if no help for coal workers: report
Task force lays out 10 broad recommendations to help workers prepare for a future without coal.
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New policy says Export Development Canada is off coal investment
It means no funding for any international project that involves thermal coal.
Democrats hit Trump EPA nominee on coal lobbying, rollbacks
Democrats say Andrew Wheeler’s work for coal companies should disqualify him from leading an agency that regulates coal.
States cite climate worries in push to stop US coal sales
Companies have mined about 4 billion tons of coal from US federal reserves in the past decade.
Canada seeking new members of anti-coal alliance at climate meeting
Since the Paris climate-change agreement was signed in 2015, more than 92,000 megawatts of new coal power has been added to the world’s energy supply.
Climate reality check: Global carbon pollution up in 2018
The calculations put some of the Paris agreement’s goals nearly out of reach.
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Canada, UK lure four more states into push to wean world off coal
More than 24 nations, 17 state, provincial and city governments, and 28 corporations have joined the alliance.
EPA rethinking another air pollution rule for power plants
Obama administration rule set limits for emissions of mercury, arsenic and other toxic air pollutants from coal- and oil-fired power plants.
Trump ready to ease rules on coal fired power plants
States to get broad authority to determine how to restrict greenhouse gas emissions.
US coal ash pollution rules eased after industry balks
The changes are expected to save utilities roughly US$30 million annually.
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Pollution controls help red spruce rebound from acid rain
The red spruce is making a comeback in Eastern US forests after being decimated by acid rain decades ago, thanks to stricter pollution restrictions.
Judge dismisses residents’ court challenge of NS tire burning project
Lafarge plans to burn about 20 tonnes of tires a day in place of fossil fuels such as coal.
Trump’s plan to ease climate change rules riles Californians
Hundreds push back at hearing over EPA’s efforts to repeal restrictions on power plant emissions.
Baloney Meter: Coal curbing benefits claim mostly accurate
Pros cited are 260 avoided premature deaths” and 190,000 fewer days of breathing difficulty and reduced activity.
Canada and UK form alliance to phase out coal to combat climate change
To include Finland, France, Italy, Mexico, New Zealand and several US states.
