Guest post by David Middleton ABC News Key points: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency must begin evaluating how many power plants and coal mining jobs are lost because of air…
Category: Coal
Green Nightmare: War On Coal Can’t Stop Fuel’s Enduring Demand
You know the war on coal isn’t working when it’s up more than 50 percent this year. “The strength in coal is amazing,” said Trevor Sikorski, an analyst at Energy Aspects…
Guardian Hails Chinese Economic Problems as "Peak Coal"
The Guardian is celebrating that according to official figures, Chinese coal consumption fell in 2014. But is this fall in consumption structural, or is it simply a symptom of China’s…
Oh Noes!!! "Crocodiles and Palm Trees in the Arctic? New Report Suggests Yes."
“It’s the most dire prediction yet”!!! Guest post by David Middleton Featured image borrowed from here. By Marianne Lavelle PUBLISHED MAY 23, 2016 In even the bleakest climate change…
Britain joins the shift from coal, taking us away from the climate nightmare
By Larry Kummer. From the Fabius Maximus website. Summary: Burning coal contributes to pollution (many kinds) and is a major driver of anthropogenic climate change. Last month we looked at…
The Great Green Game: China to Supply Paris Agreement Sanctioned Coal Power to Europe?
Guest essay by Eric Worrall h/t JoNova – in a hilarious twist of climate politics, China looks like it is positioning itself, to flood Europe with desperately needed cheap coal…
Good news! Coal bankruptcies point to a better future for our climate
By Larry Kummer. From the Fabius Maximus website. Summary: The bankruptcy of the world’s largest non-government-owned coal company illustrates one of the two big weaknesses in the nightmarish climate…
New hybrid system design could cut coal-plant emissions in half
Combining gasification with fuel-cell technology could boost efficiency of coal-powered plants From MIT: CAMBRIDGE, MA — Most of the world’s nations have agreed to make substantial reductions in their greenhouse…
RCP 8.5: The "Mother of all" Junk Climate Science
Guest post by David Middleton Featured image borrowed from here. Nearly every catastrophic global warming doomsday scenario, particularity those involving icecap failures and Noah-size sea level rises are based on…
"Green" Queensland approves Massive Carmichael Coal Mine
Guest essay by Eric Worrall Australian Greens are furious that the government of the Australian State of Queensland, which has made a big show of their environmental concern, has just…
Japan Plans to meet Paris Commitments, by Building Coal Plants
Guest essay by Eric Worrall Japan, which hilariously defined investment in high efficiency coal plants as “climate finance“, now plans to meet Paris commitments, by building even more coal plants.…
Aussie Coal Exports Surge to New High
Guest essay by Eric Worrall Exports of Australian coal from ports in the state of Queensland have surged to a new record. According to the Gladstone Observer. THE latest coal…
What Powers The Electricity?
Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach There is a generator-by-generator analysis of the US power supply for 2012, called “eGrid”, available here as an Excel file. I’ve aggregated the data by fuel…
More settled science consensus: the formation of coal in the Caboniferous looks to be "grounded in abiotic processes"
Researcher cites a tendency in science to ignore, rather than go after, theories believed to be false. Two Stanford geologists are disputing the decade-old explanation of the large amount of…
If the UK were to try and achieve COP21 ideas – hold on to your hats!
Guest essay by Philip Foster COP21 Paris climate conference urged that all home heating should move away from gas to be all electric. In the UK the Climate Change Act…
President Obama: 3 Year Moratorium on New Coal Mines
Guest essay by Eric Worrall President Obama has just announced a 3 year moratorium on leasing federal land for new coal mines, pending a review of the impact of coal…
Climate Divestment Rhetoric, Meet Reality
Guest essay by Eric Worrall The Australian ABC has unusually printed an almost balanced article, about the future prospects of coal, in which they contrast the sharp divide between green…
Are Stringent Vehicle Emissions Standards Driving a Surge in Coal?
Guest essay by Eric Worrall The pressure to conform to tightening vehicle emissions standards and fuel efficiency specifications is intense. Everyone knows about the recent Volkswagen Emissions Scandal, in which…
Asia's coal power climate joke
Guest essay by Eric Worrall Mother Jones is celebrating that China has just committed $3.1 billion to help poor countries fight climate change. Mother Jones cautiously states they don’t know…
Japan: Building coal plants is "climate finance"
Guest essay by Eric Worrall The Minerals Council of Australia has pushed back at coal divestment campaigns, by pointing out that Japan has joined the Asian infrastructure rush, by offering…
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