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…
Category: Coal
"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…
Claim: China has emitted 15% less CO2 than previously estimated
Guest essay by Eric Worrall China’s estimated total CO2 emissions to date may have to be revised down by 15%, according a study published in Nature, because the coal China…
Is our certain fate a coal-burning climate apocalypse? No!
From the Fabius Maximus website, By Larry Kummer Summary: The news media overflows with scary stories as we approach November’s United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris. The latest are…
A carbon accounting conundrum
Guest essay by Eric Worrall Is Australian coal still “naughty”, if the coal is burned in China? Aussie PM Tony Abbott has infuriated greens in the last few days, by…
Former UN Climate Chief: Coal is Essential
Guest essay by Eric Worrall h/t DailyCaller – Former UN climate chief Yvo de Boer has defended the use of climate finance to fund the construction of coal generators –…
Earth Institute: "Japan should use nuclear power"
Guest essay by Eric Worrall Jeffrey Sachs, director of The Earth Institute at Columbia University, has stated in an interview with Ryuichi Otsuka, a news researcher for the prominent Japanese…
Newsbytes- The New Coal Boom
Cheap & Abundant Coal Biggest Challenge For UN Climate Agenda Since 1973, coal consumption has grown faster than any other form of energy. Growth in coal consumption has been critical…
Is Coal winning the energy battle?
Guest essay by Mike Jonas In an absurd article “Full extent of global coal ‘binge’ is hidden, say researchers“, the BBC’s Matt McGrath argues that instead of modelling actual and…
Too late for Oregon's coal terminal: Exporting US coal to Asia could drop emissions 21 percent
Not that weepy Bill McKibben would care anyway, he doesn’t do reality. Oregon denies permit for new coal port–huge victory for folks who have done great organizing http://t.co/0DyKUnGCE4 — Bill…
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