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China, Indian suitors said to eye bids for Rio Australia coal mines
ReutersMUMBAI/HONG KONG, June 11 (Reuters) - China's state-owned Shenhua Group Corp Ltd and India's Aditya Birla Group are among the companies considering bids for Rio Tinto's Australian coal assets, which have an estimated value of $3.2 billion, people familiar...Tags: Mining, China, Metal and Mineral, India
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U.S. loses millions on coal leases, inspector general report says
This post has been corrected. See the note at the bottom for details.WASHINGTON -- The Interior Department is losing tens of millions of dollars in revenue annually because it leases public land for coal mining at rock-bottom prices, according to a report by the agency’s inspector general The report focuses on coal...Tags: Land Resources, Edward J Markey, Boston, Environmental Issues, Ron Wyden
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COLUMN-UK climate act limits energy choices: Gerard Wynn
ReutersBy Gerard Wynn LONDON, May 31 (Reuters) - British policymakers are finding out just how far a climate act passed in 2008 has tied their hands on broad-brush energy policy for the next four decades. The country's Climate Change Act has left the...Tags: Ecosystems, Water Supply, Wind Power, Conservation, Parliament
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Rally in downtown Indianapolis urge utility to close aging coal-fired power plant
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — More than 150 people gathered in downtown Indianapolis for a rally calling for the closure of a coal-fired power plant that's the city's largest polluter. WISH-TV reports (http://bit.ly/11LeoPy ) members of the Sierra Club,...Tags: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Energy Saving, Indianapolis Power & Light Company, Environmental Politics, Environmental Issues
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PBS lays off another round of workers
Daily American Staff Writer, @damichellegPBS Coals announced a third round of layoffs Friday that left 134 people without jobs. The company furloughed 363 workers last year. Company general counsel Lori Mason said the decision was difficult but necessary to keep the company financially...Tags: Labor Legislation, Layoffs and Downsizing, Unemployment, Friedens, Mining
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Glencore's Colombia unit opens 21 million tonne coal port
ReutersBOGOTA, May 29 (Reuters) - The Colombian coal unit of Glencore International PLC on Wednesday opened a port with a capacity of 21 million tonnes a year to boost exports and comply with more stringent environmental regulations on coal loading. The $550...Tags: Exports, Colombia, Mining, Metal and Mineral, Anglo American Plc
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China to cut coal use in key industrial regions - sources
Reuters* China could cut coal consumption in Beijing, Hebei by 100 mln T * Steel and other industrial expansions banned in major cities * Measuring and monitoring could be major challenge By David Stanway BEIJING, June 6 (Reuters) - China is considering...Tags: Environmental Issues, Beijing (China), Environmental Pollution, Tianjin (China), Mining
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On the Chicago Keystone Pipeline Protest
On Wednesday, President Obama was in town for a fundraiser, and I headed down to the Hilton Chicago on South Michigan to cover the Keystone protest. A couple things: 1) It’s telling that despite the supposed scandals engulfing the president, I...
Tags: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Department of State, Birth Defects, American Petroleum, Media Industry
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China's top utilities protest plan to ban low-grade coal imports
Reuters* Top 5 utilities protest to NDRC against NEA proposal * Proposal would have raised costs for power firms * Faltering domestic coal mining industry had lobbied for ban By Fayen Wong SHANGHAI, May 30 (Reuters) - China's top five utilities have formally...Tags: Politics, Lobbying, Government, Indonesia, Beijing (China)
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India tariff case stalls Tata Power's investment plans
ReutersNEW DELHI (Reuters) - Indian utility Tata Power Co Ltd will hold off on major investments until it clarifies the fate of a regulatory decision to raise tariffs, a company executive said on Tuesday. India's federal electricity regulator allowed Tata...Tags: Finance, Robin Williams, Economy, Business and Finance, Saudi Arabia, Vodafone Group Plc
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Lamb of God takes away the cares of the world
The first domesticated lamb turned over coals in Mesopotamia, literally the land "between rivers," some 10,000 years or so ago. But the lamb I'll be roasting in my backyard on this Orthodox Easter Sunday — also on a spit, over coals — is one...Tags: Religion and Belief, Christianity, Easter, Judaism, Hypothermia
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Chill breeze of politics stills Australian renewables
ReutersBy Rob Taylor BUNGENDORE, Australia, May 27 (Reuters) - On a line of low hills standing sentinel beside a dry lake bed near Australia's capital, giant turbines turning slowly in a chill winter breeze give no hint of a multi-billion-dollar storm...Tags: Wind Power, Canberra (Australia), Political Fundraising, Weather Warnings, Alternative Energy
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