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Ex-Im Bank won't finance Vietnam coal-fired power plant
2013-07-18 20:55:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: The U.S. Export-Import Bank board of directors voted on Thursday not to proceed with the financing of U.S. exports to help build a coal-fired power plant in Vietnam, following a plea from U.S. environmental groups to stop the project. The Ex-Im Bank board decision was made after a "careful environmental review" of the 1,200-megawatt Thai Binh Two power plant, according to a statement from the Ex-Im Bank, citing a bank official. Five environmental groups wrote to President Barack Obama earlier...
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Utah coal-fired power plant fined for excess pollution
2013-07-05 14:36:56| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Salt Lake Tribune: A crackdown on polluted emissions from the Bonanza power plant near the Utah-Colorado border has resulted in a settlement between federal regulators and Utah-based Deseret Generation & Transmission Co-operative. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced the settlement Tuesday, and now South Jordan-based Deseret Power will be required to pay $35,000 in penalties, install new controls during startup and shutdown, and cover the cost of replacing at least five fleet vehicles with natural...
Algae.Tec Signs Carbon Capture Biofuels Deal With Australia's Largest Coal-Fired Power Company
2013-07-03 06:46:28| pollutiononline News Articles
In what is understood to be a world first, Algae.Tec (ASX: AEB, OTCQX: ALGXY) has signed a deal with Australia's largest power company to site an algae carbon capture and biofuels production facility alongside a 2640MW coal-fired power station near Sydney
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Algae.Tec signs carbon capture biofuels deal with Australias largest coal-fired power company
2013-07-02 17:30:13| Green Car Congress
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World Bank Plans to Limit Financing of Coal-Fired Power Plants
2013-06-27 08:38:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: The World Bank plans to limit the financing it provides for coal-fired power plants to "rare circumstances" as part of the global financial body's efforts to address the impact of climate change. The move was detailed in a 39-page strategy document seen by Reuters. It came a day after US President Barack Obamaas part of a sweeping package of climate measuressaid that the United States would stop investing in coal projects overseas and called on multilateral banks to do the same. "The World...
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