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Michigan to Retire 25 Coal Plants by 2020
2015-10-14 17:40:00| Transmission & Distribution World
Due to old age and tighter environmental regulations, 25 coal units at Michigan power plants are scheduled to shut down by 2020. read more
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Climbing plants disturb carbon storage in tropical forests
2015-10-13 12:00:00| LifeSciencesWorld
[NEWS] Scientists have discovered that climbing vines are upsetting the carbon balance of tropical forests by crowding out and killing trees. Rainforests play a vital role in the global carbon cycle. We depend on the trees found in these tropical areas to take up some of the carbon dioxide that we are emitting, so not all of our emissions end up in the atmosphere. In a new study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, and led by Dr Geertje van …
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Spain: Relationship between carnivorous plants and fire
2015-10-09 17:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: One of the most striking and unusual species of all Iberian flora is the carnivorous plant Drosophyllum lusitanicum, known as the 'fly-trap' and to which Charles Darwin directed his attention in the book Insectivorous Plants, published in 1875. In spite of this, little is known about this species that is currently being studied in detail by Maria Paniw and Fernando Ojeda, researchers from the Biology department of the University of Cadiz, in collaboration with Roberto Salguero-Gómez, a post-doctoral...
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Closed California plant's spent fuel to be stored near ocean
2015-10-08 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Greenwire: Nuclear waste from the shuttered San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station in California will be moved to long-term storage beside the Pacific Ocean, the state's Coastal Commission voted unanimously yesterday. Commissioners said they lacked any viable alternative to granting plant owner Southern California Edison Co. (SCE) a permit to build a new storage facility. The Department of Energy has not approved a location to take spent fuel, they noted, and there are no short-term prospects for one. An existing...
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UK said to consider closing all coal-fired plants by 2023
2015-10-07 14:39:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: The U.K. is considering whether to close all of its 12 coal-fired power plants by 2023 as part of its effort to reduce the greenhouse gases blamed for global warming, an official with knowledge of the discussions said. Europes second-biggest polluter is also considering whether to make the announcement before Nov. 30, when United Nations climate talks start in Paris, according to the official, who asked not to be identified because the talks havent yet reached a conclusion. Plants fitted with...
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