You may not be fond of coal if it's in your Christmas stocking, but some see it as a useful and beneficial source of energy. Recently more energy companies have opted to build coal-burning plants, and experts are debating whether this is a viable solution to our energy needs. They say America runs on coal, but are we running in the right direction?
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The Bay City Times - MLive.com, MI - 1 hour ago
by Jeff Kart | The Bay City Times A possible moratorium on building new coal-fired power plants in Michigan has some local utility and government officials ...
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Chicago Tribune - 18 Hours Ago
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Some power companies already have found other ways to dispose of their ash, including Midwest Generation, the firm that owns five coal-fired power plants in ...
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Chicago Tribune - 18 Hours Ago
Chicago Tribune, United States - 6 hours ago
Restarting FutureGen could upset environmental groups, who call coal-fired power plants the biggest contributor to global warming because of their high ...
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CharlotteObserver.com - January 07, 2009
AP COLUMBIA, SC Environmentalists and business leaders continue to take sides in South Carolina on a state-owned utility's plan to build a new coal-fired ...
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Bloomberg - January 07, 2009
Eskom, which generates about 90 percent of its power from coal, has stepped up purchases of the fuel, increasing stocks at plants to an average of 37 days ...
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DesMoinesRegister.com - January 07, 2009
"Alliant Energy should take this decision by LS Power as a giant red flag telling them that the financial risks of new coal power are too great for Iowa's ...
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guardian.co.uk - January 07, 2009
Spot coal prices have tumbled in recent months due to ebbing demand, forcing many small mines to shut down, but benefiting power generators, such as Huaneng ...
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DetNews.com - January 07, 2009
At a press briefing last month, Granholm -- an advocate of alternative energy sources -- aid she is "not eager to approve a whole slew of new (coal) power ...
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SocialFunds.com - January 06, 2009
According to the Sierra Club, coal is one of the most polluting sources of energy available, jeopardizing health and environment. Coal-fired power plants ...
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New York Times - January 06, 2009
But the sharp decline in the last few months is new, said Richard K. Morse, who studies coal and power trends and their implications for climate. ...
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Bloomberg - January 06, 2009
Exhausted coal stocks at power plants, outages due to maintenance and breakdowns and heavy rains also cut power generation last year. ...
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Los Angeles Times - January 06, 2009
A spill at a Tennessee power plant demonstrates another danger in burning the fossil fuel for energy. Coal burning is to the environment what cigarette ...
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Atlanta Journal Constitution - January 05, 2009
On Friday, Houston-based Dynegy Inc. announced the end of a joint venture partnership with LS Power that involved building new coal plants, ...
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Canada Free Press - January 05, 2009
What happens to all those benefits when coal power is legislated, regulated, litigated, priced or cap-and-traded to the sidelines? ...
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Bloomberg - January 05, 2009
Exports may also have been affected by increased demand for coal from Eskom Holdings Ltd., South Africa’s state-owned power company, as it replenished ...
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Minneapolis Star Tribune - January 05, 2009
Each year, coal power plants in Minnesota produce enough waste ash to fill 61000 of the largest dump trucks on the road. Not all of it goes into diked ponds ...
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The Edge Daily - January 04, 2009
Vietnam had planned to increase retail coal and power prices by up to 20% in 2009 to raise funds for more power plants. But last week Deputy Trade Minister ...
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Bloomberg - January 04, 2009
5 (Bloomberg) -- Power-station coal prices at Australia's Newcastle port, a benchmark for Asia, slipped 1.7 percent last week as fewer ships are likely to ...
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Hindu Business Line - January 04, 2009
NEW DELHI: Coal shortage continues to haunt India's largest power producer NTPC, which is depending heavily on imports, though the company hopes that ...
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Akron Beacon Journal - January 04, 2009
By Rich Heldenfels This month, documentary maker Mari-Lynn Evans will finish her latest project, a 90-minute film tentatively called Coal Power. ...
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