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New government plans to clean up coal power stations are too weak to ensure that the UK keeps its promises to cut carbon emissions, Christian Aid said yesterday (Monday, 9 November). Full Article at Ekklesia
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In response to Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change Ed Miliband’s plans for coal in the UK, Oxfam’s Campaigns and Policy Director Phil Boomer said: “We welcome the government’s acknowledgement of the need to decarbonise the UK’s power... Full Article at Reuters Alert Net
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Scottish Power is going head to head with Eon in a race to create Britain’s first “clean coal” power station, the UK Government confirmed last night. Full Article at Press and Journal
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LONDON (Reuters) - Britain will fund up to four large-scale demonstration projects to limit climate-warming carbon emissions from coal plants, through a levy on electricity bills, the government said on Monday. Full Article at EcoEarth News
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Written by Will Fischer, student leader at Washington University in St. Louis. Something loud is afoot on our sleepy campus in St. Louis. Washington University students are beginning to re-discover what connects them. Full Article at It's Getting Hot In Here
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The reality is that you haven't decided what sort of power stations to choose, you haven't yet decided on the sites and there is no scientifically-justified secure way of disposing of waste.
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The threat of climate change means we need to make a transition from a system that relies heavily on high-carbon fossil fuels to a radically different system that includes nuclear, renewable and clean-coal power
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The CO2 price now is not capable of taking the technology forward ... That's why you need these government incentives.
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As the world's largest exporter of coal and a nation which derives around 80 per cent of its electricity from coal, it is vital that we make technological progress on carbon capture and storage - and soon
– Martin Ferguson SOURCE: The Australian
