Tag Archives for GHG
Shutdowns show how clean our air already is
by Mike Nasi | June 05, 2020 The terrible situation caused by the coronavirus shutdowns across the world has led to an interesting experiment in air quality. What happens to the environment here and abroad when worldwide transportation and industrial … Continue reading
Climategate: Ten years later
Climate alarmists are still promoting junk science, fossil fuel bans and wealth redistribution
Dr. Kelvin Kemm
This month marks the tenth anniversary of “Climategate” – the release of thousands of emails to and from climate scientists who had been (and still are) collaborating and colluding to create a manmade climate crisis that exists in their minds and computer models, but not in the real world. The scandal should have ended climate catastrophism. Instead, it was studiously buried by politicians, scientists, activists and crony capitalists, who will rake in trillions of dollars from the exaggerations and fakery, while exempting themselves from the damage they are inflicting on everyday families. Continue reading
Wyoming & Japan Advance Partnership with Research Project Slated for ITC
Cheyenne, Wyoming – The Wyoming Infrastructure Authority (WIA) announced the state was once again partnering with Japan to advance carbon utilization and carbon recycling technology. The WIA entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Japan Coal Energy Center (JCOAL), … Continue reading
New GE Innovation Center to Showcase latest Technologies of Coal-fired Steam Power Plants
By Diarmaid Williams International Digital Editor KING GEORGE, VA. (COAL AGE) —GE Power (NYSE: GE) today announced plans to convert its 242 MW coal-fired Birchwood Power facility in King George, Virginia, US into a Steam Plant Services Innovation Center. … Continue reading
PRESIDENT TRUMP DELIVERS ON ANOTHER CAMPAIGN PROMISE
WASHINGTON, DC (March 28, 2017)– With the signing of an Executive Order, President Trump delivered on his pledge to help coal by lifting energy restrictions and canceling job-killing regulations. The remarks by President Trump and key members of his cabinet … Continue reading
The Not-So-Dormant Commerce Clause and Coal-Based Electricity
By Paul M. Seby & Matthew B. Miller There is no doubt that coal-based electricity is currently faced with enormous challenges—both at the national level, with the flurry of federal regulations aimed at the coal industry, and at the state … Continue reading
Development Groups: More Coal Plants will not end Energy Poverty
By Joshua Learn S&P Global Intelligence (October 2016) Coal-fired generation is not the answer for fighting energy poverty, according to a new position paper from international development organizations. The paper, “Beyond Coal,” released by the Overseas Development Institute and a … Continue reading
ACC issues statement on Glei-Case Western analysis
URL: https://www.worldcoal.com/coal/24102016/acc-issues-statement-on-glei-case-western-analysis World Coal (October 2016) —A recent analysis by the Great Lakes Energy Institute (GLEI) of Case Western Reserve University concluded the decline of the nation’s coal industry has been due to market forces and technology: “EPA rules have … Continue reading
The Reality of Regulatory Costs
URL: http://www.countoncoal.org/2016/10/26/3497 (October, 2016) — In a Facebook interview last week, EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy acknowledged the obvious: her support for the environmental left’s “keep it in the ground” policy (“I think we share the same goal”), that coal state … Continue reading
Scientists Accidentally Turned CO2 Into Ethanol
URL: http://energy.gov/articles/scientists-accidentally-turned-co2-ethanol (October 21, 2016) — In a new twist for waste-to-fuel technology, scientists at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) have developed an electrochemical process that uses tiny spikes of carbon and copper to turn carbon dioxide, a … Continue reading