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• s  fueled by burning coal

• coal-fired

News & Articles

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• Gore to Obama: Get moving on climate, axe Keystone
  President Obama needs to move “beyond great words” and actually do something to curb climate change during his second term, ex-Vice President Al Gore told listeners in a Tuesday Google+ plus video chat. The “Goreacle” has, of late, joined environmental leaders in voicing impatience with the 44th president’s performance on global warming and other issues such as pollution from coal-burning power ...
  June 12, 2013 - seattlepi.com
• America's 20 Worst Corporate Air Polluters
  It's no surprise that the biggest emitters of carbon dioxide in the United States are coal-burning power generators.
  June 10, 2013 - Forbes

Quotes

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• Thomas Edison in International Herald Tribune
  Dan Riedinger, a spokesman for the Edison Electric Institute, an association of power companies, called the court decision "a major setback ...... to establish clear mercury regulations for coal-burning power plants."
• Jim Prentice in Toronto Star
  Our regulation will be very clear: when each coal-burning unit reaches the end of its economic life, it will have to meet the new standards or close down - no trading, no offsets, no credits,said Environment Minister Jim Prentice.
• Jennifer Turner in USA Today
  For about 20 years, they have gotten rid of coal-burning in the city, but in the surrounding provinces, coal-burning has increased, so there are some things outside of the purview of the blue sky plan,said Jennifer Turner, director of the...