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- Law of Unintended Consequences Number Eleventy-Zillion Tue, 6 Aug 13, 11:25pmBy charles the moderator We missed this story in May, but in order to replace the use of coal in the UK, power stations are being refitted to burn wood chips. But the UK doesn’t have enough forests to supply …...
- EPA sues Oklahoma utility for obeying the law Thu, 11 Jul 13, 11:00amGuest post by David Middleton Just when you think that the EPA cannot possibly get any more idiotic… U.S. EPA sues OG&E over work at Oklahoma coal power plants Tue Jul 9, 2013 (Reuters) – The U.S. Environmental...
- ‘plug-and-play’ CO2 Scrubbers Sat, 29 Jun 13, 2:42amFrom MIT, while “plug-and-play” is cited, it’s just a paper. Getting the carbon out of emissions Proposed method could be more efficient than previous systems and easier to retrofit in existing power plants. CAMBRIDGE,...
- Lords a leapin Fri, 3 May 13, 11:30pmGuest post by Mike Jonas From the UK’s BBC comes this news item: Trillion-euro shortfall facing EU energy sector – Lords Committee Under the obligatory photo of chimneys spewing steam, is a totally uncritical...
- Germany To Open Six More Coal Power Stations In 2013 Wed, 24 Apr 13, 12:33amBy Paul Homewood RWE’s new lignite power station opened in Neurath in 2012 Germany’s dash for coal continues apace. Following on the opening of two new coal power stations in 2012, six more are due to open this year,...
- The Washington Post Eilperin emissions trick Thu, 21 Mar 13, 3:00amDave Burton, via his Facebook page writes: The Washington Post’s caption says “…emissions spew from the smokestacks at… coal-fired power plant…” Do you want to know what propaganda looks...
- ‘King’ Obama to circumvent lawful due process on climate Sat, 23 Feb 13, 5:13amFLASHBACK March 2011: Obama on Deporting Illegals ‘America Is a Nation of Laws,’ Presidential Action Not ‘Appropriate’ Obama Administration Moves Forward on Climate Change Without Congress Forthcoming regulation likely...
- Really? ‘Climate Change Causing Blackouts’ – but see the real culprit Fri, 15 Jun 12, 10:34amFrom GlobalWarmingIsReal.com, a rather hilarious take on what that 0.8C of temperature increase in the last century is doing. Who knew the global electric grid was so fragile that it couldn’t handle such massive temperature...
- How Green Was My Bankruptcy? Sat, 5 May 12, 2:20pmGuest Post by David Middleton My apologies to the memories of the late Richard Llewellyn and late John Ford; but I just had to borrow their title for this post...
- The EPA Wrecking Ball Thu, 29 Mar 12, 1:35pmGuest post By Alan Caruba The Environmental Protection Agency is using its power to advance the objective of the environmental movement to deny Americans access to the energy that sustains the nation’s economy and is using...
- Carbon capture scrapped in the UK, “…descended into farce” Thu, 20 Oct 11, 7:30amAll they needed was unlimited money and it would have worked… From the BBC: Labour’s shadow energy minister Tom Greatrex said: “Today’s move highlights the dead hand of the Treasury in scuppering moves...
- Breakthough solution for power plants – pump the CO2 into the sea…oh, wait Thu, 20 Jan 11, 2:58pmFrom the EPA might have something to say about that department…this press release from LNL suggests dumping tons of Calcium Bicarbonate as a byproduct of CO2 scrubbing into the oceans instead...
- Breakthough solution to power plants – pump the CO2 into the sea…oh, wait Thu, 20 Jan 11, 2:58pmFrom the EPA might have something to say about that department…this press release from LNL suggests dumping tons of Calcium Bicarbonate as a byproduct of CO2 scrubbing into the oceans instead...