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U.S. senators unveil bill to support renewable and nuclear power, efficiency

February 28, 2020 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Carbon / Emissions Markets, Climate Politics, Coal, ENERGY, Energy (Legacy), Energy (TRBC), Energy Markets, Environment, General News, Government / Politics, Lawmaking, Natural Gas, Pollution, Power Markets, Real Estate Markets, Regulation, SENATE, Solar Power Stations, United States, US, US Government News, US House of Representatives, US Senate, USA, Wind / Hurricanes / Typhoons / Tornadoes, Wind Farms

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The top two senators on the U.S. Senate energy committee unveiled a bipartisan energy legislation package on

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Japan environment minister says to review export policy of coal-fired power plants by end-June

February 25, 2020 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Asia (Energy), Asia / Pacific, Carbon / Emissions Markets, CHANGE, CLIMATE, Climate Politics, Coal, Commodities News (3rd Party), Diplomacy / Foreign Policy, Environment, fired Power Stations, General News, Government / Politics, Japan, Pollution, Power Markets, US

FILE PHOTO: Japan’s Environment Minister Shinjiro Koizumi attends a news conference at Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s official residence in Tokyo,

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Australia’s ‘black summer’ provides glimmer of hope for climate policy action

February 12, 2020 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Asia / Pacific, Australia, Carbon / Emissions Markets, CHANGE, CLIMATE, Climate Politics, Coal, Environment, fired Power Stations, General News, Government / Politics, Lawmaking, Pictures, POLICY, Pollution, US, Wildfires / Forest Fires

MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Australia’s deadly wildfires have opened up a small window of opportunity for the country to break a

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Australian air tanker feared crashed while fighting bushfires

January 23, 2020 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Aerospace / Defense (Legacy), Aerospace and Defense (TRBC), Air Accidents, Asia / Pacific, Australia, BUSHFIRES, Coal, Disasters / Accidents, Environment, Europe, fired Power Stations, General News, Government / Politics, Major News, Nature / Wildlife, PDFs, Pollution, Precipitation, US, Video, Weather Markets / Weather, Wildfires / Forest Fires

MELBOURNE/SYDNEY (Reuters) – Helicopters were searching on Thursday for a C-130 Hercules air tanker feared to have crashed while fighting

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Australia softens climate change rhetoric as bushfires, and voters, rage

January 15, 2020 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Asia / Pacific, Australia, BUSHFIRES, Climate Politics, Coal, Company News, Environment, fired Power Stations, Government / Politics, INDIA, POLITICS, Pollution, US, Wildfires / Forest Fires

SYDNEY (Reuters) – Three years ago, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, then Treasurer, brandished a lump of coal in parliament

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Beijing cuts city smog by more than 17% in 2019

January 3, 2020 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Asia / Pacific, CHINA, China (PRC), Coal, Commodities News (3rd Party), Emerging Market Countries, Energy (TRBC), Environment, Government / Politics, Health / Medicine, MINING, Pollution, Real Estate Markets, Society / Social Issues, STEEL, US, Utilities (TRBC)

FILE PHOTO: Vehicles move amid smog on a polluted day in Beijing, China November 26, 2018. REUTERS/Jason Lee BEIJING (Reuters)

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Environment 

China’s Hebei issues orange smog alert effective Nov. 1

October 30, 2019 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Aluminium, Asia / Pacific, CHINA, China (PRC), Coal, Copper, Emerging Market Countries, Environment, fired Power Stations, General News, Government / Politics, HEBEI, Pollution, Regulation, STEEL, US

SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s top steelmaking province of Hebei has issued an “orange” smog alert effective from Nov. 1, with

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Environment 

China winter smog targets not enough to offset last year’s surge: data

October 24, 2019 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Asia / Pacific, CHINA, China (PRC), Coal, Economic News (3rd Party), Emerging Market Countries, Environment, fired Power Stations, General News, Government / Politics, Health / Medicine, Industrials (TRBC), Pollution, Production Status Changes, Society / Social Issues, STEEL, US

SHANGHAI (Reuters) – A new winter plan to curb emissions in northern China will not be enough to reverse last

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Environment 

China aims to shut 8.7 GW of coal power by year-end – regulator

September 30, 2019 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Asia / Pacific, CHINA, China (PRC), Coal, Coal (TRBC), Emerging Market Countries, Energy (Legacy), Energy Markets, fired Power Stations, Pollution, POWER, Power Markets, Regulation, UK, Utilities (TRBC)

FILE PHOTO: Cranes unload coal from a cargo ship at a port in Lianyungang, Jiangsu province, China December 8, 2018.

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Environment 

Inspired by Greta Thunberg, worldwide protest demands climate action

September 21, 2019 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Africa, Asia / Pacific, Australia, BELGIUM, CHANGE, Children / Youth Issues, China (PRC), Civil Unrest, CLIMATE, Climate Politics, Coal, Diplomacy / Foreign Policy, Education, Environment, Europe, France, Germany, Japan, KENYA, Labour Disputes, Lebanon, Major News, Middle East, Nature / Wildlife, New Zealand, Pacific Islands, Pictures, Poland, Pollution, South Africa, STRIKE, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States, US, Western Europe

(Reuters) – Millions of young people flooded the streets of cities around the world on Friday to demand political leaders

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