Search results

"The County Council Election That Could Make or Break Big Coal"

"Last week, the Whatcom County Council in northwestern Washington voted to buy six new SUVs for the local Sheriff's Department and introduced its annual road construction plan. These were significant developments in this sleepy rural enclave of scarcely 200,000 people, but nothing compared to what's on the horizon: A proposal to build the largest coal export terminal on the West Coast, capable of annually shipping a whopping 48 million tons of Montana and Wyoming coal to Asia."

Source: Mother Jones, 10/29/2013

"Consol to Sell 5 Coal Mines To Murray"

"Consol Energy, the largest coal producer in the eastern United States, said on Monday that it was selling five highly automated mines -- about half of its production capacity -- to focus instead on natural gas and on mines that produce coal for export."

Source: NY Times, 10/29/2013

"Stung By Scandal, South Korea Weighs Up Cost of Curbing Nuclear Power"

"It started with a few bogus safety certificates for cables shutting a handful of South Korean nuclear reactors. Now, the scandal has snowballed, with 100 people indicted and Seoul under pressure to rethink its reliance on nuclear power."

Source: Reuters, 10/29/2013

Calif., Oregon, Washington, British Columbia Sign Climate Change Pact

"SAN FRANCISCO -- Saying that the West Coast must lead the way in battling climate change, the governors of California, Oregon and Washington, along with the premier of British Columbia, signed an agreement Monday committing the Canadian province and the three states to coordinate global-warming policies."

Source: San Jose Mercury News, 10/29/2013

Search results

"The County Council Election That Could Make or Break Big Coal"

"Consol to Sell 5 Coal Mines To Murray"

"Stung By Scandal, South Korea Weighs Up Cost of Curbing Nuclear Power"

Calif., Oregon, Washington, British Columbia Sign Climate Change Pact

Energy Dept. Takes Reins at Bonneville Power Authority After Scandal

"In Response to Storm, New York Will Create a Gas Reserve"

"Businesses Flock To White House Ahead of Biofuel Rule"

"Pilgrim No. 1 in U.S. for Shutdowns"

"State Department To Hand Over Keystone XL Docs To Enviro Group"

"To Expand Offshore Power, Japan Builds Floating Windmills"

Pages