Global Warming - So What?
A Library about Climate Change
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Below are files - articles - about fossil fuel and nuclear energy sources. They are arranged in 3 major groups: Coal, Oil & Gas, and Nuclear. Coal has 7 sub-groups: Carbon Capture & Storage, General Problems, Air Pollution, Making Coal Costlier, Plant Closings and Decarbonization, China's Coal - Other, and Misc. Oil & Gas has 3: General, Fracking, and Tar Sands. Nuclear has 3: US, Elsewhere and Misc.
Month and year follow each article's name. PDF files are so marked, after month and date, some with authors noted. Within sections, more recent files appear above older files.
Diagrams are generally immediately below the summary articles from which they were taken.
Global Electricity Generation Mix (%, by IEA)
Below is a reprise of the graph at the top of the page, but in $ / MWh instead of ¢ / kWh.
The top graph also includes 2020.
Note how falling prices for wind and solar drive their adoption. See the two graphs above about adoption.
To convert $/MW-hour above to ¢/kW-hour, divide by 10. Solar and wind are both about 4¢/kWh, gas about 5.5.
Below are Lazard’s 2020 unsubsidized US electric generation costs for renewable (top) and traditional (fossil & nuke) technologies. See PDF below. Lazard’s charts are also on the Coal, Oil, Gas, Nuke page.
2017 and 2014 versions are below the 2020 version.
Below, capital + operating costs of renewables – versus – operating costs only of non-renewables
Below are Lazard’s 2017 unsubsidized US electric generation costs for renewable (top) and traditional (fossil & nuke) technologies. See PDF below. Lazard’s charts are also on the Coal, Oil, Gas, Nuke page.
Levelized US Costs of New Electric Energy - Lazard 1214 - PDF, 20 pp. The chart below is taken from a later edition of this study. It includes more detailed charts and tables, plus the footnotes to the chart above. Solar is decisively cheaper than gas or diesel peaking generators in the US, Australia, Brazil, India, South Africa, Japan, and northern Europe.
The graph below is about electricity generation in China.
Our Energy Grid Is Incredibly Vulnerable – to Climate Change 0816
BP Statistical Review of World Energy 0613 - PDF, 48 pp This is a rich source of information, by year by nation.
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Air Pollution
Wildfire Smoke Is Eroding Decades of Air Quality Improvements 0923
The Terrible Paradox of Air Pollution and Climate Change 0923
Extreme Heat Makes Air Quality Worse. That's Bad for Health. 0923
Wildfire Smoke Threatens to Wipe Out Decades of Air Pollution Progress 0823
Domestic Oil & Gas Production Led to $77 Billion a Year in Health Impacts 0723
U.S. Truck Makers Reach Deal to Phase Out Polluting Diesel Big Rigs 0723
Heat Waves Are Unleashing a Deadly but Overlooked Pollutant - Ozone 0623
In 2022, Europe’s Cruise Ships Pumped Out More Sulfur than 1 Billion Cars 0623
New York City ER Asthma Visits Soared as Wildfire Smoke Blanketed Region 0623
Wildfire Smoke Reacts with City Pollution, Creating New Toxic Air Hazard 0623
Wildfire Smoke Blots Sun and Prompts Health Hazard Alerts across the Northeast U.S. 0623
Move to Electric Vehicles Could Save Nearly 90,000 Lives in US by 2050 - 0623
Years of Breathing Traffic Pollution Increases Death Rates 0423
Heat, Drought and Fires Worsen Air in the US West 0423
How to Lower Your Health Risk from Gas Stoves 0123
Biden Administration Moves to Tighten Limits on Deadly PM2.5 Air Pollutoin 0123
Wind Energy’s Health Benefits Could Quadruple by Dialing Down Fossil Fuels 1222
Clean Energy Could Save American Lives to Tune of $700 Billion per Year 1122
Tiny Air Pollution Particles Appear More Deadly if from Human-Made Sources 1022
EU Targets ‘Zero Pollution’ by 2050 to Curb Premature Deaths 1022
Why Seattle Currently Has the Worst Air Quality in the World 1022
Hotter, More Humid, but Cleaner - How LA’s Air Has Changed 0922
Dramatic Rise in Wildfire Smoke Triggers Decline in US Air Quality for Millions 0922
Major Cities Blighted by Nitrogen Dioxide Pollution 0822
California’s 2020 Wildfire Pollution Likely Offset Decades of Air Quality Gains 0622
Air Pollution Worse for Global Lifespan than Cigarettes or Alcohol 0622
Wildfire Made Air Pollution in Las Vegas, New Mexico Reach 9 X Healthy Limit 0622
Pollution Caused 1 in 6 Deaths Globally for 5 Years 0522
Cutting US Fossil Fuel Air Pollution Would Save 50,000 Lives a Year 0522
That Backyard Fire Produces Hazardous Levels of Air Pollution 0522
Plastic Pollution Accelerating the Effects of Climate Change in Canada’s Arctic 0522
Western Wildfires Reverse U.S. Clean Air Gains 0422
Why Tracking Wildfire Smoke Will Be Crucial for Everyone as Earth Warms 0422
Smoke from Pacific Northwest Wildfires Is Erasing Emission Reductions 0422
US Transition to Electric Vehicles Would Save Over 100,000 Lives by 2050 - 0322
Coal Mining Emits More Methane Than Venting & Flaring from Gas and Oil Wells 0322
Smoke from Large Wildfires Seems to Damage the Ozone Layer 0322
Hitting Biden’s Greenhouse Goals Could Save Billions in Health-Related Costs 0222
Household Energy - Let’s Make the Healthy Choice the Easy Choice 0222 - Rural LPG cookstoves, in place of open fire etc. stove would save over 1 million deaths a year from indoor air pollution. But LPG is not always available and is often unaffordable to the poor people who newould benefit the most.
EPA Seeks to Prevent 1,000s of Early Deaths from Power Plant Air Pollution 0222 - up to 11,000 deaths a year
Even Low Levels of Soot Can Be Deadly to Older People 0122
Living near Fracking Wells Linked to Early Death 0122
Lower Vehicle Emissions Linked to Significant Drop in US Air Pollution Deaths 1221
Fuel Price Spikes, Covid Recovery May Push Clean Cooking Goals Out of Reach 1121 - 3.8 million people lose their lives to illness from household air pollution caused by cooking with unclean fuels such as wood, charcoal, coal, animal dung, and crop waste. With less money, they cannot move to cleaner cooking sources. 10s of millions of polluting cooking fires also generate plenty of black carbon, which reinforces gloabl warming.
Climate Change Is Single Biggest Health Threat, WHO Says 1021
Wildfire Smoke Kills People in Cities Far from Fires 0921
Exposure to Air Pollution below Legal Limits Still Linked to Premature Deaths 0921 - 29.6% increase in mortality for 40% increase in PM2.5 in the US, below the 12 μg/m3 US limit. Similarly, a 25% incresase in NO2, below half the EU’s limit was associated with a 9.9% mortality incfresase.
Air Pollution from Fossil Fuels Could Cut Lifespans Globally by 2.2 to 5 Years 0921 (5 in India, Nepal)
Reducing Carbon Emissions & Air Pollution Benefits the Global Economy 0821 - much of benefits soon are from reducing air pollutions deaths
Pristine Lake Tahoe Shrouded in Smoke from Threatening Fire 0821
India’s Poor Face Much Higher Risk of Dying from Air Pollution than the Rich 0721
Wildfire Smoke Wiped Out U.S. Pandemic-Related Clean Air Gains in 2020 - 0321
California’s Wildfire Smoke Could Be More Harmful than Vehicle Emissions 0321
Trump’s Environmental Policies Killed 1,000s of People 0221 - In 4 years, perhaps 80,000 from air pollution, plus another 150,000-200,000 in 2020 and 2021 from mis-handling the covid pandemic
Fossil Fuels Killed 8.7 Million People Globally in 2018 - 0221 - about 1 in 7 deaths. Used more geographically detaled data than previous studies
Wildfires Having Devastating Effect on Air Quality in Western US 0121
1 in 7 Americans Suffered Dangerous Air Quality This Year from Wildfires 0920
We’ll Have to Learn to Live with Smoke. Here’s Why. 0920
Full Transition to Electric Cars Would Improve U.S. Air, Health 0920
For 3rd Consecutive Day, Portland’s Air Quality Is the Worst in the World 0920
Hotter Days as Climate Warms Could Reverse Cleaner Skies from Clean Air Laws 0920
Coal Generation Kills 800 a Year in Australia 0820
Air Pollution Is Much Worse than We Thought 0820 - Twice as bad. Well-understood pathways capture only about half the total, based on Medicare data sets and air pollution levels. It damages lungs, hearts, brains, skin and other organs.
US Could Avoid 4.5 Million Early Deaths by Fighting Climate Change 0820 - cleaner air from fewer fossil fuels burned
Northeast US Climate Initiative, RGGI, Has Made Children Healthier 0720
Intense Arctic Wildfires Set a Pollution Record 0720
Smog Caused 49,000 Deaths in Beijing, Shanghai in 2020, More Elsewhere 0720
Climate Change Fuels U.S. Dust Storms, with Dire Health Consequences 0720
Wildfires Are Taking an Unexpectedly Huge Toll on America’s Lungs 0620
South Asia’s Twin Threat - Extreme Heat and Foul Air 0520
Clean Air in Europe during Lockdown ‘Leads to 11,000 Fewer Deaths’ 0420
As Coal-Fired Power Plants Close, Our Skies Are Clearing 0420
Traffic and Pollution Plummet as U.S. Cities Shut Down for Coronavirus 0320
Heat Waves in 2019 Led to Almost 900 Extra Deaths in England 0120
Shuttering US Coal Plants Saved 26,000 Lives over a Decade 0120
Australian Fires Pushed Sydney's Air Quality 12 x Above 'Hazardous' Levels 1219
Wildfires Are Getting Worse. So Is the Deadly Smoke They Bring with Them 1219
Renewables Could Be a Health Boon for Great Lakes, Upper Midwest Regions 1019
Cleaning Up China's Dirty Air Would Give Solar Energy a Huge Boost 0719
Due to Wildfires, California Now Has the Most Polluted Cities in the World 1118
Wildfire Smoke Chokes Out Large Swath of Alberta 0818
‘Serious Health Effects' of Wildfire Smoke across Western US, Warm Experts 0818
Choking on Beijing's Clean Air Costs 1217 - Switching 200,000 to 3.5-37.0 million rural households from dirty home coal stoves (bigger air polliution source than coal-fired power plants) to natural gas costs $1,250 to $1,540 per household.
India to Introduce Clean Fuels Faster to Combat Delhi Smog Crisis 1117 - Cut sulfur 80% in diesel, gasoline in 2018.
Change in the Air 1117 - mostly about industrial pollution, indoors. But forest fires killed 100,000 in Indonesia in 2015, releasing more CO2 than India and Japan combined.
Breathing Fire 1117 - health impacts of smoke inhalation from recent US forest fires
Pollution Linked to 9 Million Deaths Worldwide in 2015 - 1017
Napa Fires Make San Francisco Air Worse than Beijing 1017
Air Pollution Kills Half a Million People a Year in Europe, EU Agency Reports 1017
China's Northern Cities Face Soot-Free Winter with Gas Revolution 1017
Extreme Wildfires Could Lead to Long-Term Lung Damage in the US 0917
How Much of Your Life Air Pollution Steals from You, Based on Where You Live 0917 - 3 years in north China, 4 in India (10 in New Delhi), a bit less than 1 in Los Angeles, very small amounts in much of the US
Renewable Energy Isn’t Just Cutting Costs, It’s Saving Lives 0817
Air Pollution Deaths Expected to Rise because of Climate Change 0717
Medical Experts Say Lending to Adani Is the Same as Supporting Big Tobacco 0617
Coal to Solar Switch Could Save 52,000 US Lives per Year 0617
Bangladesh Coal Plant Could Cause 6,000 Early Deaths 0517
Myanmar Coal Plant Growth Could Kill 280,000 - 0517
Converting Coal Would Help China's Smog at Climate's Expense 0417
Climate Change 'Makes Deadly China Pollution Worse' 0317
‘Airpocalypse’ Smog Events in China Linked to Melting Ice Cap 0317
Push for Diesel Leaves London Gasping Amid Record Pollution 0217
Warmer World Is Making China’s Smog Woes Even Worse 0217
City of Beijing Vows 30% Cut in Coal Use in 2017, to Fight Smog 0217
100,000 Died from Indonesia’s Unpunished Air Pollution from Forest Fires in 2015 - 0217
Phasing Out Coal, Wood, Dung Cookstoves a ‘Win-Win’ for Climate and Health 0217
EPA under Scott Pruitt Could Add Billions to U.S. Health Care Costs 0117
Southeast Asia’s Coal Boom Could Cause 70,000 Deaths per Year by 2030 - 0117
Hazier Days in the High Country, Western U.S., due to Drought and Forest Fires 0117
Top China Coal Province Vows 20% Cut in Pollution by 2020 - 1216
Smog Linked to 1/3 of Deaths in China 1216
China’s Bad Air Estimated to Cause 1.37 Million Premature Deaths in 2013 - 1116
Nov. 2016, from different study from the one above.
Toxic Smog in World's Most Polluted City May Soon Hit Economy 1116
Paris Climate Targets to Cost Asia $300 Billion a Year, but Will Help Save Lives 0916
Hidden Cost of Death Is in the Air 0916 - 10% of GDP in China, 8% in India, etc. - World Bank
‘Smoke Waves’ Will Affect Millions in Coming Decades 0816 - PM2.5 from burning forests, not coal
Wildfire Smoke Problem Intensifies with Climate Change 0816 - PM2.5 from burning forests
Coal Burning Causes the Most Air Pollution Deaths in China 0816 - 366,000 a year. Another 177,000 from transport, etc.
Coal Dust Kills 23,000 per Year in EU 0716
China’s Smog Knocks 2 Years off Life Expectancy – IEA 0616
Japan's Coal-Fired Plants 'to Cause 1,000s of Early Deaths’ 0516
Air Pollution Shortens Your Life in India by 3.4 Years, Worst in Delhi 0516
China’s decrease in life from air pollution appears worse. See 0114 and 0815 articles below.
Australia’s Air Pollution Increases 69%, as Coal Named Top Polluter 0416
Greenhouse Gas Cuts May Prevent 295,000 US Deaths by 2030 - 0216
India’s Pollution Levels Beat China’s 0216
Polluted Air Causes 5.5 Million Deaths a Year 0216
Pollution Crisis Is Choking the Chinese Economy 0216 - cuts GDP 6.5% annually
Air Pollution Raises Risk of Death 'for Decades after Exposure' 0216
End of Fossil Fuels Won't Come Too Soon ror Millions Breathing Toxic Air 1215
Echoing Beijing, Poles Sound Alert on Rampant Smog 1215
In India, Mumbai's Mountains of Imported Coal Pose Health Hazard 1115
India's Coal-Fueled Economy Takes a Toll on Environment and Rural Villagers 1015
Enormous Social Cost of Cheap Coal 0915
US and Australian Taxpayers Pay Billions a Year to Fund Coal 0915
Coal Burning Costs UK £2.5-7.1 Billion Annually from Premature Deaths 0915
Is It Too Late to Stop Turkey's Coal Rush? 0815
Study Links Polluted Air in China to 1.6 Million Deaths a Year 0815
Health Groups Praise Obama Plan on Coal, Saying It Will Save Lives 0815
Kind of Blue - China’s Air Pollution Not as Terrible as Before 0715
How China, the World's Biggest Polluter, Is Dealing with Climate Change 0715
Coal in Poland Lowering Life Spans 0615
US Coal Industry Fighting for Survival on 7 Fronts 0615 - 7 sets of regulations, 2 of them about CO2
World’s Worst Air Spurs Modi’s $25 Billion Utility Clean-Up Push for India 0515
In China, a Tug of War over Coal Gas - Cleaner Air But Worse for the Climate 0515
China's Coal Usage Targeted in New Energy Plan 0315
Coal - Burning Up Australia’s Future 0315
China's ‘War' on Air Pollution May Emit More CO2, due to Scrubbers kWh Penalty 0315
Documentary on Air Pollution Grips China 0315
India vs China - Airpocalypse 0215
Mr. President, World’s Worst Air Is Taking 6 Hours Off Your Life 0115
Beijing’s Toxic Air Is Literally Off the Charts 0115
China Pollution - Beijing Smog Hits Hazardous Levels 0115
Ex-DoE Secretary Chu Sees Genuine China Coal Retreat 1214
Coal's Black Wind - Pregnant Women in Parts of India Advised to Stay Away 1114
Coal Rush in Horribly Polluted India Could Tip Balance on Climate Change 1114
For Central Heat, China Has a North-South Divide at Qin-Huai Line 1114
Cost of China's Dependence on Coal - 670,000 Deaths a Year 1114
Air Pollution Slashes India's Potential Grain Yields by Half 1114
South Africa’s Coal-Fired Power Stations Carry Heavy Health Costs 0914
China's 'War on Pollution' Sees Coal Drop for First Time in Century 0814
Smoggy Beijing to Ban Coal Use 0814
What Beijing Abandoning Coal Means (Add 16 Years to Beijinger's Life!) 0814
US Unveils Sharp Curbs on Coal Power Plants 0614
Justices Back Rule Limiting Coal Pollution 0414
EPA Scores Big Win to Limit Mercury in Power Plants 0414
World Must End 'Dirty' Fuel Use - UN 0414
Beijing's Air Pollution Is Shaving Up To 16 Years Off Chinese People's Lives 0114
"Clean Up Your Act," UN Climate Chief Urges Coal Industry 1113
Pollution Is Affecting Nature of China's Energy Market 1113
Measuring Longview Terminal's Potential Impact on Climate 1013
Kids Get Smog Day As Pollution Shuts Down China's Harbin 1013
China Wants to Cut Down on Coal - That's Bad for Global Warming 0913
How Climate Change Could Make Mercury Pollution Worse 0913
Cleaner Air from Tackling Climate Change Would Save Millions of Lives 0913
Coal Splutters as China Seeks Breath of Fresh Air 0913
China to Curb Coal Use to Combat Air Pollution 0913
New Coal-Fired Power Stations in Guangdong Will Kill Thousands 0813
Burning Coal Shortens Lives in China 0713
Supreme Court to Hear EPA Appeal on Cross-State Pollution Rule 0613
Europe's 300 Largest Coal Plants' Emissions Kill 22,300 a Year 0613
Coal-Fired Plant Emissions Near Beijing Killed 9,900 in 2011 0613
Beijing to Shut Coal-Fired Boilers to Clean Up Air 0513
Indian Coal Power Plants Kill 120,000 a Year 0313
Coal Burning Exacts Lethal Price in Europe: $55 Billion a Year 0313
Beijing Air Pollution Soars to Hazard Level 0113
Coal's Assault on Human Health - Physicians for Social Responsibility 1109 - PDF, 64 pp
Fine (very small) particulates (PM2.5) have the worst health effects.
Hidden Cost of China's Coal = $250B a Year 1008
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Carbon Capture & Storage (CCS) - Coal, etc.
%s show cumulative contribution to 2050. % in ( ) show contribution in 2050 alone. IEA
UAE Oil Giant Doubles Carbon Capture Target Ahead of COP Summit 1023
Capturing Industrial Carbon Is All About Managing Volatile Costs 0923
Big Oil’s Carbon Capture & Storage Climate Fix Is Running Out of Time 0923
Amazon Bets Big on Oil Giant Occidental’s Carbon Removal Project 0923
How an Oil Giant Took Control of Biden's Billion-Dollar Bet on Carbon Capture 0823
The Midwest Is Ground Zero for the Fight Over Carbon Capture Pipelines 0823 - also spillover to pipelines for direct air capture. But mostly CCS, which many locals see as a way to prolong our use of fossil fuels.
Can Vacuums Slow Global Warming? Administration Bets $1.2 Billion on It. 0823 - Much more is now being done with "Carbon Capture and Storage" than with "Direct Air Capture". The first operates on CO2 concentrations of 10 to 100%, from industrial "smokestacks". The 2nd operates on ambient air, with CO2 concentrations now 0.042%. The higher CO2 concentration of the 1st makes it much less costly. But it also does not drecrease CO2 levels in the air. Instead, it is similar to emitting less in the 1st place. CCS, with many projects underway (see article), is addressed in this section. DAC is discussed in the Carbon +/- page, under Rising Carbon Sinks, with only a small discussion in this article.
Carbon Capture Faces a Major Test in North Dakota 0723 - CCS is not cost-effective at coal-fired power plants, but at some factories.
NYC Skyscrapers Turn to Carbon Capture to Lessen Climate Change 0523
What’s Needed to Reach Net-Zero This Century - IEA 0423 Part of what is needed is carbon capture, directy from air or from smokestacks, and storage.
Green Steel Would Curb Carbon Emissions, Revive SW Pennsylvania Economy 0423
UK Makes £20 Billion Bet on Carbon Capture, in Race against US 0323
Japan’s ‘Green Transformation’ Would Derail the Energy Transition in Asia 0323
BP Aims to Transform Carbon into Cash with Limestone Play 0223
The World's Largest Carbon Capture Plant Gets a 2nd Chance in Texas 0223
CO2 Removal Efforts Seen Far behind What Is Needed 0123
California Climate Plan Scraps New Gas Plants, Expands Fossil Fuel Carbon Capture 1122
Nasdaq Targets Boom in Market for Carbon Removal in Coming Years 1022
Exxon’s Houston Carbon Capture Plan Just Got Massive Support from Congress 0922
New Race to Develop Bite-Sized Carbon Capture Tech 0922 - New standardized, modular designs that are aimed at small emitters could open the door for more widespread use.
Every Dollar Spent on [Smokestack] Carbon Capture and Storage Is a Waste 0822 - The authors are the founders of the 1st privately-funded company to make use of CCS in the US, in 2008. "15 years ago, before the cost of renewable energy plummeted, carbon capture seemed like a good idea.” The principal use of CO2 from CCS is for enhanced oil recovery - moving carbon from one hole in the ground to another ("to qualify for the subsidies, CO2 must be produced, then captured and buried.”)
Can Carbon Capture Be Part of the Climate Solution? 0622
Let's Bury Our CO2. What Could Possibly Go Wrong? 0522
Canada Offers Carbon Capture Tax Credit to Reduce Emissions 0422
Carbon Capture Takes Center Stage 0322 - in recent US infrastructure law, carbon focus is on smokestacks. Several other matters are addressed.
Trudeau’s Environment Czar Counting on Carbon Capture and EV Push 0322
Shell’s Massive Carbon Capture Plant Is Emitting More Than It’s Capturing 0122
Canadian Scientists Urge Rejecting Carbon Capture Tax Credit, as Oil Subsidy
Oil Companies Could Make Billions from Carbon Capture & Storage Tax Break 1221
Material Thinner than Human Hair Could Slash Carbon Emissions 1121 - Extremely thin membrane uses 60% less fuel to separate gases. An important application is to capture CO2 emissions from industry, using pure oxygen for power generation, steel making or glass.
Oslo’s Plan to Sequester Incinerator CO2 - 0721
Key Role Expected for Carbon Capture for Net Zero Emissions, but Not All Agree 0721
Climate Activists Pan Smokestack Carbon Capture and Storage Plans 0721
Carbon Capture Technologies Are Improving Nicely 0521 - smokestack capture and storage in concrete
Chevron Invests in Carbon Capture and Utilization Startup Blue Planet 0121 - Blue Planet creates carbonate-based building aggregate made from flue gas-captured CO2.
Coal, Ethanol Industries Seek Sales Tax Exemption for Carbon Storage Projects 0121
Could We Reverse Climate Change but Still Burn All the Fossil Fuels? 0121 - far too expensive; far cheaper to decarbonize
Chevron May Need to Pay $100 Million for Failing to Capture Carbon Emissions 0620
Why Carbon Capture Hasn’t Saved Us from Climate Change Yet 1019
A Pipeline to Capture CO2 and Store It Underground 0918
The Key to 'Saving the Planet' May Be Under the Sea 0718
This Power Plant Has Cracked Carbon Capture 0718
That Natural Gas Power Plant with No Carbon Emissions Actually Works 0618
Britain’s Biggest CO2 Emitter Is Building Europe’s 1st Negative Emissions Plant 0518
Global Alliance Puts Carbon Capture Back on the Agenda 0518
Wyoming Inaugurates Center to Test Uses for Captured CO2 - 0518
US Tax Incentives Expected to Grow CO2 Capture, Sequestration Projects 0318
$7 Million Carbon Storage Test Site Inaugurated in Southern Alberta 1017
U.S. Energy Secretary Asks Oil Industry to Study Carbon Capture Technology 0917
Clean Coal Showcase Forced to Stick with Natural Gas 0617
1st-of-Its-Kind Clean Coal Plant May Not Burn Coal at All 0617
Quest to Capture and Store Carbon Just Reached a New Milestone 0417 - BCCS - Illinois ethanol fuel plant with CCS
“100% Renewable Energy” Will Require Nukes, CCS and/or Seasonal Storage 0317
After 16 Attempts, a Cheaper Method for Carbon Capture at Work in India 0217
America’s 1st ‘Clean Coal’ Plant Is Now Operational, and Another Is on the Way 0117
Indian Firm Makes Carbon Capture Breakthrough 0117 - Alternative to amine needs less energy, smaller equipment.
Can Carbon Capture Technology Prosper Under Trump? 0117
The Search Is On for Pulling Carbon from the Air 1216 - emphasis on CCS, also spread silicates onto farmlands
Energy Department Backs Huge Louisiana Project to Store CO2 Underground 1216
Trapping Carbon Works, but High Cost to Limit Its Use to Essential Processes 1116
World’s 1st Commercially Viable, Zero-Carbon Coal Power Plant ‘Game Changer’ 1016
Coal CEO - Drop Climate Debate, Focus on Coal's Role in Emissions Reduction 0916
Shell’s Carbon Capture Project in Alberta’s Oil Sands Passes Milestone 0916
Pump CO2 into Rocks, Report Urges 0916
Rotterdam Offers Burial at Sea for Greenhouse Gases 0716
Negative Emissions Tested at World’s 1st Major BECCS Facility 0616 - CCS from ethanol, not coal
Burying Pollution Tested With $1.5 Billion Project in Australia 0416
Massive Carbon Capture Investment ‘Needed to Slow Global Warming' 0416
Oslo Trash Incinerator Starts Experiment to Slow Climate Change 0116 - CCS
Nanostructure and Nanonet Solar Cells, CCS, SRM Could Slow Climate Change 1215
UK Cancels Pioneering £1 Billion Carbon Capture and Storage Competition 1115
Saskatchewan Power Plant Set Out to Prove Coal Can Be Clean. Did It Work? 1015
BYU's Cryogenic Carbon Capture Could Dramatically Reduce Pollution 1015
Drax Pulls Out of £1 Billion Carbon Capture Project 0915
Pragmatic Ways to Capture Carbon from Ambient Air & Smokestacks 0615
False Promise of ‘Carbon Capture' Exposed 0515
Mississippi Coal-Fired Power Plant with CCS, Partly Built, Loses Steam 0515
New Mexico State U Researcher Creates CCS Material to Slow Climate Change 0315
Turning Carbon Dioxide Into Rock, and Burying It 0215
US Government Abandons Carbon-Capture Demonstration 0215
Has Carbon Capture’s Time Finally Come? 1214
We Now Know How to Save the Planet - for $17.6 Trillion 1214
Mining Companies Lead New Push for Carbon Capture and Burial 1114
Canada Switches On World's 1st Carbon Capture Power Plant 1014
Carbon Capture's Energy Penalty Problem 1014
Storing CO2 Underground—for a Million Years 1014
Large-Scale Carbon Capture Project Breaks Ground in the Oil Patch 0914
Carbon Capture and Storage Finally Approaching Debut 0814
China Effort to Store CO2 Costly, But Attempt Must Be Made 0514
2 Plants to Put ‘Clean Coal’ to Test 0414
EU Green Light for UK Carbon Capture and Storage Project 0414
Striving To Capture Carbon 1113
Carbon Capture Aids Environment, But Feasibility Is a Barrier 1113
Is China the Last Hope for Carbon Capture Technology? 1013
Carbon Capture Hopes Dashed by High Costs 0913
Could Future Power Plants Use CCS to Produce Zero Emissions? 0913
Norway Drops ‘Moon Landing’ as Mongstad Carbon Capture Scrapped 0913
Bid to Clean the Air with Algae 0813
Greenhouse Gas Controls Not So Far Off 0813
Is There a Fix for Global Warming Under Our Feet? 0713
Federal Clean Coal Power Project Faces Uncertain Future 0413
CCS Coal Plant Opens in Queensland 1212
Scots' Longannet Carbon Capture Axed 1011
AEP Shelves Major Carbon Capture Project 0711
‘Green’ Cement Captures & Stores CO2 - 0110
Carbon Markets $359 Billion in 2014, CCS Break-Even at $25-40/T CO2 - 0110
China Pushes for CO2 Storage 1109
GE to Power World's Biggest CCS 1009
Carbon Capture & Sequestration in WV 0909
CCS Pilot Plant in Germany 0908
Carbon Sequestration Progress 0208
Underground CO2 Sequestration Industry 0407 - PDF, 24 pp
Carbon Capture & Underground Storage - IPCC 0207 - PDF, 62 pp
Carbon Capture & Storage Process - Herzog 1106 - PDF of 60 slides. See some below.
Post-Combustion CCS Process
Oxyfuel CCS Process
Pre-Combustion CCS Process, in IGCC Coal Plant
CCS Costs - Relative and Absolute
Coal
At left, the World Coal Association shows the world's top coal producers, in order by thousands of tonnes, as China, US, India, Indonesia, Australia, Russia, South Africa, Germany, Poland, and Kazakhstan. The list of top consumers differs. Indonesia, Poland & Kazakhstan are not even on it. Data is from 2012.
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Coal - General Problems
Extending Australia’s Biggest Coal Plant Life Cost $1.7 Billion in Damages a Year 0923
‘Beginning of the End’ of Fossil Fuel Era Approaching, Says IEA 0923
Fighting Big Coal to Protect Famous South Korea Beach 0823
Solar Beats Coal in Europe for First Time - But There’s a Glitch 0623 copy
India’s Workers Are Trapped in a Vicious Cycle of Coal and Heat 0523\
Australia Court Blocks Giant Coal Mine on Human Rights Grounds 1122
Drought Threatens Coal Plant Operations - and Electricity - across the West 0822
Japan to End Financing of Key Coal Projects under Climate Pledge 0622
China Coal Expansions Threaten Higher Methane Levels Worldwide 0522
Tranquil Valley’s Triumph over Coal Shows Hurdles for Industry 0222
As Blackouts Loom, Indonesia’s Energy Crisis Highlights Its Coal Addiction 0122
India’s Clean Energy Got More Money from Loans Than Coal for 3rd Year 1221
Australia’s Coal Power Plants Likely to Shut 3 X Faster than Earlier Expected 1221
Half of World’s Fossil Fuel Assets Could Be Worthless by 2036 - 1121
Can South Africa Change One of the World’s Most Coal-Intensive Economies? 1021 - The state-owned utility Eskom is drowning in more than $27 billion in debt. After borrowing too much to build coal plants, it isn’t able to scrape together enough money to invest in renewables or transmission lines. Frequent rolling blackouts have angered residential and business customers.
China’s Overseas Coal Ban Ups Pressure on Developing Countries to Go Green 1021
Fossil-Fuel Use Could Peak in Just a Few Years. Still, Major Challenges Loom. 1021
7 Nations Join UN Pledge to Stop Building New Coal Power Plants 0921
Most Plans for New Coal Plants Scrapped since Paris Agreement 0921
Still More Coal, Oil Must Be Left in the Ground to Curb Climate Change 0921
Half of China-Backed Overseas Coal Projects Shelved over 6 Years 0621
Coal Financing Costs Surge as Investors Opt for Renewable Energy 0421
Indonesian Campaigners Triumph against a Coal Mine in Top Court 0321
Blackjewel’s Bankruptcy Portends Trouble for the Plummeting US Coal Industry 0321
Coal-Fired Power Took a Beating during the Pandemic 0221
China Battles the World’s Biggest Coal Exporter, and Coal Is Losing 1220
Malaysian Bank to Phase Out Coal Finance 1220
2019 US Coal Production Hit Lowest Level since 1978 - 0720
Germany’s Coal Power Could Shut Down a Decade Early 0720
Coronavirus Crisis Could Cause $25 Trillion Fossil Fuel Industry Collapse 0620
Britain Goes Record 2 Months without Coal Power Generation 0620
UK Electricity Was Coal-Free for 1st Month Ever 0620
U.S. Renewables Outstrip Coal for 1st Time Since 19th Century 0520
In a 1st, Renewable Energy Is Poised to Eclipse Coal in U.S. 0520
The Pandemic Is Accelerating Coal’s Demise 0420
Coal Demand Set for Biggest Annual Drop Since World War II 0420
Sunny Spell Allows U.K. to Set Record for Coal-Free Days 0420
India’s Virus Lockdown Sees Clean Energy Gain at Coal’s Expense 0420
Utility-Scale Renewables Top Coal in US Electricity Generation for Entire Q1 2020 - 0420
Carbon Emissions Fall as Electricity Producers Move Away from Coal 0320
As Investors and Insurers Back Away, the Economics of Coal Turn Toxic 0320
2 of Largest Coal-Burning Utilities in US Ditch Pro-Coal Trade Group 1219
Coal Power Becoming ‘Uninsurable' as Firms Refuse Cover 1219
America's Largest Private Coal Miner Files for Bankruptcy 1019
Leading & Young Australian Engineers Turn Their Backs on New Fossil Fuel Projects 1019
Indonesia’s President Signals a Transition Away from Coal Power 0719
Can India Kick Its Coal Addiction? 0719
Major US Coal Company Files for Bankruptcy, Putting over 1,000 Jobs at Risk 0719
Bloomberg Pledges $500 Million to Close Coal-Fired Power Plants 0619
'Stranded Costs' Mount, as Coal Vanishes from the Grid 0519
A Major U.S. Utility Is Closing Its Coal-Fired Power Plants a Decade Early 0519
Cloud Peak Energy Voluntarily Files for Bankruptcy 0519
The World’s Last Coal Plant Will Soon Be Built 0519
Britain Goes a Week without Coal Power for 1st Time since 1882 - 0519
'Coal Is on the Way Out'- Fossil Fuels Now Pricier than Solar or Wind 0319
Coal Going from Winner to Loser in India's Energy Future 0219
Australia's Coal Future under Threat, as More Changes Hit Fossil Fuels Globally 0219
Australian Court Rejects Coal Mine on Climate Grounds 0219
US Coal Use Drops to Lowest Level since 1979 - 1218
Even in Indiana, New Renewables Are Cheaper than Existing Coal Plants 1018
One of Oldest Coal Companies in US Files for Bankruptcy 1018
Fossil Fuels Account for Lowest % of U.S. Energy Use in over a Century 0718
India's Huge Solar Ambitions Could Push Coal Further into the Shade 0618
The Fossil Fuel Industry Is Weaker than Ever 0618
Coal Generator That Trump Tried to Save Files for Bankruptcy 0418
Majority of Australians Support Phasing Out Coal Power by 2030 - 0318
Group Pushing Climate Skepticism Tries to Save Coal Plants 0218
New Renewables Will Be Cheaper than Existing Coal Plants by Early 2020s - Utility CEO 0118
China Construction Bank Won't Grant Loan for Adani Coal Mine Project 1217 - World’s 2nd largest bank follows otehr Chinese banks in passing over big Australia project.
The 'Kodak Moment' for Coal - Why the Adani Mine Could Be a Financial Disaster 1117 - when digital replaced Kodak film
India Battles to Balance the Economy and the Environment 1117
The War on Coal Is Over. Coal Lost. 1017
Coal in Decline - Adani in Question and Australia Out of Step 0817
Push for New Coal-Fired Power Station in Queensland 'Nonsense' – State Minister 0717
Energy Economics Group Says Export Market for Australian Coal Will Decline 0717
Coal’s Decline Not Hurting Power Grid Reliability, Study Says 0617
As Solar and Wind Prices Fall, Coal’s Future is Fading Fast, BNEF Says 0617
Pruitt Says Coal Losses Make the Grid Vulnerable. Not Really 0617
States’ Appetite for Coal Shrinks, except in Nebraska 0517
Coal Country’s Power Plants Are Turning Away From Coal 0517
New Coal Mines Will Worsen Poverty and Escalate Climate Change 0517
China Is Planning Ahead for Life after Coal 0517
Big, Young Coal power Plants Are Closing. Is It a New Trend? 0417
Britain Set to Have Its 1st Coal-Free Electricity Day Since Industrial Revolution 0417
India's Coal Plants Are Being Shelved at a Rapid Pace 0417
Chased by Drought, Rising Costs, and Clean Technology, India Pivots on Coal-Fired Power 0417
Coal Is on the Way Out at Electric Utilities, No Matter What Trump Says 0417
EU Energy Companies Pledge No New Coal Plants after 2020 - 0417
Why One Powerful Republican Doubts Trump's Climate Policy 0317 - Utility commissioner sees carbon price in th future. Non-coal is the cheapest course for the future.
Top US Coal Boss Robert Murray - Trump ‘Can't Bring Mining Jobs Back' 0317
How Trump's Moves on Coal Will Affect the Industry 0317
Plans for Coal-Fired Power Plants Globally Drop by Almost Half in 2016 - 0317
Early Surge in US Coal Usage in 2017 May Not Last 0317
China's Coal Consumption Falls for 3rd Year in a Row, 4.7% 0217
How EU Can Limit Coal’s Life for the Cost of a Pint of Beer 0217
Indonesia’s Last Stand for a Coal Industry in Peril 0217
Australia’s CEFC Warns against Risky Investment in ‘Clean Coal' Technology 0217
India Plans Nearly 60% of Electricity Capacity from Non-Fossil Fuels by 2027 - 1216 - no new coal till at least 2027
Electricity from Coal Should Be Phased Out in Australia – Senate Report 1116
More Coal Plants Will Deepen Poverty - Not Cut It, Researchers Warn 10116
Renewable Energy Capacity Overtakes Coal 1016
India’s Solar Power Is Set to Outshine Coal 1016
Coal Electricity Generation Falls to Record UK Low This Spring 0916
Galilee Basin (Australia) Coal Must Be Left in Ground as a ‘Priority’ – New Report 0916
Global Coal Power Plans Fall in 2016, Led by China, India 0916
Coal India’s Production Boom Bulldozes Villages 0716
Coal and Gas to Stay Cheap. But Renewables Still Win Race on Costs 0616
Solar, Wind on Pace to Eclipse Coal-Burning 0616
Coal Production in US Plummets to Lowest Level in 35 Years 0616
NSW Report Banks on DELUSION of Rising Coal Output, Royalties Out to 2056 - 0516
As Drought Grips South Africa, a Conflict over Water and Coal 0516
Coal's Stranded Assets 0516 - Coal reserves are not counted. 9 of world’s 12 biggest coal companies are bankrupt or don’t earn enough to pay their interest bills.
Plans for Coal-Fired Power in Asia Are ‘Disaster for Planet', Warns World Bank 0516
China Curbs Plans for 200 More Coal-Fired Power Plants 0416
Peabody, the Global Coal Mining Leader, Files for Bankruptcy 0416
Solar Power Sets New British Record by Beating Coal for a Day 0416
US Coal Industry on a Steep Decline, as Cheap Natural Gas Rises 0416
Coal Power Glut Puts $US1 Trillion of Investment at Risk 0316
Coal Suffering Bleak Year in China, on Weakening Industrial Use 0316
China’s coal use to fall 2% this year, on top of 3.7% decline in 2015 and 2.9% in 2014.
Peabody Coal's Bankruptcy Would Be Rocket Fuel to End Fossil Fuel Investment 0316
Water Shortage in Northern China Tied to Coal Plants 0316
Is It Game Over for Coal? 0316
As Coal’s Future Grows Murkier, Banks Pull Financing 0316
US Mining Companies Pay Far Less than They Should for Taxpayer-Owned Coal 0316
Cheap Federal Coal Supports Largest U.S. Producers 0316
Peabody Energy's Demise Parallels the Decline of King Coal 0316
Utilities Cut Coal Use Amid Clean Power Plan Fight 0316
2nd Year of China Coal Cuts Might Bring Its Emissions Peak Closer 0316
Move to Cleaner Power Is Proceeding, regardless of Supreme Court’s Ruling 0216
AGL Exits New South Wales, Queensland Coal Seam Gas 0216
Federal Coal Sales Moratorium Shakes Industry Stronghold 0216
India Coal Plant Developer Switches to Solar for Site in Punjab 0116
Australian Coal Mines Are One of Riskiest Investments in the World 0116
Exxon Sees a World with Less Carbon, with Higher-Cost Emissions 0116
China’s Coal Use Declines as Electricity Demand Falls Flat 0116
Natural Gas Likely Overtook Coal as Top U.S. Power Source in 2015 - 0116
China's Coal-Burning in Significant Decline, Figures Show 0116
More US Solar Jobs than Oil + Gas Extraction & Pipeline Jobs Combined In 2015 - 0116
The Coal Industry Is Off to a Terrible, Very Bad Year 0116
Arch Coal, 2nd Largest Coal Miner in US, Files for Bankruptcy 0116
Heat Waves, Drought May Curb Global Power Output 0116
Polish Government Chokes on Coal 1215
Coal Plans Would Derail 2°C Warming Target 1215
Turks Rally for Coal-Free Future on 1st Day of G20 - 1115
Peabody [Coal] Energy Agrees to Greater Disclosures of Financial Risks 1115
Analysts Expect Bankruptcy for Arch Coal, Reflecting Industry Woes 1115
Coal Not Coming Back, Appalachian Power President Says 1015
Oil, Coal Companies Risk Plague of Lawsuits, as Climate Change Tide Turns 1015
Study Suggests Fossil Fuel Demand Is Beginning a Nosedive 1015
U.S. Leads Industrialized Nations in Shift from Coal 1015
India's Coal-Fueled Economy Takes a Toll on Environment and Rural Villagers 1015
China's Economic Shift to Aid Climate Fight but Packs a Commodity Punch 1015
Coal, Which Built Chinese City of Fushun, Now Threatens to Bury It 1015
'Clean Coal' Group Downsizing, amid Industry Struggles 0915
Fading Coal Industry in China May Offer Chance to Aid Climate 0915
This Ohio Utility Has a Plan to Save Coal Power - Force Customers to Buy It 0915
Is It Too Late to Stop Turkey's Coal Rush? 0815
King Coal, Long Besieged, Is Deposed by the Market 0815
Cheap Power or Clean Energy? India’s $200 Billion Dilemma 0715
China’s Anti-Pollution Drive Starts to Bite on Sales of Coal 0715
Coal Is Losing the War on Coal & Its Enemies Are Multiplying 0715
China June Coal Output Fell Nearly 5% from a Year Ago - Stats Bureau 0715
Gas Overtakes Coal at US Power Stations 0715 - 31 vs 30% in April. US coal share prices are down 98 to 99.6% since April 2011. Coal bonds are junk, with 17.9% rate. As junk evidence, Arch Coal offered 45¢ to retire each $1 of its debt.
“Coal Is Not Dead’ - Aussie Study Describes Forces behind Coal Renaissance 0715 - World coal use grew strongly from 1990 to 2011. But the study ignores negative growth since then. Australian coal beats other coal exporters.
How China, the World's Biggest Polluter, Is Dealing with Climate Change 0715
New Coal Plants ‘Most Urgent' Threat to the Planet, Warns OECD Head 0715
French (& Other) Banks Won’t Invest in Bangladesh’s Rampal Coal Plant 0615
US Coal Industry Fighting for Survival on 7 Fronts 0615 - 7 sets of regulations, 2 of them about CO2
How Renewable Energy in South Africa Is Quietly Stealing a March on Coal 0615
Inside the War on Coal 0515 - US. Note how little coal capacity is being added: in Wyoming and NW Texas. Even in Wyoming, far more new MW will come from wind than coal. The apparent coal-fired addition east of Santa Maria CA is a puzzle. A very efficient gas-fired power plant opened there in ~2012, but news of such a coal plant is not to be found.
China's CO2 Emissions Have Been Plummeting Lately. What's Going On? 0515 - unreliable statistics? war on coal?
Over January-April, from 2014, China Cut Coal Use and CO2 as Much as UK Uses 0515 - coal down 8%, CO2 5%
In China, a Tug of War over Coal Gas - Cleaner Air But Worse for the Climate 0515
China to Expand Coal Ban to Suburbs 0515
China Can Cut Cord on Coal (Mostly) by 2050 - 0415 - See Renewables page for PDF and 3 graphs excerpted from it.
Carbon Reserves Held by Top Fossil Fuel Companies Soar 0415
Thousands Protest against Coal-Fired Power Plant in Heyuan, China 0415
Why China Should Make Cutting Coal Power Its #1 Goal 0415
US Coal Industry Lost Nearly 50,000 Jobs in Just 5 Years 0415
US Coal Sector in ‘Structural Decline', Financial Analysts Say 0315
‘Ugly' Balance Sheets May Lead Coal Companies to ‘Run Out of Time’ 0315
China’s Push to Cut Coal Use May Be Bad News for U.S. Exporters 0315
Mirroring Oil, Coal Price Is Plunging Too 0215
Coal Industry Waits For Market to Turn 0215
China 2014 Coal Output Down 2.5%,1st Drop in a Decade 0115
Losing Streak Continues for U.S. Coal Export Terminals 0115
Texas Becoming Less Reliant on Coal to Generate Electricity 1214
China to Slow Down New Coal-to-Gas Projects a Lot, to Cut CO2 Emissions 1214 - Water too!
How the 'War on Coal' Went Global 1214
Ex-DoE Secretary Chu Sees Genuine China Coal Retreat 1214
China's Carbon Goal a Tough Sell in Coal Country 1214
Ambre Energy Selling Oregon, Washington Coal Export Terminals as Coal Price Slumps 1114
Coal versus Climate in Australia 1114
Coal Industry Does Almost Nothing to Ease Energy Poverty 1114
China's Coal Imports Drop for 1st Time Since It Became Net Coal Importer 1014
China's Coal Use Is Actually Falling Now, for the 1st Time This Century 1014
Coal Industry's Appalachian Woes Go Beyond Gas, EPA Rules 1014
Green Village to Be Bulldozed to Mine Lignite, as Germany Goes Non-Nuclear 0914
China May Be Ready to Kick Coal Habit 0914
Dirtiest U.S. Coal Becoming Most Popular, Due to New EPA Rules 0914
China's 'War on Pollution' Sees Coal Drop for First Time in Century 0814
Coal’s Reign Ebbing in U.K. May Delay New Plants 0814
Dirtiest Fuel Threatens 700-Year-Old Villages in Europe 0814
What Beijing Abandoning Coal Means for the Rest of the World 0814
Smoggy Beijing to Ban Coal Use 0814
China's Coal Industry Says Times Are Hard, Outlook Worse 0714
Coal Company Pain Accelerates, as Bankruptcy Cases Rise 0714
End of the Coal Era in Massachusetts 0614
Beginning of the End for Coal? Citi Sees Structural Decline. 0514
Coal Missing Boom, as Climate Foes Clean Asia’s Backyard 0514
China’s Thirsty Coal Industry Guzzles Precious Water 0514
China Slashes Spending on New Fossil-Fuel Power Plants 0514
China's Coal Boom Is Slowing — That's a Big Deal for Climate Change 0414
Battle Looms Over Renewable Energy; Fossil Fuel Interests Are Losing 0414
War on Coal - Phony or Real? 1113
Coal’s Future Darkens Around the World 0913
US Coal Companies Scale Back Export Goals 0913
Facing Tough Market at Home, US Coal Giant Peabody Pushes Overseas 0713
Are Gas & Climate Goals Flattening US Coal Giant's Stock Price? 0713
China's Soaring Coal Use Makes Its Water Scarcity Much Worse 0713
Coal Shares Plunge Ahead of Obama’s Climate-Change Speech 0613
Supreme Court to Hear EPA Appeal on Cross-State Pollution Rule 0613
New Carbon Pollution Rules Could Still Be Years Away 0613
Australian Coal Industry Report Warns Against Leaving Carbon in the Ground 0613
China to Cut Coal Use in Key Industrial Regions 0613
In Top Coal State, Gas to Fuel Next Power Plant 0513
China’s Hunger for American Coal in Doubt 0513
Proposed Coal Shipping Terminal Bites the Dust 0513
In Montana, Ranchers Line Up Against Coal 0413
Coal Power’s Water Demands Drying Up Northern China 0313
Texas Discourages Big Coal Plant 0213
Booming Coal Exports Threaten Great Barrier Reef 0213
War on Coal Being Won in US, Lost in Asia 1112
Over 1200 Global Coal Plants Planned 1112
Combined Heat & Power Can Replace Retiring US Coal Plants 0912
Coal Plant Economics & CO2 - Synapse 0207 - PDF, 32 pp of slides
GO TO .Top. .Air Pollution. .CCS. .Coal General Problems .Closings .China .New+ .Oil, Gas. .Frack+ .Nuke General, US. .Elsewhere
Making Coal Costlier
New Wind & Solar Are Cheaper than Operating 99% of of US Coal Power Plants 0123
U.S. Coal Prices Top $100 a Ton for 1st Time Since 2008 - 0422
Coal Financing Costs Surge as Investors Opt for Renewable Energy 0421
Coal Earnings Set to Plunge 50% in North America, Moody’s Says 0620
Nearly Half of Global Coal Plants Will Be Unprofitable This Year 0420
Coal-Reliant Philippines Struggles to Power Up Clean Energy 0518
Half of All U.S. Coal Plants Would Lose Money Without Regulation 0318
China Risks Wasting $490 Billion on Coal Plants 1116
Mining Companies Pay Far Less than They Should for Taxpayer-Owned Coal 0316
Cheap Federal Coal Supports Largest U.S. Producers 0316
Solar Power May Be Cheaper than Coal in India by 2020 - 1115 - prices below are in Rupees (~1.5¢US): 0-16 Rupees/kWh
Coal Not Coming Back, Appalachian Power President Says 1015
Ameren (St. Louis+ Electric Utility) Report Outlines Issues with Carbon Rules 0215
Grand Island, Nebraska Coal Power Plant Upgrade Complete 1214
France to Stop Credits for Coal Projects in Developing Countries 1114
China Bid to Curb Coal Output Seen Lifting Prices by 10% - 0914
EPA Climate Rule Economically Feasible, Study Says 0714
Wall Street Demands Answers from Producers on Unburnable Carbon 1013
Social Costs of Electricity from Coal Make It Uneconomical 0913
Coal at Risk as Global Lenders Drop Financing on Climate 0813
Southern Co. Absorbs $450M More Losses for Over-Budget Miss. Coal Plant 0713
World Bank to Limit Financing of Coal-Fired Plants 0713
Coal Shares Plunge Ahead of Obama’s Climate-Change Speech 0613
Supreme Court to Hear EPA Appeal on Cross-State Pollution Rule 0613
Obama Readies Power Plant CO2 Emissions Limits 0613
US Coal Industry Is in Even More Trouble after 2016 0413
Idaho Power Faces Costly Decision on Old Coal Plants 0213
Aging Coal Plants Trigger Mission Bankruptcy 1212
Another 59 GW of US Coal Power Too Costly to Run 1112
More US Coal Plants to Retire Due to Green Rules 1012
Coal Is a Risky Proposition Exec Sum 0511 - PDF
EPA Transport Rule Won't Hurt Electric Reliability 0810
EPA Transport Rule to Cut Emissions Deeply 0710
Financing US Coal Plants Gets Tougher 0208
GO TO .Top. .Air Pollution. .CCS .Coal General Problems .Costly .China .New+ .Oil, Gas. .Frack+ .Nuke General, US. .Elsewhere
Coal - Power Plant Closings & Decarbonization
DTE Electric to Speed Michigan Coal Retirements, Renewable & Energy Storage 0723
How Is Colorado Doing in Shutting Down Coal Power Plants? 0523
Australia Is Quitting Coal in Record Time, Thanks to Tesla 0423 
Coal Use Seen Peaking Next Year, as India and China Determine Future 0323
Vietnam Nears $11+ Billion Deal to Shift Economy from Coal 1122
Climate Pact Led by US and Japan Set to Offer Indonesia $15 Billion to Ditch Coal 1122
Indonesia Needs $37 Billion to Shut Coal-Fired Plants 1022
Tesla Megapacks Are About to Replace Hawaii’s Last Remaining Coal Plant 0622
How Australia Is Transforming Grids Away From Coal Power 0522
New Jersey’s Last Coal Power Plants to Close 0322
Biggest Australia Coal Plant to Shut Early, as Renewables Surge 0222
Duke Energy Plans to Exit All Coal, Double Renewables 0222
Georgia Power Takes Next Step in Shutting Coal Plants 0122
Nevada Regulators Approve Solar + Storage to Replace Coal-Fired Plant 0122
Slovenia Pledges to Stop Burning Coal for Electricity by 2033 - 0122
U.S. To See Wave of Coal Power Retirements, While Oil Output Ramps Up 0122
Idaho Power to Accelerate Coal Retirements, Add 3.8 GW Clean Energy 0122
Australia’s Coal Power Plants Likely to Shut 3 X Faster than Earlier Expected 1221
Portugal Becomes 4th EU Country to Stop Using Coal to Make Electricity 1121
Countries Promise Coal Phase-out and End to Fossil Fuel Finance 1121
Indonesia and Philippines Join Plan to Shut Coal Plants Early 1121 - Indonesia says it will meet goal only with financing from developed countries. Poland and teh Phiippines are a bit similar.
Duke Explores Shutting Coal-Fired Plants by 2030 in South Carolina Plans 0921
South Carolina Regulators OK Dramatically Revamped Dominion IRP 0621 - retire its last 3 coal plants by 2030
Poland to Close Europe’s Most Polluting Power Plant by 2036 - 0621
Closing All of Southern Company’s Georgia Coal Plants ‘on the Table’ 0521
1 of 10 Largest US Coal Plants Just Got a Retirement Date. What About the Rest? 0521 - Two in Georgia cost more than 5¢/kWh to run and are ripe for retirement. But the others cost 2.9 to 4.1¢/kWh to run and thus are not so ripe for retirement.
Dominion Proposes Ending Its South Carolina Coal Generation by 2030 - 0221
Final Coal-Burning Plant Closes 9 Years after Washington Law to Cut Emissions 1220
Chile’s AES Gener Shuts Down Coal Power Plant, Pushes to End CO2 Emissions 1220
Fossil Fuel Power Plant Era Is Rapidly Receding. Here Is Their Life Expectancy. 1220
India May Close Its Dirtiest Coal Plants as Green Focus Grows 1020
In 2020, the Global Coal Fleet Shrank for 1st Time on Record 0820
Japan May Close 100 Old Coal Units by 2030 to Hit Emissions Goal 0720
Sweden Closes Last Coal Plant 2 Years Early 0420
Austria Ends Coal Era and Commits to More Renewable Energy 0420
Philippines’ Oldest Conglomerate to Get Out of Coal by 2030 - 0420
New York’s Last Coal-Fired Power Plant to Retire Tuesday 0320
Shuttering US Coal Plants Saved 26,000 Lives over a Decade 0120
2 of America’s Biggest Coal Plants Closed This Month 1119
DTE Pledges Carbon-Free Power by 2050, Banking on Utility-Scale Storage, Small Nuclear, CCS 0919
PacifiCorp to Quicken Move Away from Coal-Fired Power 1019
Share of Coal in UK's Electricity System Falls to Record Lows 0819
Illinois Is Taking Another Step Away from Its Dirtiest Electricity Source 0619
Close Coal Plants to Save Money Is Indiana Utility's Plan 0419
'Peak Coal in Sight’, as New Power Stations Drop and Retirements Jump 0319
Dutch to Close Amsterdam Coal-Fired Power Plant 4 Years Early 0319
TVA Votes to Close 2 Coal Plants, Despite Trump and Kentucky GOP 0219
Georgia Power Proposes Edging Further Away from Coal 0219
Germany Sets Deadline to End Coal Use by 2038 - 0119
President Trump Can't Stop U.S. Coal Plants from Retiring 0119
Israel to Stop Electricity Production from Coal by 2030 - 1218
Even in Indiana, New Renewables Are Cheaper than Existing Coal Plants 1018
Xcel Plans to Shut 660 MW of Coal, Build 1.8 GW Renewables in Colorado 0618
Duke Energy’s Climate Report Charts Path to Reduce Coal Use by 2030 - 0318
GOP Is Trying to Prop Up Coal, but Plants Keep Closing 0318
China Beats 2017 Coal-Fired Power Capacity Reduction Target - Xinhua 0318
Consumers Energy to Stop Burning Coal by 2040 - 0218
France Is Officially Shutting All Coal-Fired Power Plants in 3 Years 0118
Under Trump, Coal Is Still Losing Out to Natural Gas 0118
Xcel Learns to Forecast Wind, Then Shuts Coal Plants 1217
Canada, Britain to Tout Coal Phase-Out as U.S. Champions Fossil Fuels 1117
German Coal Mining Could End by 2030s, Says Merkel’s Coalition Negotiator 1117
This Year, as Winter Nears, Residents of China's Coal Country Turn to Gas 1117
Coal Plant Closures Are Coming to Texas. So What Market Changes Are Needed? 1017
China Energy Regulator Raises Targets for Curbing Coal-Fired Power 0817
Beijing Aims to Curb City's Use of Coal by 2020 - 0717
West Virginia Coal Production Decline Expected to Continue 0617
The World’s Largest Coal Mining Company Is Closing 37 Sites 0617
Massachusetts Closes Door on Coal, Looks to New Beginnings 0617
NV Energy Pulls Plug on Its Last Coal-Fired Power Plant near Vegas 0317
Coal Plants Keep Closing on Trump's Watch 0217
Thai Junta Puts Coal-Fired Power Plant Plan on Hold 0217
West’s Largest Coal-Fired Power Plant Is Closing 0217
Developers Withdraw Bellingham Coal Terminal Applications, Ending Project 0217
West’s Largest Coal Plant May Close, Latest of Many. 0117
China Halts over 100 Coal Power Projects 0117
Michigan's Biggest Electric Provider Phasing Out Coal, despite Trump 1116
Alberta Reaches $1.36 Billion Deal to Shut Down Coal Plants 1116
Ottawa to Phase Out Canadian Coal by 2030 - 1116
Britain's Last Coal Power Plants to Close by 2025 - 1116
7 Texas Coal Plants Could Close in Coming Years 0916
Puget Sound Energy Agrees to Shut Part of Montana Coal-Power Plant 0716
South Korea Considers Shutdown of Old Coal Power Plants to Cut Emissions 0616
Coal Plants Disappeared from MidContinent ISO -- and So Did Demand 0516
Germany to Exit Coal Power ‘Well before 2050' - 0516
Rapid Decline of Coal Use Leads to 4% Drop in UK Emissions 0316
Scotland Closes Its Last Coal-Fired Power Plant 0316
Peabody Energy Flags Bankruptcy Risk, after Skipping Interest Payment 0316
US Coal Power Plant Retirements Surge 0316
Connecticut's Last Coal-Fired Power Plant to Be Closed 0216
Coal Slides to New Low as Source of US Electricity 0116
Oregon Utilities Agree to Phase Out Coal-Fired Power 0116
China to Halt New Coal Mine Approvals, amid Pollution Fight 1215
Polish Government Chokes on Coal 1215
Mass Layoffs in China’s Coal Country Threaten Unrest 1215
Missing Climate Goals, Dutch Mull Closing Coal Plants 1115
UK's Coal Plants 'to Be Phased Out within 10 Years' 1115
Merkel's `Black Gold' Loses Shine, as Lignite Phase-Out Begins 1015
U.K. Said to Consider Closing All Coal-Fired Plants by 2023 - 1015
Number of U.S. Coal Mines Falls to Lowest on Record 0915
Iowa Utility Will Phase Out Coal At 5 Plants 0715
Ohio University, in Coal Country, to Switch from Coal to Natural Gas 0715
Bluer Skies? Beijing Picks up Pace in Cutting Coal Dependence 0715
Germany to Shut Down 2.7 GW of Coal-Fired Plants, Extend Power Grid 0715
Inside the US War on Coal 0515
Kentucky May Accidentally Comply With EPA's Clean Power Plan 0515
Duke Plans Natural Gas-Fired Plant in Asheville to Replace Coal One 0515
Here’s What China Closing Coal-Power Plants Means for Emissions 0415
End of an Era - Mercury Rule Shutters Utah's Oldest Power Plant
Michigan State University President Announces Coal Phase-Out 0415
Georgia Power’s Yates Plant to Shut Down Coal Units by Mid-April 0315
Beijing to Shut All Major Coal Power Plants to Cut Pollution 0315
1,000 MW HVDC Line from Ontario Replaces Pennsylvania Coal Plants 0315
China's Coal Usage Targeted in New Energy Plan 0315
Kansas City Power & Light Will Stop Using Coal at Some of Its Generating Units 0115
EU’s Biggest Coal Group to Cut Jobs, Close Mines to Survive 0115
Chinese Coal Demand Fell in 2014 - 0115
‘Worst of Worst’ Coal Project in Indonesia’s Kalimantan in Doubt After Snub 1214
China Government Plans More Coal Mine Closures Through 2016 - 1214
Global Coal Demand Growth to Slow in Next 5 Years, due to China, IEA Says 1214
Coal Demand Set to Break 9 Billion Tonne Barrier This Decade 1214
Germany May Shut Down 8 More Coal Power Plants 1114
Victorian State Election 2014 - Will Market Force Out Coal Power Stations? 1114
Denmark Considers Phasing Out Coal by 2025, in Big Green Shift 1114
Arizona Public Service Will Close 1 of the 4 Generators at Cholla Power Plant 0914
Beginning of the End for Coal? Citi Sees Structural Decline. 0514 The charts just below are about the US.
Below are 2 EIA coal plant retirement graphs, from about a year earlier.
Note the 37 GW increase in closings announced above, compared to below (earlier).
Almost all the expected (as of Dec. 2010) 40-55 GW of coal-fired retirements below will take place at merchant power plants, which sell power into competitive wholesale markets, rather than at regulated-utility plants, which sell power to retail customers. Therefore, the effects will be concentrated in the Southeast (SERC), the mid-Atlantic (RFC), and Texas (ERCOT). The map and data below are from the North American Electric Reliability Corporation.
Age of US Coal-Fired Power Plants
According to one analysis, the new regulations are expected to push approximately 25,000 - 40,000 MegaWatts (MW, or 25-40 GigaWatts (GW)) of smaller, older coal plants into retirement, in addition to the 5,000 MW of retirements that have already been announced. Another analysis estimated that 50,000 MW of capacity is "at risk" of retirement. A third analysis placed the total at 60,000 MW between 2013 and 2017.
TVA Agrees to Shut Down 18 Coal-Fired Boilers and Curb Emissions 0414
Central Government Condones Locals Destroying Coal Plant Near Beijing 0214
TVA Closing 8 Coal Units at Plants in Alabama and Kentucky 1113
China to Shut Coal Mines in Safety Overhaul 1013
Minnesota’s Largest Coal Unit Restarts, Despite Emission Concerns 1013
Largest Coal-Fired Plant in New England to Close by 2017 - 1013
Buffett Says Coal’s Slide to Be Permanent, Yet Gradual 0713
US Won’t Fund a Massive Coal Plant in Vietnam 0713
Coal's Slipping Grip #2 - Death of a Georgia Coal Plant 0713
Coal's Slipping Grip #1 - New England Leads the Way 0713
For East Texas Coal Belt, Dread over New Climate-Change Rules 0613
Sun Sets on 2 More US Coal Plant Projects 0613
How Ontario Is Ending Coal Power 0413
AEP to Stop Burning Coal at Ohio Power Plant 0213
Georgia Power to Close 15 Coal Units 0113
Coal Is a Risky Proposition 1012
9 More Coal Plants to Close 0212
EPA Regs May Shut 50 GW of Coal 1210
Power Sector Decarbonizing 0910
EPA Freezes New Coal Plants 1108
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Coal - China & Other Places
China Stands Almost Alone in Expanding Its Coal Power Fleet 0323
China’s Coal Power Boom Is More Complex than It Seems 0323
China’s Coal Plant Approvals Highest in 7 Years 0223
China to Host Almost 1/3 of the World’s New Coal Mines 0922
China’s Record Drought Is Drying Rivers and Feeding Its Coal Habit 0822
Chinese Premier Calls for More Coal Production as Electricity Demand Soars 0622
China Coal Expansions Threaten Higher Methane Levels Worldwide 0522
12.8 GW of Chinese Overseas Coal Projects Axed, but 57 GW Could Still Proceed 0522
China’s Banks Are the Last Big Players in Coal Company Financing 0422
Coal’s Comeback in India Shows Scale of Climate Challenge 0322 
China Signals Coal Reliance to Continue with 3 New Large Mines 0222
China Issues Guidelines to Fight Pollution, Cut Emissions 1121
China Orders Coal Mines to Raise Production to Address Power Crunch 1021
Climate Report from China 1021 - coal shortage and consequent electricity shortages
China Is Key to Saving Earth from Climate Change, but It Can’t Quit Coal. 0921
China’s Heat Wave Is Pushing Coal Prices Toward Record Level 0721
China Is Facing Its Worst Power Shortage in a Decade, a Whole-World Problem 0621 - Drought has cut hydropower deeply. At the same time, coal mining is limited by mandate, to peak no later than 2025, per committment made to other nations. Massive suspension of coal mines across China for safety checks. Coal is expensive at home and to import. Guangdong province — over 10% of China's annual economic output — has been rationing power for over a month. Similar issues in at least 9 other provinces.
China Generated over Half the World's Coal-Fired Electricity in 2020 - 0321
Despite Pledges to Cut Emissions, China Goes on a Coal Building Spree 0321
China in Climate Denial? US Railroads Reverse Course on Warming. 0321
China Must Ban New Coal Power Plants to Meet 2060 Goal 1120
Years after Freezing New Projects, China Resumes Building Coal Power Plants 1119
Push for More Coal Power in China Imperils Climate 0319
China Expands Switch from Polluting Coal Heating in 2018- Environment Minister 0319
Despite Climate Pledges, China Struggles to Break Coal Habit 1018
China's Coal Consumption Clouded in Mystery 0518
China Beats 2017 Coal-Fired Power Capacity Reduction Target - Xinhua 0318
Choking on Beijing's Clean Air Costs 1217 - Switching 200,000 to 3.5 or even 37 million rural households from dirty home coal stoves (bigger air polliution source than coal-fired power plants) to natural gas costs $1,250 to $1,540 per household.
By 2020, Every Chinese Coal Plant Will Be More Efficient than Every US Coal Plant 0517
China Creates World's 1st Coal-to-Ethanol Production Line 0317
China's Coal Consumption Falls for 3rd Year in a Row, 4.7% 0217
Indonesia’s Last Stand for a Coal Industry in Peril 0217
‘Irrational’ Coal Plants May Hamper China’s Climate Change Efforts 0217
China Halts over 100 Coal Power Projects 0117
Despite Climate Change Vow, China Pushes to Dig More Coal 1116
Coal Keeps Firm Grip on Germany, even as Renewables Flourish 1116
China May Be Entering “Post-Coal Growth.” But Don’t Get Too Excited. 0816
China Pledged to Curb Coal Plants, but It’s Still Adding Them. 0716
China Curbs Plans for 200 More Coal-Fired Power Plants 0416
In Coal-Powered China, Electric Car Surge Fuels Fear of Worsening Smog 0116
China’s Coal Use Declines as Electricity Demand Falls Flat 0116
China's Coal-Burning in Significant Decline, Figures Show 0116
China to Halt New Coal Mine Approvals, amid Pollution Fight 1215
Polish Government Chokes on Coal 1215
Mass Layoffs in China’s Coal Country Threaten Unrest 1215
Missing Climate Goals, Dutch Mull Closing Coal Plants 1115
UK's Coal Plants 'to Be Phased Out within 10 Years' 1115
China Burns Much More Coal Than Reported, Complicating Climate Talks 1115 -
up to 17% more, as many factories didn’t report.
China's Economic Shift to Aid Climate Fight but Packs a Commodity Punch 1015
Chinese Coal Data Cast Doubt on Historic Stalling of World CO2 - 0915
Over January-April, from 2014, China Cut Coal Use and CO2 as Much as UK Uses 0515 - Coal down 8%, CO2 5%
In China, a Tug of War over Coal Gas - Cleaner Air But Worse for the Climate 0515
China to Expand Coal Ban to Suburbs 0515
Turkey to Double Coal Capacity in 4 Years 0515
Australia’s New Coal Frontier - Mega Mines, Mega Emissions 0515
Balkan Coal Rush Risks Lasting Damage, Campaigners Warn 0515
China Can Cut Cord on Coal (Mostly) by 2050 - 0415
Thousands Protest against Coal-Fired Power Plant in Heyuan, China 0415
China 2014 Coal Output Down 2.5%,1st Drop in a Decade 0115
Chinese Coal Demand Fell in 2014 - 0115
‘Worst of Worst’ Coal Project in Indonesia’s Kalimantan in Doubt After Snub 1214
China Government Plans More Coal Mine Closures Through 2016 - 1214
China to Slow Down New Coal-to-Gas Projects a Lot, to Cut CO2 Emissions 1214 - Water too!
How the 'War on Coal' Went Global 1214
Ex-DoE Secretary Chu Sees Genuine China Coal Retreat 1214
China Will Cap Its Coal Consumption by 2020 - 1114 - China’s new 5-Year Plan (2015-2020) calls for coal use to increase from 3.75 to 4.2 billion tons a year. It also calls for coal’s % of electricity generation to continue falling (from more than 70%), from 67% in 2013 to 62% in 2020. China has said it will peak coal use as soon as possible and will peak its CO2 emissios by 2030. Whether 4.2 billion tons is planned to be an all-time peak is open to interpretation. In fact, coal consumption in 2013-14 has fallen faster than the 2010-2015 Plan calls for.
China Follows Through on its Climate Pledges 1114
China, U.S. Agree to Limit Greenhouse Gases 1114
China's Coal Imports Drop for 1st Time Since It Became Net Coal Importer 1014
China's Coal Use Is Actually Falling Now, for the 1st Time This Century 1014
Why Abbott's Faith in Coal Could Be Wrong - Very Wrong 1014
China coal use was down 6.7% for 2014 Q1-3, vs 2013 Q1-3.
Coal Likely to Remain India's Energy Focus as It Battles for Jobs 1014
Shock China Coal Tariff Decision Throws Australian Free Trade Talks into Turmoil 1014
China's 'War on Pollution' Sees Coal Drop for First Time in Century 0814
down 1.8% for 2014 Q1-2 vs 2013 Q1-2
China’s Plan to Limit Coal Use Could Spur Consumption for Years 0714
China's Coal Industry Says Times Are Hard, Outlook Worse 0714
China’s Thirsty Coal Industry Guzzles Precious Water 0514
China Slashes Spending on New Fossil-Fuel Power Plants 0514
China's Coal Boom Is Slowing — That's a Big Deal for Climate Change 0414
Bangladesh, Vulnerable to Climate Change, Turns to Coal Power 1113
Poland Builds Electronic Wall to Keep Out German Renewables 1113
Poland Seeks to Make 'Coal' a Less Dirty Word at U.N. Climate Talks 1113
2 Australian Coal Mines Alone Will Emit More GHGs Than 52 Countries 1113
The coal graph, below left, is from the China Energy Group at the US Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, in "China Energy and Emission Paths to 2030 (2nd edition), as shown in the Citibank analysis that projects peak Chinese CO2 emissions by 2020. Bernstein projects a 2016 peak.
The Citibank graph below has 2 IEA & 4 Citi curves.
The 4 Citi curves beneath the 2 IEA differ in economic growth & energy policy assumptions.
No Sign of King Coal's Demise, as Asian Demand Rises 1013
Kids Get Smog Day As Pollution Shuts Down China's Harbin 1013
Key Mangrove Forest Faces Major Threat from a Coal Plant 1013
Japan on Gas, Coal Power Building Spree to Fill Nuclear Void 1013
Citibank - Expect Peak Coal in China by 2020 - 0913
Europe Whets Appetite for Coal as US Eschews It 0913
Coal Splutters as China Seeks Breath of Fresh Air 0913
China to Curb Coal Use to Combat Air Pollution 0913
New Coal-Fired Power Stations in Guangdong Will Kill Thousands 0813
Burning Coal Shortens Lives in China 0713Coal Push Strains an Already Water-Stressed China 0913
China Uses Almost Half of World's Coal 0113
Beijing Finds That Dropping Coal Is Hard to Do 1012
China Leads in Clean Coal 0509
China's Projected Electric Energy Mix .
US carbon intensity for electric generation in 2012 was 0.50 tCO2 / MWh, while China's was a bit more than 0.7. - USDOE/EIA
This projection for coal power is outdated. Peak coal in China was once projected for after 2030, but revised by China to 2026. Driving China’s coal peak earlier are 1. horrible air pollution from coal 2. slower (4-6%/yr) GDP growth 3. natural gas revolution 4. huge wind & solar growth 5. lots more hydro & nukes 6. energy efficiency & clean coal.
Below is a graph from the USDOE EIA. China's newest (ultra-supercritical) coal plants operate at 45% efficiency. China leads the world in the number of such efficient coal plants. As more old Chinese coal-fired power plants retire, the efficiency of China's coal-fired power plant fleet will rise. 45% is considerably more efficient than the EU average of 38%, and even more efficient compared to the old 33% rule of thumb in the U.S.
For comparison, the newest natural gas plants in the US achieve 56-60% efficiency, using combined jet engine and steam turbine cycles with the latest metallurgy, etc.
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Coal - New Coal Plants & Expansion
Activists Slam Coal Pollution from Indonesia’s ‘Clean’ Battery Production 0823
Captive to Coal - Indonesia to Burn Even More Fossil Fuel for Green Tech 0823
Earth Could Warm 3° if Nations Keep Building Coal Plants 0423
China Stands Almost Alone in Expanding Its Coal Power Fleet 0323
China’s Coal Power Boom Is More Complex than It Seems 0323
China’s Coal Plant Approvals Highest in 7 Years 0223
Coal Was Meant to Be History. Instead, Its Use Is Soaring. 1122 
Coal Investments Soar as Climate Systems ‘Breakdown’ Looms 1022
China to Host Almost 1/3 of the World’s New Coal Mines 0922
Energy Crunch Pushes Japan into Era of Uncharted Coal Power 0922
China’s Record Drought Is Drying Rivers and Feeding Its Coal Habit 0822 - Hydropower is China's largest source of clean energy.
Chinese Premier Calls for More Coal Production as Electricity Demand Soars 0622
China Coal Expansions Threaten Higher Methane Levels Worldwide 0522
Facing a Power Crisis and Searing Heat, India Falls Back on Coal 0522
12.8 GW of Chinese Overseas Coal Projects Axed, but 57 GW Could Still Proceed 0522
China’s Banks Are the Last Big Players in Coal Company Financing 0422
China Signals Coal Reliance to Continue with 3 New Large Mines 0222
As Blackouts Loom, Indonesia’s Energy Crisis Highlights Its Coal Addiction 0122
The World Is Burning the Most Coal Ever to Keep the Lights On 1221
South Africa Sued Over Plans to Build New Coal Power Plants 1121
7 Nations Join UN Pledge to Stop Building New Coal Power Plants 0921
China's Xi Jinping Promises to Halt New Coal Projects Abroad 0921
Indonesia’s New Plan Still Clings to Coal, despite Phaseout Pledge 0921
Bucking Global Shift to Cleaner Energy, Zimbabwe Digs Deeper into Coal 0821
Indonesia to Retire Coal-Fired Power Plants, while Also Adding More 0621
China Finances Most Coal Power Plants Built Today 0521
Despite Pledges to Cut Emissions, China Goes on a Coal Building Spree 0321
China in Climate Denial? US Railroads Reverse Course on Warming. 0321
Mexico, Once a Climate Leader, Now Bets Big on Coal 0221
As World Sours on Coal, Top Producer Indonesia Tries to Sweeten It at Home 1220
China Pushes Pakistan to Record-High Coal-Fired Generation 0720
The Pandemic Has Everyone Ditching Coal Quicker — Except Asia 0620
Japan Races to Build New Coal-Burning Power Plants, Despite the Climate Risks 0220
Global Use of Coal-Fired Electricity Set for Biggest Autumn This Year 1119
Years after Freezing New Projects, China Resumes Building Coal Power Plants 1119
Bangladesh Seen as Climate Threat by Boosting Coal Reliance 1119
Coal Power Plants Flourish in the Philippines, despite ‘Climate Emergency’ 1019
Japan Builds Coal Plants Abroad That Wouldn’t Be Allowed at Home 0819
Indonesia’s President Signals a Transition Away from Coal Power 0719
Inside John Kerry’s Vietnam Shadow Diplomacy on Climate Change 0419
Push for More Coal Power in China Imperils Climate 0319
Despite Climate Pledges, China Struggles to Break Coal Habit 1018
Vietnam in Test of What Happens When the U.S. Abandons Climate Diplomacy 0518
Myanmar Coal Plant Growth Could Kill 280,000 - 0517
Pakistan Ramps Up Coal Power with Chinese-Backed Plants 0517
Indonesia’s Clean Coal Dreams 0317 - supercritical and ultra-supercritical increase efficiency, so emissions are less.
Vietnam Develops Coal Power, despite Environmental Concerns 0217
Thai Junta Puts Coal-Fired Power Plant Plan on Hold 0217
Indonesia’s Last Stand for a Coal Industry in Peril 0217
‘Irrational’ Coal Plants May Hamper China’s Climate Change Efforts 0217
Southeast Asia’s Coal Boom Could Cause 70,000 Deaths per Year by 2030 - 0117
Why Is Climate-Conscious Vietnam Choosing Coal over Nuclear? 1216
Coal India’s Production Boom Bulldozes Villages 0716
China Pledged to Curb Coal Plants, but It’s Still Adding Them. 0716
Turkey Coal Surge an ‘Historic Error,’ Say Economists 0616
NSW Report Banks on DELUSION of Rising Coal Output, Royalties Out to 2056 - 0516
Plans for Coal-Fired Power in Asia Are ‘Disaster for Planet', Warns World Bank 0516
Countries Eyeing Coal-Fired Plants Must Reassess Energy Strategy - IRENA 0516
Bangladesh Police Kill 4, Charge 1,000s over Coal Plant Protests 0416
Japan Embraces Coal, while the Rest of the World Tries to Cut Emissions 0416
Locals Oppose Plans to Build 1st Coal-Fired Power Plant in Kenya 0316
Greenpeace Says China Is Increasing Coal-Fired Capacity 0316
Pakistan Turns to Coal to Keep Factories Running 0116
As Hydropower Dries Up, Tanzania Moves toward Fossil Fuels 1215
Australia Approves Huge Abbot Point Coal Port Expansion by Great Barrier Reef 1215
India Says Paris Climate Deal Won't Affect Plans to Double Coal Output 1215
2400 Coal-Fired Power Plants Planned Despite Climate-Friendly Pledges 1215
Coal Plans Would Derail 2°C Warming Target 1215
Nations Conflict on Subsidy Rules for Exporting Coal-Fired Power Plants 1115
India Leads Asia's Dash for Coal, as Emissions Blow East 1015
Is It Too Late to Stop Turkey's Coal Rush? 0815
Cheap Power or Clean Energy? India’s $200 Billion Dilemma 0715
Coal Renaissance Means Switching to Plan B - Carbon Pricing and CO2 Removal 0715
“Coal Is Not Dead’ - Aussie Study Describes Forces behind Coal Renaissance 0715
These 10 Billion Tons of Coal Could Erase Obama's Climate Change Progress 0515
Turkey to Double Coal Capacity in 4 Years 0515
Australia’s New Coal Frontier - Mega Mines, Mega Emissions 0515
Balkan Coal Rush Risks Lasting Damage, Campaigners Warn 0515
Cheap Electricity for Poor Squeezing Out Solar in India 1114
Coal Likely to Remain India's Energy Focus as It Battles for Jobs 1014
Coal - Burma’s New Power Battleground 0914
2 Australian Coal Mines Alone Will Emit More GHGs Than 52 Countries 1113
Key Mangrove Forest Faces Major Threat from a Coal Plant 1013
Japan on Gas, Coal Power Building Spree to Fill Nuclear Void 1013
Europe Whets Appetite for Coal as US Eschews It 0913
World Bank Aids New Indonesia Coal Project, Defying Its Policy 0913
Bank Curbs Won’t Slow Coal’s Comeback 0713
Coal to Catch Oil as #1 Energy Source in 10 Years 1212
Green Banks Sponsor Billions in Coal Plants 1211
Coal - Misc.
Europe’s Energy Risks Go Beyond Gas 1122
Coal Mining Emits More Methane Than Venting & Flaring from Gas and Oil Wells 0322
How Spiking Energy Prices Complicate the Fight against Global Warming 0222
Pulling the Plug on Their Insurance Could Finally Stop New Coal Plants 1021
IEA Sees Global Coal Demand Stable Up to 2024 - 1219
Renewable Electricity Beat Out Coal in the US for the 1st Time in April 0619
Reducing U.S. Coal Emissions Could Create Jobs in Forestry, Transportation 1118
Trump Is Pushing Coal Abroad 1217 - US coal exports are up 70% in 2017.
Queensland Says It Won't Play Any Role in Funding for Adani Project 0517
China Creates World's 1st Coal-to-Ethanol Production Line 0317
There Are Now Twice as Many Solar Jobs as Coal Jobs in the US 0217
Coal Renaissance Means Switching to Plan B - Carbon Pricing and CO2 Removal 0715
Coal Industry Scores a Win, but Fate of Plants Still in Air 0615
Our Solar Energy Future May Still Have Lots of Coal Plants in the Background 0615
There Are About as Many Solar jobs as Coal Jobs in the US 0115
Gulf Coast Embraces U.S. Coal Shippers Rejected by West 1114
Australian Doctors Mount Coal Warning, as G20 Kicks Off 1114
China Power Plants Exempt from Low-Quality Coal Ban 0914
Oregon Blocks Another Coal Export Terminal Plan – Will Feds Help? 0814
Port Metro Vancouver OKs Massive US Coal Terminal 0814
Bad News for Big Coal - Oregon Rejects Proposed Export Terminal 0814
Kansas Considers Revised Permit for $2.8 Billion Sunflower Coal Plant 0514
Coal Foe Named to FERC Is Latest Obama Pick Drawing Ire 0813
Climate Change Will Disrupt Energy Supplies, DOE Warns 0713
Use of Coal to Generate US Power Rises 0713 - a blip in downward trend
Cheaper Gas Replaces Coal in Massachusetts 0812
Green Banks Sponsor Billions in Coal Plants 1211
AEP Aims for 10% GHG Cuts by 2020 - 0411
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Oil & Gas - General, Elsewhere & World
Tony Seba graphs below: TaaS = Transport as a Service
20 moving parts in an EV, vs 2,000 in an internal combustion car
Oil demand drops as EVs replace internal combustion ones, with a big price drop for batteries, drives oil price way down.
‘Beginning of the End’ of Fossil Fuel Era Approaching, Says IEA 0923
China Reaches Peak Gasoline in Milestone for Electric Vehicles 0823
Ecuadorians Reject Amazon Oil Drilling, Ending Operations in Protected Area 0823
Leaks Can Make Natural Gas as Bad for the Climate as Coal 0723
‘Mind-Boggling’ Methane Emissions from Turkmenistan Revealed 0523
How Europe Ditched Russian Fossil Fuels with Spectacular Speed 0223
Putin’s Energy Gambit Fizzles, as Warm Winter Saves Europe 0123
Britain’s Gas Prices Bring Heat Pump Adoption to New Places 1222
Fixing Oil & Gas Industry Methane Leaks, a Climate Game Changer, Pays for Itself 1122
Europe’s Energy Risks Go Beyond Gas 1122
A Parade of Tankers Has Eased Europe’s Energy Crisis 1122
Major Push for Gas amid Ukraine War Is Accelerating Climate Breakdown 1122
New Fossil Fuels ‘Incompatible’ with 1.5°C Goal 1022
Europe Plans 20 Floating Gas Terminals by Year-End, Raising Climate Fears 0822
Big Oil Sees Record Profits 0822
Shut Down Fossil Fuel Production Sites Early to Avoid Climate Chaos 0522
U.S. Climate Envoy John Kerry Puts Natural Gas on Notice 0422
Energy Transition Still Means Billions in Fossil-Fuel Investment 0422
EU Aims to Cut Russia Gas Dependence Almost 80% This Year 0322
New Sanctions Deal a Fatal Blow to Russia's Arctic LNG 0422
Methane Leaks in New Mexico Far Exceed Current Estimates 0322 - Emissions averaged 9.4% of gross gas production, vs 1.4% EPA estimate. The breakeven leakage rate for natural gas is 3% (Howarth). 9.4% means natural gas is much worse for climate than coal.
Europe Is on a Wartime Mission to Ditch Russian Oil and Gas 0322
Shell Quits Russia, Joining BP as Oil Giants Object to Attack on Ukraine 0222
E.U. to Unveil Strategy to Break Free from Russian Gas 0222
Germany Responds to Russia, by Halting Nord Stream 2 Pipeline 0222
Climate Fears on Back Burner, as Fuel Costs Soar and Russia Crisis Deepens 0222
How Europeans Are Responding to Exorbitant Gas and Power Bills 0222
How Spiking Energy Prices Complicate the Fight against Global Warming 0222
Biden Unveils Multi-pronged Assault on Planet-Warming Methane 1121
European Energy Prices Soar as a Deep Freeze Arrives 1221
Electric Passenger Vehicle Sales Are on a Tear. How Long till Peak Oil? 1221
Half of World’s Fossil Fuel Assets Could Be Worthless by 2036 - 1121
Total (France) Sees Oil Demand Peaking Before 2030, in Power Switch 0921
Amid Troubles for Fossil Fuels, Has the Era of ‘Peak Oil’ Arrived? 0621
Shell, in a Turning Point, Says Its Oil Production Has Peaked 0221
Massive Losses Should Be a Warning to Big Oil that Its Bonanza Is Over 0221
Peak Oil Is Suddenly upon Us 1220 - lengthy analysis, consistent with the graphs above
Fossil-Fuel Use Could Peak in Just a Few Years. Still, Major Challenges Loom. 1021
An Energy Crisis Grips the World, with Potentially Grave Consequences 1021
Europe’s Energy Crisis Is Coming for the Rest of the World, Too 0921
Gas Prices Skyrocket as the Global Energy Crisis Worsens 1021
Exxon Mobil Cuts Billions in Capital Spending, as Oil and Gas Prices Remain Low 1120
Texas Oil Firms Say Oil Demand Has Peaked - Dallas Fed 0920
Global Oil Demand May Have Passed Peak, Says BP Energy Report 0920
Saudi Aramco Says Profit Fell 73% as Demand for Oil Shrank 0820
Coronavirus Crisis Could Cause $25 Trillion Fossil Fuel Industry Collapse 0620
BP Writes Off Billions as Covid Redraws Rules of Oil Demand 0620
Big Oil Posts Big Losses during Coronavirus Crisis 0520
Transition to Low-Carbon Energy May Accelerate after Crisis - Shell 0420
Shell CEO Says Pandemic May Change the Oil Business Forever 0420
Renewables Are the Only Winners in Historic Decline in Energy Demand 0420
Oil Slump Spurs Talk of Ending EU Subsidies for Polluting Fuels 0420
For Big Oil, This Crisis Will Be Different, and It May Be Irreversible 0420
Just How Big Is the Biggest-Ever Slump in World Oil Demand? 0420
Oil Price Plunges Below Zero for 1st Time, in Unprecedented Wipeout 0420
Oil Companies Are Collapsing, but Wind and Solar Energy Keep Growing 0420
Italian Oil Giant Eni Sees Oil Peak Just 6 Years Away 0220
Flood of Oil Is Coming, Complicating Efforts to Fight Global Warming 1119 - Brazil, Canada, Norway, Guyana
Cheap Renewables Could Make 90% of Proposed Gas Power Plants - and Many Pipelines – Obsolete by 2035 - 0919
It’s Now Cheaper to Build New Renewables than to Build Natural Gas Plants 0919
Diesel Vehicles Face a Grim Future in Europe’s Cities 0819
The Inevitable Death of Natural Gas as a ‘Bridge Fuel’ 0219
New NASA Study Confirms Methane Spike Tied to Oil and Gas 0119
Global Demand for Fossil Fuels Will Peak in 2023, Says Thinktank 0918
How Hydrogen Could Shake Up Canada's Energy Sector 0818
The Carbon Bubble - Here Come the New Dirty 30s - 0618
The Fossil Fuel Industry Is Weaker than Ever 0618
Untapped “Fossil” Methane Hydrates Could Save or Ruin Our Climate 0518
The Hidden Oil Market Problem - Use Far Exceeds Discoveries 0318
Shell’s Radical Scenario for What It Would Take to Halt Climate Change 0318
How Bill Gates Aims to Clean Up the Planet 0218 - create oil from carbon captured directly from the air
World Petrol Demand ‘Likely to Peak by 2030, as Electric Car Sales Rise' 1017
Are Electric Vehicles Pushing Oil Demand Over a Cliff? 1017
France Plans to End Oil and Gas Production by 2040 - 0917
Mexico’s Methane Emissions Threaten the Environment 0717
China Taps ‘Combustible Ice’ for Energy 0717
Exxon Says Scientists Boost Lipid Content from Algae in Lab Study 0617
Oil Producer Norway Bans Use of Heating Oil in Buildings 0617
This Is How the Demise of Oil Looks 0517 - EVs, etc.
China and India’s Plans for Electric Cars Threaten to Cut Gasoline Demand 0517
Converting Coal Would Help China's Smog at Climate's Expense 0417
Oil Price Will Soar without Investment in Capacity, Says IEA 0317
Electric Cars Will Not Stem Global Demand for Oil, Says BP 0117
Oil Prices Keep Surging, after OPEC Hashes Out Production Cut Deal 1216
Oil Discoveries at 70-Year Low Signal Supply Shortfall Ahead 0816
The Coal Industry Collapsed—Is Oil Next? 0716
US Now Has World’s Largest Oil Reserve, but Global Supply Still Small 0716
Coal and Gas to Stay Cheap. But Renewables Still Win Race on Costs 0616
Self-Driving Cars May End Gasoline Era 0416
An Oilman’s $7 Billion Course in the Economics of Drilling and Climate Change 0316
Exxon Sees a World with Less Carbon, with Higher-Cost Emissions 0116
Slump in Oil Prices Drives Green Energy Takeup in Top Oil Exporting Nations 0116
UN Climate Chief Says Low Oil Prices Can Boost Renewables 0116
Heat Waves, Drought May Curb Global Power Output 0116
As Hydropower Dries Up, Tanzania Moves toward Fossil Fuels 1215
China's Natural Gas Use Plummets despite Its Pledge to Switch from Coal 1215
US Thirst for Oil Straining International Water Supplies 1115
Oil, Coal Companies Risk Plague of Lawsuits, as Climate Change Tide Turns 1015
As Oil Industry Bleeds Jobs, Asia's Green Energy Drive Offers Bright Spot 1015
Study Suggests Fossil Fuel Demand Is Beginning a Nosedive 1015
Rise of Diesel in Europe - the Impact on Health and Pollution 0915
Billions in Gas Projects Stranded by Climate Change Action 0715
Why the Saudis Are Going Solar 0615
Is Gas a Weapon in the Fight against Climate Change? 0615
Big Oil's Plan to Become Big Gas 0615
Saudi Arabia, Built on Oil, Foresees Fossil Fuel Phase-out by 2040 or 2050 - 0515 - export solar GW
World’s Worst Air Spurs Modi’s $25 Billion Utility Clean-Up Push 0515 - diesel fumes, not just coal
Why Future Oil Demand Could Be Very Low 0415
Audi Just Invented Fuel Made From CO2 and Water 0415
Study Finds Low Cost to Reduce Methane Emissions 0415
Carbon Reserves Held by Top Fossil Fuel Companies Soar 0415
Even at $10/Barrel, Oil Can’t Match Solar on Cost 0315
Big Oil’s Groundhog Day - Will It See Looming Shadows? 0215
Will Falling Oil Prices Undermine Green Energy? 0115
Climate Change Mitigation’s Best-Kept Secret - Methane 0115
Exxon Issues Energy Reality Check as UN Debates Emissions 1214
Low Oil Prices May Bode Ill For Climate 1214
Can Low Oil Prices be Good for the Environment? 1114
US Sees 38% Jump in Global Oil Use by 2040 - 0914
Former BP Geologist: Peak Oil Is Here and It Will 'Break Economies' 1213
Latin America's Oil Rush Means More Climate Change 1113
New “Flexible” Gas Power Plants Sway to Keep Up with Renewables 1013
China's Anti-Pollution Drive Risks Running Out of Gas 1013
Low Natural Gas Price to Hamper U.S. Energy Efficiency - IEA 1013
Data Show China Passing US as Biggest Oil Importer 1013
US Is Overtaking Russia as Top Oil-and-Gas Producer - IEA 1013
Gas Boom Has Its Own Climate Questions 0913
China’s Oil Imports Soon to Dwarf Those of US 0813
Climate Change Will Disrupt Energy Supplies, DOE Warns 0713
Pipeline or Rail - Western Canada's Oil Shipments Will Double by 2030 0713
‘Peak Fossil Fuels’ Is Closer Than You Think 0413
US to Top World Oil Production by 2020 1212
Switch from Coal to Gas Doesn't Delay Climate Disruptions 0911
Oil, World Balance 2004-10.xls
Costs of Unconventional Oil, Coal 1008
Japan Mines Methane Hydrates 1207
Is World Oil Production Peaking? 1107
Texas Leads Oil Import States 0707
Implications of Switch Coal to Gas - Hayhoe 0202 - PDF, 33 pp
Oil & Gas - General, US
Heat Waves Ramp Up U.S. Burning of Natural Gas 0723
New (Gas) Pipeline Agency Rule Aimed at Cutting Methane Leaks 0523
Price to Plug Old Wells in Gulf of Mexico Is $30 Billion 0523
The Oil & Gas Industry Emits Way More Methane than the EPA Has Estimated 0423
Plugging Millions of Abandoned U.S. Oil & Gas Wells Is a Monumental Task 0423
America’s Destructive Rush to Natural Gas 0323
Peak Gasoline Heralds Price Shocks for Drivers, Inflation Headaches 0123
Record Output Slump for Top US Gas Basin Worsened Power Chaos 1222
California Climate Plan Scraps New Gas Plants, Expands Fossil Fuel Carbon Capture 1122
California Votes to Ban New Gasoline Car Sales by 2035 - 0822
US Natural Gas Prices Spike to 14-Year High 0822 - Prices in Europe are far higher, more than 7 times America’s 14-year high: $70 per million Btu versus $9.22.
US Gasoline Prices Fall to 2-Month Low, Easing Pump Pain 0722
US Gasoline Tops $5 a Gallon on Average, in New Inflation Marker 0622
Plugging Old U.S. Oil and Gas Wells to Boost Green Jobs, Curb Emissions 0422
US Interior Department to Resume Oil and Gas Leasing, Charge Higher Fees 0422
War Scrambles U.S. Energy, from Oil to Nuclear 0322
Gulf of Mexico Offshore Oil Lease Plan Voided by U.S. Judge 0122
U.S. To See Wave of Coal Power Retirements, While Oil Output Ramps Up 0122
Biden Announces Oil Release from Strategic Petroleum Reserve 1121 - Price of oil was over $80/barrel, as production did not keep up with economic recovery from covid and Europe had a cold winter. Coal prices rose steeply too, as did CO2 permit prices in Europe.
US Auctions Off Gulf of Mexico Oil and Gas Drilling Leases after Climate Talks 1121 - by court order, over Biden administration objections
Oil, Gas Lead New Mexico’s Carbon Emissions, as Renewables Sector Grows 1120
Peak Gas Is Coming to the U.S. Sooner Than Anyone Expected 1020 Graph below is actually in 1,000 GWh.
Betting on Gas Is Definitely Immoral – and Probably Unwise 0720
Grim Day for Pipelines Shows They’re Almost Impossible to Build 0720
Texas Oil Industry Faces Prospect of Collapse amid Covid-19 Losses 0620
U.S. Oil Drilling Sinks to Record Low 0520
Big Oil Posts Big Losses during Coronavirus Crisis 0520
Is Gas Really Better than Coal for the Climate? 0520 - Leaks from production remain a big problem. They make make gas worse for the environmwnt than coal. Most leaks are fixable, fairly easily. Detection technology has improved a lot. Emissions are some 2/3 greater than EPA reports. See Limiting Methane Leaks Critical to Gas 0513 below.
Oil Companies Are Collapsing, but Wind and Solar Energy Keep Growing 0420
Utilities Have Big Plans to Cut Emissions, but Struggle to Shed Fossil Fuels 0120
Natural Gas Production Headed for a Slowdown in 2020 - 1219
U.S. Suspends More Oil & Gas Leases over What Could Be a Widespread Problem 1119
Booming LNG Industry Could Be as Bad for Climate as Coal 0719
As Coal Fades in the U.S., Natural Gas Becomes the Climate Battleground 0619
GE Gas Plant to Close 20 Years Early, Become Battery Storage Site 0619
New York to Phase Out Old Peaking Plants, as It Targets 100% Clean Energy 0319
America's Oil Boom Is Terrible for the Climate 0119
Clean Energy Is Catching Up to Natural Gas 0718
Fossil Fuels Account for Lowest % of U.S. Energy Use in over a Century 0718
PG&E to Replace 3 Gas Plants with World's Biggest Battery Projects 0718
Nearly 1/3 of Planned Gas Peakers at Risk from Energy Storage 0318
U.S. Oil Production Booms as New Year Begins 1217
US Will Become a Net Oil Exporter within 10 years, Says IEA 1117
Friendly Policies Keep US Oil and Coal Afloat Far More than We Thought 1017 - direct subsidies > $20 billion/ yr
Energy Rhetoric Irrelevant in World of $50 Oil 0817
Why Record U.S. Oil Exports Are Poised for Even More Growth 0717
Interactive Map Shows Why Renewables, Natural Gas Are Taking Over the US 0417 - map on Renewables page
Record Number of Oil, Gas Firms Go Bust, as Renewable Energy Revolution Bites 0117
Solar Could Outpace Natural Gas for New US Generation in 2016 - 1216
Huge Deposit of Untapped Oil Could Be Largest Ever Discovered in US 1116
Natural Gas’ CO2 Emissions in US Will Surpass Coal’s in 2016 – EIA 0816
US Now Has World’s Largest Oil Reserve, but Global Supply Still Small 0716
U.S. Oil Industry Bankruptcy Wave Nears Size of Telecom Bust 0516
Oil and Natural Gas Drilling Rigs Hit 70-Year Low 0316
Cheap Natural Gas Leads to More Petrochemical Plants and Pollution 0216
Cutting Pollution From U.S. Power Plants Is Cheaper than You Think 0116 - renewables & natural gas
Natural Gas Likely Overtook Coal as Top U.S. Power Source in 2015 - 0116
Warning - Oil Company Defaults Are Coming 1115
Why Natural Gas Is Catching Up to Coal in Powering U.S. Homes 1015
Study Gets a Handle on Gas Leaks - 80 Billion Cubic Feet 0715
Gas Overtakes Coal at US Power Stations 0715 - 31% vs 30% in April 2015
Wind-Gas Hybrid Power -- Wyoming's Idea of California Dreamin' 0215
Report Just Shot Down Key Argument Against Pres. Obama’s Climate Plans 0215 - adding pipeline capacity
Cheap Gasoline, Powerful Vehicles Make It Hard to Meet CAFE Standards 0115
Oil Price Slump Taking a Toll on U.S. Alternative Fuels 0115
Cutting California Oil Use by 50% Difficult but Doable, Experts Say 0115
With Gasoline $2.67 a Gallon, America Celebrates by Buying Gas Guzzlers 1214
Fuel to the Fire? Fuel Exports Soar under Obama 1214
US Oil Exports Would Worsen Global Warming, GAO Auditors Say 1014
Oil Companies Quietly Prepare for a Future of Carbon Pricing 0914
TVA Turns to Gas to Replace Memphis Coal Plant 0814
Natural Gas Can Keep Those Motors Running 0814
Colorado Pitches New Rules to Cut Oil and Gas Industry Air Pollution 1113
Low Natural Gas Price to Hamper U.S. Energy Efficiency - IEA 1013
South’s New Power Push - Natural Gas and Tiny Nukes 1013
2 Kentucky Utilities Plan 2nd Natural Gas Power Plant, Solar Generator 1013
Environmental Oil & Gas Well Inspections Falling Short, GAO Says 0913
Keystone Will Soon Carry Crude through Texas Segment, with or without Obama 0913
Oil Industry Touts $81 Billion in Carbon-Cutting Efforts 0913
Exxon’s Arkansas Pipeline Rupture - Amount of Oil Spilled Is Still Guesswork 0813
Crude Mishaps on Trains Spike as Rail Carries More Oil 0713
Gas, Renewables to Power Texas Grid 0613
Military - US Has Misguided Fixation with Domestic Drilling 0613
US Oil and Gas Reserves Rise by 33% 0613
US Crude Oil Output Exceeds Imports for 1st Time in 16 Years 0613
Vast Supply of Frozen Methane Tapped in Alaska 1112
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Oil & Gas - Fracking & Leakage
Natural gas is mostly methane (CH4), the prized ingredient. Some waste gases (CO2, H2S, etc.) are removed from natural gas sent into pipelines, while others (He, C2H6, C3H8 and C4H10 - helium, ethane, propane and butane) are separated for resale.
This Earthjustice map shows US shale formations suitable for fracking, active and potential. The Bakken formation is in Norh Dakota, Marcellus in Appalachia, Eagle Ford etc. in Texas, Utica+ in Michigan, Monterrey in California, Fayetteville in Arkansas, etc.
Earthjustice identifies 35 "fraccidents" outside the Marcellus area and 41 inside it, including 38 in Pennsylvania. They include poisoned drinking water, polluted air, mysterious animal deaths, industrial disasters, and explosions.
Living near Fracking Wells Linked to Early Death 0122
Chesapeake Energy Led Fracking into Pennsylvania, Now to File for Bankruptcy 0420
Permian Oil Fields Leak Enough Methane for 7 Million Homes 0420
Ohio Natural Gas Well Blowout Leaked More Methane than 25 of EU Nations in a Year 1219
New Methane Detection Technologies Can Slash Natural Gas Leaks 1019
Is U.S. Shale Facing an 'Unmitigated Disaster'? 0919
Fracking Is Causing Rise in Methane Emission 0819
U.S. Oil Companies Find Energy Independence Isn’t So Profitable 0619
North American Drilling Boom Threatens Big Blow to Climate Efforts 0419
Reversing Course, E.P.A. Says Fracking Can Contaminate Drinking Water 1216
Scientists May Have Solved Key Mystery about Earth’s Methane Emissions 0916
U.S. Oil Industry Bankruptcy Wave Nears Size of Telecom Bust 0516
Study Targets Methane Leaks Between Underground Wells 1015
Environmentalists, Energy Companies Lobby on Coming Methane Rule 1015
Replacing Old Gas Pipes Reduces Leaks 0915
North Texas Methane Emissions Underestimated 50% by EPA 0715
New York Formalizes Ban on Fracking, Ending 7-Year Review 0615
Which Oil and Gas Companies Are Leaking the Most Methane? 0615
Enough Natural Gas Is Leaking to Negate Climate Benefits 0615
Gas Utilities Reduce Methane Leaks 0315
Study Finds Relatively Low Methane Emissions from 3 Major US Gas Fields 0215
Citing Health Risks, Cuomo Bans Fracking in New York State 1214
Fracking Risk Compared to Thalidomide and Asbestos in Walport Report 1114
Scientists Refute Lower Emissions Claim for Fracking 1014
China's Great Frack Forward 1014
Suddenly, Elusive U.S. Shale Oil Proves Certainty of Uncertainty 0514
EPA Drastically Underestimates Methane Released at Drilling Sites 0414
More Oil Spilled from Railcars in 2013 Than in Past 4 Decades Combined 0114
Fracking Companies Say Southern Wales Holds 6 x UK Annual Gas Use 1113
Water Shortages Could Dry Up Shale Gas Craze 1113
Fracking Boom Leading to Fracking Bust 1113
Shale-Gas Boom Will Make Us Richer, But Not Cooler 1013
Will Fracking Suck California Dry? 1013
Ohio Confirms 6 Water-Well Problems, But Only from VERTICAL Gas Wells Since 2010 - 1013
Europe Votes to Tighten Rules on Fracking 1013
North Dakota to Tighten Flaring Rules 0913
Methane Emissions at US Natural Gas Production Sites - Allen 0913 - PDF
This multi-university study, sponsored in part by EDF and several gas companies, measured methane leakage rates at 190 sites. These included 27 well completion flowback sites, where leakage ranged from 0.01 to 17 tonnes per completion (5 to 339 hours per completion). These averaged 1.7 tonnes, a small fraction of EPA's estimate of 81 tonnes per completion. To explain this, Allen found that operators captured 98% of potential emissions (including 99% where equipment for methane capture and control was used) rather than the 50% EPA assumed.
The 190 sites also included 9 "unloadings," a periodic process to clear out liquids that clog wells. The average leak per unloading was 1.1 tonnes, compared to EPA's estimate of 5.2.
Routine continuous operations (150 wells) released 1.23 grams of methane per minute (about 1.2 tonnes per year for continuous operation) through various pneumatic controllers, roughly 14% less than EPA estimates.
In all, methane leakage in the study sample is 20% less than estimates using EPA guidelines at the time. The study attributes this reduced leakage rate to emerging regulatory requirements and improved operating practices. The study summarizes the overall methane leakage rate as 0.42% of gross natural gas production (extraction), though some of that 0.42% could be attributed to the oil (and propane / NGL) production from the well, instead of all of it to natural gas. In April 2013, EPA cut its estimate of methane release from natural gas production by about 20%, presumably relying on a pre-publication version fo the study.
EPA's old and new estimates, as well as Allen's study results, are similar to natural gas leakage rates from transmission and distribution mains. Error bars are appreciable for extraction, transmission, and distribution leakage rates.
Caveats: The sample is chosen from the best-managed wells, where more money and resources are devoted to capturing emissions ("green completions"), compared to typical wells. Leakage rates at old wells are probably (much) higher. Also, if "unloadings" happen often, they can dominate emissions.
Frackers Guzzle Water as Texas Goes Thirsty 0913
California's Brown Signs Fracking Bill, Upsetting Both Sides 0913
Fracking May Not Be as Bad for the Climate as We Thought 0913
Oil Lobbyists Seek CEQA Exemption Ahead of Calif. Fracking Bill Vote 0913
EPA Orders Air Pollution Controls for Fracked Gas Wells 0813
Poland's Shale Drive Will Transform Europe, If It Persists 0813
Bakken Flaring Burns More Than $100 Million a Month 0713
Former Mobil VP Warns of Fracking & Climate Change 0713
New US Study Inflames South Africa's Fracking Debate 0613
Fracking Fuels Water Fights in US Dry Areas 0613
Gas Leaks Undermine Climate Benefit from Switch 0613
Limiting Methane Leaks Critical to Gas 0513 - see sample of the interactive trade-off graphs, below.
www.climatecentral.org/news/limiting-methane-leaks-critical-to-gas-climate-benefits-16020
If leakage is too high, fracked natural gas is worse than coal for climate change, at least in the early decades. If leakage is low, natural gas is much better than coal on climate change. Allen's 0913 study, below, found only small leaks.
8% Gas Leak Rate, Gas Replaces Coal 9% / Year 6% Gas Leak Rate, Gas Replaces Coal 6% / Year
4% Gas Leak Rate, Gas Replaces Coal 4% / Year 2% Gas Leak Rate, Gas Replaces Coal 5% / Year
Based on the study below, the lower right leak rate graph (2%/5%) probably best describes the situation. In fact, the GHG advantage of gas over coal can closely approach 50% even sooner than it shows, if gas production operations continue improving, cutting leaks, even at old wells.
Bakken Shale - New, Higher Oil Estimates 0513
Can This Contraption Make Fracking Greener? 0313
China Slow to Tap Shale-Gas Bonanza 0213
Shale Oil Output Anchors Record US Growth 0113
Methane Leakage Effects on Climate Change - Wigley 0811 - PDF
GHGs from Fracking for Gas - Howarth 0411 - PDF
Oil & Gas - Tar Sands, etc.
Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion to Lead to $11.9 Billion in Losses for Canada 0321
Wall Street Is Halting Financing for Arctic-Oil Drilling 0420
Coronavirus and Supply Glut Bring Record-Low Oil Prices, Hit Alberta Hard 0320
Nebraska Approves Path for Controversial Keystone XL Pipeline 1119 - OK for final link
Major Tar Sands Oil Pipeline Cancelled 1017
Carbon Emissions Factor into Major Oil Sands Shakeup 0417 - Most oil majors sell off their holdings.
Carbon Footprint of Canada's Oil Sands Is Larger than Thought 0417
Shell Cuts Debt With $7.25 Billion Sale of Canada Oil Sands 0317
Exxon Wipes Oil Sands Reserves from Its Books 0217
Canada’s Vast Source of Climate Pollution May Go Bust 0117
Canada, Especially Alberta Oil, Pays Higher Climate Change Policy Price than US 0816
Canada's Energy Superpower Status Threatened, as World Shifts off Fossil Fuel 0516
Fort McMurray Wildfire Forces 1/4 of Canada’s Oil Output Off-Line 0516
Once Unstoppable, Tar Sands Now Battered from All Sides 0216
First Big Oil Sands CCS Project May Also Be One of the Last 1115
Transition Alberta off Oil Sands, Climate Thinkers Urge Trudeau 1115
Obama Rejects Keystone XL Pipeline 1115
Obama Will Decide on Keystone Pipeline during His Term 1115
Is Keystone Dead? 1115 Sponsor Transcanada asks pipeline decision be deferred.
Shell Halts Carmon Creek Oil Sands Project in Alberta, Canada 1015
Researchers’ Open Letter Calls for Moratorium on New Oil Sands Projects 0615
Vast Reserves of Shale Oil Estimated in Northwest Territories 0515
Suncor Cuts 1,000 Oil Sands Jobs, Takes $1 Billion Out of 2015 Budget 0115
With Low Oil, Gasoline Prices, Is Keystone Still Necessary? 0115
Canada’s Oil Sands Emissions Extremely Low, Incorrectly Says IEA Chief Economist 1114
Energy East is Canada's Alternative to Keystone XL. It's in Trouble. 1114
Keystone Left Behind as Canadian Oil Pours into U.S. 1114
Public Opposition Has Cost Tar Sands Industry $17 Billion 1114
Incredible Shrinking Keystone Pipeline 1014
Keystone XL Pipeline Foes Claim Victory as Statoil Delays Oil Sands Plan 0914
Keystone XL Will Spike Oil Demand and CO2, Study Says 0814
Oil Sands Not a Major Source of Climate Change- IEA Economist 1113
Need for Keystone XL Plummets, as U.S. Oil Floods Gulf Coast Refining Hub 1113
Oil Sands Production Creates 'Challenge', as Its Emissions per Barrel Rise 1113
5 Canadians Say Oil Sands to US Will Help Tip World to Catastrophe 1013
Alberta's Carbon Strategy No Match for Keystone's Emissions 1013
Energy Hits New Rocks in Mongolia 1013
Pipelines Safer Than Trains and Trucks 1013
China's Push into Synthetic Natural Gas Has Pollution Consequences 1013
China Wants to Cut Down on Coal - That's Bad for Global Warming 0913
Keystone XL Pipeline - Sierra Club Analysis 0913 - PDF, 30 pp
Seeping Alberta Oil Sands Spill Covers 40 Hectares, Still Leaking 0813
Oil-Sands Industry Turns to Algae to Appease Obama 0813
With Tar Sands Development, Growing Concern on Water Use 0813
Canada Rail Crash Stirs Debate over Keystone XL Pipeline Delay 0713
Oil Sands Deals Lose Traction 0513
Keystone’s Tar Sands Waste Warms More Than Coal 0113
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Nuclear Power - General
Rising Temperatures Are Wreaking Havoc Year-Round 0823 - One effect is less cooling for nuclear power plants (Rhone River example in France), as efficiency of heat conversino falls as the temperature of the heat sink (here, a river) rises. Also, sometimes cooling water bodies are placed under restriction, to prevent the worst tempoerature effects on river life.
U.S. Lab Says It Repeated Fusion Energy Feat — with Higher Yield 0823
Mini Reactor Cost Surge Threatens Nuclear’s Next Big Thing 0623
The Pathway to 90% Clean Electricity Is Mostly Clear. The Last 10%, Not So Much 0922
Nuclear Power Could Be the Future of Expedition Cruises 0622
Mini Nuclear Reactors Have an Outsized Waste Problem 0522
U.K. Startup’s ‘Big Friendly Gun’ Achieves Fusion Breakthrough 0422
Eye-Watering Energy Prices Spark a Nuclear Power Rethink 0322
US Lab Hits Milestone on Long Road to Fusion Power 0122
The Dubious Track Record of ‘New’ Nuclear Technology 1121
Nuclear Power Won’t Save The World. It Won’t Even Help. 1121 - Solar + storage is SO much cheaper than nuclear, even new versions. So is wind + storage. Old issues too - nuclear waste storage, etc.
Nuclear Fusion Edges toward the Mainstream 1021
Bill Gates and Warren Buffett to Build New Kind of Nuclear Reactor in Wyoming 0621 - sodium-cooled fast reactor with molten salt-based energy storage
Compact Nuclear Fusion Reactor Is ‘Very Likely to Work’ 0920 - Tight tokamak, using high-temperature superconductors, makes it the size of a tennis court, instead of a soccer field.
Some Cities Snub Plan to Save Nuclear Power with Mini Reactors 0920
Nuclear Is Getting Hammered by Green Power and the Pandemic 0520
When It Comes to Nuclear Power, Could Smaller Be Better? 0220
How Going Small May Fuel Nuclear Power's Comeback 0619
Decline in Nuclear Power Threatens Global Climate Goals, IEA Says 0519
High Temperature Superconductors Bring Nuclear Fusion to Grid in 15 Years? 0318
Failing Nuclear Power Is Good For Coal, Bad For Earth 0817
Zero-Carbon Energy, except Biomass, Boosts Human and Ecological Health 0317 - quick summary of below
“100% Renewable Energy” Will Require Nukes, CCS and/or Seasonal Storage 0317 - more in-depth than above
Next-Generation Nuclear Reactors Stalled by Costly Delays 0217
Amid Climate Concerns, Nuclear Plants Feel the Heat of Warming Water 0916
Molten Sodium Reactors Can Stop Nuclear Meltdowns 0516
This Nuclear Reactor Eats Nuclear Waste 0515
Why the Nuclear Energy World Is Thinking Small 0315
Atomic Balm - Prominent Environmentalists Back Nuclear 0215
Nuclear Power Needs to Double to Meet Warming Goal 0115
Nuclear Power Is the Greenest Option, Say Top Scientists 0115
Betting on the Need, Scientists Work on Lighter, Cleaner Nuclear Energy 1214 - emphasis on “new” more efficient and safer designs. Molten salt ractors are highlighted. They contain uranium (or thorium) fuel dissolved in liquid salt - at far lower pressures than traditional Light Water Reactors. This makes it possible to use almost all of the fuel’s energy, instead of only 5% in traditional LWRs. The resulting nuclear waste is only 2.5% as much as a LWR. A molten salt reactor can “burn” current spent fuel, most of it now stored in casks on-site, in the US awaiting geological storage. Several designs, including molten salt are “walk-away safe.” If a leak happens, they stop the chain reaction and cool off - with no external intervention.
Advanced Nuclear Energy and the Battle against Climate Change 1214
more detail than above on history and the (mostly the same) “new” designs
Lockheed Says It Makes Breakthrough on Fusion Energy Project 1014 - probably low-energy nuclear reactions: cold fusion
Nuclear Power’s Unlikely Allies 0514
Carbon Conundrum Prompts Some Greens to Think Nuclear 1113
Top Climate Scientists Ask Environmentalists to Support Nuclear Power 1113
Radical Reactor Designs - a New Nuclear Future 1212
Nuclear Power - U.S.
Recent Advances in Geothermal and Nuclear Power Support Net-Zero 0723
US Scientists Reach Long-Awaited Nuclear Fusion Breakthrough 1222
A $30 Billion Reminder of the Risks of New Nuclear Investment 1022
California Gives PG&E $1.4-Billion Loan to Keep Diablo Canyon Nuclear Open 0922
Climate Worries Galvanize a New Pro-Nuclear Movement in the U.S. 0522
Looming Palisades Nuclear Plant Closure May Put Michigan Climate Goals Out of Reach 0522
Biden Administration Launches $6 Billion Nuclear Plant Bailout 0422
War Scrambles U.S. Energy, from Oil to Nuclear 0322
Vogtle’s 2 New Reactors Are 6 Years Late and $16 Billion over Budget 0122
Majority of US States Pursue Nuclear Power for Emission Cuts 0122
Replacing Nuclear with Renewables, Storage Could Cost Illinois $80 Billion 0521 - says owner of 2 nuclear power plants there
Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant’s Shutdown Means More Fossil Fuel 0421
US Gives 1st-Ever OK for Small Commercial Nuclear Reactor 0920 - Modular reactors are 60 MW each, with self-cooling and automatic shutdown. 12 of them will be installed at Idaho, at Idaho National Lab.
Curtain Lowers on Nuke Plant Just North of from New York City 0420
3 Mile Island Nuclear Plant to Close 0519
Nuclear Power Is Odd Bedfellow in 2020 Dems, as Voters Seek Climate Change Solutions 0419
Fearing Climate Change, Experts Warn U.S. Nuclear Industry Faces Collapse 0718
To Slow Climate Change, US Must Address Nuclear Power’s Dismal Economics 0318
Georgia Power Says Vogtle Is Worth It, Despite Updated $22 Billion Price Tag 1117
U.S. Offers Vogtle Nuclear Plant $3.7 Billion in Loan Guarantees 0917
3 Mile Island Nuke to Close 40 Years after Accident 0517
Energy Efficiency Could Offset Indian Point Shutdown 0217
Shutdown of Michigan Nuclear Plant Not Sounding Climate Alarms 0117
Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant, near NYC, to Close by 2021 - 0117
US Keeps Replacing Nuclear Power Plants with Coal or Gas 1116
Nuclear Subsidies Are Key Part of New York’s Clean-Energy Plan 0716
California Is about to Close Its Last Nuclear Plant. Is That Really a Good Idea? 0616 - 14 closures from 2013 thru 2025
Pacific G&E Says Clean Energy Will Replace Power from Its Last Nuclear Plant 0616
Court Upholds On-Site Storage of Nuclear Waste at Power Plants 0616
Exelon to Shut Nuclear Plants, as Legislation Hopes Fade 0616
Nuclear Plants Seek and Gain Support as Clean Energy Sources 0516
Exelon Presses for Help with Nukes at State, Federal Levels 0516
Troubled Indian Point Reactor Will Reopen in Summer 0516
U.S. Acts to Spur Development of High-Tech Reactors 0116
Entergy to Close FitzPatrick Nuclear Plant on Lake Ontario 1115
Entergy Plans to Shut Down Pilgrim Nuclear Plant by June 2019 - 1015
Prefab Nuclear Plants Prove Just as Expensive 0715
Long-Delayed Nuclear Plant in Tennessee Nears Completion 0515
New Era for Nuclear Power? 0415
Sen. Reid's Retirement Removes Obstacle to Yucca Nuclear Waste Site 0415
Senator Alexander - U.S. Must Avoid Losing All Nuclear Power Generation 0215
Cost Pressure Intensifies for Southern Co. Nuclear Plant 0115
New Life for Nuclear Repository 1114
Power Plants Seek to Extend Life of Nuclear Reactors for Decades 1014
Yucca Mountain as a Nuclear Waste Site Is Now Deemed Safe 1014
Millstone Nuclear to Use and Discharge Warmer Water than Allowed Before 1014
Carbon Tax & Nuclear Power - Hansen 1014 - PDF
TVA Makes $4.5 Billion Bet on Nuclear Resurgence 0914
Nuclear Waste Is Allowed Above Ground Indefinitely 0814
Missouri’s Ameren Still Interested in Nuclear, Despite Natural Gas's Ascendance 0814
Brash Startup Hits Accelerator in Market for Small Nuclear Reactors 0514
Nuclear Startups Reimagine Atomic Energy 0514
Luminant to End License Work for New North Texas Reactors 1113
South’s New Power Push - Natural Gas and Tiny Nukes 1013
1st US Nuclear Power Closures in 15 Years Signal Wider Nuke Problems 0913
US Nuclear Power in Decline 0913
Vermont Nuclear Plant Shutdown Shows Changing Energy Market 0813
Duke Energy Cancels Proposed Levy County Nuke 0813
Nuclear Energy Too Expensive to Compete 0713
US Moves to Abandon Costly Reactor Fuel Plant 0613
US Nuclear Plant Shutdowns with Cheap Natural Gas 0613
Fracked Off - Nuke Renaissance On Hold 0613
As Price of Nuclear Energy Drops, a Wisconsin Plant Retires 0513
Nuclear Energy in US Loses Momentum Amid Economic Head Winds 0313
Southeast US Leaders Souring on Nuclear Power Costs 0313
US Nuclear Waste Storage Gets New Life 0213
Duke Plans to Shut Reactor in Favor of Gas 0213
Cost of Yucca Mountain Waste Site Soars 0808
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Nuclear Power - Elsewhere
World’s Biggest Nuclear Power Plant Being Planned in Canada 0723
Europe’s Most Powerful Nuclear Reactor Kicks Off in Finland 0423
Japan Adopts Plan to Maximize Nuclear Energy, in Major Shift 1222
India’s Power Giant Will Turn to Nuclear in Climate Goal Chase 1222
Europe’s Energy Risks Go Beyond Gas 1122
Germany Extends Lifetime of Remaining Nuclear Plants 1022
Japan Turns Back to Nuclear Power as Fuel Prices Soar 0822
South Korea Looks to Nuclear Expansion, in Bid to Meet Climate Targets 0622
Japan to Use Nuclear Reactors, Renewables to Cut Reliance on Russian Energy 0522
Japan Leader Says to Reconsider Nuclear Power, as Energy Costs Soar 0422
South Korea’s President-Elect Seeks Nuclear Power for Green Goals 0422
Belgium to Extend Life of Nuclear Reactors by Another Decade 0322
What a Power Cutoff Could Mean for Chernobyl’s Nuclear Waste 0322
Germany Shuts Down Half of Its 6 Remaining Nuclear Plants 1221
China is Home to World's 1st Small Modular Nuclear Reactor 1221
Europe Revisits Nuclear Power as Climate Deadlines Loom 1121
France to Invest in Small Nuclear Reactors and Green Energy Projects 1021
Czech Researchers Develop Nuclear Heating Plant Using Spent Fuel 0421
Climate Could Pay the Price as Europe's Nuclear Plants Age 1220
China to Dominate Nuclear, as Beijing Bets on Homegrown Reactors 0620
China’s Losing Its Taste for Nuclear Power. That’s Bad News. 1218
Spain Plans to Close All Nuclear Plants by 2035 - 0219
Abandoning UK Nuclear Power Plans ‘Would Push Up Carbon Emissions' 0918
Cheaper Green Power in Britain Could Put Nuclear in the Shade 0718
UK Nuclear Power Stations Could Be Forced to Close after Brexit 0217
Fukushima Nuclear Reactor Radiation at Highest Level since 2011 Meltdown 0217
Japan Cancels Failed $9 Billion Monju Nuclear Reactor 1216
French Nuclear Power in ‘Worst Situation Ever', Says Former EDF Director 1116
Vietnam Abandons Plan for 1st Nuclear Power Plants 1116
Hinkley Point C Faces £7.2 Billion Cleanup Bill at End of Nuclear Plant's Life 0916
Mini-Nuclear Reactors Could Be Operating in the UK by 2030 - 0916
Hinkley Point C Nuclear Plant Not Essential - Think Tank 0816
If Wind & Solar Power Are Cheaper & Quicker, Do We Really Need Hinkley Point? 0816
China Halts Work on $15 Billion Nuclear Waste Project after Protests 0816
Hinkley Nuclear Plant Faces UK Delay 0716
Nuclear New-Build Not Fast Enough to Curb Global Warming 0616
Sweden, in Turnaround, Agrees to Continue Nuclear Power 0616
China to Develop Floating Nuclear Power Plants 0416
Britain to Ship Record Amount of Nuclear Waste to U.S. 0316
Westinghouse Expects to Sign India Reactor Deal in June 0316
China's Debut Westinghouse Reactor Delayed until June 2017 - 0316
Japan Court Clears Way to Restart Kansai Electric Nuclear Plants 1215
India’s Nuclear Industry Pours Its Wastes into a River of Death and Disease 1215
Japan to Consider Ocean Disposal of Nuclear Waste 1215
The World Really Could Go Nuclear 0915
World Nuclear Capacity Set to Grow 45% by 2035 - 0915
New Hinkley Point Nuclear Power Station May Be Further Delayed 0915
Here's How Many of Japan's Idle Nuclear Plants Are Likely to Reopen 0915
Japan’s Nuclear Revival Won’t Lower Carbon Emissions Enough 0815
Japan Restarts 1st Nuclear Reactor since Fukushima Disaster 0815
Why the French Are Losing Enthusiasm for Nuclear 0615
Japan Pushes Ahead with Plans to Reopen Nuclear Reactors 0315
Wind Power Beats Nuclear Again in China & Hydro in the U.S. for the 1st Time 0315
Rise in Wildfires May Resurrect Chernobyl's Radiation 0215
Modi’s Clean-Energy Goals Face Funding, Political Hurdles 0115
Obama, India’s Modi Claim Breakthrough on Nuclear Liability Issue 0115
No Prospect of Relief from Constant UK Nuclear Headache 0115
Nuclear Power Could Lead China to Self-Sufficiency and Near-Zero Emissions 0115
China Renews Atomic Ambition With 5 Reactors Planned in 2015 0115
5 Old Japanese Reactors Head for Decommissioning Scrap Heap 0115
Ukraine Turns Off Reactor at Its Most Powerful Nuclear Plant after 'Accident' 1214
Promethean Perils of Nuclear Power in China 1214
OK Given to Restart Nuclear Plant in Japan 1114
UK Cleared to Heavily Subsidize $39B Nuclear Plant 1014
India Turns to Nuclear, as Energy Crisis Deepens 0914
China Fast-Tracks Uranium-Free Thorium Nuclear Plants, to Combat Smog 0314
Nuclear Power Is Cheapest Way for Poland to Cut Emissions 1113
Russia Floats Plan for Nuclear Power Plants at Sea 1013
Expensive Hinkley Point C Is Pivotal for UK Nuclear Industry’s Future 1013
Impasse Over Liability Clause in Indo-U.S. Nuclear Deal 1013
Tens of Thousands of Protesters Attend Anti-Nuclear Events in Tokyo 1013
South Korea Charges 100 with Corruption Over Nuclear Scandal 1013
Without Nuclear Power, Japan CO2 Emissions Rise 1013
Japan on Gas, Coal Power Building Spree to Fill Nuclear Void 1013
China’s Nuclear Plants See Powerful Growth 0913
Brazil Cools on Nuclear Power Plans, Favors Wind 0913
UK’s Liberal Democrats Vote Backs Nuclear Power Plants 0913
Japan Disaster, Economic Crisis Prompt IAEA to Cut Nuclear Growth Projection 0913
Public Opposition Defuses China's Nuclear Plans 0813
In North Asia, a Growing Crisis of Confidence in Nuclear Power 0813
India Depends on a Nuclear Future 0613
UK Nuclear Plans Come Unstuck 0213
Japan to Phase Out Nuclear Power 0912
Fukushima Meltdown Hastens Decline of Nuclear Power 0512
Germany to Abandon Nuclear Power by 2022 0511
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