Comments on: New Study Lifts the Curtain on Clean Coal http://cleantechnica.com/2009/07/12/new-study-lifts-the-curtain-on-clean-coal/ Clean Tech News & Views: Solar Energy News. Wind Energy News. EV News. & More. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:53:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Google Earth’s New Geothermal Map Reveals New Opportunities http://cleantechnica.com/2009/07/12/new-study-lifts-the-curtain-on-clean-coal/#comment-106339 Google Earth’s New Geothermal Map Reveals New Opportunities Thu, 27 Oct 2011 09:08:51 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=2771#comment-106339 [...] operations have lead to a steep loss of coal mining jobs, and studies have closely linked coal mining operations to pockets of long term economic depression.Geothermal Energy and National DefenseThe new study [...] [...] operations have lead to a steep loss of coal mining jobs, and studies have closely linked coal mining operations to pockets of long term economic depression.Geothermal Energy and National DefenseThe new study [...]

]]> By: Geothermal Energy Provides Key to Airport Expansion http://cleantechnica.com/2009/07/12/new-study-lifts-the-curtain-on-clean-coal/#comment-98946 Geothermal Energy Provides Key to Airport Expansion Tue, 10 May 2011 09:01:02 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=2771#comment-98946 [...] Smart grid improvements will help integrate geothermal energy into the national energy distribution system, so even businesses outside of the geothermal-rich West stand to gain in the future. In a related development, a Google-sponsored project has indicated that West Virginia has vast, untapped geothermal resources, which could help the state shake itself loose from generations-long economic stagnation associated with its reliance on the coal industry. [...] [...] Smart grid improvements will help integrate geothermal energy into the national energy distribution system, so even businesses outside of the geothermal-rich West stand to gain in the future. In a related development, a Google-sponsored project has indicated that West Virginia has vast, untapped geothermal resources, which could help the state shake itself loose from generations-long economic stagnation associated with its reliance on the coal industry. [...]

]]> By: Southeastern Legal Foundation Challenges U.S. EPA on Greenhouse Gas Emissions : CleanTechnica http://cleantechnica.com/2009/07/12/new-study-lifts-the-curtain-on-clean-coal/#comment-5978 Southeastern Legal Foundation Challenges U.S. EPA on Greenhouse Gas Emissions : CleanTechnica Mon, 22 Feb 2010 11:58:29 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=2771#comment-5978 [...] the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and a number of companies including  Massey Energy (which includes mountaintop removal in its coal mining operations).  Though these actions are taken against a government agency, they [...] [...] the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and a number of companies including  Massey Energy (which includes mountaintop removal in its coal mining operations).  Though these actions are taken against a government agency, they [...]

]]> By: Pennsylvania Coal Mine Causes Flood Hazard in Local Dam : CleanTechnica http://cleantechnica.com/2009/07/12/new-study-lifts-the-curtain-on-clean-coal/#comment-5977 Pennsylvania Coal Mine Causes Flood Hazard in Local Dam : CleanTechnica Fri, 19 Feb 2010 01:14:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=2771#comment-5977 [...] Department of Environmental Protection has just uncovered yet another reason not to love so called “clean coal:” the agency has determined that coal mining caused the ground to shift under the Ryerson Station Dam [...] [...] Department of Environmental Protection has just uncovered yet another reason not to love so called “clean coal:” the agency has determined that coal mining caused the ground to shift under the Ryerson Station Dam [...]

]]> By: ARPA-E Launches New Round of Game Changing Energy Funding : CleanTechnica http://cleantechnica.com/2009/07/12/new-study-lifts-the-curtain-on-clean-coal/#comment-5976 ARPA-E Launches New Round of Game Changing Energy Funding : CleanTechnica Wed, 06 Jan 2010 04:53:43 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=2771#comment-5976 [...] of rural West Virginia and other low income regions that are literally being blown to pieces by mountaintop coal mining operations.  Until there is intense competition from solar power and other renewable forms of energy, new [...] [...] of rural West Virginia and other low income regions that are literally being blown to pieces by mountaintop coal mining operations.  Until there is intense competition from solar power and other renewable forms of energy, new [...]

]]> By: Biogas from Cows Could Help Save New York City Water Supply : CleanTechnica http://cleantechnica.com/2009/07/12/new-study-lifts-the-curtain-on-clean-coal/#comment-5975 Biogas from Cows Could Help Save New York City Water Supply : CleanTechnica Sat, 12 Dec 2009 14:53:27 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=2771#comment-5975 [...] its twin sister mountaintop coal mining, natural gas drilling has evolved into a new, more destructive form in order to tap supplies that [...] [...] its twin sister mountaintop coal mining, natural gas drilling has evolved into a new, more destructive form in order to tap supplies that [...]

]]> By: Ed Swanson http://cleantechnica.com/2009/07/12/new-study-lifts-the-curtain-on-clean-coal/#comment-5974 Ed Swanson Sun, 06 Dec 2009 06:18:12 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=2771#comment-5974 The coal industry benefits from numerous subsidies and tax breaks. They have billboards along West Virginia Highways touting "clean coal". Well guys, let's see you deliver! It's time to change the economic and political paradigm of energy supply and take back control of our energy future. The UT Supreme Court is on target. A level economic playing field will be created when ALL energy production and conversion facilities to use reasonably available modern technologies. If "clean coal" isn't available, then the coal industry and their lackeys should "tear down those signs". Without a level playing field the USA will never achieve sustainable power supply, and have the potential to create new USA jobs. To succeed, we must require coal-fired power plants - America's largest single source of global warming pollution - and other big smokestack industries to stop polluting with reckless impunity. The coal industry benefits from numerous subsidies and tax breaks. They have billboards along West Virginia Highways touting “clean coal”. Well guys, let’s see you deliver!

It’s time to change the economic and political paradigm of energy supply and take back control of our energy future. The UT Supreme Court is on target.

A level economic playing field will be created when ALL energy production and conversion facilities to use reasonably available modern technologies. If “clean coal” isn’t available, then the coal industry and their lackeys should “tear down those signs”. Without a level playing field the USA will never achieve sustainable power supply, and have the potential to create new USA jobs.

To succeed, we must require coal-fired power plants – America’s largest single source of global warming pollution – and other big smokestack industries to stop polluting with reckless impunity.

]]> By: Ed Swanson http://cleantechnica.com/2009/07/12/new-study-lifts-the-curtain-on-clean-coal/#comment-23458 Ed Swanson Sun, 06 Dec 2009 06:18:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=2771#comment-23458 The coal industry benefits from numerous subsidies and tax breaks. They have billboards along West Virginia Highways touting "clean coal". Well guys, let's see you deliver! It's time to change the economic and political paradigm of energy supply and take back control of our energy future. The UT Supreme Court is on target. A level economic playing field will be created when ALL energy production and conversion facilities to use reasonably available modern technologies. If "clean coal" isn't available, then the coal industry and their lackeys should "tear down those signs". Without a level playing field the USA will never achieve sustainable power supply, and have the potential to create new USA jobs. To succeed, we must require coal-fired power plants - America's largest single source of global warming pollution - and other big smokestack industries to stop polluting with reckless impunity. The coal industry benefits from numerous subsidies and tax breaks. They have billboards along West Virginia Highways touting “clean coal”. Well guys, let’s see you deliver!

It’s time to change the economic and political paradigm of energy supply and take back control of our energy future. The UT Supreme Court is on target.

A level economic playing field will be created when ALL energy production and conversion facilities to use reasonably available modern technologies. If “clean coal” isn’t available, then the coal industry and their lackeys should “tear down those signs”. Without a level playing field the USA will never achieve sustainable power supply, and have the potential to create new USA jobs.

To succeed, we must require coal-fired power plants – America’s largest single source of global warming pollution – and other big smokestack industries to stop polluting with reckless impunity.

]]> By: Utah Surpreme Court Puts Kibosh on Coal Plant : CleanTechnica http://cleantechnica.com/2009/07/12/new-study-lifts-the-curtain-on-clean-coal/#comment-5973 Utah Surpreme Court Puts Kibosh on Coal Plant : CleanTechnica Sat, 05 Dec 2009 22:10:23 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=2771#comment-5973 [...] from being not altogether clean, and aside from involving catastrophic mining practices such as mountaintop removal, and aside from involving a huge carbon footprint and infrastructure investment for transportation [...] [...] from being not altogether clean, and aside from involving catastrophic mining practices such as mountaintop removal, and aside from involving a huge carbon footprint and infrastructure investment for transportation [...]

]]> By: Another One Bites the Dust: Michigan Coal Plant Converts to Biomass : CleanTechnica http://cleantechnica.com/2009/07/12/new-study-lifts-the-curtain-on-clean-coal/#comment-5972 Another One Bites the Dust: Michigan Coal Plant Converts to Biomass : CleanTechnica Tue, 01 Dec 2009 02:44:34 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=2771#comment-5972 [...] plant in Texas is expected to yield ash that is safe to recycle as soil booster - a far cry from the coal ash that is causing so many problems [...] [...] plant in Texas is expected to yield ash that is safe to recycle as soil booster – a far cry from the coal ash that is causing so many problems [...]

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