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Coal and climate change. How to get involved. 124; Comments RSS. Coal and climate change. How to get involved. Carbon capture plans threaten shutdown of all UK coal-fired power stations. Posted on June 18, 2009. As we suspected, it seems that carbon capture might prove too costly for coal. Ed Miliband, the energy secretary, is proposing to extend his plans to force companies to fit carbon capture and storage technology (CCS) onto new coal plants as revealed by the Guardian. Continue reading →. Shipley Op...
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SANC slams CCS ‘smokescreen’ | SANC news
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Coal and climate change. How to get involved. 124; Comments RSS. Coal and climate change. How to get involved. SANC slams CCS ‘smokescreen’. Posted on June 3, 2009. On 29 May, we awoke to the news that Longannet was to become the first coal-fired power plant in the UK to capture CO2 emissions – a demonstration of their CCS system was carried out later that day. Our press release is below. Coal is the dirtiest fuel and if this company was serious about reducing emissions it would either commit to 100% CCS...
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No such thing as ‘clean coal’ | SANC news
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Coal and climate change. How to get involved. 124; Comments RSS. Coal and climate change. How to get involved. No such thing as ‘clean coal’. Posted on March 2, 2009. Clean coal technology like this is at work right now in a coal-fired power station near you. For those of us still unsure just how CCS works at a modern coal plant, the kind folk at thisisreality.org. So take a look if you have a spare couple of minutes. Filed under: SANC news. Tagged: | climate change. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. You are c...
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Coal and climate change. How to get involved. 124; Comments RSS. Coal and climate change. How to get involved. Scotland Against New Coal. Is opposed to the building of new coal-fired power stations and the extension of the life of existing sites. Longannet is the third largest power station in Europe (image by Revdode, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 2.0). Scottish Power is currently considering extending the life of its Longannet Power Station. Coal is the dirtiest fuel there is. You are com...
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More direct action against opencast coal | SANC news
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Coal and climate change. How to get involved. 124; Comments RSS. Coal and climate change. How to get involved. More direct action against opencast coal. Posted on February 23, 2009. At 9am today (23 Feb 09) a group of eco-activists disrupted the operations of Scottish Coal at the Rosewell opencast coal mine. Filed under: SANC news. Tagged: | climate change. Laquo; Underground coal gasification – fuelling the fires. No such thing as ‘clean coal’. On March 1, 2009 at 11:33 am. Leave a Reply Cancel reply.
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Coal and climate change. How to get involved. 124; Comments RSS. Coal and climate change. How to get involved. Coal and climate change. Coal Fired Power Stations. The single greatest threat to the climate comes from burning coal. Coal-fired power. Is the most environmentally damaging means of generating electricity and is historically responsible for most of the CO2 in the air today about half of all global carbon dioxide emissions. In carbon terms coal is the dirtiest fuel known to man. You are commenti...
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Carbon capture plans threaten shutdown of all UK coal-fired power stations | SANC news
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Coal and climate change. How to get involved. 124; Comments RSS. Coal and climate change. How to get involved. Carbon capture plans threaten shutdown of all UK coal-fired power stations. Posted on June 18, 2009. As we suspected, it seems that carbon capture might prove too costly for coal. Ed Miliband, the energy secretary, is proposing to extend his plans to force companies to fit carbon capture and storage technology (CCS) onto new coal plants as revealed by the Guardian. Well, it’s only capturin...
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Miliband’s coal decision is cynical and meaningless | SANC news
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Coal and climate change. How to get involved. 124; Comments RSS. Coal and climate change. How to get involved. Miliband’s coal decision is cynical and meaningless. Posted on April 23, 2009. Some will have heard today’s announcement by Ed Miliband that no new unabated coal-fired power will be generated. Sound like a breakthrough? Sadly not, as George Monbiot. As its oil and gas reserves dwindle, a new lease of life is planned for the North Sea. As we reported previously. A report is due out late April or ...
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SANC news | Opposing climate-wrecking new coal projects in Scotland | Page 2
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Coal and climate change. How to get involved. 124; Comments RSS. Coal and climate change. How to get involved. Underground coal gasification – fuelling the fires. Posted on February 18, 2009. It was announced yesterday that Thornton New Energy has been granted the UK’s first licence from the Coal Authority to use a process called underground coal gasification. Steve Walters, a director of Aberdeen-based Thornton New Energy, a subsidiary of BCG Energy. Continue reading →. Filed under: SANC news. Filed und...
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Coal and climate change. How to get involved. 124; Comments RSS. Coal and climate change. How to get involved. How to get involved. Ways in which you can help our campaign:. 1 Send a letter to Scottish Power CEO Nick Horler asking that he ditch coal and embrace renewables. You can use the pro-forma letter below and personalise it to get your point across in your own way:. Please let us know of any responses you receive at info@sanc.org.uk. Find out who they are at: www.theyworkforyou.com. You are comment...