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June 30, 2020 at 8:32 pm
Coal FIRST! JFC! This is almost beyond words. What a waste of money by the DOE to assemble this slick load of bullshit, lies, and distortion. Yet another mortal sin by the Trump administration in its failed response to climate change.
(and just more proof that COAL is not going away any time soon—-besides here in the USA, look at the news from China and India for proof of that)
June 30, 2020 at 10:12 pm
OH SHIT!
July 1, 2020 at 1:49 pm
Don’t hold back. Tell us how you really feel.
July 1, 2020 at 12:48 am
Notice the out – “we want these plants to be emissions free” not possible with coal but WTH – it’s the “we wat” that’s the out – leave an escape hatch a Mack truck could drive through.
July 1, 2020 at 2:29 am
The only emission free coal is the coal which is kept in the ground.
https://www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-why-coal-use-must-plummet-this-decade-to-keep-global-warming-below-1-5c
July 1, 2020 at 2:41 am
Global transition from coal to clean energy has reached a financial tipping point
https://reneweconomy.com.au/global-transition-from-coal-to-clean-energy-has-reached-a-financial-tipping-point-25856/
July 1, 2020 at 2:42 am
❗️❗️❗️TAKE ACTION❗️❗️❗️
Financing Abbot Point means supporting the Carmichael coal export project.
Tell these companies that they must rule out further financing of Abbot Point and other Adani companies.
👉 https://www.marketforces.org.au/info/key-issues/abbot-point/
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TAKE ACTION
Tell these companies to stop pursuing coal power in Matarbari
In the wake of the fiercest storm Bangladesh has experienced this century, Japanese financial institutions and coal developers are trying to push three new coal power stations.
👉 https://www.marketforces.org.au/stop-matarbari-coal-power-projects/
July 1, 2020 at 9:41 am
DUH yet again. It is obvious that COAL is not going away anytime soon—it has the support of governments and the corporations who are spending lots of dirty money. Do you think these projects are going to be stopped by petitions and letters from citizens scattered around the world? That may work on more localized and smaller issues, but not on COAL. Wake the F up.
July 1, 2020 at 9:35 am
And the only inane and downright stupid remark that doesn’t elicit “DUH’s” from the more enlightened is the remark that isn’t posted in the first place. Will Chucky ever learn?
July 1, 2020 at 2:32 am
The CAT would rate the existing US target under the Paris Agreement “Insufficient”, as it is not stringent enough to limit warming to 2°C, let alone 1.5˚C. However, given the Trump Administration’s decision to withdraw from the Paris Agreement, which nullifies the target, we rate the US “Critically insufficient.”
https://climateactiontracker.org/countries/usa/
July 1, 2020 at 9:36 am
DUH again—-is this news to anyone here?
July 1, 2020 at 4:26 am
Ha Ha. There’s some post-Truth for you. Half arrogant, half devil may care.
We’re getting more and more of this kind of outright contempt and provocation.
July 1, 2020 at 2:53 pm
DOE Wants to Fund ‘Small Modular Coal Plants.’ What Does That Mean?
Small modular coal plants could represent a “paradigm shift,” according to a DOE official.
JULIA PYPER MARCH 08, 2018
https://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/trump-doe-small-modular-coal-plants-what-does-that-mean
One thing this article does not discuss is how to get the coal to the small plant. You would still need rail access and offloading facility, unless you’re going to truck it in.
July 1, 2020 at 11:49 pm
Coal is going away, no amount of government bullshit can change that. No sane investor is going to put money into a coal fired plant. New coal cannot compete, old coal cannot even compete on the marginal costs.