Friday, October 12, 2012

Climate war looms over US coal exports to China

New Scientist: PLANS for mega exports of US coal are poised to become the next flashpoint in the battle over climate change. The industry wants to massively increase shipments of coal to China and other energy-hungry Asian nations. Such a move would undo the environmental benefits of weaning US power plants off the carbon-rich fuel and lock developing countries into decades of dirty power. So far, protests about the proposed exports have mostly been local affairs, led by those living along the railroads that will...

URL: http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21628864.300-climate-war-looms-over-us-coal-exports-to-china.html
Enclosure: http://www.newscientist.com/data/images/ns/cms/mg21628864.300/mg21628864.300-1_300.jpg

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