Read more coal stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/1097/coal.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 18:54:02 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73233/buffetts-railroad-buy-is-a-smart-bet-on-coal.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBerkshire Hathaway’s acquisition of railroad operator Burlington North Santa Fe is really a "huge bet" by Warren Buffett on the coal industry, writes Steve Gelsi . Burlington hauls more coal than anything else, and the material accounted for a quarter of its third-quarter revenue. Buffett already is heavily invested in coal—...http://www.newser.com/story/73233/buffetts-railroad-buy-is-a-smart-bet-on-coal.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 03 Nov 2009 17:56:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72207/coal-harms-the-planet-and-owns-the-senate.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAs the world turns to Copenhagen this December, the US, which never ratified the Kyoto Protocol, may once again fail to sign up to save the world from serious climate change. Ideology plays a part, Jeffrey Sachs notes, as many Republican senators are "intent on derailing any Obama initiative." But...http://www.newser.com/story/72207/coal-harms-the-planet-and-owns-the-senate.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 21 Oct 2009 8:32:55 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/72000/energy-lobby-split-on-climate-thrilling-greens.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWith the Senate set to consider legislation to tax carbon and rein in global warming, a split has emerged among the energy lobby that may make it easier to pass a clean-energy law. Natural gas producers favor a bill, while their colleagues in the oil industry oppose it; electric companies...http://www.newser.com/story/72000/energy-lobby-split-on-climate-thrilling-greens.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 19 Oct 2009 6:30:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65537/greenpeace-3-china-firms-emit-more-carbon-than-all-of-uk.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagChina's inefficient power plants and heavy reliance on coal are dragging down global efforts to curb climate change, a Greenpeace report warned yesterday. The report found that major Chinese power companies are responsible for a huge amount of the country's coal use and emissions, with the top three producers alone...http://www.newser.com/story/65537/greenpeace-3-china-firms-emit-more-carbon-than-all-of-uk.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 28 Jul 2009 8:00:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/61286/usable-us-coal-reserves-a-fraction-of-earlier-estimates.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFor years the government has estimated that the US has 240 years' worth of coal in the ground, causing officials to dub the US the “Saudi Arabia of Coal.” But that estimate may be grossly exaggerated, the Wall Street Journal reports. While there probably is 240 years' worth of coal...http://www.newser.com/story/61286/usable-us-coal-reserves-a-fraction-of-earlier-estimates.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 08 Jun 2009 10:03:46 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/57061/industry-muffled-own-scientists-on-warming.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA coalition of industries linked to fossil fuels lobbied for more than a decade to cast doubt on global warming—while the companies' own scientists advised them that climate change was irrefutable, the New York Times reports. The Global Climate Coalition, financed by the oil, coal, and auto industries, conducted...http://www.newser.com/story/57061/industry-muffled-own-scientists-on-warming.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 24 Apr 2009 7:27:54 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/54653/clean-coal-myth-proves-industry-is-declining.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagClean coal is a myth, and the companies selling it “have their heads stuck in the mine,” Thomas Kostigen writes on MarketWatch. Although Americans generate close to 50% of their energy from coal, the technology is so yesterday—and the industry is not poised to move forward. It “should be...http://www.newser.com/story/54653/clean-coal-myth-proves-industry-is-declining.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 28 Mar 2009 16:35:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/54127/plans-for-clean-energy-get-dirty-in-transmission.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPlans to green the US power supply are in full swing, with the Obama administration working toward the goal of doubling the current supply of alternative energy over the next 3 years. But, some complain, power companies are using the popularity of green power to push through a needless—but...http://www.newser.com/story/54127/plans-for-clean-energy-get-dirty-in-transmission.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 23 Mar 2009 15:54:44 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/51928/coen-brothers-ad-knocks-clean-coal.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Coen brothers chuck the notion of "clean coal" into the woodchipper in a new ad commissioned by Al Gore’s Reality Coalition, the Guardian reports. The ad, which the filmmaking duo directed for the anti-coal environmental group, features a salesman spraying black smog from a can marked "Clean Coal" around...http://www.newser.com/story/51928/coen-brothers-ad-knocks-clean-coal.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 27 Feb 2009 3:59:13 CST