Climate Talks' Progress Like ‘Walking in Wet Sand’ (Reuters) Talks on a U.N. climate pact have become bogged down like "walking in wet sand," but a U.N. summit this month could give impetus for a deal due in December, the head of a key UN negotiating group says. India's Greenhouse Gases to Quadruple by 2031 (Financial Times) India expects its greenhouse gases to quadruple over the next 20 years, but it emphasizes that per capita emissions as its population booms will still be below those of developed countries. India Seeks to Invest in Australian Coal (Wall Street Journal) India's coal minister and the chairman of the country's biggest coal miner said today that India is considering securing coal properties in Australia to plug projected gaps in its supply. DOE Cools on FutureGen’s Clean Coal Plant (VentureBeat) The Department of Energy may have just handed out $27.6 million for clean coal projects, but it’s already looking to curtail its involvement, particularly in the large-scale Illinois clean-coal plant being built by the FutureGen Alliance. Is Coal Front Group ACCCE About to Implode? (Huffington Post) Duke Energy quit the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity (ACCCE), the dirty coal front group lobbying against Congressional action on climate change. Will other corporate members of the U.S. Climate Action Partnership follow?
China kicks off construction on first coal-to-gas plant
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Tackling wider air pollution would speed climate action: UN
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Ontario to cut back coal power 40 per cent
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NASA, ATK Schedule Motor Test For Ares Rocket
