Top scientist seeks halt on coal plants
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One of the world's top scientists on global warming called for the United States to stop building coal-fired power plants and eventually bulldoze older generators that don't capture and bury greenhouse gases.
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The world faces a surge in extreme weather events because of global warming and governments must act immediately to avert disaster, Britain&#39;s chief scientist said on Tuesday.
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In what opponents say is a first, a Kansas regulator has turned down a permit for a large coal-fired power plant solely because of the global warming gases it would emit.
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Declaring the global warming debate over, an international team of scientists urged the world's nations on Tuesday to act now to keep climate change from becoming a catastrophe.
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By VICKI SMITH  MORGANTOWN - Opponents of a $1 billion, coal-fired power plant are trying once again to halt the construction, filing a federal lawsuit that claims an air quality permit for the project expired in 2005.   The lawsuit was filed Tuesday in U.S.
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An environmental coalition is calling for a halt on international ships entering the U.S. Great Lakes.
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Energy experts urged nations to move swiftly away from the use of coal and provide new options for the two billion people who still mostly cook in the dark on wood or dung fires.
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The federal government should quadruple annual funding for coal research to $190 million to make better use of the nation's resources and minimize the impact on the environment, the National Research Council says.
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TOPEKA -- More than five months after the state environmental agency closed the public comment period on the proposed coal-fired power project in western Kansas, no decision's come yet on whether to allow it.
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The world&#39;s chief climate scientist disputed yesterday the US government&#39;s contention that cutbacks in carbon-dioxide emissions are not warranted to slow global warming.
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Federal scientists want to tighten smog standards, a step that would allow tens of millions of Americans to breathe easier but also would clash with President Bush's plan to wean Americans away from gasoline.
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Environmentalists are fighting a proposal to build another coal-fired power plant in the Four Corners area, saying the region cannot handle more pollution.
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The public needs to have greater say in scientific decision-making, the British Association leader says.
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BUENOS AIRES -- The world's chief climate scientist yesterday disputed the US government's contention that cutbacks in carbon dioxide emissions are not yet warranted to slow the pace of global warming.
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Science & environment: Government expected to approve building of coal-fired power station without emissions limits
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To head off the worst of climate change, governments must pour tens of billions of dollars more than they are into clean-energy research and enforce sharp rollbacks in fossil-fuel emissions, an expert scientific panel reported to the United Nations on Tuesday.
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Truth before fear Scientists hoping to educate the public about environmental concerns could do themselves and the public a favor by abandoning hyperbolic scare tactics in favor of straightforward talk, according to a prominent scientist.â¦