Protests over approval for Kent coal power plant
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A local authority on Thursday approved plans to build Britain's first coal-fired power station in 24 years, sparking criticism from environmental campaigners and calls for the government to block the move.
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By S.J. Komarnitsky, Anchorage Daily News, Alaska  Mar. 9--WASILLA -- A proposed permit to allow exploratory coal drilling  around the Matanuska Valley community of Chickaloon prompted a deluge of  responses from concerned residents and others.
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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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Hundreds of people blocked Greeceâs main motorway today in protest at the lack of central crash barriers along a stretch where seven teenagers were killed in a bus crash yesterday.
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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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About 150 members of the Service Employees International Union staged a boisterous demonstration outside the Carlyle Group's District headquarters yesterday to protest the private-equity firm's proposed acquisition of nursing-home giant Manor Care.
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A proposal to build the world's largest offshore wind power plant in Nantucket Sound is pitting environmentalists against opponents who foresee it as a blight.
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By john ross  SCOTTISH Natural Heritage yesterday confirmed its objection to a huge wind farm planned for Lewis.   SNH board members reiterated their previous view that land covered by special protection area status might be harmed by the development.
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Tens of thousands of opposition supporters have braved sub-zero temperatures to protest against the declaration of victory for Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych in Ukraine&#39;s presidential elections.
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DENVER - A plan by Colorado&#39;s largest utility to build a $1.3 billion coal-fired power plant in Pueblo is facing strong opposition from people who say both environmental and financial concerns make the facility a bad idea.
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A plan to change school admissions in Brighton brings strong feelings and protests.
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By JOHN BRENNAN Mountain View Telegraph  The biomass power plant proposed for Torrance County suffered a "serious setback" Tuesday when the state Environment Department denied an air quality permit for the project.
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By Bruce Henderson, The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  Sep. 19--A year ago, a handful of people turned out to protest a plan to pipe Catawba River water into Cabarrus County.
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TWO Hearts supporters were arrested yesterday during a noisy protest outside Tynecastle against the clubâs board of directors. The protest saw hundreds of fans descend on the main entrance to the Gorgie
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By Daniel Kelley, Belleville News-Democrat, Ill.  Jun. 15--MARISSA -- A Peabody Energy proposal to reopen a surface mine and use adjacent land as a burnt coal landfill outside Marissa has drawn concern from nearby residents and praise from the business community.
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With population swelling across the West, supporters of a proposed coal-fired power plant on the Navajo Nation reservation say the thirst for electricity is becoming too much for existing plants.
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By Curtis Morgan, The Miami Herald Feb. 11--Coal, the source of half of the nation's power, has a dirty reputation with environmentalists. But a plant that Tampa Electric Co.