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By Roger Bezdek President, Management Information Services, Inc. On 2 June 2014, under President Obama’s Climate Action Plan and using the authority of Clean Air Act (CAA) section 111(d), the U.S....
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By Milagros Miranda R. Policy Director, World Coal Association When Laurent Fabius, then France’s Foreign Minister, gaveled through the Paris Agreement on the evening of Saturday, 12 December, he...
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By Milagros Miranda R. Policy Director, World Coal Association As of 2015 the world has a new global framework for sustainable development, supported by these four pillars: the Paris Agreement on...
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By Jeffrey H. Michel Independent Energy Consultant Lignite, a low-grade fossil fuel in geological transition from peat to hard coal, is a mainstay of power generation and heating services between...
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By Lidia Gawlik Mineral and Energy Economy Research Institute, Polish Academy of Sciences Eugeniusz Mokrzycki Mineral and Energy Economy Research Institute, Polish Academy of Sciences The modern...
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