General Coal/Climate Information; and (3) Clean Coal/Carbon Capture and Sequestration.
(1) GENERAL CLIMATE CHANGE AND CLIMATE POLICY INFORMATION
05/05/2009 -- MR: NPR does a series on the US grid -- map and links at:
http://www.npr.org/news/graphics/2009/apr/electric-grid/
04/22/2009 -- MR: Two reports on the need for a "smart grid:"
http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2009/02/pdf/electricity_grid.pdf http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2009/04/green-superhighway-overhauling-the-grid-to-accommodate-renewables
04/22/2009 -- MR: Climate change issue of Scientific American, lots of topics:
http://www.sciam.com/special-editions/?contents=2009-03
03/22/2009 -- MR: Greenpeace study says renewables can replace coal and nuclear:
http://www.greenpeace.org/raw/content/usa/press-center/reports4/energy-r-evolution-a-sustain.pdf
03/22/2009 -- MR: American Enterprise Institute report on climate policy and the need to protect economic well-being:
http://www.aei.org/publications/pubID.29454/pub_detail.asp
03/11/2009 -- MR: The Climate Change News blog covers the difficult truth about climate change, from many angles:
http://www.climatechangenews.org/
02/06/2009 -- MR: American Lands Report on effects of climate change on National Forests:
http://americanlands.org/assets/docs/NFRC_Rick_Brown_Climate_Report_2009.pdf
02/28/2009 -- MR: EPA report on climate change effects in Mid-Atlantic region:
http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/effects/coastal/sap4-1.html
11/17/2008 -- MR: International Energy Agency Report on what emissions reductions are needed to avert worst-case climate change:
http://www.iea.org/Textbase/npsum/WEO2008SUM.pdf
10/30/2008 -- MR: Pew Center comparison of US climate policy legislation:
http://www.pewclimate.org/docUploads/110thCapTradeProposals10-15-08.pdf
10/30/2008 -- MR: Blog post compares Markey and Dingell-Boucher climate change policy bills, including provisions on coal:
http://sustainableedmonds.wordpress.com/2008/10/23/three-key-issues-emerge-in-congressional-climate-debate/
10/22/2008 -- MR: Provocative essay by Dean of Yale Forestry School on Climate Change and business:
http://rachel.org/en/node/6956/print
10/15/2008 -- MR: home site for Northeast Climate Change Impact Reports:
http://www.northeastclimateimpacts.org/
10/15/2008 – MR: Report on climate change effects in New England:
http://www.cleanair-coolplanet.org/information/pdf/skiing_without_snow.pdf
10/15/2008 – MR: Home site for Mid-Atlantic Regional Climate Change Impact Studies:
http://www.cara.psu.edu/
10/15/2008 -- MR: US Govt. Report on Mid-Atlantic Region climate change impacts:
http://usgcrp.gov/usgcrp/nacc/midatlantic.htm
10/04/2008 – MR: US GAO report discusses policy options to address climate change:
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08605.pdf
10/04/2008 -- MR: blog post excerpts article on the complexity and far-reaching significance of cap-and-trade emissions controls:
http://commontragedies.wordpress.com/2008/09/23/can-you-simplify-cap-and-trade/
09/15/08 – MR: articles say older growth forests are valuable carbon sinks:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080910133934.htm
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080908185330.htm
09/15/2008 – MR: articles and sites on effect of climate change on forests and mountain ecology:
http://www.nevadaappeal.com/article/SS/20080531/NEWS/220386951/-1/REGION
http://www.cfr.washington.edu/research.FME/research/gcc.htm
http://www.appvoices.org/index.php?/site/voice_stories/climate_change_will_put_heat_on_mountain_habitats/issue/542
http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/2008/09/10/6
http://nrs.fs.fed.us/atlas/index.html
http://nrs.fs.fed.us/atlas/tree/tree_atlas.html
09/03/2008 – MR: home page for the Virginia state Commission on Climate Change:
http://www.deq.virginia.gov/info/climatechange.html
08/20/08 – MR: draft Worldwatch 2008 climate report:
http://www.worldwatch.org/node/5868?emc=el&m=136135&l=4&v=181a8076a4
08/11/2008 -- MR: Illustrated National Academies report on basics of climate change:
http://dels.nas.edu/dels/rpt_briefs/climate_change_2008_final.pdf
08/11/2008 – MR: NASA Jet Propulsion Lab website on climate change:
http://climate.jpl.nasa.gov/index.cfm
08/11/2008 – MR: National Academies Climate Change Home Page:
http://dels.nas.edu/basc/climate-change/
08/11/2008 -- MR: 2006 broad review by US Climate Change Science Program of effects of climate change on energy use and production in the US:
http://www.ornl.gov/sci/sap_4.5/energy_impacts/sap4.5draft.pdf
07/19/2008 – MR: Economist magazine articles on climate change and new energy technologies:
http://www.economist.com/specialreports/PrinterFriendly.cfm?story_id=11565685
http://www.economist.com/specialreports/PrinterFriendly.cfm?story_id=11565618
07/01/2008 – MR: US Center for Budget and Priorities Reports on the Effects of Climate Change Policies on consumers and lower-income Americans:
http://www.cbpp.org/pubs/climate.htm
07/01/2008 – MR: Web site for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), with reports on carbon emissions reduction strategies:
http://www.ipcc.ch/
07/01/2008 – MR: EPA report on effects of climate change on US public health and welfare:
http://www.epaclimatereport.com/
(2) GENERAL COAL/CLIMATE INFORMATION
04/04/2009 -- MR: Links to four sites that contain dated (1970s) but still-illustrative information on land ownership in the Appalachian Coalfields:
http://nrs.fs.fed.us/pubs/rb/ne_rb58.pdf
http://www.eric.ed.gov/ERICDocs/data/ericdocs2sql/content_storage_01/0000019b/80/22/86/7e.pdf
http://www.sludgesafety.org/who_owns_wv.pdf
http://www.as.wvu.edu/wvhistory/documents/104.pdf
04/04/2009 -- MR: US DOE annual energy forecast, including low need for new coal plants needed:
http://www.eia.doe.gov/oiaf/aeo/index.html?featureclicked=1&
04/04/2009 -- MR: NRDC Workshop on Coal and Climate -- Bibliography, Resources, Links:
http://www.ccsworkshop2009.eventbrite.com/
04/04/2009 -- MR: NRDC official discusses the Future of Coal Under Climate Legislation:
http://energycommerce.house.gov/Press_111/20090310/testimony_hawkins.pdf
03/11/2009 -- MR: Imagine West Virginia report on the future of coal:
http://imaginewestvirginia.com/ENERGY.pdf
02/12/09 -- MR: Clean Action Report says planning horizon for coal reserves may be 20-30 years:
http://www.cleanenergyaction.org/
02/06/2009 -- MR: Pew Climate Center Report on Coal Policy Options for India:
http://www.pewclimate.org/white-papers/coal-initiative/india-policy
02/06/2009 -- MR: Brookings Institution Report on how the US and China should co-operate on climate change contains important global coal use information: http://www.brookings.edu/reports/2009/~/media/Files/rc/reports/2009/01_climate_change_lieberthal/01_climate_change_lieberthal.pdf
02/28/2009 -- MR: US DOE report on differences in CO2 emissions in coal from different regions:
http://www.eia.doe.gov/cneaf/coal/quarterly/co2_article/co2.html
02/28/2009 -- MR: British report on viability of new coal plants in Europe:
http://by111w.bay111.mail.live.com/mail/InboxLight.aspx?FolderID=00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000001&InboxSortAscending=False&InboxSortBy=Date&n=415225613&wa=wsignin1.0
01/12/2009 -- MR: Blog post links to several sites that suggest coal reserves are less than as often stated:
http://climateprogress.org/2009/01/06/are-we-approaching-peak-coal-part-1/
01/12/2009 -- MR: Article describes the big changes to national and local power grids that are necessary for renewable energy sources to be useful on a large scale:
http://www.technologyreview.com/printer_friendly_article.aspx?id=21747&channel=energy§ion
12/05/08 -- MR: Greenpeace report on the "true cost of coal":
http://www.greenpeace.org/raw/content/international/press/reports/true-cost-coal.pdf
10/30/2008 -- MR: Blog post links to new study by James Hansen calling for phaseout of non-CCS coal power by 2030 or planet faces direst warming consequences:
http://climateprogress.org/2008/10/31/hansen-et-al-we-must-phase-out-of-existing-coal-emissions-by-2030-and-stabilize-at-or-below-350-ppm/#more-4107
10/17/2008 -- MR: review of provisions in pending US climate policy legislation regarding CCS:
http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2008/04/early_deployment.html
10/05/2008 -- MR: 2007 study on global energy reserves, including coal:
http://www.internationaltransportforum.org/jtrc/DiscussionPapers/DiscussionPaper18.pdf
10/15/2008 -- MR: Powerpoint overview of history of world coal use, coal and climate policy, and more by David Hughes at 2008 Peak Oil conference:
http://www.aspo-usa.org/aspousa4/proceedings/Hughes_David_Coal_ASPOUSA2008.pdf
09/03/2008 – MR: Article and interactive website identify major CO2-emitting facilities around the globe:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/11/071114163448.htmhttp://carma.org/09/03/2008http://carma.org/
09/03/2008 – MR: Institute for Energy Research “Coal Facts” report:
http://www.instituteforenergyresearch.org/2008/08/26/coal-facts/
08/18/2008 -- MR: Wikipedia article on Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle coal-fired power plants:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integrated_Gasification_Combined_Cycle
08/14/2008 – MR: US Dept. on Energy Clean Coal Technology home page:
http://www.fossil.energy.gov/programs/powersystems/cleancoal/index.html
08/17/2008 -- MR: US EIA chart showing average electricity prices in each
http://www.eia.doe.gov/cneaf/electricity/epm/table5_6_a.html
08/11/2008 -- MR: Energy Watch Group 2007 report on coal reserves in different countries:
http://www.energywatchgroup.org/fileadmin/global/pdf/EWG_Report_Coal_10-07-2007ms.pdf
08/11/2008 -- MR: Academic website with analyses of US and global coal reserves:
http://www.its.caltech.edu/~rutledge/
08/11/2008 -- MR: World Energy Council 2007 information on world coal reserves:
http://www.worldenergy.org/publications/survey_of_energy_resources_2007/coal/627.asp
08/11/2008 -- MR: US Geological Survey 2000 study on Appalachian coal reserves:
http://pubs.usgs.gov/prof/p1625c/
08/11/2008 -- MR: Article explaining IGCC coal gasification power plant technology:
http://gasification-igcc.blogspot.com/2008/08/visit-gtwbooks.html
08/11/2008 -- MR: Worldwatch Institute article on global carbon emissions and emissions reduction policies:
http://www.worldwatch.org/node/5839?utm_campaign=vital_signs_online&utm_medium=email&utm_source=carbon_emissions
08/11/2008 – MR: Internet video channel with programs on coal and climate change:
http://video.energypolicytv.com/displaypage.php?channel=Coal
http://video.energypolicytv.com/displaypage.php?channel=Coal&vkey=9a395a636e
08/11/2008 -- MR: Website of Americans for Clean Coal Electricity:
http://www.cleancoalusa.org/
07/07/2008 -- MR: MIT study “The Future of Coal” includes the technical and policy aspects of coal CCS:
http://web.mit.edu/coal/
07/01/2008 – MR: Compilation of facts on WV coal production by WV Coal Association:
http://www.wvcoal.com/docs/coalfacts_07.pdf
07/01/2008 – MR: Fact sheet on coal and climate change from Pew Center on Global Climate Change:
http://www.pewclimate.org/global-warming-basics/coalfacts.cfm
07/01/2008 – MR: Center for Media and Democracy website that uses “wiki” technology to collect information on coal issues, with links to journalists and articles:
http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Portal:Coal_Issues
07/01/2008 – MR: Pew Center on Global Climate Change search for articles on coal:
http://www.pewclimate.org/search/node/coal
07/01/2008 – MR: Website on climate change issues by American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity (ACCCE), a partnership of industries involved in producing electricity from coal:
http://www.americaspower.org/
07/01/2008 – MR: Report from National Academies of Science on the future of coal production and use in the US. Includes projections under different climate change policy scenarios:
http://books.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=11977&page=24
07/01/2008 – MR: US Energy Information report to Congress on “Energy Market and Economic Impacts of S. 1766, the Low Carbon Economy Act of 2007.”:
http://www.eia.doe.gov/oiaf/servicerpt/lcea/pdf/sroiaf(2007)06.pdf
07/01/2008 – MR: Paper from the International Labor Organization projecting world coal production employment under various carbons emissions reduction scenarios, dated but interesting:
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/dialogue/sector/papers/impact/index.htm
(3) CLEAN COAL/CARBON CAPTURE AND SEQUESTRATION
04/11/2009 -- MR: Electric Power Institute has links to CCS articles and studies:
http://my.epri.com/portal/server.pt?
04/11/2009 -- MR: Five-part Scientific American series on CCS:
http://ksjtracker.mit.edu/?p=9034
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=how-fast-can-carbon-capture-and-storage-fix-climate-change
04/11/2009 -- MR: Scottish University site with many papers on CCS:
http://www.geos.ed.ac.uk/research/subsurface/diagenesis/publications.html
04/04/2009 -- MR: NRDC says Waxman-Markey legislation "breaks the deadlock" on CCS:
http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/gperidas/waxmanmarkey_breaking_the_dead.html
03/22/2009 -- MR: Lengthy 2006 Scientific American article about CCS:
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=what-to-do-about-coal-2006&print=true
03/22/2009 -- MR: GAO Report on FutureGen CCS plant: http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d09248.pdf?source=ra
03/11/2009 – MR: Ken Ward's Charleston Gazette Blog links to important articles on the future of CCS in Reuters and the Economist:
http://blogs.wvgazette.com/coaltattoo/2009/03/05/carbon-capture-dreaming-the-impossible/#comment-219
03/11/2009 -- MR: website says it has "all you need to know about CCS":
http://www.bellona.org/ccs
02/28/2009 -- MR: Two studies address the future of CCS and IGCC:
http://www.emerging-energy.com/user/marketstudies.aspx?catid=2
10/30/2008 -- MR: Home page for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's Report on CCS:
http://arch.rivm.nl/env/int/ipcc/pages_media/SRCCS-final/IPCCSpecialReportonCarbondioxideCaptureandStorage.htm
10/30/2008 -- MR: Homepage for Kentucky State CCS programs:
http://www.uky.edu/KGS/kyccs/
10/30/2008 -- MR: Website for coal/CCS section of Frontline Energy special:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/heat/view/4.html
10/15/2008 -- MR: Green Alliance Report: "A Last Chance for Coal, Making CCS a Reality”:
http://www.green-alliance.org.uk/uploadedFiles/Publications/reports/a%20last%20chance%20for%20coal.pdf
10/15/2008 -- MR: Powerpoint gives evidence for funding CCS efforts immediately:
http://www.e3g.org/images/uploads/E3G_CCS_and_Climate_Change,_September_2008.pdf
10/15/2008 -- MR: Claverton Energy report describes and analyzes IGCC/CCS combination process:
http://www.claverton-energy.com/integrated-gasification-combined-cycle-for-carbon-capture-storage.html
10/15/2008 -- MR: New Union of Concerned Scientists Report on Coal and Climate Change, especially CCS:
http://www.ucsusa.org/assets/documents/clean_energy/Coal-power-in-a-warming-world.pdf
10/22/2008 -- MR: International Energy Agency report says CCS development is too slow:
http://www.iea.org/Textbase/npsum/ccs2008SUM.pdfhttp://www.iea.org/w/bookshop/add.aspx?id=335http://communities.thomsonreuters.com/Carbon/114950
10/22/2008 -- MR: Charleston WV Gazette editorial says CCS development is too slow:http://wvgazette.com/Opinion/Editorials/200810210606
10/22/2008 -- MR: European study on CCS says CO2 reduction standards are not low enough and are counterproductive:
http://www.pik-potsdam.de/members/edenh/publications-1/Viebahn_etal.pdf
10/22/2008 -- MR: Report from Harvard Conference on Public Perception of CCS:
http://belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu/files/CCS_Public_Perception_Workshop_Report.pdf
10/04/2008 -- MR: blog post takes a comprehensive look at new coal technologies:
http://billtotten.blogspot.com/2008/09/new-coal-technologies.html
10/04/2008 -- MR: US GAO report on CCS research and deployment:
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d081080.pdf
10/04/2008 – MR: major European study assessing CCS is hopeful:
http://www.mckinsey.com/clientservice/ccsi/pdf/CCS_Assessing_the_Economics.pdf
09/07/2008 – MR: MIT home page on CCS:
http://sequestration.mit.edu/index.html
09/07/2008 – MR: article on the future of Coal-to-Liquid (“CTL”):
http://newenergyandfuel.com/http:/newenergyandfuel/com/2008/09/03/is-there-a-future-for-coal-to-liquid-fuels/
09/03/2008 – MR: Congressional Research Service August 15, 2008 detailed report on CCS and coal-fired plants:
http://assets.opencrs.com/rpts/RL34621_20080815.pdf
08/14/2008 -- MR: Science news article on study of environmental costs of CCS:
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/35181/title/Carbon_sequestration_frustration
08/18/2008 – MR: Abstract of major Dutch study of lifetime cost and emissions from coal-fired CCS plant:
http://www.science-direct.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B83WP-4T24FXP-2&_user=10&_coverDate=07%2F23%2F2008&_rdoc=8&_fmt=high&_orig=browse&_srch=doc-info(%23toc%2333792%239999%23999999999%2399999%23FLA%23display%23Articles)&_cdi=33792&_sort=d&_docanchor=&view=c&_ct=34&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=418f32d0df1f5021367364b0ad16d5b3
08/20/2008 – MR:
http://www.engineeringchallenges.org/cms/8996/9077.aspx?downloadURL=true&loId=4E41E5AF-9E85-4B3F-B938-B8C540494A8B
07/19/2008 – MR: Economist magazine article on CCS:
http://www.economist.com/specialreports/PrinterFriendly.cfm?story_id=11565676
07/01/2008 – MR: World Resources Institute report, “Capturing King Coal: Deploying Carbon Capture and Storage Systems in the U.S. at Scale”:
http://www.wri.org/publication/capturing-king-coal
07/01/2008 – MR: Collection of papers on global clean coal and CCS strategies presented at a 2006 World Coal Institute/International Energy Agency conference:
http://www.worldcoal.org/pages/content/index.asp?PageID=344
07/01/2008 – MR: World Coal Institute page on CCS, with links:
http://www.worldcoal.org/pages/content/index.asp?PageID=414
07/01/2008 – MR: Home page for the world CCS leadership forum:
http://www.cslforum.org/
07/01/2008 – MR: EPA proposed rules on drilling for CCS:
http://www.epa.gov/safewater/uic/wells_sequestration.html
07/01/2008 – MR: Wikipedia pages on clean coal/CCS:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clean_coal_technology
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_capture_and_storage
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