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Drumbeat: March 16, 2009
The Oil Drum - Discussions about Energy and Our Future — ... Defense Council on Thursday released a list of what it called the top 15 “filthy” states where plans to build new coal-fired power plants will lead to the production of 14 million additional tons of coal ash waste each year. The analysis comes in response to the Environmental Protection Agency’s promise last week to begin regulating the solid waste produced by coal-fired power plants in the wake of December’s massive coal ash spill in Harriman, Tennessee. Maldives vows to be first carbon-neutral nation The Maldives will shift ...

Clean Energy Island: Maldives Goes Carbon Neutral
Earth2Tech — ... The Maldives, which yesterday announced a goal of achieving complete carbon neutrality within a decade, comes as the latest addition to a growing number of islands going all out for clean technology. As Reuters reports, Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed said yesterday that the $1.1 billion plan involves swapping out fossil fuels for 155 1.5-MW wind turbines and a half-square-kilometer solar farm to power the republic’s 200 inhabited islands. For greenhouse gas emissions associated with tourists’ air travel, Nasheed said the government will offset the ...