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Audio: Is Clean Coal An Act Of Faith?

Chris | 04.03.2010 00:21 | Climate Chaos | Energy Crisis | Sheffield

Attached is a recording of a Sheffield Humanist Society meeting held on 3rd March 2010 in Sheffield, titled Is Clean Coal An Act Of Faith?

The meeting was addressed by Terry Fox (TUC Clean Coal Task Force) and Jenny Patient & Anne Harris (Sheffield Campaign Against Climate Change).

The notice of the meeting was posted here:  http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/regions/sheffield/2010/02/446210.html

Chris
- Homepage: http://www.sheffieldhumanists.org.uk/

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Is clean coal an act of faith? References

30.03.2010 12:40

Following is the content of this RTF document,  http://sites.google.com/site/scaccweb/Home/ccs-references containing references from the Sheffield Campaign against Climate Change:

Coal Health Study, Douglasdale edition – download from
 http://coalactionscotland.noflag.org.uk/?page_id=10

Lake Nyos disaster
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Nyos#Gas_saturation

Fred Pearce, Newscientist
 http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg19726491.500-can-coal-live-up-to-its-clean-promise.html

Greenpeace 2009 report The True Cost of Coal p.37
 http://www.greenpeace.org/raw/content/international/press/reports/true-cost-of-coal.pdf

Greenpeace
 http://www.greenpeace.org.uk/climate/the-case-against-coal-frequently-asked-questions#1

Weyburn Carbon Dioxide Monitoring Project
 http://www.co2captureandstorage.info/project_specific.php?project_id=98

IPCC Report on CCS
 http://www.ipcc.ch/pdf/special-reports/srccs/srccs_summaryforpolicymakers.pdf

George Monbiot on coal reserves
 http://www.zcommunications.org/how-much-should-we-leave-in-the-ground-by-george-monbiot

Poyry Report
 http://www.greenpeace.org.uk/blog/climate/keeping-the-lights-on-without-new-coal

UK Govt Low Carbon Transition Plan
 http://www.decc.gov.uk/en/content/cms/publications/lc_trans_plan/lc_trans_plan.aspx

Committee on Climate Change Progress Reports
 http://www.theccc.org.uk/reports/progress-reports

IMechE report on UK Energy
 http://www.imeche.org/NR/rdonlyres/BB6FF365-FAFD-4B3E-8C8C-6D85084F43E7/0/IMechE_UK_Energy_2050_Report.PDF

Peter Viebahn on Lifecycle Analysis of CCS vs Renewables
 http://www.accsept.org/outputs/peter_viebahn_bonn.pdf

Fred Pearce in New Scientist
 http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg19726491.500-can-coal-live-up-to-its-clean-promise.html?full=true

Corporate Watch report on Techno-Fixes
 http://www.corporatewatch.org.uk/?lid=3126

Chris


Write up of Presentation

19.06.2011 19:34

There is a write up of Anne's presentation here:  http://coalaction.org.uk/?page_id=561

Chris