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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?

Audio Is Clean Coal An Act Of Faith? - mp3 93M

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