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Canada Aims To End Traditional Coal Power: Report [1]

The Canadian government plans new regulations that will effectively phase out traditional coal-fired power stations, Environment Minister Jim Prentice said in an interview published on Wednesday.

He told the Globe and Mail newspaper that new coal plants would have to include technology to capture greenhouse gas emissions and inject them underground for permanent storage.

Publication Date: 
30/04/2009
David Ljunggren [2]
Planet Ark (Australia) [3]
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Canada [4], Green House Gases [5], Coal [6], Carbon Capture and Storage [7], Cap And Trade [8], Energy [9], Electricity [10], Thermal Power Plants [11]
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