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  • The sky is more or less permanently stained yellow by the brown-coal mines which are the town's main business.

    Outsiders Buruma, Ian 1992

  • In connection with the above it may be well to speak of the fungi constituting the mould which often covers the roof and the doors in the brown-coal mines of Halle, specimens of which are shown in Fig. 5.

    Scientific American Supplement, No. 664, September 22,1888 Various

  • His department is responsible for implementing the strategy to retire 2000 megawatts of brown-coal power, which forms part of the Prime Minister's clean energy plan released last week.

    The Australian | News | 2011

  • Mrs Kelly's criticism came as Julia Gillard met key business leaders at her Kirribilli House residence in Sydney last night in a bid to win support for the tax, but that fanned anger from brown-coal producers and electricity generators who were not invited.

    The Australian | News | 2011

  • While Alcoa will receive assistance under a $9.2 billion carbon tax package for manufacturers, the company estimates it faces extra costs of more than $40 million yearly because the smelters use extraordinarily large amounts of emissions-intensive brown-coal electricity.

    The Australian | News | 2011

  • Mrs Kelly's criticism came as Julia Gillard met key business leaders at her Kirribilli House residence in Sydney last night in a bid to win support for the tax, but that fanned anger from brown-coal producers and electricity generators who were not invited.

    The Australian | News | 2011

  • Environment Ministry presented Wednesday its preliminary plan to reduce greenhouse future cloudy for big brown-coal generators - Fitch * Sector faces huge investment costs to meet low-CO2 goals ...

    WN.com - Business News 2010

  • Environment Ministry presented Wednesday its preliminary plan to reduce greenhouse future cloudy for big brown-coal generators - Fitch * Sector faces huge investment costs to meet low-CO2 goals ...

    WN.com - Business News 2010

  • Your email address: Add a brief note: Enter words from the security image above: future cloudy for big brown-coal generators - Fitch * Sector faces huge investment costs to meet low-CO2 goals ...

    WN.com - Articles related to Vehicle Tests on Emissions Were Faked 2010

  • THE Victorian government stood out from the rest of the state and federal crowd with plans to close a quarter of the Hazelwood brown-coal plant in the Latrobe Valley by 2014.

    The Age News Headlines 2010

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