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- adjective fueled by burning coal
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Examples
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The "Clean Air Clean Jobs Act" that I signed in 2010 establishes a process for converting aging inefficient coal-fired power plants to cleaner burning natural gas.
Bill Ritter: Natural Gas and America's Clean Energy Future Bill Ritter 2011
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Despite the licensing, environmental campaigners promised to continue to press their case that emissions from the coal-fired plant will harm the health of local residents and threaten endangered animal species, while doing little for local job creation.
Chile Approves Power Plant Anthony Esposito 2011
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TG: Do you think the recent decision in the trial of activists who sought to shut down a coal-fired power plan, where the judge spared them from jail sentences stating that they were acting "with the highest possible motives," marks a sign of shifting opinion vis-Ã-vis direct action to avert climate change?
Tina Gerhardt: Activist Faces 10 Years in Prison After Trying to Save Public Lands From Oil and Gas Companies Tina Gerhardt 2011
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The "Clean Air Clean Jobs Act" that I signed in 2010 establishes a process for converting aging inefficient coal-fired power plants to cleaner burning natural gas.
Bill Ritter: Natural Gas and America's Clean Energy Future Bill Ritter 2011
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Beard is currently in the midst of drafting legislation that would overturn Minnesota's moratorium on coal-fired power plants, an effort that he backs due to his religious belief that God will provide limitless resources while ensuring that humans don't destroy the planet trying to get them.
GOP Lawmaker: God Will Provide Unlimited Natural Resources The Huffington Post 2011
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TG: Do you think the recent decision in the trial of activists who sought to shut down a coal-fired power plan, where the judge spared them from jail sentences stating that they were acting "with the highest possible motives," marks a sign of shifting opinion vis-à-vis direct action to avert climate change?
Tina Gerhardt: Activist Faces 10 Years in Prison After Trying to Save Public Lands From Oil and Gas Companies Tina Gerhardt 2011
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Republicans will also take aim at EPA plans to regulate the waste generated by coal-fired power plants.
Congress Targets Spending Patrick O'Connor 2011
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Generation at coal-fired plants rose 4.2% to 53.53 billion KWh, while the government had set a target of expanding generation by 8%.
India Electricity Output Misses Target Rakesh Sharma 2011
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Republicans will also take aim at EPA plans to regulate the waste generated by coal-fired power plants.
Republicans to Try to Set Agenda on a Range of Legislative Fronts 2011
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Beard is currently in the midst of drafting legislation that would overturn Minnesota's moratorium on coal-fired power plants, an effort that he backs due to his religious belief that God will provide limitless resources while ensuring that humans don't destroy the planet trying to get them.
GOP Lawmaker: God Will Provide Unlimited Natural Resources The Huffington Post 2011
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