Air & Climate Newsletter
August 06, 2009

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Forgery scandal throws spotlight on anti-climate bill lobbying tactics
Lobbyists campaigning against US carbon legislation may be well used to accusations of underhand tactics, but it seems that one firm has now gone too far in its attempts to torpedo the climate bill working its way through the Senate, and is now facing Congressional investigation after admitting to forging letters arguing against the bill. According to reports, Washington-based lobbying firm Bonner & Associates sent at least 12 forged letters to House Representatives in the run-up to last month`s crucial vote on the Waxman-Markey bill, purporting to be from minority groups and voicing opposition ...
Japanese utilities to test `low emissions` coal plant
Japanese utility companies Electric Power Development and Chugoku Electric Power have announced they are to join forces to test a new `low emissions` clean coal technology as part of a new $1.1bn project. The two power firms last week announced that they have formed a 50:50 joint venture, CoolGen Corp, with the aim of starting trials of oxygen-blown integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) technology by 2017. The utilities claim that it produces 10 per cent lower carbon dioxide emissions than conventional coal-burning methods.  The second phase of the project, expected to start in ...
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