He has cut billions of dollars in high-tech weapons systems and fired a raft of high-ranking generals and senior Pentagon officials.
If it opens as planned, in 2011, China will have the most high-tech low-emissions coal-fired plant in the world.
The country keeps adding new capacity: estimates run as high as two coal-fired power plants per week.
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In turn, high natural gas prices pushed up electricity prices in many parts of the country, especially in states like New York where highest-priced gas-fired generators set the price of electricity during high-demand hours.
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PERTH, Australia (AP) Up to 15 miners were fired from their high-paying jobs in an Australian gold mine after a "Harlem Shake" performance underground was deemed a safety hazard, a newspaper reported on Monday.
According to a report on Engadget.com, the cable connection across the river separating Hong Kong and the China was powered by a slingshot fired from a high-rise building on one side to a house on the other side.
Rory McIlroy moved into contention for a high finish as he fired a seven-birdie 66 which put the 21-year-old on seven under.
The arguments largely rehashed contentions both sides have made in thousands of documents in this high-profile patent suit, which Apple fired at Samsung in April 2011.
Whittingham fired a free-kick high and wide, while Parry had a goal-bound shot blocked as Chasetown scrambled and harried in defence.
Mark Byrne collected Paul Terry's pass and fired high into the net shortly after half-time to level things up.
The benchmarking firm has also given high rankings to some utilities with a cluster of coal-fired assets: American Electric Power, Duke Energy and Southern Company.
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In June 2011, after the charges came to light, Ryndak was fired as head coach at Crete-Monee High School in Illinois after one season, in which he led the team to a 25-4 record and received various coach-of-the-year honors.
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Ironically, given its far greater effort to tackle climate change, the European Union has seen its emissions rise, partly because of an increase in coal-fired power generation in response to Europe's high gas price.
They therefore have the power to keep prices high by mothballing marginal power stations which happen to be coal-fired.
Ford was fired last week from his cherished side-job as a volunteer high school football coach.
The visitors took an early lead when Fernando Torres fired a fierce drive high into the net after being fed by Reds full-back Martin Kelly.
United could have enjoyed a more comfortable victory had Wayne Rooney not fired his penalty high and wide of the Arsenal goal, after the Gunners full-back Gael Clichy was deemed to have illegally handled.
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The Marine Corps said in a statement that it suspended all use of high-explosive and illumination mortar rounds that were in the same manufacturing lots as the ones that were fired in Nevada.
Prosecutors say Lane took a .22-caliber pistol and a knife to the school and fired 10 shots at students in the high school cafeteria.
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