Sentences with phrase «american coal industry»

The American coal industry says Mr. Obama is waging a «war on coal» in response to his proposed regulation of air pollution and surface mining in mountain areas.

Yet the American coal industry, which pumps 2 billion tons of CO2 into the atmosphere each year and contributes more than one - third of the nation's overall greenhouse gas emissions, is nothing if not resilient.

Chapter Two: The impartial EPA bankrupts the American coal industry.

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U.S. Coal Receipts at Manufacturing Plants by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code

U.S. Coal Consumption at Manufacturing Plants by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code

Officials have also noted that Brazil is the largest importer of American metallurgical coal, worth about $ 1 billion in 2017, which is used in Brazil's steel industry.

A shift away from coal might be challenging for the province's longtime coal power companies, but that industry is undergoing change across North American, said Smith.

It was the guilt that, more than all the coal or electricity or even atomic power, turned the huge and countless wheels of American industry.

The president said in his speech that the move is to help the American economy, adding that he «loves» coal mines and he will help the coal industry.

And action is going to take money: the IEA estimates at least $ 20 billion over the next decade, whereas the industry group American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity says it will cost $ 17 billion for CCS to be available by 2025.

They include «canceling» American involvement in the Paris climate accord, reviving the coal industry and rolling back federal environmental regulations.

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The other issue, of course, is that since 2001 the American government has been subcontracted to the oil, coal, timber, and agribusiness industries.

In an email dispatch to our Green Inc. blog, Somini Sengupta confirmed some reports that top Indian government and industry figures, with some $ 4 billion to spend, were shopping in Appalachia and elsewhere not just for American coal (exports of coal from the United States have growing for awhile), but coal mines.

Meanwhile, we have CNN debates sponsored by a coal - industry front group, Americans for Balanced Energy Choices, with nary a question to the candidates about climate.

Stacy has also been involved with industry groups like the National Rural Electric Cooperatives Association and the American Coal Council.

At the heart of their case the Clean Power Plan's challengers have painted an enormous fiction: A picture of a stable, healthy coal - based power industry happily supplying everyone with low - cost electricity, until the big bad EPA came along and disrupted everything, forcing the industry into tumultuous change, and destroying the American energy economy.

The coal industry, which last year created the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity, has been equally busy priming Americans over the indispensability of coal (about half of all the U.S,'s domestic electricity comes from it) and its evolution over time as clean - er than it once was («emissions have been reduced by more than one - third» since 19coal industry, which last year created the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity, has been equally busy priming Americans over the indispensability of coal (about half of all the U.S,'s domestic electricity comes from it) and its evolution over time as clean - er than it once was («emissions have been reduced by more than one - third» since 19Coal Electricity, has been equally busy priming Americans over the indispensability of coal (about half of all the U.S,'s domestic electricity comes from it) and its evolution over time as clean - er than it once was («emissions have been reduced by more than one - third» since 19coal (about half of all the U.S,'s domestic electricity comes from it) and its evolution over time as clean - er than it once was («emissions have been reduced by more than one - third» since 1970).

As part of the transition to a clean energy future, the American Lung Association supports providing assistance to retrain coal industry workers and to help impacted communities transition to other economic opportunities.

Industry witnesses were lining up Sept. 11 to take shots at a proposal by the Ohio Power unit of American Electric Power to protect the futures of about 3,100 MW of coal - fired generation through a power purchase agreement it wants approved by the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio.

U.S. Coal Stocks at Manufacturing Plants by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code

In addition, the CPI analysis excluded industry front groups like ACCCE — the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity who fell outside the 501 c 6 category of trade associations.

U.S. Coal Receipts at Manufacturing Plants by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code

Average Price of U.S. Coal Receipts at Manufacturing Plants by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code

Industry misinformation is then pushed to the public through astroturf front groups (like the Koch - funded and - founded Americans for Prosperity), through advertising campaigns (like those run by the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity), and by hiring «scientists» or «experts» with that special lack of integrity and credibility that allows a person to earn money at the expense of a far, far broader population.

Peabody Energy, a longtime leader and big financial supporter of ALEC, was a top conference sponsor, along with the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity, a trade association group for the coal indusCoal Electricity, a trade association group for the coal induscoal industry.

Background on the coal industry's lobbying to prevent regulation can be found in DeSmogBlog / PolluterWatch report, Coal - Fired Utilities to American Public: Kiss My Ash [pcoal industry's lobbying to prevent regulation can be found in DeSmogBlog / PolluterWatch report, Coal - Fired Utilities to American Public: Kiss My Ash [pCoal - Fired Utilities to American Public: Kiss My Ash [pdf].

Who cares about 8 % unemployment, the flatlined economy, abandoning Americans to die in Bengahzi, Joe Biden's buffonery, fast & furious, national debt, USA credit downgrade, trillion dollar annual budget deficits, deliberate sabotage of the coal industry, ACORN, failed foreign policy (Iran with nuclear weapons, bowing to China, stiffing U.K and Israel, etc) abysmal people judgement (Biden again, plus H. Clinton, T, Geithner; K. Sebelius; E. Holder, etc), stopping the pipeline for Canadian oil, blocking drilling in US land, secret «kill lists», ObamaCare, attacking religious liberty, you didn't build that, unseemly chest - pounding over bin Laden (GM is dying but bin Laden is coming back to life), 20 years of Jeremiah Wright, failure of crony capitalism deals with Solyndra - NextEra — Ener1 — Solar Trust etc., over 100 rounds of golf in 1st 3 yrs, choom, the Chevy Volt, insisting the Ft Hood massacre was «workplace violence», secret college transcripts, «clearly the Boston police acted stupidly», disregard of the Simpson - Bowles budget recommendations (after commissioning their work), and lots more irrelevant stuff.

He is also the president and CEO of the American Coallition for Clean Coal electricity (ACCCE), a front group for the coal indusCoal electricity (ACCCE), a front group for the coal induscoal industry.

Yes, even the fossil fuel industry has, for example, the American Petroleum Institute, the Independent Petroleum Association of America, the National Mining Association, and the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity.

What hasn't been reported is the complementary role of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), which has peddled laws written by corporate lobbyists through state legislatures that make it easy for its dirty energy members, such as Exxon, Koch Industries and Peabody coal, to influence how climate science is presented to students.

«There is a direct link between coal - based, low - cost electricity and economic prosperity... On all fronts, we need a strong sense of urgency to support the people and the industry who have fueled the American Dream, and who will continue to do so.»

American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), which has peddled laws written by corporate lobbyists through state legislatures that make it easy for its dirty energy members, such as Exxon, Koch Industries and Peabody coal, to influence how climate science is presented to students.

A spokeswoman at the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity, the coal industry's main lobbying arm, did not have an immediate comment about the repCoal Electricity, the coal industry's main lobbying arm, did not have an immediate comment about the repcoal industry's main lobbying arm, did not have an immediate comment about the report.

John Felmy, chief economist for the American Petroleum Institute, the oil industry's main trade group, told InsideClimate News that targeting stable and profitable investments in coal, oil and gas could backfire.

While the CEI doesn't reveal its funding sources, the Washington Post looked at a sample of donors at CEI's annual dinner which included energy companies Marathon Petroleum, Koch Industries, American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity, and American Fuel and Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM).

In the realm of the political climate, both Romney and Ryan should be constantly bashing Obama and the Democrats over their destruction of the coal industry, and the anti-science green, fanatic jihad unleashed on the American economy.

WASHINGTON — Ten moderate Senate Democrats from states dependent on coal and manufacturing sent a letter to President Obama on Thursday saying they would not support any climate change bill that did not protect American industries from competition from countries that did not impose similar restraints on climate - altering gases.

Yet a message of denial and confusion got the industry only so far, so the main backers of CEED, including Western Fuels and major coal producers like Peabody and Southern Company, formed Americans for Balanced Energy Choices (ABEC) to promote clean coal.

'' So far in 2008, the major industry players, Southern Company, Duke Energy, American Electric Power, the Edison Electric Institute, and American Coalition For Clean Coal Electricity spent $ 4.0 million on broadcast and cable television advertising; $ 0.4 million on radio advertising; $ 2.4 million on print advertising in magazines and newspapers; $ 0.1 million on internet advertising; and $ 0.3 million on other types of advertising.

While the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) doesn't reveal the sources behind its $ 7 million annual budget, the Washington Post was able to glimpse a snapshot of CEI's funding in a list of donors to CEI's annual dinner, which included energy companies Marathon Petroleum, Koch Industries, American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity, and American Fuel and Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM).

For example, it won't suprise anyone that an investigation of the internet's energy use by the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity sees much higher electricity consumption than a report written by the information and communication technology industry itself.

But, protecting and preserving the coal industry is a human issue to me, as I know the names of many of the Americans whose jobs and family livelihoods have been destroyed by the federal government's failed anti-coal policies and senseless regulations.

The coal industry's $ 35 million spin machine, Americans for Balanced Energy Choices (ABEC), is now the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity (ACCcoal industry's $ 35 million spin machine, Americans for Balanced Energy Choices (ABEC), is now the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity (ACCCoal Electricity (ACCCE).

Further, the corporate - funded campaign to play up uncertainties in climate science, carried out through industry associations like the American Petroleum Institute and front groups like the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity, has done its part to sow public confusion about the level of consensus in climate science.

The American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity (ACCCE) is an industry group promoting coal, of which Peabody coal is a key corporate memCoal Electricity (ACCCE) is an industry group promoting coal, of which Peabody coal is a key corporate memcoal, of which Peabody coal is a key corporate memcoal is a key corporate member.

The coal industry, for one, has been raising money in order to mount a nationwide television, radio, and magazine advertising campaign aimed at convincing Americans that global warming is not a problem.

Similarly, by taking advantage of progressive clean energy policies and strategies to spur inclusion, the U.S. solar installation industry employs 4,000 more African - Americans, 5,000 more Asian / Pacific Islanders, 10,000 more women and 16,000 more Latinos than the coal mining industry.

The presumptive Republican nominee has claimed he will revive mining jobs and boost heavy industry in this downtrodden slice of American coal country.

Several industry trade groups paid for the report, including the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity and American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers.