Sentences with phrase «coal industry executives»

According to The Guardian, the meeting's attendees were «across the board from the energy sector including not only coal industry executives but also some from oil and gas industry, manufacturers and supplies of the energy sector generally as well as leaders of the banking and financial industry that follow and impact the sector.»

The materials don't say what Bush will be speaking about, but in a room of coal industry executives and potential major Bush campaign funders, climate change and proposed cuts in carbon emissions are sure to dominate the conversation.

Arch Coal and other coal companies invited former Florida Governor and likely presidential candidate Jeb Bush to be the keynote speaker at the 2015 Coal and Investment Leadership Forum, an invitation - only retreat that brings together coal industry executives, Republican donors, and other «stakeholders,» according to an invitation obtained by the Center for Media and Democracy and reported on by The Guardian.

If you've seen U.S. coal industry executives casting wistful glances across the Atlantic recently, there's a reason.

Coal industry executives contend that it can compete against gasoline if oil prices are $ 50 a barrel or higher.

Ian Dunlop, a former oil, gas and coal industry executive and ex-chair of the Australian Coal Association, now directs Safe Climate Australia.

During the presidential campaign, Trump said environmental rules had «ravaged coal country,» but a coal industry executive said this week it was unlikely anything Trump does would bring back coal jobs.

Ian Dunlop was an international oil, gas and coal industry executive, chairman of the Australian Coal Association and chief executive of Read more about Ian Dunlop: Community, institutional and corporate leadership essential -LSB-...]

Not exact matches

Requiring the reduction of carbon emissions will make coal - based energy more costly, while solar and wind technology are expected to be priced more competitively, thereby supporting those alternative energy industries, says Jason Blumberg, chief executive and managing director of Energy Foundry, a Chicago - based cleantech impact venture capital fund.

Trump said that, if elected, he would rescind Obama's «job - destroying» executive actions, «save» the coal industry, revive the Keystone XL pipeline project and cancel the Paris climate accords.

Surrounded by coal industry workers, donned in khaki pants and polo shirts, President Trump signed an executive order in March pulling the plug on his predecessor's plan to close hundreds of coal - fired power plants to reduce carbon emissions.

«The coal industry is facing huge pressures, and the main reason is China — but it is not the only reason,» IEA Executive Director, Fatih Birol, said.

Regulations on the coal industry are driving massive layoffs and the shuttering of coal plants in Pennsylvania, injecting environmental issues into that state's hotly contested Senate race between incumbent Democrat Bob Casey Jr. and Republican challenger and coal mining executive Tom Smith.

The industry has faltered because of declining global demand and low natural gas prices, which have encouraged electric power companies to use gas instead of coal to generate electricity, said Ray Rasker, executive director of Headwaters Economics, an independent research group focusing on the economic implications of land management decisions in the West.

David Slater told electricity industry executives that the cleanest option for burning coal and oil is a system called integrated gasification and combined cycle.

Wyoming Mining Association executive director Jonathan Downing said: «This is yet another salvo in the President's efforts to kill the coal industry.

Leading executives from the solar and wind industries went on the offensive this week at a climate conference in Paris, telling coal executives that renewable energy is the future, and that they had better get used to it.

7) «Fossil - Dependent Electric Utility Executives & Large Shareholders» — One of the prime consumers of coal and natural gas is the electricity generation industry, which consumes almost all of the coal produced in the world, and a high percentage of the natural gas.

This cabal consists of the executive directors of a handful of industry associations in the coal, oil, cement, aluminium, mining and electricity industries.

Phil Radford, executive director of Greenpeace USA, believes that cheap natural gas will collapse the coal industry, but in a post-coal world, natural gas prices will inevitably rise, ushering in the clean energy economy.

He is an active member and leader in a number of industry organizations, and currently serves as a Director of the National Mining Association, and is also an Executive Member of the Illinois Coal Association.

The Kentucky solar project, for instance, began in early 2016 when Ryan Johns, project development executive of Berkeley Energy, decided he wanted to help diversify the company's portfolio as the coal mining industry declines.

First published in Cornerstone, Volume 4, Issue 4 By Janet Gellici, Chief Executive Officer, National Coal Council Consensus is growing among industry, the environmental community,...

... Robert Murray, chairman and chief executive of Murray Energy Corp., warned the coal industry could collapse with the loss of 3 million to 4 million jobs if carbon dioxide emission controls are introduced.

If Shaun McCutcheon gets his way, these oil, coal, and gas industry executives could collectively give $ 312,455,200 in the next election [1].

«There is no power source that doesn't benefit from federal and state incentives, so it's highly unlikely that coal and nuclear are becoming uncompetitive due to incentives for renewable energy,» said Abigail Ross Hopper, the president and chief executive of the Solar Energy Industries Association.