Sentences with phrase «coal use for»

While US emissions are decreasing slightly — both as a result of the administration's policies on renewable energy and vehicle fuel economy standards and because of sharply lower natural gas prices that have reduced coal use for electricity generation — it is unlikely that without additional regulation or legislation that the US will meet its 2020 target.

Coal use for power generation fell even more, by at least 4 %, as power plant efficiency improved and gas and biomass displaced coal in thermal power generation.

In another sign that things are changing fast back in Blightey, the National Grid just announced that it had its first 100 % coal - free day since coal use for electricity began:

(Reuters)- The U.S. electric industry knew as far back as 1968 that burning fossil fuels might cause global warming, but cast doubt on the science of climate change and ramped up coal use for decades afterward, an environmental watchdog group said on Tuesday.

Prior to World War II, «clean coal» or «smokeless coal» was a marketing term used to describe anthracite and high - grade bituminous coal used for cooking and home heating.

Oil used for transportation and coal used for electricity generation are the largest contributors to the rise in carbon dioxide that is the primary driver of observed changes in climate over recent decades.

«The drop in CO2 emissions is largely the result of low natural gas prices, which have contributed to natural gas displacing a large amount of coal used for electricity generation.»

About two - thirds of U.S. coal exports are high - BTU metallurgical or «coking» coal used for steelmaking.

UBB was of crucial importance to Massey because it taps the Eagle Seam of incredibly rich metallurgical coal used for making coke for steel.

This statement further supports the theory that the coal used for the Orion coal plants will come from Adani's problematic Australia coal projects.

Not exact matches

It's easy to see why we should produce our own energy — relying on other countries for oil, natural gas, and coal (the biggest sources used today) can get complicated.

It's about where the coal comes from and what it will be used for.

In a room normally used for dissecting cadavers, McConnell convenes a meeting highlighting what he says is the Obama administration's «war on coal.»

Businesses large and small have been making the case that they can't afford paying more for labour going back to when laws were first proposed to curb the use of seven year - olds in coal mines or put an end to 16 - hour workdays.

We need to find alternate uses for our Collie coal.

For instance, in 2002, around 45 - 50 percent of the company's energy mix — what is used by its customers — came from coal, according to spokesman Rayhan Daudani.

A number of coal - and oil - fired power plants will likely be retired, and while Virginia's four existing nuclear units will remain in use, plans for a fifth reactor remain shelved, for now.

NEW YORK, April 1 - FirstEnergy Corp said late on Saturday its nuclear and coal power plant units filed for bankruptcy court protection as the company looks to restructure, sell assets and win government support to cope with competitors using lower - cost natural gas.

Not only that, it would have a cascading effect across the western Canadian economy, with prices for commodities like copper, coking coal (used to make steel girders for apartment blocks) and even energy probably tanking.

While coal experiences more ups and downs than other commodities — the weather can have an effect on prices — the black rock has been in use for centuries.

People in B.C. also lashed out against that provincial government's support for Chinese - owned HD Mining's plan to use temporary foreign workers at a proposed coal mine in Tumbler Ridge.

Producers would have to develop new products and uses for the resource — gasoline, diesel, heating oil, asphalt, lubricants, petrochemicals and aviation fuel — before oil supplanted coal, wood and whale oil, the dominant energy sources of the day.

New research from North Carolina State University and the University of Colorado Boulder finds that steep declines in the use of coal for power generation over the past decade were caused largely by less expensive natural...

During the presidential campaign, hackers cracked open all of the Democrats» secrets and splayed them out for everyone to see, while Hillary Clinton was raked over the coals for using an insecure server for her own personal email.

Williams - Derry said it will be difficult for Clark to use thermal coal as a bargaining chip in negotiations around softwood now that she is on the record saying coal is dirty.

Why also is eco-friendly British Columbia, home of a provincial carbon tax designed to reduce the use of fossil fuels, being such a willing conduit for transporting US coal to Asian markets?

From the mid 2000s, the prices for commodities used to produce steel and generate energy — including iron ore, coal and natural gas — rose sharply.

This year, for the first time ever, natural gas has surpassed coal in use for power generation in the United States.

First, some background on the coal industry: Profitability for U.S. coal - fired power plants has been declining and coal use has dropped radically since 2007 — a trend that is expected to continue.

Three years later, he sold the repackaged company for $ 4.5 billion, an investment strategy he used years later in the coal and textiles industries.

New energy value chains can emerge from Canada's uranium exports to India, where, like coal, Canadian exports would be used as upstream inputs in producing energy for final consumption in India.

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At one point this year, global prices for metallurgical coal (used to make steel) tripled, while prices for thermal coal (used to generate electricity) doubled.

Avista owns a 15 - per - cent - stake in two of the four units at the Colstrip plant in Montana — a major coal - mining state — and plans to use them for electricity production until 2035, said a spokesperson for the company that also operates hydroelectric dams, natural gas and biomass generating plants and wind turbines.

19 No one stops to think, no one has the knowledge or understanding to say, «Half of it I used for fuel; I even baked bread over its coals, I roasted meat and I ate.

I knew then why we used that word, that time's handle for those like them brought be - neath ticking toward Thanksgiving dour squat suns in coal country gone sour

I guess I feel the same way about a liberal agenda that say that to get out of debt we have to spend more, or that my tax dollars have to pay for something I think is morally wrong (Obamacare sets up a fund to pay for late term abortions) or a government that confiscates kids lunches, or tells me how much soda I can drink, or uses my tax money to choose winners and losers (mostly losers but Obma doners) in energy production that produces no energy yet we are sitting on more coal and oil than any other nation on the planet.

The country plans to stop using nuclear energy by 2022, but Chancellor Angela Merkel's government has resisted calls to set a deadline for ending the use of coal.

But that could change when China and India, for example, increase their energy consumption by using their vast reserves of coal.

If using a charcoal grill, arrange hot coals on one side of charcoal grate, leaving the other side empty.Let chicken stand at room temperature for 30 minutes.

But I would note Lahey did not come up with the dutch oven trick — it's been around for awhile and Elizabeth David in her famous «English Bread and Yeast Cookery» talks about how the English used to bake in overturned flower pots, with coals piled outside.

Using a charcoal grill, place sweet pepper on the rack directly over medium coals for 7 minutes, turning half way.

We don't add any wood chips for smoke, but use a pan of water between the coals and the wrapped chicken to keep the chicken juicy.

Using a charcoal or gas grill, prepare a two - level fire, setting one side to medium heat (if using a charcoal grill, bank all of the coals to one side of the kettle — you should be able to hold your hand five inches above the grate for 3 to 4 seconds; if using a gas grill, set one side to medium heat and leave the other side Using a charcoal or gas grill, prepare a two - level fire, setting one side to medium heat (if using a charcoal grill, bank all of the coals to one side of the kettle — you should be able to hold your hand five inches above the grate for 3 to 4 seconds; if using a gas grill, set one side to medium heat and leave the other side using a charcoal grill, bank all of the coals to one side of the kettle — you should be able to hold your hand five inches above the grate for 3 to 4 seconds; if using a gas grill, set one side to medium heat and leave the other side using a gas grill, set one side to medium heat and leave the other side off).

Henri worked with Engineer Alf Burtleson, who later designed caves for FarNiente, Newton, Pine Ridge, and Robert Sinskey, among others, using an old coal mining machine.

Hydraulic fracturing, or fraccing, for coal seam gas uses a host of chemicals; however this type of mining operation has operated on organic farms where the farmer and company have been able to negotiate suitable arrangements and not compromised the organic integrity of the property.

If the coals are still going after dinner, why not use them for dessert?

If using a smoker, don't add wood chips for smoke, instead just place a pan of water between the coals and the wrapped meat to keep the «package» from drying out.

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But no child is going to walk over hot coals for an M&M, and that is what using the toilet may feel like to a child with anxiety or autism.