Sentences with phrase «us coal electricity»

As U.S. regulations on carbon - intensive coal electricity have gotten tougher, Hawesville's rationale for aluminum began to fade.

Even in a seemingly implausible accidental - release scenario in which all of a well's hydraulic fracturing fluid and untreated wastewater were discharged directly into surface waters for the lifetime of the well, shale - gas electricity had a lower lifetime human toxicity impact, or HTI, than coal electricity, according to the study.

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.

If my memory serves me right, in the early 1980s the Central Electricity Generating Board told MPs that FGD should be retro - fitted to 12 gigawatts of coal electricity - generating capacity.

study paid for by the the coal and utility pressure group American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity.

Wind turbines are showing some very real promise in terms of percentage replacement of coal electricity needs, however it will take very large scale events to replace fossil fuel by a economically viable margin, ie 50 %.

Digiconomist says that with much of the network powered by cheap coal electricity in China, each transaction has a footprint of about 122 kilograms of carbon.

The stark reality is that there is literally no such thing as clean coal electricity in the United States today — not one American home today is powered by a coal - burning plant that captures and stores its carbon pollution.

In sum, I am confused by how to think of the contribution of current global coal electricity generation to global warming.

A group that pushed the clean - coal theme at the Democratic convention, the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity, will be heading to the Republican convention next week.

Eternal thanks to The Clean Coal Carolers from The American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity for creating this grand Christmas tradition that will warm hearts across the country.

Another course participant, Matt Briggs, who is a wild mushroom seller and Near - Net - Zero Retrofit house owner and the writer, director, and producer of the documentary Deep Green - Solutions to Stop Global Warming Now «was waiting for the affordable Model 3 to plug into my 10kw solar roof so I can finally almost eliminate my carbon footprint for coal electricity, natural gas heat, and now oil transport.»

When the The American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity introduced their Clean Coal Carolers in 2008, we called it a» jaw - dropping train wreck of a marketing campaign.»

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 1970).

Coal electricity — world avg 60 (26 % of world energy, 50 % of electricity) Coal electricity - China 90 Coal — USA 15 Natural Gas 4 (21 % of world energy) Solar (rooftop) 0.44 (0.2 % of world energy for all solar) Wind 0.15 (1.6 % of world energy) Hydro 0.10 (europe death rate, 2.2 % of world energy) Hydro — world including Banqiao) 1.4 (about 2500 TWh / yr and 171,000 Banqiao dead) Nuclear 0.09 (11 % global electricity w / Chern & Fukush)

America's Power Army, the sister organization to the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity (ACCCE), sent an email this week to its Astroturf «army» laying out the coal lobby's plans to barrage key Democratic targets in the coming weeks to ensure that energy and climate legislation provides sufficient loopholes to maintain the Dirty Coal status quo.

The American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity, on the other hand, said that Obama's plans are «threatening to tip our country over the edge» economically.

study paid for by the the coal and utility pressure group American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity.

This myth is easily debunked and is a clear result of motivated reasoning sponsored by the National Mining Association and Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity http://www.tech-pundit.com/category/articles/

Today, the corporate polluter members of ALEC's Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force include representatives from American Electric Power, the Fraser Institute, the Cato Institute, the Competitive Enterprise Institute, the Institute for Energy Research, the Mackinac Center for Public Policy, the Heartland Institute, and the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity, to name several.

From September 1 through November 5, for example, the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity and the American Petroleum Institute spent $ 5.5 million on these types of ads, Climate Progress reported.

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.

The American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity, a sector trade group, reinforced the call for swift action, filing a

The American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity, a sector trade group, reinforced the call for swift action, filing a study it commissionedy that claims the PJM market will «lose its resilience to gas outages if coal retirements continue.»

In January 2009, a 2004 leaked memo to then Peabody CEO Irl F. Engelhardt from Steve Miller, who was President of the Center for Energy and Economic Development (now called American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity), detailed the public relations and lobbying strategies being used to counteract issues including climate change, mercury, plant development, and EPA rulings.

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 industry.

* Source: according to an American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity (ACCCE)- commissioned study based upon data from the Energy Information Administration (EIA) and other government sources.

Some electric utilities continue to back special interest groups — including the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity, American Legislative Exchange Council, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and Utility Air Regulatory Group — that mislead on climate science and / or oppose legal limits on CO2 emissions from power plants.

«I think of Bloomberg's millions the same way I do the millions Steyer flushed down the toilet last year — flotsam,» Laura Sheehan of the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity said, referring to the millions San Francisco billionaire and environmentalist crusader Tom Steyer spent last year in mostly unsuccessful efforts to elect candidates committed to government programs to combat alleged man - made climate change.

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

The American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity (ACCCE) is the only national trade organization whose sole mission is to advocate at the federal and state levels on behalf of coal - fueled electricity and the coal fleet.

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.

Bonner had been hired by a PR firm, the Hawthorn Group, to lobby against the bill by the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity.

5 Aug: Australian: Sid Maher: Land for carbon reforestation to take big cut But if the carbon price started at $ 47 a tonne, under a more ambitious scenario, the report estimates more than 60 million tonnes of carbon could be shed through plantation forests and carbon plantings by 2021... The modelling was released as Resources Minister Martin Ferguson named three leading corporate advisory firms to help the Gillard government negotiate a billion - dollar closure of a brown - coal electricity generator as it seeks to cut carbon emissions.

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 report.

Coal electricity — world avg 60 Coal electricity - China 90 Coal — USA 15 Oil 36 Natural Gas 4 Biofuel / Biomass 12 Peat 12 Solar (rooftop) 0.44 Wind 0.15 Hydro 0.10 Hydro — world including Banqiao) 1.4 Nuclear 0.09

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).

Robert M. «Mike» Duncan, president and CEO of the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity (ACCCE), issued his own statement touting coal's environmental improvement over the past decades and expressing concern for the future.

Paul Bailey is the president and CEO of the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity, the only national trade organization whose sole mission is to advocate at the federal and state levels on behalf of coal - fueled electricity and the coal fleet.

Paul Bailey from the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity (ACCCE) spoke at the Southern States Energy Board conference in Charleston on September 26 and said:

American Electric Power and Southern Company are both members of the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity (ACCCE), and the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC).

«The administration is gambling with the livelihoods of hardworking Americans and is threatening to tip our country over the edge in costly and unreliable energy policies,» said Laura Sheehan, senior vice president of communications for American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity, in a statement.

Assume for each person, the carbon tax component of the new coal electricity price would be exactly covered by the rebate.

'' 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.

Now to make dispatchable solar cheaper than coal electricity.

[2] «The cloud begins with coal: big data, big networks, big infrastructure, and big power» (PDF), Mark P. Mills, National Mining Association / American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity, augustus 2013

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.

In addition, she is a member of the Illinois Coal Association, American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity, the Illinois Chamber Energy Council, and the Public Relations Society of America.