Sentences with phrase «about coal export»

Correspondent Olivia Munn profiles the nation's most climate - conscious governor, Jay Inslee, and reports on what he'll do about the coal export depots.

Whatever you think of the claims about coal exports and coal - related jobs (several critics of Mr. McCain pounced on that statement), it does seem quite a stark turnabout for the candidate.

Sightline is releasing a new and updated research backgrounder today: it's a «frequently asked questions» about coal exports from the Northwest.

In the new version of «Northwest Coal Exports» we set out some basic facts about coal exports: how much North America currently exports, what the new proposals involve, and what the pollution consequences might be.

Cant leave out Australia when you're talking about coal exports.

Not exact matches

But ask a Canadian politician, and you'll likely hear a drum beat of talking points about China's voracious energy appetite and the imperative to ramp up our oil, gas, and coal exports.

As North American producers massively ramp up plans to export coal to Asia, B.C. figures large in their plans — and in opposition efforts of citizens worried about climate change.

The European Union is by far the biggest customer for U.S. coal, with exports to the UK alone going up by about 70 percent in 2012.

However, more than 20 percent — about 118 million tons — of that coal was reportedly shipped overseas, accounting for about 10 percent of worldwide coal exports in 2013, the year for which latest data are available.

Over and over, in considering the press about Australia» «pioneering» carbon law, i keep circling back to those unaffected coal exports (which I've written on before).

Factor in the «carbon light» CO2 from coal seam gas projects in the East (and other LNG expansion in the north and west) and you're talking about Australia's fossil fuel emission exports equating to TWO Saudi Arabias by 2020, not one as I've been saying to many disbelieving ears.

* The government insists that dealing with global warming is way down the priority list and since our economy is booming because of mineral exports (including heaps of coal don't you know) we should concentrate on that and not get too worried about the water situation.

Perhaps you've already noticed the $ 60 billion coal deal with China, under which Australia will mine about 600 million tons of coal for export to China:

That said, I think Andrew may have been wondering about which COUNTRY has to count the emissions toward their cap or target — the country that exports the coal, the country that makes (say) the cars, or the country that buys them?

I was talking about exporting that technology to China so when they burn their dirty coal, it won't be as dirty, it will be clean.

«Hopes are still high» for his backing, said Lauri Hennessey, a spokesperson for the Alliance for Northwest Jobs and Exports, which comprises about 40 coal companies, transportation firms, labor unions and regional business councils.

The U.S. government forecasters at EIA expect that U.S. coal exports will fall back to about 110 million tons per year over the next two years, due to economic weakness in Europe, falling international prices, and competition from other coal - exporting countries.

Companies are angling to build two export facilities in Washington State from which 100 million tons of coal would be shipped to China, Japan and South Korea a year — about the same as what the United States exports now from East Coast and Gulf ports.

Since Australia is reliant upon coal primarily for energy and for exports, it's pretty obvious who looks to lose - out if the climate scientists persuade the Australian Public about the scientific facts.

One of the attendees — who wasn't a Cloud Peak employee — suggested that mental health advocates travel to the Pacific Northwest, to advocate for controversial coal export terminals by telling locals about the urgency of Gillette's situation..

For instance, South Africa, which depends on local coal for about 77 percent of its energy needs and raises revenue from exports (it is the world's fourth largest exporter), says it is not going to give up on coal for at least two decades.

On May 29, 2012 the Seattle City Council unanimously passed a resolution opposing the development of coal - export terminals in Washington state after raising concerns about increased train traffic and potential harm to health and the environment.

This Wednesday, July 26, neighborhood citizens and members from the Sierra Club and Chesapeake Climate Action Network delivered comments about the main concerns of the people affected most by the coal dust that flows from the export terminal.

«We are concerned about the exporting of coal to overseas markets in that there are no environmental standards once the coal leaves our borders.

At the tail end of the hearing, Sen. Landrieu asked Weiss about the contention that there is little difference in greenhouse gas emissions between regionally produced coal in Europe and Asia and use of U.S. - exported LNG.

Here, Dawn Regier of Portland raised her concerns about the proposed coal export facility.

The lawsuit about the Montana coal mine was filed in 2015, but expansion of western coal mining and exports has been a signature aspect of the Trump agenda.

As Governer Kitzhaber recently said in his speech on April 19th to the Oregon League of Conservation Voters, «The time has come to end all coal exports in the Pacific Northwest» to stop «the very real consequences of climate change», as we are «the last generation that can do something about it.»

Metallurgical coal dominated U.S. coal exports in 2011 (see chart below); metallurgical coal exports totaled about 70 million short tons compared to about 38 million short tons for steam coal.

You can get inspiration from today's New York Times article about I - 732 (and the fight over coal export terminals).

U.S. exports of coal have declined each year since 2012 and were about 60 million short tons in 2016, equal to about 8 % of U.S. coal production.

Between 2000 and 2010, about 5 % of the coal produced in the United States, on average, was exported to other countries.

Besides strong demand for thermal coal, which is burned in power plants, use of metallurgical coal or coking coal, used in blast furnaces, is also expected to more than double in China, to about 1.7 billion metric tons by 2016, as the country's steel mills churn out more steel for automobiles, skyscrapers and export goods, the Peabody study says.

• Support for energy innovation today comes from those concerned about the high (and rising) economic costs, not to mention the foreign entanglements created by America's dependence on oil; the need for greater energy access in poor countries; diseases and deaths caused by air pollution, oil and gas drilling, and coal mining and waste; and the potential for America to manufacture and export new energy technologies at a profit.

Other Powder River Basin producers, including top US coal miner Peabody Energy, have talked about the potential for a new export facility on the West Coast, with Oregon and Washington being mentioned as the top locations of choice.

The 2.2 billion cubic feet per day that Cheniere Energy plans to export daily represents about 432.1 million metric tons of hard coal or 864 million metric tons of lignite that China does not have to burn every single day.

However, current data (through August 2012) show that steam coal exports are rebounding, growing about 50 % in 2011 and on track to grow another 50 % in 2012.

Fred is deeply concerned about proposals to build the largest coal export terminal in North America near Bellingham, Washington, and the herring spawning grounds of the Cherry Point Aquatic Reserve.

Clean Energy Asia and many others are even looking at solar PV as a potential export for Mongolia, which already sees about a third of its economy comprised of natural resource exports such as coal, copper, and gold.

ENERGY OVERVIEW Proven Oil Reserves (1 / 1 / 02E): 2.9 billion barrels Oil Production (2002E): 818,000 barrels per day (bbl / d), of which about 763,000 bbl / d was crude oil Oil Consumption (2002E): 483,000 bbl / d Net Oil Exports (2001E): 335,000 bbl / d Natural Gas Reserves (1 / 1 / 02E): 27.5 trillion cubic feet (Tcf) Natural Gas Production (2000E): 1.32 Tcf Natural Gas Consumption (2000E): 1.17 Tcf Net Natural Gas Exports (2000E): 0.15 Tcf Coal Reserves (2000E): 474 million short tons (Mmst) Coal Production (2000E): 0.33 Mmst Coal Consumption (2000E): 1.47 Mmst Electric Generation Capacity (1 / 1 / 00E): 24 gigawatts (GW) Electricity Generation (2000E): 82.8 billion kilowattthours (bkwh); conventional thermal 52 %, hydroelectricity 41 %, nuclear 7 %

If we are sincere about cutting GHG emissions both here and in the rest of the World we have to plan to reduce our exports of coal.

More information about the export of publicly owned coal is detailed in the Sightline Institute report, «Unfair Market Value: By Ignoring Exports, BLM Underprices Federal Coal.&racoal is detailed in the Sightline Institute report, «Unfair Market Value: By Ignoring Exports, BLM Underprices Federal Coal.&raCoal.»

Major exports of US publicly owned coal, obtained under outdated policies at subsidized prices, would send a troubling signal about the integrity and seriousness of the United States» climate policies.

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

economic and appraisal reports in Wyoming typically contained generic boilerplate statements about the possibility of coal exports in the future and the uncertainty surrounding them, rather than specific information on actual or predicted coal exports ---- even for proposed lease tracts that were adjacent to mines on federal leases that are currently exporting coal.

Note that coal exports would also help lower the trade deficit, which groups like CAP seem worried about.

In making the arguments about the coal - export impact you have to use a figure for the the increased coal burning, not the total coal burning.

There is somewhere north of 100 million tons of coal planned for export from Washington that we know about.

As for how long the BNSF and UP have been exporting coal through Westshore, it has been about five years that there has been much over 1.5 mil tons, this year will be around 6.5 mil including what is going through Prince Rupert, last year was 4mil and the two years before that 3 - 4mil tons.

While the climate impact of the tar sands and Northwest coal exports are both undeniably grim, it is the more visceral concerns about groundwater pollution that have energized both liberal environmentalists and conservative representatives (eg Nebraska's governor) to oppose the Keystone XL pipeline.