Sentences with phrase «air by coal plants»

Last year, he sued to block a rule restricting how much mercury could be emitted into the air by coal plants.

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Darin Kingston of d.light, whose profitable solar - powered LED lanterns simultaneously address poverty, education, air pollution / toxic fumes / health risks, energy savings, carbon footprint, and more Janine Benyus, biomimicry pioneer who finds models in the natural world for everything from extracting water from fog (as a desert beetle does) to construction materials (spider silk) to designing flood - resistant buildings by studying anthills in India's monsoon climate, and shows what's possible when you invite the planet to join your design thinking team Dean Cycon, whose coffee company has not only exclusively sold organic fairly traded gourmet coffee and cocoa beans since its founding in 1993, but has funded dozens of village - led community development projects in the lands where he sources his beans John Kremer, whose concept of exponential growth through «biological marketing,» just as a single kernel of corn grows into a plant bearing thousands of new kernels, could completely change your business strategy Amory Lovins of the Rocky Mountain Institute, who built a near - net - zero - energy luxury home back in 1983, and has developed a scientific, economically viable plan to get the entire economy off oil, coal, and nuclear and onto renewables — while keeping and even improving our high standard of living

RESOLVED: That Berkshire Hathaway Inc. («Berkshire») establish reasonable, quantitative goals for reduction of greenhouse gas and other air emissions at its energy - generating holdings; and that Berkshire publish a report to shareholders by January 31, 2015 (at reasonable cost and omitting proprietary information) on how it will achieve these goals — including possible plans to retrofit or retire existing coal - burning plants at Berkshire - held companies.

In Black Mesa, Arizona, the proposal to construct six large, coal - burning electric plants and three strip mines meant that the health risks of air and water pollution would be suffered by a predominantly native American population, but the power generated would be distributed to distant urban areas.

Yet John Thompson, director of the fossil transition project at the Clean Air Task Force, said Kemper still could open the door for CO2 capture with countries like Poland and India with low - rank coals, by lowering costs for the second generation of plants.

The glut of cheap gas and tightening regulations on air pollutants have prompted the planned closure of 175 coal - fired power plants by 2016, representing 8.5 percent of all coal - fueled electricity capacity in the country.

The agency, tasked with protecting the state's environment and public health, denied air quality permits for two 700 - megawatt, coal - fired power plants proposed by Sunflower Electric for Holcomb, a municipality in the southwestern corner of the state.

The EPA rules require new and existing coal - and oil - fired plants to reduce air pollutants — including mercury, arsenic, chromium, nickel, hydrochloric acid and hydrofluoric acid, among others — by 2015.

«Emissions of particulate matter pumped into the air every single day by coal - fired power plants have greater potential human health impacts than any of the other chemicals we examined.»

Air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions from two coal - fired power plants in the Four Corners area of northwest New Mexico, the largest point source of pollution in America, were measured remotely by a Los Alamos National Laboratory team.

Large swathes of China are affected by chronic air pollution from factories, vehicles and coal - burning power plants.

«Due to advanced technology used at U.S. - based coal burning power plants, mandated by the Clean Air Act and the Environmental Protection Agency, most of these nanoparticles and other tiny particles are removed before the final emission of the plant's exhaust gases,» Hochella said.

Others include: toxic by - products from polysilicon manufacture dumped indiscriminately in China; air pollution spewed from coal - fired power plants that provide the electricity needed to produce photovoltaics; and recovering cadmium, a known human carcinogen that is a primary ingredient in some thin - film solar cells, from mining slimes.

$ 8 billion) over first ten years for deficit reductionObeys PAYGO; Starting in 2026, 25 % of auction revenues for deficit reductionFuels and TransportationIncrease biofuels to 60 million gallons by 2030, low - carbon fuel standard of 10 % by 2010, 1 million plug» in hybrid cars by 2025, raise fuel economy standards, smart growth funding, end oil subsidies, promote natural gas drilling, enhanced oil recoverySmart growth funding, plug - in hybrids, raise fuel economy standards $ 7 billion a year for smart growth funding, plug - in hybrids, natural gas vehicles, raise fuel economy standards; offshore drilling with revenue sharing and oil spill veto, natural gas fracking disclosureCost ContainmentInternational offsetsOffset pool, banking and borrowing flexibility, soft price collar using permit reserve auction at $ 28 per ton going to 60 % above three - year - average market price» Hard» price collar between $ 12 and $ 25 per ton, floor increases at 3 % + CPI, ceiling at 5 % + CPI, plus permit reserve auction, offsets like W - MClean Air Act And StatesNot discussedOnly polluters above 25,000 tons of carbon dioxide equivalent a year, regional cap and trade suspended until 2017, EPA to set stationary source performance standards in 2016, some Clean Air Act provisions excludedOnly polluters above 25,000 tons of carbon dioxide equivalent a year, regional cap and trade pre-empted, establishes coal - fired plant performance standards, some Clean Air Act provisions excludedInternational CompetitivenessTax incentives for domestic auto industryFree allowances for trade - exposed industries, 2020 carbon tariff on importsCarbon tariff on importsReferences: Barack Obama, 2007; Barack Obama, 8/3/08; Pew Center, 6/26/09; leaked drafts of American Power Act, 5/11/10.

Cleaner air means a higher acceptance of coal - fired plants in local communities, and equally important, by lenders and financial institutions — leading to better financing terms for our customers.

Last year Greenpeace revealed that Willie Soon is exclusively funded by fossil fuel interests like Koch Industries, ExxonMobil and Southern Company, a major contributor to mercury air pollution from its coal plants.

They helped pay for newspaper ads there on Monday criticizing the decision last month by the administration of Gov. Kathleen Sebelius to deny air - quality permits for two 700 - megawatt coal - burning plants.

[v] CBC News, Closing Ontario coal plants didn't cut air pollution by much, says Fraser Institute.

By 2020, China has pledged to cut air pollution emissions from coal - fired power plants by 60 %, saving around 180m tonnes of CO2 each year in the procesBy 2020, China has pledged to cut air pollution emissions from coal - fired power plants by 60 %, saving around 180m tonnes of CO2 each year in the procesby 60 %, saving around 180m tonnes of CO2 each year in the process.

China's biggest cities are choking on smog and air pollution emitted by nearby coal plants, and residents are fed up....

Solar Hybridisation of a Coal - fired Power Plant by Air Preheating Using a Centrifugal Solid Particle Receiver

I'm especially proud of and inspired by the many volunteers who worked so long to fight this coal plant and stop it from fouling their community's air and water.

Dolores shares how air pollution caused by a nearby coal power plant is affecting her daughter's asthma.

Increase premature deaths from air pollution by replacing nuclear plants instead of coal plants with natural gas;

But to capture from the air the amount of carbon dioxide emitted by, say, a 1,000 - megawatt coal power plant, it would require air - sucking machinery about 30 feet in height and 18 miles in length, according to a study by the American Physical Society, as well as huge collection facilities and a network of equipment to transport and store the waste underground.

As Houston's mayor, White opposed the eight proposed units as a member of the Texas Cities for Clean Air Coalition, which was formed by then - Dallas Mayor Laura Miller in August 2006 to challenge coal - fired power plant pollution.

The Clean Power Plan (CPP) was a far - reaching effort by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to control greenhouse gas emissions from coal - fired power plants under the Clean Air Act (CAA).

Steadily improving air pollution controls have sent sulfur dioxide emissions from U.S. coal - fired power plants tumbling by more than 40 % and particulate emissions (the alleged cause of asthma) by more than 90 % since 1970, says air quality expert Joel Schwartz, even as coal use tripled.

China, for instance, can improve the health of millions by shifting from coal - fired power plants that cause air pollution.

Coal plants nationwide already only run around half of the time, nearly every Indian coal plant violates the country's new air pollution standard, and India's Central Electricity Authority (CEA) has proposed closing nearly 50 GW of coal capacity by 2Coal plants nationwide already only run around half of the time, nearly every Indian coal plant violates the country's new air pollution standard, and India's Central Electricity Authority (CEA) has proposed closing nearly 50 GW of coal capacity by 2coal plant violates the country's new air pollution standard, and India's Central Electricity Authority (CEA) has proposed closing nearly 50 GW of coal capacity by 2coal capacity by 2027.

Moreover the recent decline of the yearly increments d (CO2) / dt acknowledged by Francey et al (2013)(figure 17 - F) and even by James Hansen who say that the Chinese coal emissions have been immensely beneficial to the plants that are now bigger grow faster and eat more CO2 due to the fertilisation of the air (references in note 19) cast some doubts on those compartment models with many adjustable parameters, models proved to be blatantly wrong by observations as said very politely by Wang et al.: (Xuhui Wang et al: A two-fold increase of carbon cycle sensitivity to tropical temperature variations, Nature, 2014) «Thus, the problems present models have in reproducing the observed response of the carbon cycle to climate variability on interannual timescales may call into question their ability to predict the future evolution of the carbon cycle and its feedbacks to climate»

The air and water pollution emitted by coal and natural gas plants is linked with breathing problems, neurological damage, heart attacks, cancer, premature death, and a host of other serious problems.

When we use more clean energy, we also pay less to treat kids suffering from asthma attacks caused by air pollution from coal plants.

Even so, our region continues to be dominated by expensive, dirty fossil plants that burn coal and gas — harming our health and polluting our air and water, as we watch the clean energy economy pass us by.

According to the 2010 report, «Impact of EPA Rules on Power Markets,» by Credit Suisse, tougher federal air pollution rules that will be coming in the next few years could prompt electricity companies to close as many as 1 in every 5 coal - burning power plants in America, primarily facilities more than 40 years old that lack emissions controls.

This action means that our air, water, and food will be safer from mercury pollution and heavy metals generated by coal - fired power plants.

Jeff Holmstead has used his credentials as a former EPA Air and Radiation assistant administrator to cast doubt over the legality and efficacy of new rules to reduce carbon emissions at US power plants, including coal plants operated by Holmstead's clients.

Older coal plants will continue to be hamstrung by the cost of complying with non-climate pollution rules (such as the ozone air quality standards), plus the perhaps even lower price of natural gas.

Condider this:» The fossil fuels we burn today - coal, oil and gas took Mother Nature 500 million years to make by taking carbon dioxide out of the air and turning it into algae, plants, trees and critters that ultimately became coal, crude oil and natural gas.»

The greenhouse gas pollution of coal - fired power plants is another huge cost that is not factored into the price of electricity (even though 50 % of our power in the US comes from coal), and the same goes for the air pollution caused by the burning of petroleum.

But since most of America's electricity comes from coal - fired power plants, critics worry that any cut in tailpipe emissions would be offset by dirty air from increased coal burning.

Energy storage can replace coal or gas plants in low income and minority communities disproportionately affected by air pollution and other public health risks.

Due to China's air pollution crisis, mainly caused by massive coal burning, 10 of China's 34 provinces have pledged to peak and decline their coal consumption by 2017 and have banned the construction of new coal - fired power plants.

In a Wall Street Journal op - ed attacking EPA's proposal to limit toxic air pollution from coal - and oil - fired power plants, Willie Soon and Paul Driessen obscure the challenges posed by U.S. mercury emissions, which they say pose «minuscule risks.»