Sentences with phrase «announced by coal»

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Global production grew only 2 %, as the Obama administration announced strict new rules limiting carbon emissions by coal plants.

Beijing recently announced that it would cut steel production capacity by 150 million tons and coal by 500 million tons over a three to five - year period.

The Alberta government received the final report from the independent panel led by University of Alberta economics professor Andrew Leach and announced its plans to phase out coal burning electricity plants, phase in a price on carbon, introduce a limit on overall emissions from the oil sands and introduce an energy efficiency strategy.

[33] A month later, Miliband announced to the House of Commons a change to the government's policy on coal - fired power stations, saying that any potential new coal - fired power stations would be unable to receive government consent unless they could demonstrate that they would be able to effectively capture and bury 25 % of the emissions they produce immediately, with a view to seeing that rise to 100 % of emissions by 2025.

Cuomo announced a deal in December 2013, subsequently approved by the PSC, to provide the coal - powered Dunkirk plant with $ 20.4 million a year to help renovate it to burn natural gas.

Noted the National Republican Congressional Committee in its take on Hein's passing of the cup, «Ulster County executive Mike Hein just dropped a huge load of coal into the stockings of local and national Democrats this afternoon by announcing that he would not run for Congress in NY - 19.»

If the Scheme is approved by Coal & Allied shareholders, and subject to Coal & Allied obtaining a ruling from the Australian Taxation Office, Coal & Allied will announce a fully franked special dividend of A$ 8 per share.

The US president used his state of the union address yesterday to announce plans to cut the use of petrol by 20 per cent in the next decade and diversify the US» energy sources by investing in clean coal, solar and wind power.

Cuomo personally traveled to Western New York to announce a repowering agreement for a coal - burning facility in Dunkirk that would switch it to natural gas and keep the town's revenue base intact, largely by forcing utility ratepayers o pay a little extra on their monthly bills.

Yet the loudest applause was reserved for Henri de Castries, chairman of Axa, who announced the withdrawal of the company's investments in coal by the end of the year.

Further, Chinese officials have announced plans to explicitly cap China's total energy use at four billion metric tons of coal - equivalent by 2015; they also have drafted a «New Energy Industry Development Plan» that would invest amore than $ 750 billion in «new energy,» which includes nuclear, in the next decade.

When the coal company announces a lower pay rate, a strike is called by United Mine Worker Joe Kenehan (Chris Cooper).

The New York based gallery Ameringer McEnery Yohe has announced a forthcoming solo exhibition by the Brooklyn based artist Brian Alfred which will present recent works under the title It Takes A Million Years To Become Diamonds So Let's All Just Burn Like Coal Until The Sky Is Black.

The UK government pledged last year that coal would be phased out by 2025 In November, they announced that the last coal plant could close as early as 2022 without government intervention, due to rising costs related to compliance with emissions standards.

China announced that its carbon emissions would peak by 2030, a remarkable goal for a nation that has built its powerful economy on the back of coal - fired energy.

In the wake of a string of coal mine disasters nationwide (e.g. Yunnan, Heilonjiang and Henan), Shanxi province announced that it plans to improve mining safety and half the number of mines in its province from 2,840 to 1,414 by 2010.

The UK government announced on Friday how it expects to phase out coal generation by 2025 — by making it impossible for plants to generate without as - yet unproven carbon capture and storage technology.

The study is the first to model demand for oil, gas and thermal coal under the International Energy Agency's Beyond 2 Degrees Scenario introduced last year, aligned with 1.75 C, the mid-point of the Paris Agreement, and compare it with the IEA's New Policies Scenario, aligned with 2.7 C, consistent with emissions policies announced by global governments.

Since the law was announced, the country has also announced a coal phase out and its new centre - right president has called for 100 % renewable electricity to be achieved by 2040.

Beijing is implementing ambitious renewable energy schemes at home and has announced plans to reshape its energy sector and reduce its use of coal — by far the most polluting fossil fuel.

It is worth noting that the site of next year's round of annual climate change negotiations, announced Thursday by the United Nations, will be Katowice, Poland — a city in the heart of the Polish coal belt.

In January 2009, Peabody announced plans to reduce its yearly production of Powder River Basin coal production by 10 million tons because of the economic downturn and weakening demand worldwide.

It was announced in early October 2012 that a joint environmental review of the proposed coal port would be conducted by Cowlitz County, the Washington Department of Ecology and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

On February 23, 2010 it was announced that Pioneer Fuels» Horse Creek Surface Mine, which is owned by parent company Foundation Coal, spilled into the Clear Fork River in West Virginia.

BERLIN, 23 March 2018 — Coal plant closure momentum is growing in Europe this month, with four German plants retiring or announcing retirement in March, and Ireland committing to a total coal phase out by 2Coal plant closure momentum is growing in Europe this month, with four German plants retiring or announcing retirement in March, and Ireland committing to a total coal phase out by 2coal phase out by 2025.

Perhaps the most totemic sign of the times came in September when the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, a philanthropic body set up by the heirs to the Standard Oil fortune, announced that it would pull its money out of fossil fuels, beginning with coal and tar sands.

On Dec. 15, Epcor Inc., a utility owned by the City of Edmonton announced it would expand its coal - fired Genesee plant by adding another 400 - megawatt unit.

On Wednesday, a coalition of European energy companies announced that there would be no new coal plants built throughout the European Union after 2020, in an effort to meet goals set forth by the Paris climate agreement.

«That demands a speedy switch to the phaseout pathway, especially regarding conversion of coal into electricity,» Barbara Hendricks, the German Environment Minister, said by e-mail before the deal was announced on Saturday.

The measures announced by Obama, including vehicle emissions standards and restrictions on coal - fired power stations appear set to achieve further substantial reductions, again while yielding net economic benefits.

The announced closure in early March of the Navajo coal plant, the largest in the US West, by 2019, demonstrates that coal - fired generation will still struggle going forward.

FutureGen, a $ 1.5 billion clean coal project headed up by the federal government and private power companies, will announce the location of its cleaner power plant as early as Tuesday.

At the same time, however, the minister acknowledged that making a significant dent into the level of carbon emissions produced by gas - fired power plants will not happen «overnight», and was even at pains to stress that his department will not be imposing the same emission constraints on them as have already been announced for coal - fired plants.

** Excluding those that are already announced to retire, as well as Gainesville Regional Utilities» Deerhaven plant, which is not listed as a coal generator in the database used by UCS.

A few months later, TXU Corp., a Dallas - based energy company, announced plans to double its power production by building eight coal - fired units.

Finalized EPA rules announced by President Obama would reduce carbon emissions by shutting down coal - fired power plants, shifting U.S. energy mix by 2030

In an effort to curb climate change, both Britain and Canada have announced plans to stop building new conventional coal power plants, a move long - advocated by environmentalists.

The Obama Administration announced sweeping new rules for existing coal - fired power plants on Monday that would cut emissions by 30 percent from 2005 levels by 2030.

When Alabama Power announced they were planning to retire some coal power plants — Politicians reacted by saying: «Coal was created in Alabama by God, and the federal government should not enact policy that runs counter to God's plan&raqcoal power plants — Politicians reacted by saying: «Coal was created in Alabama by God, and the federal government should not enact policy that runs counter to God's plan&raqCoal was created in Alabama by God, and the federal government should not enact policy that runs counter to God's plan».

If DECC is right and old coal plants will close down anyway, there would seem to be a political opportunity to claim climate leadership by announcing a ban on unabated coal.

On March 2, 2010 the EPA announced that it had granted a Clean Water Act permit for the Hobet 45 mine in Lincoln County, West Virginia after Hobet Mining LLC, a company owned by Patriot Coal, had agreed to additional «significant protections» against environmental impacts.

On October 16, 2009, the EPA announced that it planned to use its authority to halt the permit for Mingo Logan Coal's Spruce 1 Mine, which is owned by Arch Coal.

The Chinese government announced Wednesday it would cap coal use by 2020.

In 2014 Enel announced plans to cut off 13GW of its fossil fuel capacity in Italy by 2020 and the company also cancelled two planned coal plants in Italy and Chile.

The Obama administration this week announced a moratorium on new coal leases on federal land while it conducts a sweeping review of the coal program administered by the U.S. Department of Interior, examining the terms under which the coal is sold and environmental impacts associated with extracting and burning it.

Notably, Stanford University earlier this year announced it will divest publicly listed coal mining companies from its $ 19bn endowment, citing, like other fiduciaries as of late, the substantial environmental and social injury caused by coal as the justification for its decision.

The Canadian government recently announced plans to phase out coal - fired electricity generation by 2030.

In June 2014, President Obama's Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a set of proposed new regulations that would see the U.S. coal sector reduce its greenhouse gas emissions 30 percent by 2030.

Gohl said the POWER grants announced Thursday were intended to help fill the gaps created by the downturn in the U.S. coal industry.

Stranded value is defined as the difference between the NPV of cashflow in the B2DS (which phases - out all coal power by 2030) and the NPV of cashflow in the BAU scenario (which is based on retirements announced in company reports).