Sentences with phrase «big coal states»

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Some big American coal companies have advised President Donald Trump's administration to break his promise to pull the United States out of the Paris Climate Agreement — arguing that the accord could provide their best forum for protecting their global interests.

Plus, he noted, because coal from western states, including Wyoming — by far the nation's top coal producer — is considerably cheaper than Appalachia's, «even if there's a big resurgence in demand, it's not likely to be for Kentucky coal.»

Democrats from coal - producing states, led by West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin, had delayed the Senate vote on the funding bill in a failed attempt to get a bigger extension of miners» healthcare benefits that expire at the end of this year.

The power industry is highly regional, and some states have big solar and wind industries, while others benefit from large natural gas resources, or have long had major coal plants.

A big part of President Obama's climate legacy will be the U.S. Clean Power Plan, which will cut pollution from U.S. coal plants — and, importantly, allows imports of new Canadian clean power to help states meet their targets.

Calling the United States «the biggest polluter and the biggest energy user in the world,» Turner said the country needs to take the lead in ridding itself of coal and oil dependence.

Legislation introduced in the state Senate and Assembly would prohibit the state's pension fund from investing in big oil, gas or coal companies.

The power sector contributes 40 percent of the greenhouse gas emissions of the United States, and coal - fired power plants are the sector's biggest emitters.

One - third of those plants, among the oldest and dirtiest in the United States, were to be shuttered by the end of 2012, making it the biggest year for coal plant retirements in the nation's history.

China: A November report predicts that the coal - powered, populous country will surpass the United States in 2009 as the world's biggest emitter of climate - warming carbon dioxide.

Marufu's samples show that coal - burning power plants produce a bigger - than - expected share of the chemical cocktail that people in the northeastern United States inhale every day.

COLSTRIP, Mont. — This isolated town on the eastern Montana plain is known for the coal plant at its center, its four smokestacks jutting nearly 700 feet into the state's namesake «Big Sky.»

Pollution from coal burning, in the United States and particularly in developing countries, has big impacts on public health, and the climate impact from coal - generated carbon dioxide could be enormous if the world's still - vast reserves are heavily exploited.

I have stumbled onto Carbon Capture Report, a Web site maintained by the University of Illinois to track global news coverage of climate change and work on capturing and sequestering carbon dioxide (a big focus in Illinois and other states with significant coal resources).

In the wake of Australia's move to add a price to carbon dioxide emissions — which is particularly notable considering the country is one of the world's big exporters of coal (and related CO2 emissions)-- I sent a query to some Australian analysts of climate and energy policy to see if this holds lessons for the United States.

It's not surprising that India, despite big domestic coal reserves, is shopping in the United States for new coal sources to feed its climb toward electrification, industrialization, and prosperity.

Can his plans on either front pass muster with the big bloc of lawmakers in Congress who are not from red or blue states but fossil states — those sitting on, or dependent on, coal and oil?

A coalition of coal companies, big polluters in the power industry, and their political allies in mostly red states are trying everything to block the Clean Power Plan.

To get an idea of how all of this looks in the bigger scheme of things, we can compare that entire state - wide 150 MW of solar energy to one single coal - fired power station.

It's a massive 1,500 megawatt plant that is the largest remaining coal plant in New England, and it's one of the biggest polluters in the state.

We also single out the biggest culprits when it comes to state involvement and support, and we explain the (changing) role of the international (financial) institutions in the coal economy.

A big part of that is the United States, where fuel economy standards have reversed oil consumption trends — and renewable energy, efficiency, and natural gas have cut U.S. coal consumption.

Note China is responsible for half of the annual global coal consumption and is the world's biggest emitter of greenhouse gases, followed by the United States.

They're the biggest coal company in the United States for underground mining.

In 2016, the state passed a bill that requires its two big utilities to eliminate coal from their portfolios by 2030 and get 50 percent of their power from renewables by 2040.

The immediate threat in the United States is that dirty energy lobbyists will effectively use hypothetical arguments of WTO or NAFTA illegality to chill congressional action and provide cover for U.S. legislators who are indebted to Big Oil, Big Coal and the LNG lobby for campaign contributions, even though international trade law is not incorporated into U.S. domestic law and violations can not be enforced in U.S. domestic courts.

Researchers at state universities in the Southeast are closing in on whether one of the region's biggest liabilities — coal mine waste — might become a valuable asset by supplying rare earth elements needed for clean energy and other applications.

Environment groups said the Opposition Leader, Kevin Rudd, needed to explain how he would curb rising greenhouse gas emissions at a time when Queensland and NSW were dramatically boosting coal exports and several states were approving big road and power projects that would increase climate change pollution.

Although the Keystone State was thought to have tapped out its big - time energy supplies long ago, Pennsylvania was key to the rise of oil and coal that fueled U.S. industry in the 19th and 20th centuries.

The companies that represent the biggest risk in a demand misread to the climate and shareholders alike in the next decade are a mix of state and listed companies, including oil majors Royal Dutch Shell, Pemex, Exxon Mobil, and coal miners Peabody, Coal India, and Glenccoal miners Peabody, Coal India, and GlencCoal India, and Glencore.

Duke, based in Charlotte, N.C., where LP Amina also has an office, is by most accounts the biggest coal burner and carbon - dioxide emitter in the United States.

ALEC is a group of big industry leaders (oil, coal, gas, tobacco, healthcare, etc) that help create state bills that limit the responsibility of their companies, and thus make more money.

DEBORAH AMOS: Back in Texas, it was, in fact, big business that stepped in to resolve the state's battle over the coal plants.

Australia's biggest states rely on coal for more than 90 % of their electricity.

HSBC, Europe's biggest bank, and Deutsche Bank, Germany's biggest, have stated that they were not interested in financing any coal mines that would export from ports near Australia's Great Barrier Reef.

So what gives?Well, coal is one of the biggest economic drivers in the state, for starters.

Coal - fired power plants are the biggest sources of global warming pollution in the United States.