Sentences with phrase «biggest coal producers»

[1] The U.S. Chamber of Commerce's Board of Directors, which it says «determine the U.S. Chamber's policy positions on business issues and advise the U.S. Chamber on appropriate strategies to pursue,» includes representation from the fossil fuel industry such as ConocoPhillips and Consol Energy (one of the biggest coal producers in the US), large pharmaceutical companies like Pfizer and Bayer, and the tobacco company Altria (formerly Philip Morris).

Revenue dropped 14 % at Peabody, the nation's biggest coal producer, as its net loss shrank.

Peabody Energy, the nation's biggest coal producer, has been on a gradual slide down the Fortune 500 over the past few years, as falling demand for coal hit it hard.

A Reuters report from 6 February suggests that, despite being the world's biggest coal producer and consumer, China may start importing more coal than it exports as early as the end of 2007.

In some respects, it is like the Las Vegas poker tournaments, where you see all the players placing bets to protect their positions... US, Canada, Australia — the big coals producers wanting to protect thier «advantage».

More than half of India's power - generation capacity of 205 gigawatts is coal - based, and Coal India Ltd., the world's biggest coal producer, is unable to produce enough owing to delays in getting environmental clearances for mining.

Not exact matches

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.»

Its members include many big American producers and consumers of coal, oil and electricity — such as Dow Chemicals and the National Coal Association — all of whom might suffer from controls on emissions of carbon dioxcoal, oil and electricity — such as Dow Chemicals and the National Coal Association — all of whom might suffer from controls on emissions of carbon dioxCoal Association — all of whom might suffer from controls on emissions of carbon dioxide.

«It was wrong - headed thinking,» said Michael Morris, chief executive officer of American Electric Power Co., the biggest U.S. electricity producer from coal.

China is one of the world's BIGGEST CO2 producers, the biggest polluters, and has no intention of stopping its coal production and use (using dirty coalBIGGEST CO2 producers, the biggest polluters, and has no intention of stopping its coal production and use (using dirty coalbiggest polluters, and has no intention of stopping its coal production and use (using dirty coal, etc).

Fredrick D. Palmer, executive vice president for legal and external affairs at Peabody Energy of St. Louis, one of the world's largest coal producers, said it was not really necessary to lobby the Bush administration on the issue, because Big Coal's interests and the administration's views were in sync from the stcoal producers, said it was not really necessary to lobby the Bush administration on the issue, because Big Coal's interests and the administration's views were in sync from the stCoal's interests and the administration's views were in sync from the start.

Australian coal producers — in particular the billionaire miners Gina Rinehart and Clive Palmer — face another major roadblock to their dreams of digging up the Galilee Basin and other coal - rich resources: The likely new prime minister of India is not a big fan of coal.

Some bigger Central Appalachia coal producers may be running out of time and money.

Vietnam is the world's third biggest producer of new coal power capacity, and Southeast Asia's largest hotspot for coal.

A carbon tax could come back to bite natural gas producers big time if the EPA decides, along the lines of Cornell University research, that fugitive methane emissions from hydraulic fracturing make natural gas as carbon - intensive as coal.

We need a carbon tax, collected and returned to US citizens, to force the big fossil fuel producers to get serious about alternative energy sources and move away from coal, oil and gas as quickly as possible.

Germany is the world's largest producer of brown coal, and 2013 was the biggest year for lignite - fired energy production in the country since 1990, with 162 billion kilowatt - hours produced, or about 26 percent of Germany's total electricity.

That's made McCarthy a top target for Senate Environment and Public Works Committee member John Barrasso of Wyoming — the nation's biggest producer of coal.

«The problem is that if Big Dirty Coal Generation can sell a MWH for even $ 0.01 less than Clean Solar Producers, the utility MUST buy from BDCG...»

AGL is the biggest producer of greenhouse gasses in Australia but is aggressively pursuing sustainable alternatives to coal - fired power generation.