Sentences with phrase «by coal fired power plants»

Alex Epstein claimed, in a Forbes article, that health risks related to the release of mercury by coal fired power plants were a «myth» while the «truth» is that «Shutting down coal power will make electricity more expensive and threaten human health, while the impact on mercury exposure would be so small that it will have no observable effect.»

Andy points to the erstwhile dilemma posed by mercury - thanks to the Times interminable editorializing about the tons of quicksilver emitted by coal fired power plants several states upwind, many Manhattanites fear Minimata Disease should they crack open a window.

Not exact matches

When first elected in 2003, he promised to retire all coal - fired power plants by 2007.

Energy Secretary Rick Perry commissioned the study in April to evaluate whether «regulatory burdens» imposed by past administrations — including that of President Barack Obama — had forced the premature retirement of baseload power plants that provide nonstop power, like those fired by coal and nuclear fuel.

«Coal - fired power plants produce almost 40 per cent of global electricity today, making carbon pollution from coal a leading contributor to climate change,» said the declaration issued by the alliance on ThursCoal - fired power plants produce almost 40 per cent of global electricity today, making carbon pollution from coal a leading contributor to climate change,» said the declaration issued by the alliance on Thurscoal a leading contributor to climate change,» said the declaration issued by the alliance on Thursday.

Likewise Ontario, already committed to phase out coal power by 2014, cancelled a project to build a gas - fired power plant in Oakville last year in the face of fierce local opposition.

OTTAWA — The federal Liberal government says its new regulations to phase out power plants fired by coal and natural gas will cost more than $ 2.2 billion, but potentially save the country billions more in reduced health care costs.

(If anything, I'd argue windmills improve human health by replacing polluting gas and coal - fired power plants with emissions - free technology.)

Last week, President Obama unveiled new regulations that will reduce emissions from coal - fired power plants by 30 percent below 2005 levels by 2030.

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The coal industry is booming driven by growth in export demand for coal world wide and the large number of coal - fired power plants currently scheduled to come online.

One recommendation by the alliance takes aim at Ontario government energy policy that could also double as climate policy, as the province has curtailed greenhouse gas emissions coming from the electricity sector by closing coal - fired power plants, invested in costly solar and wind energy projects, and instituted a cap - and - trade system that requires businesses to buy permits to cover their carbon emissions.

OTTAWA — New public opinion research shows a majority of Canadians want to see Canada's remaining coal - fired power plants shut down by 2030 (73 % support or somewhat support the idea).

We can expect NDP cabinet ministers to boast about achieving the approval of the Kinder Morgan Trans - Mountain Pipeline expansion and Environment & Parks Minister Shannon Phillips to release further details of the plan to address Climate Change, including government support for communities impacted by the phase out of dirty coal - fired power plants.

Surrounded by coal industry workers, donned in khaki pants and polo shirts, President Trump signed an executive order in March pulling the plug on his predecessor's plan to close hundreds of coal - fired power plants to reduce carbon emissions.

Alberta could cut its greenhouse gas emissions almost by half by shutting down its coal - fired power plants, a move that would make room for more oilsands production.

This is largely as a result of the bitcoin network being mostly fueled by coal - fired power plants in China.

In his summary of findings, Dr. Stopford stated, «Mercury is ubiquitous in the environment being generated both by man - made activities (such as coal - fired power plants) and by natural phenomenon (such as volcanoes).

The agreement followed serious health and environmental violations by two of Niagara Mohawk's coal - fired power plants in the western part of the state - the Huntley Station near Tonawanda, and the Dunkirk Station in Dunkirk.

Tennant opposes a proposal by the Obama administration to limit carbon emissions from coal - fired power plants.

Where I grew up in Tennessee, a coal - fired power plant perches by the river, just down from the bridge that my wild brothers and their friends would jump off in the summer.

Essentially, sulfur dioxide gets emitted near the surface, either by a coal - fired power plant's smokestack or a volcano.

The EPA - proposed rules apply to existing coal - fired power plants and would be implemented by executive order rather than as law.

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.

Ultimately, the replacement of old, highly polluting coal - fired power plants by nuclear reactors is essentially no different from deciding, after putting sentimental considerations aside, to replace your inexpensive and reliable — but obsolete — 1983 Olds Omega with a 2007 Toyota Camry or BMW 3 Series sedan.

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.

That said, whereas CO2 emissions from coal - fired power plants in the U.S. have declined, greenhouse gas emissions from oil sands have doubled since the turn of the century and look set to double again by the end of this decade — the primary source of emissions growth for the entire country of Canada.

Volcanic SCPs are different — much lighter in color and easy to distinguish from the dark black spheres formed by high - temperature fossil - fuel burning in coal - fired power plants and vehicles.

Indeed, the Clean Power Plan proposed by the Obama administration to clean up CO2 emissions from power plants relies on capture and storage to allow coal - fired power plants to continue to produce electricity, but with less climate - changing polluPower Plan proposed by the Obama administration to clean up CO2 emissions from power plants relies on capture and storage to allow coal - fired power plants to continue to produce electricity, but with less climate - changing pollupower plants relies on capture and storage to allow coal - fired power plants to continue to produce electricity, but with less climate - changing pollupower plants to continue to produce electricity, but with less climate - changing pollution.

«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.»

Another study, published last year in Reviews of Geophysics, lists the man - made aerosols as coming from sulfates, nitrate and black carbon emitted by internal combustion engines, coal - fired power plants, slash - and - burn agricultural practices, and smoke from cooking.

Al Gore called for a ban on the construction of new coal - fired power plants, a post-Bali session to review its results, and a high - level meeting every three months afterward «until a treaty is successfully arrived at» by 2010, at the latest, the former U.S. vice president said.

«Despite the large amount of emissions produced by shipping the coal such a long distance, our analysis shows that the total emissions would drop because of the superior energy efficiency of South Korea's newer coal - fired power plants,» said Dalia Patiño - Echeverri, assistant professor of energy systems and public policy at Duke.

By their estimations, coal - fired power plants coming online since the turn of the millennium will emit more CO2 than all other human coal burning has since the dawn of the industrial age: 660 billion metric tons over their 50 - year lifetime versus 524 billion metric tons between 1751 and 2000.

The DOE says that it will request $ 241 million for fiscal year 2009 to demonstrate technologies for cost - effective carbon capture and storage for coal - fired power plants — including $ 156 million for the restructured FutureGen approach (aimed at commercializing the technology by 2015) and $ 85 million for the agency's Clean Coal Power Initiatcoal - fired power plants — including $ 156 million for the restructured FutureGen approach (aimed at commercializing the technology by 2015) and $ 85 million for the agency's Clean Coal Power Initiapower plants — including $ 156 million for the restructured FutureGen approach (aimed at commercializing the technology by 2015) and $ 85 million for the agency's Clean Coal Power InitiatCoal Power InitiaPower Initiative.

Yohe estimates the cost of achieving a more modest goal of holding warming to roughly 2 degrees C at a cost of 0.5 to 1.5 percent of gross domestic product for the U.S. by 2050, thanks to the expense incurred by, for example, replacing existing coal - fired power plants with renewables or retrofitting them with carbon - capture technology.

«The increase in domestic coal consumption is driven by huge demand from existing and upcoming coal - fired power plants,» the report said.

The analysis by Yang and Jackson finds that if the gas produced by the new plants is used to generate electricity, the total lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions would be 36 percent to 82 percent higher than pulverized coal - fired power.

The findings, reported today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, add to a burgeoning debate over the climate impact of replacing oil - and coal - fired power plants with those fuelled by natural gas.

The findings show the nation can cut carbon pollution from power plants in a cost - effective way, by replacing coal - fired generation with cleaner options like wind, solar, and natural gas.

It is unlikely that all of the CO2 emitted in the U.S. could ever be captured and transported — whether by pipeline or tanker — to the west coast for injection, but local coal - fired power plants might be able to take advantage of the formation.

The most utopian scenario could cut that by nearly 90 percent in 2050, or the equivalent to shutting down 172 coal - fired power plants in a year.

When coal is burned in a power plant, operators make sure the fire gets plenty of oxygen so that it burns hot enough to produce the most possible energy and the fewest by - products.

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.

Several GOP lawmakers contacted by ClimateWire blasted the work on new targets as another example of the Obama administration's «go it alone» approach that, like the current U.S. EPA effort to rein in emissions from coal - fired power plants, will face fierce opposition from Congress.

Currently, there are five coal - fired power plants registered as emission reduction projects under the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), an international offsetting program run by an arm of the United Nations.

Such wrecked peaks are unknown to most Americans, even though more than 50 percent of our homes are supplied with electricity produced by coal - fired power plants.

About one - fifth of the emissions reductions needed to cut the global output of greenhouse gases 50 percent by 2050 would have to come from CCS technology at coal - fired power plants, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA).

In the United States, the Department of Energy estimates that 153 new coal - fired power plants will be built by 2025.

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.