Sentences with phrase «caused by the coal plants»

Not exact matches

So we asked in our research: What would happen if current low natural gas prices or pollution control policies caused all US coal - burning power plants to be replaced by natural gas generators?

In a modeling study of coal, oil, and natural gas, Zhang and Caldeira compared the warming caused by combustion to the warming caused by the carbon dioxide released by a single instance of burning, such as one lump of coal, and by a power plant that is continuously burning fuel.

These are the principal findings of new research from Carnegie's Ken Caldeira and Xiaochun Zhang, and Nathan Myhrvold of Intellectual Ventures that compares the temperature increases caused by different kinds of coal and natural gas power plants.

More than 1 billion gallons of toxic sludge were released into a Tennessee community when a dam collapsed last December, causing a massive coal - ash spill at the Kingston Fossil Plant, a coal - burning power plant owned by the Tennessee Valley AuthoPlant, a coal - burning power plant owned by the Tennessee Valley Authoplant owned by the Tennessee Valley Authority.

But coal is not «cheap» for the Appalachian communities destroyed by mountaintop removal (see appvoices.org), nor for the miners killed or sickened because worker safety would be too costly for mine owners, nor for the areas made permanently dead from the mining practices, nor for the children poisoned by the toxic fumes of even the cleanest - burning coal plants, not to mention the entire planet, every species, every community, every neighborhood being damaged and degraded by the global warming coal burning causes.

The Moapa Band of Paiutes are coping with health problems caused by the Reid Gardner coal - fired power plant in Nevada.

Warming caused by burning coal in a power plant can be felt in the atmosphere within 95 days — the time it takes for the emissions released from the plant to trap enough heat to exceed the amount generated from the plant itself, according to the study.

New research released by the campaign reveals the extent of damage caused by EU coal plants, which include an estimated 19,500 premature deaths and 41,000 cases of chronic bronchitis in children every year.

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In addition, EPA is issuing more stringent regulations on coal plant emissions to reduce chronic respiratory illnesses and deaths caused by coal - fired power plant emissions.

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

While there is no immediate threat caused by retiring nuclear and coal - fired power plants, it's disingenuous to ignore the future threat.

In the UK alone coal's share of generation fell to just 9 % in 2016 (a historic low), due to the closure of three plants last year mainly caused by the introduction of a carbon price floor.

More recently, Hansen has predicted that sea levels will rise five metres (16 feet) over the next century due to carbon - caused warming, a view that is extreme even by warmist standards, and Hansen has even urged sabotage of coal plants.

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.

Coal - fired power plants also could be used to make up shortfalls caused by, or instance, natural disaster knocked out lower - emission capacity elsewhere in the system.

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

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

The only coal plants planned to come online in 2014 are the Kemper integrated gasification combined - cycle (IGCC) plant in Mississippi and a small conventional steam coal plant in North Dakota, reflecting the challenging conditions for coal plants caused by increased competition from natural gas plants and impending environmental regulations.

Muni on February 27 visited a community in Bataan province, where residents are complaining of health problems, including skin and respiratory diseases, that were allegedly caused by the coal - fired power plants in the area.

The sharp drop from 2012/13 was caused by the EU's Large Combustion Plant Directive forcing older coal (and a few gas) plants to close or limit their hours.

The recent flooding of homes, coal mines and power plants across the Balkans, caused by the type of extreme weather event that will become more frequent with mounting climate impacts, demonstrate that sustainable energy policies are crucial components of security and sustainability in the region.

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.

The WSJ concludes: «The market distortions caused by over-reliance on expensive but undependable power already have pushed German utilities to rely more on cheap and dirty coal - fired power plants to make up the shortfall when renewable sources can't meet demand.»

Alpha said its actions «are being triggered by persistent weakness in U.S. and overseas coal demand and depressed price levels, along with government regulations that are causing electric utilities to close coal - fired power plants and forgo new construction.»

Unless Germany brought an additional 40 billion kWh of generation from its older, more carbon - intensive coal - fired power plants offline, this planned uptick in fossil fuel generation would cause the country's overall carbon emissions to rise by as much as 14 % of the country's 2008 total carbon emissions (33 million tons of CO2), illustrated in Figure 1 below.

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.