Sentences with phrase «coal burning for»

It warns that the targets will remain far out of reach so long with continued exploitation of fossil fuels, such as coal burning for electricity and continued exploitation of unconventional oil and gas.
Earlier this fall, the regional parliament adopted an air quality program, including a proposed ban on coal burning for households in Krakow starting in 2018.
Let the coals burn for about ten minutes undisturbed.
Reducing the amount of fossil fuels (such as gasoline for cars and coal burned for electricity) that we use can help slow how quickly the ice is melting (by slowing the rise in average temperatures).
Coal consumption: The quantity of coal burned for the generation of electric power (in short tons), including fuel used for maintenance of standby service.

Not exact matches

The coal destined for Fraser Surrey Docks, however, will be thermal coal, to be burned in power plants to generate electricity.
The really compelling argument for disallowing the coal supply chain through Fraser Surrey Docks is that it effectively undoes that achievement in emissions reduction if the same hydrocarbons end up being burned and vented into the atmosphere in China, where if anything environmental protections are more lax.
Coal has seen significant declines in recent years, accounting for just 9 % of electricity generation in 2016, down from around 23 % the year before, as coal plants closed or switched to burning biomass such as wood pellCoal has seen significant declines in recent years, accounting for just 9 % of electricity generation in 2016, down from around 23 % the year before, as coal plants closed or switched to burning biomass such as wood pellcoal plants closed or switched to burning biomass such as wood pellets.
Jeff Brooks, a spokesman for the company, contends water quality near the coal - burning plant is good and local agriculture and wildlife weren't affected by the spill.
But for those who oppose fracking, there is this: Burning the natural gas produced by fracking may be much better for the environment and public health, over the long run, than burninBurning the natural gas produced by fracking may be much better for the environment and public health, over the long run, than burningburning coal.
RESOLVED: That Berkshire Hathaway Inc. («Berkshire») establish reasonable, quantitative goals for reduction of greenhouse gas and other air emissions at its energy - generating holdings; and that Berkshire publish a report to shareholders by January 31, 2015 (at reasonable cost and omitting proprietary information) on how it will achieve these goals — including possible plans to retrofit or retire existing coal - burning plants at Berkshire - held companies.
With appreciation for MidAmerican's recent investments in renewable generation, coal - burning plants continue to create liabilities.
The plan contains measures that will help Canada hit its obligations under the Paris Agreement, such as introducing carbon pricing, phasing out coal - burning power stations and boosting support for clean - energy technologies.
Record high prices in Asia have had several impacts, including providing economic incentive to bring on additional supply, maintaining a continued reason to burn much cheaper coal despite the negative environmental consequences and a search by consuming nations for secure supply options.
However, Alberta has committed to stop burning coal for electricity by 2030, and Ontario phased out coal power in 2014.
It is that aspect of the law that frightens environmental groups that have fought for years for the coal - mining rule and another rule to restrict energy companies from burning off natural gas during drilling operations on public lands.
Proverbs 25:21 - 22 — If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat; and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink; for you will heap burning coals on his head, and the LORD will reward you.
«if your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him drink; for by so doing you will heap burning coals upon his head.»
To the contrary, «if your enemy is hungry, feed him, if he is thirsty, give him something to drink; for by so doing you will heap burning coals on his head.»
God invented the laws of physics and nature, and those laws state that every action has an equal and opposite reaction, this in mind do you really think that it is wise to burn coal for energy?
You can hear it in the words of the Dies Irae that would be chanted in every Mass for the Dead: «Day of wrath, day that will dissolve the world into burning coals... My prayers are not worthy, but do Thou, Good (God), deal kindly lest I burn in perennial fire.»
No, «if your enemies are hungry, feed them; if they are thirsty, give them something to drink, for by doing this you will heap burning coals on their heads.»
The barrels for burning wood down to coals are made in town with old truck axles and industrial piping.
The mounting evidence for climate change, and all its tragic consequences, has provided a powerful argument against fossil fuel power stations: the burning of coal, gas and oil releases carbon dioxide into the atmosphere and this is almost certainly responsible for global warming.
«But if your enemy is hungry, feed him, and if he is thirsty, give him a drink; for in so doing you will heap burning coals on his head.»
(The bit about «heaping burning coals» on one's enemies» head is temple imagery; a discussion for another time.)
«But if your enemy is hungry, feed him, and if he is thirsty, give him a drink; for in so doing you will heap burning coals upon his head.
If hurt Christians were chunks of coal you could burn them to power a steam train for the past 2,000 years on into time immeasurable.
«Burning coals on enemies» head» is not correct for the text did not talk about more or less coals.
Narsai seized upon the image of Isaiah in the Temple with the burning coal to express the sacred terror experienced by the priest in the mediation of the divine, for Isaiah saw in the coal «the Mystery of the Body and Blood, which, like fire, consumes the iniquity of mortal man.»
When the coals have burned down to a medium heat, rub the fillets with olive oil and grill for four or five minutes per side, turning once.
Cook the bell peppers over hot coals or under a preheated broiler for about 10 minutes, so the flesh is blistered but not burnt.
Add the grape clippings to the coals, arrange the quail skin side down on the rack and grill for 2 minutes, taking care not to burn them.
To give Smoky Flavour to kabab, Burn 2 pieces of charcoal and keep on a roti / bread on the cooked kabab.Pour 1 tbsp oil / ghee / butter on the burned coal and cover tightly for 2 - 3 minutes.
It is difficult to add wood during the grilling process because it takes so long for it to burn down to coals.
Fracking and natural gas are better choices for power generation then burning coal and oil and until we have cleaner sources of energy will do.
It will be nearly impossible for the state to reach its goal of reducing emissions 40 percent by 2030 if there are still coal - burning power plants operating, she said.
Drilling for natural gas has been promoted because it burns more cleanly than coal and can reduce dependence on imported energy sources, and it can also bring jobs to economically battered regions of the state.
Attorney General Eric Schneiderman criticized on Friday a proposal by the Trump administration that would allow coal - burning power plans to be paid higher prices for electricity.
One came for free, the result of a years - old consent agreement with National Grid as a result of problems with coal - burning power plants in Western N.Y; the other was the result of a $ 4.5 million purchase from a national land trust group.
The state is taking the Trump administration to court for not taking steps to reduce air pollution from predominantly coal - burning states upwind that is causing chronic smog in metropolitan New York City.
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.
The Cayuga coal - burning plant outside Ithaca may close and the R.E. Ginna facility in Western New York is being subsidized by ratepayers for another few years because it is needed to maintain the state's electrical grid reliability.
With the global climate negotiations in Paris beginning Nov. 30, now is the time for Gov. Andrew Cuomo to make an enforceable commitment to end coal - burning in the Empire State by the end of the decade.
Now, research suggests that for the past decade, such stratospheric aerosols — injected into the atmosphere by either recent volcanic eruptions or human activities such as coal burning — are slowing down global warming.
Maxwell Ball, manager for clean coal technologies at SaskPower in Regina, which owns the plant, says that the company was surprised to learn that it would be cheaper in the long term to keep burning coal at Boundary Dam and sell the carbon dioxide to oil companies to boost production in the oil field than to build a new natural - gas plant.
He then measured the total direct emissions associated with the making of a product; for example, the amount of coal burned to generate a kilowatt of electricity and how much carbon dioxide was released in the process.
«I think coal is at a very low place right now,» Barnett said in an interview, noting that coal has lost about 10 percent of its market share for electricity generation as more utilities convert their plants to burn natural gas.
For the last decade, coal - burning utilities have been fighting a rearguard action, resisting costly antipollution measures required by environmental legislation.
The sentence marked with an asterisk was changed from «In fact, fly ash — a by - product from burning coal for power — and other coal waste contains up to 100 times more radiation than nuclear waste» to «In fact, the fly ash emitted by a power plant — a by - product from burning coal for electricity — carries into the surrounding environment 100 times more radiation than a nuclear power plant producing the same amount of energy.»
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