Sentences with phrase «coal country knew»

And though everyone in coal country knew there was a market war coal was losing, witnessing 500 miners at Black Thunder and North Antelope Rochelle disappear on March 31, 2016 left people in a daze.

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We know that fast - growing countries such as China are planning to transition from coal to natural gas over the next four to five years, and we need to position ourselves to capitalize on these long - term opportunities.»

I knew then why we used that word, that time's handle for those like them brought be - neath ticking toward Thanksgiving dour squat suns in coal country gone sour

Arnold Palmer is the son of Milfred (Deacon) Palmer, a no - nonsense kind of native of the Pennsylvania coal and steel valleys, who in 1921 became the green keeper at the new nine - hole Latrobe Country Club some 30 miles east of Pittsburgh.

Hart said a key question next week would be how the program would seek to avoid advantaging provinces with substantial renewable energy resources over those that are more dependent on coal - fired power, like Liaoning in northeastern China, which is known as the country's Rust Belt.

He said coal power generation is no longer socially acceptable in many parts of the country and most electric power companies prefer natural gas and renewables because they cost less.

West countries could not stop them and no right to say please stop your developing using coal because west countires developed depending on fossil fuel, too.

Also, the World Bank and U.S. A.I.D. plus the Nordic countries are no longer financing coal plants abroad, and none do nuclear power either.

I know of quite a few economists who would say it's completely unrealistic to think a coal - producing country would constrain such commerce unless and until there's an economic cost in doing so.

No / Low Regrets Actions: (1) Fast Mitigation; (2) Renewables following sound engineering economics; (3) Increased use of Natural Gas internationally; (4) ABB's view on Energy Efficiency (supercritical coal); (5) Land / Agricultural Practices; (6) Win / Win Foreign Trade with Developing Countries; (7) Greater R&D.

Higher density sources of fuel such as coal and natural gas utilized in centrally - produced power stations actually improve the environmental footprint of the poorest nations while at the same time lifting people from the scourge of poverty... Developing countries in Asia already burn more than twice the coal that North America does, and that discrepancy will continue to expand... So, downward adjustments to North American coal use will have virtually no effect on global CO2 emissions (or the climate), no matter how sensitive one thinks the climate system might be to the extra CO2 we are putting back into the atmosphere.

And for those of you who aren't in Tennessee but who live reasonably close to a coal plant or know people who do, Environmental Health News has a list of over 100 news stories from around the country, a significant number of which are regional papers reporting on the risk of similar collapses in their communities.

Gore is spearheading the Reality Campaign, a countereffort with environmental groups like the Sierra Club featuring an ad by the Coen brothers that's known as «No Country for Coal Men.»

If you still don't know what country this is, here is an other clue: this country is the 4th biggest coal investor in the world.

Canadian climate blogger Kyla Mandel recently noted that a quarter of European Union countries no longer burn any coal for power generation.

Two thirds of the known coal reserves in the world lie in only four countries: the U.S. first and foremost, followed by India, China, and Russia.

You know full well that the World Bank, IMF and other big lenders have refused funding to help these third world countries build coal fired power stations, under the guise of the anti-CO2 scam.

I don't know what the latitudinal distribution of coal fired power plants is for the two countries but shooting from the hip it sounds like a small effect.

Earlier this year, bankruptcy filings from the country's second - biggest coal company, Arch Coal Inc, revealed funding to a group known mainly for its unsuccessful lawsuit against the climate scientist Michael Mcoal company, Arch Coal Inc, revealed funding to a group known mainly for its unsuccessful lawsuit against the climate scientist Michael MCoal Inc, revealed funding to a group known mainly for its unsuccessful lawsuit against the climate scientist Michael Mann.

Considering that America has 22.1 percent of the world's proven coal reserves, the greatest of any country and enough to last for 381 years at current consumption rates, it is a tragedy that the U.S. can no longer build new, clean, coal - fired power stations to replace its aging fleet of coal plants.Supercritical power plants operate at very high temperatures and pressures, resulting in significantly greater efficiencies than older technologies.

I don't know what to do about Asian countries turning to coal, other than try to demonstrate that it's not needed...

Coal, as one example, is abundant in some countries, but it is also a strong emitter of carbon dioxide Clean Energy — demystifying emerging technologies and avoiding costly «misinvestments We know that in order to be effective, solutions must be sustainable.

Since the country can no longer earn revenue from coal exports, it makes sense that it might put some coal to use generating electricity for a bitcoin mine.