Sentences with phrase «coal development in»

Using law and science, the Center challenges destructive new coal development in areas across the West.
Coal development in Africa is concentrated in the southern part of the continent.
Wendy Bowman, Australia: In the midst of an onslaught of coal development in Australia, octogenarian Wendy Bowman stopped a powerful multinational mining company from taking her family farm and protected her community in Hunter Valley from further pollution and environmental destruction.
World Bank Accelerating Coal Development in Indonesia Oil Change International September 2013 Download full briefing (pdf) Download a translation of the briefing in Bahasa Indonesia (pdf)
In order for this pledge to have any significance, the World Bank must immediately reverse its active support for massive coal developments in Indonesia.
Because it will send a signal to countries like the Philippines, investing heavily in coal, or Turkey, or even some of the coal developments in Africa.

Not exact matches

«We take stock of coal market developments in 2017 and find that while U.S. production did recover slightly, it had nothing to do with a change in federal policy,» Rhodium Group analysts wrote in a recent note.
While coal jobs are unlikely to come back in droves with this or other actions the administration is taking, the move would make good on Trump's promise to rescind regulations that «unduly burden the development of domestic energy resources.»
In Appalachia coal production fell by nearly 45 percent overall between 2005 and 2015, according to a recent analysis by the Appalachian Regional Commission, an economic development agency established by Congress in 196In Appalachia coal production fell by nearly 45 percent overall between 2005 and 2015, according to a recent analysis by the Appalachian Regional Commission, an economic development agency established by Congress in 196in 1965.
«We're still dealing with the aftermath of layoffs in the coal industry,» said Michael Cornett, director of agency expansion and public relations of the Eastern Kentucky Concentrated Employment Program, a nonprofit, federally funded workforce development organization established in 1968 and headquartered in Hazard.
Mining companies in the Powder River Basin couldn't be happier about this development, since most of the coal that will be passing through Canada will be coming straight from Wyoming.
Street Talk also won't be surprised if the owner of the Dartbrook mine, Australian Pacific Coal, ends up in some sort of «conscious coupling» with unlisted Mach Energy, which owns the nearby Mt Pleasant development project.
Annette began her career as a development officer with the Cape Breton Development Corporation, a coal mining operation, in Sydney, Ndevelopment officer with the Cape Breton Development Corporation, a coal mining operation, in Sydney, NDevelopment Corporation, a coal mining operation, in Sydney, Nova Scotia.
An interesting development we can note in American coal production is that the sulfur content in burned coal is steadily climbing.
«Further, while the current agreement effectively blocks the development of clean coal in America,» Trump said, «China will be allowed to build hundreds of additional coal plants.
To support locally - driven efforts in coal country to spur job growth, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross today announced that the Department's Economic Development...
Darin Kingston of d.light, whose profitable solar - powered LED lanterns simultaneously address poverty, education, air pollution / toxic fumes / health risks, energy savings, carbon footprint, and more Janine Benyus, biomimicry pioneer who finds models in the natural world for everything from extracting water from fog (as a desert beetle does) to construction materials (spider silk) to designing flood - resistant buildings by studying anthills in India's monsoon climate, and shows what's possible when you invite the planet to join your design thinking team Dean Cycon, whose coffee company has not only exclusively sold organic fairly traded gourmet coffee and cocoa beans since its founding in 1993, but has funded dozens of village - led community development projects in the lands where he sources his beans John Kremer, whose concept of exponential growth through «biological marketing,» just as a single kernel of corn grows into a plant bearing thousands of new kernels, could completely change your business strategy Amory Lovins of the Rocky Mountain Institute, who built a near - net - zero - energy luxury home back in 1983, and has developed a scientific, economically viable plan to get the entire economy off oil, coal, and nuclear and onto renewables — while keeping and even improving our high standard of living
During his career, he has been Operations Executive at Zimasco in Zimbabwe, one of Africa's largest integrated ferrochrome producer, Head of Training and Development at the Hwange Colliery, Zimbabwe's largest coal producer and Head of HR at LionOre Mining's Africa division, until its acquisition by Norilsk Nickel.
Trump vowed during the campaign to void U.S. commitments made in Paris last year to curb climate - changing carbon emissions, and to tear down regulatory barriers that he viewed as impeding development of coal, oil, and natural gas.
The company's latest initiative is black entrepreneur development in coal, which will be its key focus... →
In Mozambique, the development of infrastructure to support the coal assets is more challenging than Rio Tinto originally anticipated.
Rio Tinto Limited («Rio Tinto»)(ASX: RIO) notes the announcement made by Coal & Allied Industries Limited («Coal & Allied»)(ASX: CNA) today relating to an indicative, conditional, incomplete and non-binding proposal from Rio Tinto, under which Rio Tinto and Mitsubishi Development Pty Ltd («Mitsubishi Development»), a wholly - owned subsidiary of Mitsubishi Corporation (TSE: 8058; LSE: MBC), would acquire all of the shares in Coal & Allied they do not already hold under a joint takeover («Proposal»).
Given that Rio Tinto and Mitsubishi Development in aggregate hold more than 20 per cent of Coal & Allied, in accordance with the requirements of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth), Coal & Allied shareholders (other than Rio Tinto and Mitsubishi Development and their respective subsidiaries) will need to vote to approve the relevant joint bid arrangements between Rio Tinto, Mitsubishi Development and Hunter Valley Resources and their respective related bodies corporate («Coal & Allied Shareholder Approval») before the Scheme can proceed.
Unfortunately, around half of the new coal - fired generation capacity under development in the region still uses inefficient subcritical technologies.
If this be the case, I earnestly appeal to the development - oriented Chief Servant at the helm of affairs in the Coal City to reconsider his stand and remember the inhabitants of the above streets.
In a news conference yesterday, Xu Shaoshi, the head of the National Development and Reform Commission in Beijing, said China will remove 500 million tons of coal production capacity in the next 3 to 5 yearIn a news conference yesterday, Xu Shaoshi, the head of the National Development and Reform Commission in Beijing, said China will remove 500 million tons of coal production capacity in the next 3 to 5 yearin Beijing, said China will remove 500 million tons of coal production capacity in the next 3 to 5 yearin the next 3 to 5 years.
In Australia, about 40 out of 71 thermal coal mines surveyed by consultancy Wood Mackenzie had a cash cost of above $ 87 a metric ton, while many of the proposed projects require a coal price of $ 120 a metric ton to be viable, according to a report by Australia's Centre of Policy Development.
Not so fast, says Harry Gray of the California Institute of Technology: he's predicting at least 10 more years of research and development in order to make solar energy competitive with coal.
By calling for re-energizing CCS development, PCAST is making two judgments: 1) that the coal industry is highly likely to remain competitive even as it complies with EPA restrictions on emissions of SOx, NOx, Hg, and other toxics; and 2) that a substantial price on carbon is highly likely to arrive in a time frame of relevance for a CCS development effort.
The team used the data from charcoal in coal to propose that the development of fire systems through this interval was controlled predominantly by the elevated atmospheric oxygen concentration (p (O2)-RRB- that mass balance models predict prevailed.
Most of that change will have to take place in the developing world, whether replacing China's new coal - fired power plants or building wind, solar or geothermal facilities to power development in African countries.
Further, Chinese officials have announced plans to explicitly cap China's total energy use at four billion metric tons of coal - equivalent by 2015; they also have drafted a «New Energy Industry Development Plan» that would invest amore than $ 750 billion in «new energy,» which includes nuclear, in the next decade.
With more money for development of novel designs and public financial support for construction — perhaps as part of a clean energy portfolio standard that lumps in all low - carbon energy sources, not just renewables or a carbon tax — nuclear could be one of the pillars of a three - pronged approach to cutting greenhouse gas emissions: using less energy to do more (or energy efficiency), low - carbon power, and electric cars (as long as they are charged with electricity from clean sources, not coal burning).
If the policy is finalized, it will be a sea change in China's attitude toward coal - based synthetic natural gas development.
«Adjusting China's coal - to - chemicals development plan has significant impacts in terms of carbon emissions reduction,» said Ma, the Greenpeace researcher.
In addition to stopping building new coal - to - gas projects, the policymaker also said in the media report that China will cool down the development of other forms of coal - to - chemicals projects, with a plan to produce 6.6 million tons of coal to oil and 15 million tons of coal to olefins by 202In addition to stopping building new coal - to - gas projects, the policymaker also said in the media report that China will cool down the development of other forms of coal - to - chemicals projects, with a plan to produce 6.6 million tons of coal to oil and 15 million tons of coal to olefins by 202in the media report that China will cool down the development of other forms of coal - to - chemicals projects, with a plan to produce 6.6 million tons of coal to oil and 15 million tons of coal to olefins by 2020.
Coal producers operating in Australia have pledged to contribute $ 1 billion by 2016 to a fund for CCS technology development.
Confusion in Perry's assessment of the climate and energy nexus extends to his energy plan, which says that «we must continue to invest in clean coal technology through research and development tax incentives.»
The Northwestern development could lead to new thermoelectric devices with potential applications in the automobile industry, glass - and brick - making factories, refineries, coal - and gas - fired power plants, and places where large combustion engines operate continuously (such as in large ships and tankers).
Environmentalists say that CCS is at a point of development similar to the point scrubbers were at in the 1990s, but backers of the coal industry say it's nowhere close.
Looking to China, Cohen said, «it's hard to argue that economic development there, in which coal has certainly played a role, hasn't had significant beneficial effects on poverty reduction and population health.
Southern Research scientists are focusing on the development of a plasma - based process to recover these strategically important elements from post-combustion ash originating from bituminous coal mined in the Eastern U.S..
It will focus on catalyst development for four applications: proton exchange membrane fuel cells to convert stored energy in non-fossil fuels into electricity; electrolysers for splitting water into oxygen and hydrogen — a potential clean fuel cell source; syngas, a mixture of CO and H2, which is generated from coal, gas and biomass, and widely used as a key intermediate in the chemical industry; and lithium - air batteries.
Shell (China) Limited and Shenhua Coal to Liquid and Chemical Co. Ltd. (Shenhua) have agreed to seek opportunities for conducting joint research and development in advanced coal technolCoal to Liquid and Chemical Co. Ltd. (Shenhua) have agreed to seek opportunities for conducting joint research and development in advanced coal technolcoal technology.
The US Department of Energy (DOE) in partnership with the US Air Force has issued a request for information (RFI)-- DE-FOA-0000981 — on research & development aimed at greenhouse gas emissions reductions and cost competitiveness of Mil - Spec jet fuel production using coal - to - liquid (CTL) fuel technologies.
These cuts would scale back federal efforts to foster the development of wind and solar energy, in line with President Donald Trump's campaign promise to bring back coal industry jobs.
The coal industry will have to innovate in order to stage a return to its former status as America's primary source of electricity, said James Van Nostrand, a law professor and director of the Center for Energy and Sustainable Development at West Virginia University in Morgantown, W.Va.
«This indicates that there are processes occurring — e.g. emissions from coal seams during the drilling process — that are not captured in the inventory development process,» he said.
Identify and describe various technological developments to control fire, water, wind, and soil, and to utilize natural resources such as trees, coal, oil, and gas in order to satisfy the basic human needs for food, water, clothing, and shelter.
Mr. Palmer's TEDX speech, entitled «Learning Appalachia: My Time Teaching in Coal Country» detailed the need for the region to invest in retaining the most creative and brightest young minds to spur economic and cultural development.
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