Sentences with phrase «coal exports»

Part two of this report will look at what a big increase in coal exports could mean for global carbon emissions — and American utility bills.

Decisions the Northwest makes now will impact Chinese energy habits for the next half - century; the lower coal prices afforded by Northwest coal exports encourage burning coal and discourage the investments in energy efficiency that China has already undertaken.

«Coal exports have nearly doubled since 2009 to 107 million tons last year, now accounting for almost 12 percent of U.S. production.

«From this decision to China's groundbreaking cap - and - trade program and recent commitments from world leaders at the UN Climate Negotiations in Paris, the writing on the wall is clear: Coal exports are the wrong direction,» said Cesia Kearns, Deputy Director with the Sierra Club's Beyond Coal Campaign, and Co-Director of the Power Past Coal coalition.

Note that coal exports would also help lower the trade deficit, which groups like CAP seem worried about.

Major exports of publicly owned coal would undermine global efforts to reduce carbon pollution.US coal exports have contributed to increased coal consumption in Europe, and partially offset US carbon pollution reductions.

«The message rings loud and clear: communities will never accept the health, safety, economic or environmental impacts of dirty coal exports.»

economic and appraisal reports in Wyoming typically contained generic boilerplate statements about the possibility of coal exports in the future and the uncertainty surrounding them, rather than specific information on actual or predicted coal exports ---- even for proposed lease tracts that were adjacent to mines on federal leases that are currently exporting coal.

Coal exports will certainly be helping some of the 1.4 billion people on this earth who don't have access to any electricity at all.

Evidence of this dynamic can be seen in recent increases of US coal exports to Europe.

All of the focus on coal exports comes at a time of flagging trends in U.S. coal consumption.

Peabody already has an agreement to export 24 million metric tons of coal per year from the proposed port, a figure that alone would mark more than a fivefold increase in U.S. steam coal exports.

About two - thirds of U.S. coal exports are high - BTU metallurgical or «coking» coal used for steelmaking.

This year, U.S. coal exports are at their highest level since 1992, and analysts believe the figure would be larger if export routes were available.

Nevertheless, coal exports are growing in importance, as increases in coal - fired power generation in India and China outpace increases in coal production in those countries.

Ending coal exports would somehow help our economy's diversification.

,» focused on the increase in US coal exports as US utilities reduced coal in favor of natural gas between 2008 - 2011:

The letter, organised by Australian National University climatologist Andrew Glikson, calls on the federal government to make «meaningful reductions of Australia's peak carbon emissions and coal exports, while there is still time».

Capping ourselves and business as usual with coal exports is a no - brainer really.

Environment groups said the Opposition Leader, Kevin Rudd, needed to explain how he would curb rising greenhouse gas emissions at a time when Queensland and NSW were dramatically boosting coal exports and several states were approving big road and power projects that would increase climate change pollution.

«Donald Trump can't do anything to increase demand from China or other places that buy our coal exports.»

Consider this; reduced Australian coal exports may account for up to 200Mt less global CO2 in the last year which makes the ETS seem rather pointless anyway.

But the state ALP govts are going gang - busters over their mostly coal - powered generators, freeway extensions and coal exports:

On 12 February 2007 last year when Greens Senator Bob Brown advocated that we plan to wind back our coal exports, he was savagely denounced by the Courier Mail and I assume the rest of the Murdoch newsmedia.

U.S. coal exports have nearly tripled since 2006, adding to the heat - trapping pollution that accelerates global warming, even though domestic numbers show a decline.

This is the highest level of quarterly coal exports since 1992, when exports were 27 million short tons.

Coal exports from the United States in 2012 are, according to the U.S. Department of Energy, «on a record pace,» amounting to 67 million tons in the first half of the year alone.

Norfolk has consistently remained the largest export facility, servicing approximately one - third to one - half of U.S. coal exports since 2000.

Coal exports from Seattle, Washington have also risen sharply in recent years as significant coal production in the Powder River Basin seeks access to growing Asian coal markets.

Over 68 % of total U.S. coal exports in 2010 were coking coal, which is used in making iron and steel.

We use our massive coal exports to pay for trash such as wind and solar installations (from imported materials).

Despite falling Midwest exports, overall U.S. coal exports have been resurgent, reaching nearly 71 million tons in the first eight months of 2011 — the highest level in decades — driven by high global demand and significant weather disruptions of Australian coal exports.

In turn, U.S. money can end up in the coffers of radical Australian groups that block coal exports to India, thereby keeping its people mired in poverty.

As global coal suppliers recover, EIA expects U.S. coal exports, while remaining relatively high, to moderate over the course of the year.

U.S. 2012 coal exports, supported by rising steam coal exports, are expected to break their previous record level of almost 113 million tons, set in 1981.

Ten years ago, when Bob Brown and the Greens called for a plan to end coal exports, their position was way outside the Oveandrton Window (the range of opinions taken seriously by the political class and commentariat).

U.S. coal exports averaged 56 million tons per year in the decade preceding 2011.

Low levels of U.S. coking coal consumption in 2009 and 2010 were also partly attributed to the recent economic downturn; the February 2011 STEO forecasts a slight increase in U.S. coking coal consumption and an increase in coking coal exports in 2011, based on the assumption of improved economic performance and continued strength in international demand, respectively.

Total U.S. coal exports, including both steam and metallurgical (met) coal, were almost 13 million tons in June 2012, surpassing April's record - setting amount by 0.2 million tons.

[deleted sentence] Indonesia's coal exports account for between 70 and 80 percent of total coal production, while the remainder is sold on the domestic market.

Since the early 1990s, when the coal mining sector was reopened for foreign investment, Indonesia witnessed a robust increase in coal production, coal exports and domestic sales of coal.

Increased coal exports and emissions in Europe have been blamed on the shale revolution.

This increase in exports marks a significant reversal from the general downward trajectory of U.S. coal exports beginning in the early 1990s, which bottomed out in 2002 just under 40 million tons, the lowest level since 1961.

Current data for 2012 (through August) show coal exports are growing even faster and should more than double 2009 export levels, buoyed by growth in U.S. steam coal.

However, current data (through August 2012) show that steam coal exports are rebounding, growing about 50 % in 2011 and on track to grow another 50 % in 2012.

Coal exports in 2011 rose 171 % from 2002, with only a brief interruption by the global recession.

While met coal has typically held a larger market share of U.S. exports than steam (its share remained relatively close to 55 % over a prolonged period), between 2009 and 2011 met coal averaged two - thirds of U.S. coal exports.

In the meantime, the Wall Street Journal recently reported on the explosive growth of U.S. coal exports to the EU, especially Britain and Germany.

We also tackle some of the more vexing questions, like whether British Columbia ports have the capacity to handle the export proposals, and whether US coal exports add to global greenhouse gas emissions.

It has led to an increase of US coal exports to Gremany.