Sentences with phrase «coal industry says»

The American coal industry says Mr. Obama is waging a «war on coal» in response to his proposed regulation of air pollution and surface mining in mountain areas.

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.

Not exact matches

The coal industry was interested in ensuring that the Paris deal provides a role for low - emission coal - fired power plants and financial support for carbon capture and storage technology, the officials said.

President Donald Trump announced his decision to withdraw from the Paris deal in June, saying the accord would have cost America trillions of dollars, killed jobs, and hindered the oil, gas, coal and manufacturing industries.

Requiring the reduction of carbon emissions will make coal - based energy more costly, while solar and wind technology are expected to be priced more competitively, thereby supporting those alternative energy industries, says Jason Blumberg, chief executive and managing director of Energy Foundry, a Chicago - based cleantech impact venture capital fund.

«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.

But in the long run, the movement hopes to «start a conversation» about all aspects of the B.C. coal industry, from production to use and everything in between, says the Dogwood Initiative's Laura Benson.

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«Everybody realizes that nothing we do can change where the coal industry stands,» Arnett said.

Researcher Clark Williams - Derry said it is difficult to underestimate the impact a ban on thermal coal exports would have for the coal industry in the western U.S.

Although Swensen did not release the names of the investment managers or companies involved, he said that by the end of Fiscal Year 2015, Yale's $ 25.6 billion endowment had only minor exposure to the oil and coal industries.

Critics say the plan will make electricity more expensive and will reduce jobs in industries like coal.

Clark said a ban will help develop the province's liquefied natural gas industry, arguing if China shifted from coal to LNG it would have «a massive impact» on greenhouse gas emissions.

Trump said that, if elected, he would rescind Obama's «job - destroying» executive actions, «save» the coal industry, revive the Keystone XL pipeline project and cancel the Paris climate accords.

Another major Trump move aimed partly at helping the coal industry — repealing the Obama administration's Clean Power Plan — also won't make that much of a difference for coal, said MIT's Knittel.

Instead, it was an effort to regulate the coal mining industry right out of business,» said Rep. Bill Johnson, R - Ohio, who sponsored the disapproval measure on the stream protection rule.

Locals say that, in addition to trade deals and the rise of China, part of the reason for job losses is the declining fortunes of coal, which is what brought the aluminum industry to Kentucky in the first place.

A shift away from coal might be challenging for the province's longtime coal power companies, but that industry is undergoing change across North American, said Smith.

The president said in his speech that the move is to help the American economy, adding that he «loves» coal mines and he will help the coal industry.

«These examinations are part of the ACCC's investigation into allegations of cartel conduct regarding the 2009 tender process conducted by the NSW Department of Trade and Investment (formerly the Department of Primary Industries) for an exploration mining licence over the Mount Penny coal tenement in the Bylong Valley,» the commission said in a statement.

But Thomas Deng, a coal industry analyst with consulting firm ICIS, said the venture was unlikely to succeed, as the market was already crowded and Yankuang has no experience in the sector.

In the video, she also highlighted her willingness to disagree with her party, saying «when Washington Democrats take the wrong course, hurting our coal industry, I will do everything in my power to stop them, including standing up to President Barack Obama.»

«The reality is that this rule was not an effort to protect streams — it sought to regulate the coal industry out of business and eliminate tens of thousands of jobs in that industry,» said Rep. John Faso (R - Kinderhook) in a letter to the Daily Freeman last year.

«The coal industry is facing huge pressures, and the main reason is China — but it is not the only reason,» IEA Executive Director, Fatih Birol, said.

The cost of one project can run at the $ 1 billion level or higher, causing critics to say that full use of CCS on most of the world's coal plants would bankrupt the energy industry and possibly spur earthquakes (ClimateWire, June 19).

«These significant alterations are likely to lead to saltier and more perennial streamflows throughout Appalachia, where at least 7 percent of the land has already been disturbed by mountaintop - removal mining,» says Nippgen, who notes that mountaintop removal is not part of Wyoming's coal industry.

The electric power industry can achieve deep reductions in greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 by building new nuclear plants, sequestering coal - plant emissions, boosting wind energy and improving efficiency, the industry's top research group said yesterday.

The biggest driver of lower carbon dioxide emissions has been declining natural gas prices, which has allowed the industry to replace coal - fired power plants economically with cleaner natural gas power plants — and without a costly regulatory mandate,» said Jeffrey J. Anderson, a doctoral candidate in the Department of Engineering and Public Policy.

And action is going to take money: the IEA estimates at least $ 20 billion over the next decade, whereas the industry group American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity says it will cost $ 17 billion for CCS to be available by 2025.

With the Calvert Cliff's project at a critical juncture this summer, Constellation signaled that it might compel EDF to purchase some coal - fired power plants, an option EDF's purchase agreement provided — a provision EDF hadn't expected to have to meet, industry officials said.

«The CO2 emissions related to China's exports are large not just because they export a lot of stuff or because they specialize in energy - demanding industries, but because their manufacturing technologies are less advanced and they rely primarily on coal for energy,» said co-author Klaus Hubacek, a University of Maryland professor of geographical sciences.

He also questioned the need for performance standards on industry in the draft bill, saying that provision would halt construction of any new coal plants beyond 2015.

Some experts say that coal - fired plants can only become truly clean if the government and industry pump billions of dollars into the technological upgrades required to extract the carbon dioxide gas created during combustion and sequester it semipermanently deep underground.

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«Number games» «It's necessary for the Chinese central government to consolidate the muddled statistical situation of the coal industry by getting figures through in - depth and sophisticated researching and analyzing work,» Tu said.

Coal industry groups said they hope that the DC Circuit and the Supreme Court, which heard another air pollution case Tuesday, strike down both laws, which they claim hurts jobs and the economy.

China's efforts to limit coal production can't save the troubled coal industry, either, Jiang said.

His behind - the - scenes maneuvering is likely to result in a bill that provides more money for clean - coal projects and assistance to industry than the House version, say insiders.

«China has called for controlling its primary energy consumption in 4.8 billion tons of standard coal by 2020 and limiting coal consumption in 4.2 billion tons; those targets will not be realized if Chinese coal - to - chemicals industry continues to grow,» Ma said.

Keeping in mind the enormous stake that panel members ExxonMobil and Shell have in the oil, natural gas and coal industries, here is a look at the panel's take on why oil and coal have been so difficult to replace by the following alternative energy sources: Natural gas ExxonMobil favors boosting the U.S.'s consumption of natural gas, in part, because it produces at least 50 percent less greenhouse gas per hour when burned compared with coal, Nazeer Bhore, ExxonMobil senior technology advisor, said during the panel.

But we, who have to a large extent built up our industries and economies on coal, oil, steel and cement have, in my opinion, a responsibility to lead the way and develop measures which can show the rest of the world that it is possible to achieve ambitious emission reduction targets,» says Johan Rootzén.

Yet overall, she says, emissions from fishing pale in comparison to industries on land, such as power generation from coal plants.

«The administration continues to push an agenda of job - killing regulations that could strangle this country's energy industries, in particular coal,» said Rogers, who hails from a major coal - producing state.

The industry has faltered because of declining global demand and low natural gas prices, which have encouraged electric power companies to use gas instead of coal to generate electricity, said Ray Rasker, executive director of Headwaters Economics, an independent research group focusing on the economic implications of land management decisions in the West.

The coal industry, and its backers in Congress, have said that if EPA deems CCS the best system of emissions reduction, it will force the industry to use a method that has not been proved on a commercial scale.

(Reuters)- The U.S. electric industry knew as far back as 1968 that burning fossil fuels might cause global warming, but cast doubt on the science of climate change and ramped up coal use for decades afterward, an environmental watchdog group said on Tuesday.

Dozens of utilities surveyed by Reuters earlier this year said they would continue to move away from coal despite efforts by the Trump administration to revive the coal industry.

«The U.S. coal industry does not have a bright future — and quite possibly no future at all in the long term — unless there are reversals in the factors that have brought this about,» said Robert Stavins, a professor of business and government at Harvard University.

Coal - reliant states and industry groups had justified their early legal action by saying they have already started incurring costs in preparation for the anticipated final rule and that they will not be able to be compensated fully for costs if they waited to challenge the rule.

Industry observers say the future is likely to bring a less rosy scenario for coal and possibly for Peabody Energy as climate policies clamping down on emissions take hold.