Although
the coal industry talks about carbon capture and storage (CCS), it is too expensive and there are not enough places to store the captured CO2, Smith told IPS.
Not exact matches
Like, if I go
talk to a
coal plant, I'm gonna be like «You know this
industry is dying, right?
Our political leaders and certainly the
industry behind them know perfectly well that
talking about clean
coal is like saying we'll have a cancer free cigarette ready for you in a few years.
I know some here will decry that I am not
talking about the issues because I do not try to obsfuscate with a discussion of the spot market price of
coal vs long - term contracts, or use of coal in locations other than Kansas, or Al Gore's footprint, but the issue of Global Warming IS politics (non-ratification of Kyoto and negative flag - waving ads about politicians who oppose coal), it IS public relations («Clean Coal», cleanest coal - fired plants, surface mining and mountain - top reoval rather than strip mining, etc.), and it IS about misrepresentation (Peobody framing the debate as coal vs NG when it is really coal vs every other energy source), and it IS about greed (the coal industry doing everything it can to scuttle every other energy alternati
coal vs long - term contracts, or use of
coal in locations other than Kansas, or Al Gore's footprint, but the issue of Global Warming IS politics (non-ratification of Kyoto and negative flag - waving ads about politicians who oppose coal), it IS public relations («Clean Coal», cleanest coal - fired plants, surface mining and mountain - top reoval rather than strip mining, etc.), and it IS about misrepresentation (Peobody framing the debate as coal vs NG when it is really coal vs every other energy source), and it IS about greed (the coal industry doing everything it can to scuttle every other energy alternati
coal in locations other than Kansas, or Al Gore's footprint, but the issue of Global Warming IS politics (non-ratification of Kyoto and negative flag - waving ads about politicians who oppose
coal), it IS public relations («Clean Coal», cleanest coal - fired plants, surface mining and mountain - top reoval rather than strip mining, etc.), and it IS about misrepresentation (Peobody framing the debate as coal vs NG when it is really coal vs every other energy source), and it IS about greed (the coal industry doing everything it can to scuttle every other energy alternati
coal), it IS public relations («Clean
Coal», cleanest coal - fired plants, surface mining and mountain - top reoval rather than strip mining, etc.), and it IS about misrepresentation (Peobody framing the debate as coal vs NG when it is really coal vs every other energy source), and it IS about greed (the coal industry doing everything it can to scuttle every other energy alternati
Coal», cleanest
coal - fired plants, surface mining and mountain - top reoval rather than strip mining, etc.), and it IS about misrepresentation (Peobody framing the debate as coal vs NG when it is really coal vs every other energy source), and it IS about greed (the coal industry doing everything it can to scuttle every other energy alternati
coal - fired plants, surface mining and mountain - top reoval rather than strip mining, etc.), and it IS about misrepresentation (Peobody framing the debate as
coal vs NG when it is really coal vs every other energy source), and it IS about greed (the coal industry doing everything it can to scuttle every other energy alternati
coal vs NG when it is really
coal vs every other energy source), and it IS about greed (the coal industry doing everything it can to scuttle every other energy alternati
coal vs every other energy source), and it IS about greed (the
coal industry doing everything it can to scuttle every other energy alternati
coal industry doing everything it can to scuttle every other energy alternative).
And wouldn't those
talking points pack a fatal punch with reporters if you could say a Pulitzer winning investigative reporter discovered a leaked
coal industry memo which was proof for skeptic climate scientists being paid to «reposition global warming as theory rather than fact.»
(See related, «Poland Hosts Climate
Talks, While Boosting
Coal Industry.»)
The bottom line is that Trump may
talk a good game when it comes to
coal, but dirt - cheap natural gas has destroyed any meaningful prospects for the
coal industry.
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Coal Myths section, blowing throw some of the coal industry's talking points that too many of our politicians seem to buy i
Coal Myths section, blowing throw some of the
coal industry's talking points that too many of our politicians seem to buy i
coal industry's
talking points that too many of our politicians seem to buy into.
President Trump loves to
talk about the fictitious «War on
Coal,» depicting the mining
industry as a victim of environmental regulations.
When the
industry talks about «clean
coal,» it is referring to a range of technologies that burn
coal more efficiently, and pollution controls that remove some of the nastiest pollutants from the smokestack.
If you want to
talk welfare, what about the hundreds of billions the oil, gas and
coal industries have received in subsidies and tax breaks over the years?
Indeed, given Trump's campaign trail
talk about firing up the domestic
coal, oil, and gas
industries, we might even see our emissions increase.
Rick brought up an issue that the clean
coal lobby usually mentions when we got to
talking about the livelihood that so many families depend on the
coal industry for.
Kumi Naidoo, director of Greenpeace International, said that «The Polish government has done its best to turn these
talks into a showcase for the
coal industry», and that «backsliding by Japan, Australia and Canada» was a «slap in the face to those suffering as a result of dangerous climate change» (i.e. nobody).
As Wendy and I
talked about her struggle against the powerful
coal industry in the Hunter Valley, I thought that Wendy and Edward Loure, the 2016 Goldman Environmental Prize winner from Africa, would have a lot to
talk about.
The Polish government's decision to host a
coal -
industry conference during international climate
talks has drawn fire from environmental activists.
Not only does the
coal industry provide
talking points for Romney's stump speeches and TV ads, but it also provides the human props.
The White House is
talking about opening up public lands to oil and gas drilling, and reinvigorating the
coal industry.