Sentences with phrase «coal lease sales»

A year and a half earlier, BLM Wyoming approved two major coal lease sales that allowed Peabody to add 1.1 billion tons of coal to that very coal mine.

Accordingly, all coal lease sales should fully recognize this factor in the valuation of the commodity.

Not exact matches

The first was filed in July 2010 over the decision to offer the West Antelope II coal leases for sale.

Oil and gas lease sales, royalties from mineral and energy production, Alaska's «Open for Business» initiative, renewable energy development, mineral extraction, the future of coal production from public lands, offshore renewable energy development, and oil and gas exploration and drilling in the Outer Continental Shelf were just some of the topics discussed.

The order will require the Interior Department to lift a moratorium on the sale of new coal leases on federal land, and compel a review of regulations designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from power plants.

It was not immediately clear Monday whether Trump's Interior Department would continue a broad review of the federal coal leasing program even as it restarts sales; that analysis is already about a third complete, with regulators unveiling a broad blueprint of possible changes earlier this year.

We can calculate the carbon pollution from these lease sales by looking at the tons of coal in each lease, the energy content of the coal in each lease (in BTU / lb), and the amount of carbon pollution released per BTU, which varies depending upon the type of coal.

R&D for renewable energy, de-funding the EPA Energy Star program, ignoring the Social Cost of Carbon, renewing leasing / sale of coal on Federal lands without regard to whether the coal companies are paying a reasonable price, threatening to open more Federal lands to fossil fuel extraction... the list goes on.