Sentences with phrase «coal leases until»

No issuance of new federal coal leases until reforms that increase royalty rates, set sensitive lands aside, insure public transparency, and fully assess impacts from all aspects of coal production are implemented.

A coalition of environment groups sued in May over the action, asking a U.S. court to stop Interior from issuing coal leases until it completes the analysis.

Not exact matches

E.ON U.S. also owns Western Kentucky Energy Corporation, which until July 2009 had been leasing and operating five coal - fired plants owned by Big Rivers Electric Corporation in Western Kentucky.

This most recent stance against coal comes on the heels of President Obama's decision last week to freeze all new coal mining leases on federal land until the climate risks are incorporated into any leasing decision.

When potential supply is compared to the Energy Information Administration's (EIA) Annual Energy Outlook (AEO) 2016 Reference Case for PRB coal production, which does not constrain warming to 2 °C, total business as usual (BAU) supply is provided by existing leases until 2031, with production from new leases only being required thereafter.

President Donald Trump is expected to lift a moratorium on federal coal - mining leases Tuesday — and it probably won't do the industry much good until years after he's left office.

Stop any new leasing of federal oil, gas, and coal until potential environmental, climate, and public health impacts are fully considered, including: