Sentences with phrase «coal plant closures»

The growing public concern with climate change and CO2 emissions further increases the pressure for coal plant closures.

Illinois is well on its way to meeting the 2030 carbon reduction goals even without the two nuclear plants because of a wave of coal plant closures announced since 2012 — the baseline year for measuring carbon emissions.

Europe saw a record 10 gigawatts of coal plant closures in 2016, and countries including Austria, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, and Portugal are working toward aggressive coal retirement schedules or, in the case of the UK, complete phase - out plans.

A similar sister campaign by the Sierra Club in the US has been running for years, and has led to 262 announced coal plant closures so far, progress which has continued in spite of the Trump administration's pro-coal agenda.

Alberta's NDP government is also accelerating coal plant closures, subsidizing renewables, and taxing and regulating carbon dioxide.

«Europe will need to see a lot more coal plant closures to protect its citizens» health and to respect the UN Climate Agreement struck in Paris.

BERLIN, 23 March 2018 — Coal plant closure momentum is growing in Europe this month, with four German plants retiring or announcing retirement in March, and Ireland committing to a total coal phase out by 2025.

The rule is designed to speed up the retirement of the nation's fleet of coal - fired power plants — the most carbon - intensive way of creating electricity — and could more than double the rate of coal plant closures by 2040.

Three states — Ohio, Georgia and Kentucky — saw the bulk of U.S. coal plant closures in 2015.

Utilities are increasingly switching over to natural gas for electricity generation — coal plant closures could reach a high watermark this year.

Europe Beyond Coal will work with concerned citizens, national and regional authorities, businesses, banks and investors to speed up coal plant closures and redirect investments towards renewable energy.