Sentences with phrase «coal pollution for»

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China itself is suppressing its appetite for coal, albeit more for reasons of pollution than climate change.

The package includes a plan to phase out coal - fired electricity generation by 2030, a commitment to generate 30 per cent of Alberta's electricity from renewable sources by 2030, new financing for energy efficiency, and an economy - wide price on carbon pollution.

Darin Kingston of d.light, whose profitable solar - powered LED lanterns simultaneously address poverty, education, air pollution / toxic fumes / health risks, energy savings, carbon footprint, and more Janine Benyus, biomimicry pioneer who finds models in the natural world for everything from extracting water from fog (as a desert beetle does) to construction materials (spider silk) to designing flood - resistant buildings by studying anthills in India's monsoon climate, and shows what's possible when you invite the planet to join your design thinking team Dean Cycon, whose coffee company has not only exclusively sold organic fairly traded gourmet coffee and cocoa beans since its founding in 1993, but has funded dozens of village - led community development projects in the lands where he sources his beans John Kremer, whose concept of exponential growth through «biological marketing,» just as a single kernel of corn grows into a plant bearing thousands of new kernels, could completely change your business strategy Amory Lovins of the Rocky Mountain Institute, who built a near - net - zero - energy luxury home back in 1983, and has developed a scientific, economically viable plan to get the entire economy off oil, coal, and nuclear and onto renewables — while keeping and even improving our high standard of living

By: David Oliveira 20th May 2016 Specialist assessments required for the draft environmental impact report (DEIR) for the proposed extension and remediation of the discard dump and two pollution control dams at the North Shaft section of local coal mining and beneficiation company Kuyasa Mining's Delmas coal mine is currently... →

Even taking into account coal power and pollution, driving a Tesla is already far better for the environment in most American states.

The state is taking the Trump administration to court for not taking steps to reduce air pollution from predominantly coal - burning states upwind that is causing chronic smog in metropolitan New York City.

Probably far too complicated for this site, but the «costs» entirely disregards long - term costs - pollution, health problems (like coal extraction workers), and, obviously, the trillions in expected expenses from global warming effects, both responding to and trying to mitigate.

«Reducing carbon pollution from electric power plants is a good start, but the goal must be phasing out coal, oil, and natural gas as our energy sources,» said Howie Hawkins, Green candidate for Governor of New York (http://www.howiehawkins.org).

But one of the things that I have been very impressed by here is a lot of the stories of hope; many folks have traveled a long way to share what they are doing on a very local level to help combat climate change, and that's everything from, kind of, rural electrification in Africa and India, you know, bringing light to people who are still using dung or coal for cooking and heating and dying from indoor air pollution to, you know, major renewable energy projects, say, here in Denmark where they now get 20 percent of their electricity from wind power.

Dire warnings about China's ravenous appetite for coal also emerged in recent weeks, with researchers finding that hundreds of thousands of early deaths stemmed from coal - derived pollution (Greenwire, Aug. 18).

«Those communities and downwind areas have been suffering for a long time from the pollution from these plants,» said Jenna Garland, spokesperson for the Sierra Club's Beyond Coal campaign in the Southeast.

Despite its efforts to go green, China still depends on coal, but critics say blaming China for its rampant pollution is unfair, given all the manufacturing the world's developed countries outsource to Chinese companies

Esther Calhoun of Uniontown, Alabama, and president of Black Belt Citizens for Health & Justice, knows coal ash pollution all too well.

Shutting down old coal plants is good for greenhouse gas and other pollution, but may prove difficult for local economies

Further steps could include pushing for more renewable energy; an aggressive cut in the use of coal and natural gas to make electricity; wider use of electric cars, biofuel, and hydrogen fuel; changes in farming practices; and putting a price on carbon pollution.

An international study published in July showed that air pollution is shortening the lives of people in northern China by about 5.5 years compared to the south, a legacy of a policy that provided free coal for heating in the north.

It's a process that may well accelerate under the Obama administration's new proposed carbon pollution regulations for existing coal power plants, to be unveiled June 2.

The transition of the Widows Creek Fossil Plant near Stevenson, Ala., into Google's 14th global data center marks the end of an era for what was one of the nation's largest coal - fired power plants and one of the Tennessee Valley's largest emitters of carbon dioxide and other air pollution.

One reason for this push is the consequences of the alternatives: pollution from fossil - fueled power plants shortens the life span of as many as 30,000 Americans a year; coal and hydraulic fracturing threaten the environment and water supplies; and oil dependence undermines the nation's energy security.

And, even if those targets are met, greenhouse gas pollution may remain: Rising prices for natural gas in the U.S. meant an uptick in coal burning in 2013 — and an attendant 2 percent rise in CO2 from electricity production.

Whether it's physical shipments of the fossil fuel or the buying and selling of the permits for the pollution that burning it causes — Evolution's first trade was a sulfur dioxide allowance between Enron and Dynegy in February of 2000 — the brokerage makes its living on coal.

While country - specific effects would be varied, IMF projects that eliminating post-tax subsidies for the most - polluting energy fuels, such as coal and gasoline, could raise government revenue by $ 2.9 trillion, while also slashing premature deaths from pollution - related diseases by more than 50 percent.

But researchers saw a possible comeback for gypsum as nutrient pollution problems grew and coal - fired power plants proliferated.

The Australian government has been criticized for failing to protect the reef from agricultural pollution and other threats, including coal mining.

In babies born pre-closure, researchers found higher levels of PAH - DNA cord adducts, a biomarker for exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, a toxic component of air pollution from coal plants.

Air pollution control devices called scrubbers use a sprayed slurry of ground limestone and water to remove sulfur dioxide from gases formed in coal combustion, said Tom Schmaltz, environmental director for Headwaters Resources, a world leader in coal combustion products.

«The president is opposed to mandatory caps on greenhouse gases, opposing a mandatory 10 -[mile - per - gallon] increase in cars and trucks, opposing a national renewable electricity standard, opposing state efforts to cut emissions from cars, and pushing for new sources of dangerous pollution from liquid coal,» said Rep. Ed Markey (D — Mass.), chairman of the House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming, in a statement released after the speech.

4) Willie Soon states «I don't like to claim that I am an expert on anything,» despite listing himself as an «expert in mercury and public health» for a discredited Wall Street Journal op - ed dismissing health concerns over mercury pollution from coal plants.

The big worry for all of us goes beyond the millions of people killed by coal pollution every year.

The investigators found that — pound for pound — particles from coal burning contribute about five times more to the risk of death from heart disease than other air pollution particles of the same size — less than one ten - thousandth of an inch in diameter (known as PM 2.5).

«Our results indicate that, pound for pound, coal - burning particles contribute roughly five times as much to heart disease mortality risk as the average air pollution PM 2.5 particle in the United States,» he added.

Yes, for the individual owner it maybe does, but that at the cost of the rest of the world, because electric energy still comes mostly from coal / oil / nuclear power generators for one, with correspondent pollution and infrastructure load.

For those who have lived in China recently, choking on the world's most notorious coal - produced pollution, the gauze invokes the frail barrier offered by masks against the toxins.

It's why China has been retiring coal plants for decades — at first in favor of ultrahigh efficiency modern supercritical coal plants that delivered twice as much power per unit of pollution produced, and now increasingly solar and wind.

We've known for some time that air pollution created in Asia — largely because of fast expanding economic activity fueled by coal — spreads far and wide, even reaching the shores of the United States.

The motivations could include cost, pollution reduction (conventional pollutants, for health / economic benefits) and reduction in the need for coal imports.

As for now, as deforestation continues, pollution of the air, the land, and the waters continues, the consumption of oil, gas, and coal is the order of the day, and the poor masses of this world are suffering from stresses of food and water scarcity, political conflict and bloody war, well, it is not easy to believe that our musicians are going to start singing any songs of true enlightenment, as concerns both the social and natural environments of ours.

The ship soon sets sail for South America, its 80,000 tons of coal destined for power plants and factories, an export of American energy — and pollution.

Most importantly, as long as we continue to depend on dirty fossil fuels like coal and oil to meet our energy needs, and dump 70 million tons of global warming pollution into the thin shell of atmosphere surrounding our planet, we move closer and closer to several dangerous tipping points which scientists have repeatedly warned — again just yesterday — will threaten to make it impossible for us to avoid irretrievable destruction of the conditions that make human civilization possible on this planet.

If someone in India dies from air pollution related diseases because India insists on cheap energy, so passes on the need for cleaning up coal combustion.

I have a sort of mental chart with lots of arrows: actions that produce GHGs (e.g., coal - burning) causing a plethora of problems (& goods — like power), acid rain, ocean acidification, local ground, air, water pollution, GW, health problems & dangers for miners, military threats / expenses (according to Pentagon studies re oil), etc.; and also many arrows of good (some bad) coming out of measures to abate GW.

«India needs a three - pronged mitigation approach to address industrial coal burning, open burning for agriculture, and household air pollution sources,» said Chandra Venkataraman, professor of Chemical Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, in Mumbai, India.

My sense is that a better approach is to recognize, from the start, the reality that shifting energy norms, even as coal remains a core energy source, will be a process unfolding over decades, and making sure that legislation, while pushing standards for cutting energy waste and pollution, also focuses on support in all the arenas that matter to building a sustained energy quest — including education to create the intellectual capacity for such an undertaking and sustained and increased direct support for basic inquiry in science and technology — an area where there's been bipartisan disinterest in federal investment for decades.

In North Carolina, Sierra Club Beyond Coal Campaign Director Mary Anne Hitt joined Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., president of the Waterkeeper Alliance, along with representatives from Earthjustice and Clean Water Action, for a press conference in Charlotte that emphasized Duke Energy's poor record on coal water pollutCoal Campaign Director Mary Anne Hitt joined Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., president of the Waterkeeper Alliance, along with representatives from Earthjustice and Clean Water Action, for a press conference in Charlotte that emphasized Duke Energy's poor record on coal water pollutcoal water pollution.

If existing subsidies for coal are removed and the resulting pollution and CO2 burdens are charged, solar may not even need a subsidy.

More on pollution problems for the north Native Cultures Endangered By Climate Change Inuit Kids March in Streets to Protest Pebble Bay Mine in Alaska Coal's Toxic Legacy Revealed in Greenland Ice Core Is it Time to Bid Greenland Farewell?

Another case for a sensible war on coal is this new analysis by Synapse Energy Economics of the much - lauded NRDC plan that proposed a state - by - state approach to setting limits on carbon pollution.

Enthusiasm for burning coal has waned in recent years due to climate regulations and efforts to combat air pollution.

The plan sets a goal to reduce the state's coal - driven power generation, which is responsible for dangerous pollution such as mercury, soot and carbon dioxide, and calls for investment in renewable energy and energy conservation.

Of the 12 transmission corridors for air pollution control, only three are planning to integrate renewables: Two in northern China will transmit a hybrid of wind and coal power, and one in the south will deliver hydroelectricity.