Sentences with phrase «coal produces»

[13] Note that coal produces the large share of electricity in seven out of 10 states and hydroelectric produces the largest share in the other three:

Ironically, it was environmentalists that shut down this effort, and power industries around the world replaced capacity that would have gone nuclear mostly with coal, the worst fossil fuel in terms of CO2 production (per BTU of power, Nuclear and hydrogen produce no CO2, natural gas produces some, gasoline produces more, and coal produces the most).

Given that CO2 is a greenhouse gas (Tyndall 1858), and given that burning coal produces more of it, the Earth should warm up.

Coal produces on average about double the CO2 emissions per unit of energy produced as the mix of sources used by New York and California.

But activists want to stop this, in part because coal produces huge amounts of carbon dioxide when it's burned.

In the longer - term the CO2 produced from the burning of coal produces a warming effect.

Even if I concede the point that the reason for price parity for wind are tax credits burning coal produces a whole slew of emissions that wind does not.

Western coal produces fewer nitrogen oxides and other emissions than eastern coal.

Maximizing the use of renewable sources of energy like wind in replacing the power generated by coal produces greenhouse gas reductions that are not only immediate, but sustainable over the long term.

Thus if coal produces energy at $ 0.1 / kwh and wind costs $ 0.3 / kwh, then for each kwh of wind, we can estimate that it consumes 2kw of energy delivering that 1kwh of wind «energy».

At power plants, combustion of coal produces a medley of air pollutants, especially in older plants that lack modern emissions control equipment.

From mining through final disposal of waste from coal - fired power plants, the use of coal produces a wide range of impacts on the natural environment and human health.

Sure, burning methane (biogas) produces a lot of CO2, but coal produces a lot of CO2 and soot!

Jim Hansen's worries are all focused on [the greenhouse gas] CO2 so he's not directly addressing the risk question (for example, the reality that coal produces more radiation and deaths than nuclear, etc.).

Because nine of every 10 tons of the nation's coal vanishes into power plants, many Americans hold the illusion that coal is no longer a major energy player, but here's the reality: Coal produces at least half of the nation's electricity, and we're burning more of...

The burning of fossil fuels such as oil or coal produces carbon dioxide.

«Potentially harmful nanoparticles produced through burning coal: Environmental scientists led by the Virginia Tech College of Science have discovered that the burning of coal produces incredibly small airborne particles of a highly unusual form of titanium oxide with the potential to be toxic to humans.»

Environmental scientists led by the Virginia Tech College of Science have discovered that the burning of coal produces incredibly small particles of a highly unusual form of titanium oxide.

Burning coal produces more than 100 million metric tons of coal ash per yearthe gray or black sooty aftermath of our fossil fuel habit.

Burning coal produces more than half the country's electricity, despite its immense human and environmental costs.

Solar power still amounts to less than 1 % of the nation's electrical - generating capacity — coal produces about 40 % — and its proportion will stay in the low single digits until it becomes cheaper than fossil fuels.

Mylan made the first investment in the coal producing plants in 2011, and expanded its total holdings to 5 plants by 2014.

Last year, companies received $ 6.81 in tax credits for every ton of refined coal produced.

The Company owns and operates three surface coal mines in the PRB, the lowest cost major coal producing region in the nation.

Two electric generating cooperatives, Minnkota Power and Square Butte, which operate the Milton R. Young Generating Station, consume virtually all of the coal produced by BNI Energy under long - term agreements.

Gas just can't come close to delivering the intense, even wall of wicked - high heat that a bed of glowing - orange coals produces.

Very few people every attempt to cook over the delicious coals produced by a wood fire.

Within the Asia - Pacific region, China continued to outpace its neighbors with 3.3 billion metric tons of coal produced in 2011, accounting for a 68 percent share of all production in the region.

Federal land is the source of more than 20 percent of all the oil and gas and 40 percent of the coal produced in the U.S.

Though he hasn't provided many specifics, Trump has publicly said he is eager to streamline the process and make it as easy as possible for energy companies to extract fossil fuels from public lands, which are the source of about 24 percent of America's fossil fuels, including about 40 percent of all the coal produced in the U.S.

The map above shows locations of coal mines and plants as of 1997, with nearly 1,400 active operations, while the map below illustrates the top five coal producing states in the United States.

The amount of coal produced from federal leases and associated revenues have increased since 1990, although production has leveled off since 2002.

But the greatest likelihood is a Kansas coal - burning power plant would have consumed coal produced either in Kansas, Missouri or Colorado.

Underground mining currently accounts for a bigger share of world coal production than opencast; although in several important coal producing countries surface mining is more common.

The largest coal producing countries are not confined to one region - the top five hard coal producers are China, the USA, India, Australia and Indonesia.

Note that in the same year natural gas and coal produced THIRTY times more electricity than wind: 69 % of all American electricity, while wind produced a mere 2 %.

Average mine price: The ratio of the total value of the coal produced at the mine to the total production tonnage.

Average Open Market Sales Price (coal): The ratio, for a specified time period, of the total value of the open market sales of coal produced at the mine to the value of the total open market sales tonnage.

Bending to coal industry pressure, the Bureau of Land Management has declared that under federal regulations, the Powder River Basin — the largest coal producing region in the nation — is not a coal producing region.

But what if I told you most of the coal produced in America is mined from the arid grasslands of Wyoming and Montana?

Nearly 90 % of coal produced from public lands is from leases in the Powder River Basin (PRB) of Wyoming and Montana.

Democratic presidential candidates Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton have also laid out proposals for a transition away from coal with pledged policy support to those impacted in the traditional coal producing regions.

7) «Fossil - Dependent Electric Utility Executives & Large Shareholders» — One of the prime consumers of coal and natural gas is the electricity generation industry, which consumes almost all of the coal produced in the world, and a high percentage of the natural gas.

Other mitigation measures include the Rs 400 coal cess (a $ 6.34 USD tax or levy) on every ton of coal produced or imported.

The Wyoming governor, Republican Matt Mead, is an outspoken supporter of fossil fuels (not surprising, given that Wyoming is the No. 1 coal producing state in the union) and is also on record as denying global warming.

Between 2000 and 2010, about 5 % of the coal produced in the United States, on average, was exported to other countries.

COAL INDUSTRY Major Coal Producing Regions: New South Wales; Queensland; Victoria; South Australia Major Export Ports: Newcastle; Hay Point; Gladstone; Port Kembla

On the other hand, there is absolutely no doubt that the burning of coal producing air pollution that kills millions world - wide each year and damages our atmosphere and our oceans through climate change.

Although the United States leads the world in coal reserves, less than 10 percent of the U.S. coal produced last year was exported.

What do you think made this country what it is today its resources, Oil first made it the richest and coal produced its electricity to manufacture and succeed, Do nt think for a minute if we get weak another Country want come and try to take it over for what we got.