Sentences with phrase «coal program»

H.R. 5259 would re-establish a federal advisory panel to give states and tribes a greater voice on leasing issues and calls on Interior to complete its programmatic review of the federal coal program by Jan. 15, 2019.

A new analysis by the Center for American Progress, a liberal think tank in Washington, D.C., found that since the inception of clean coal programs aimed at capturing CO2 earlier this decade, $ 3.5 billion has been spent by private companies to develop the technology via 18 projects — just a fraction (1/17) of their profits in 2007 alone, according to researcher Daniel Weiss.

The Obama administration took a step in the right direction when it announced a major overhaul of the federal coal program in 2016, a change that includes a moratorium on new coal leases on public land.

The United States, he says, has little expertise comparatively, and the clean coal programs funded by the U.S. Department of Energy all but ignore the underground gasification technique.

As Montana's only representative in the House, Zinke has also been a strong supporter of Montana coal and has expressed concern over a three - year leasing moratorium and programmatic review of the federal coal program undertaken this year by Interior.

«TVA has a long history of building dikes with coal ash, and as we now know from the Kingston disaster, ash is not durable building material,» said Abigail Dillen, Coal Program Director at Earthjustice.

«We haven't undertaken a comprehensive review of the program in more than 30 years, and we have an obligation to current and future generations to ensure the federal coal program delivers a fair return to American taxpayers and takes into account its impacts on climate change,» noted Interior Secretary Sally Jewell in a statement to press this morning.

Government coal programs support employment in several critical swing states, including West Virginia, Illinois, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Montana, and Missouri.

Green Chip editor Jeff Siegel offers his analysis of FutureGen's Clean Coal program in the context of proven renewable energy technologies.

Check out the infographic below to see what the US coal moratorium and federal coal program review has to do with the Paris Agreement, carbon pollution, and our public lands.

Last summer, Interior launched a series of listening sessions on the coal program, aimed at making leasing «more transparent and more competitive» (E&EN ews PM, July 29, 2015).

Meanwhile, through its Buffalo Resource Management Plant update, BLM has called for an additional 10 billion tons of coal to come out of the ground over the next 20 years, all while claiming the federal coal program has no impact on our climate.

«Based on the thoughtful input we received through this extensive review, there is a need to modernize the federal coal program,» she stated.

After years of hearing from you, the Interior Department will begin a massive overhaul of the federal coal program, including a halt on most new federal coal leasing.

Brian Maffly The Salt Lake Tribune January 15, 2016 The Obama administration this week announced a moratorium on new coal leases on federal land while it conducts a sweeping review of the coal program administered by the U.S. Department of Interior, examining the terms under which the coal is sold...

Amy Joi O'Donoghue The Deseret News April 26, 2016 SALT LAKE CITY — Utah is among the battleground locations picked by the U.S. Department of the Interior to garner public input on possible reforms to the federal coal program that could include upping royalty payments assessed to companies and more...

The Obama administration this week announced a moratorium on new coal leases on federal land while it conducts a sweeping review of the coal program administered by the U.S. Department of Interior, examining the terms under which the coal is sold and environmental impacts associated with extracting and burning it.

Because when the US Department of the Interior, in the process of reviewing the entire federal coal program, announced a temporary moratorium on new coal leases on public lands, she knew she had to do something.

Because when the US Department of the Interior, in the process of reviewing the entire federal coal program, announced a

The US government is in the process of reviewing the federal coal program and initiated a moratorium on new coal leases on federal lands while it does.