Sentences with phrase «coal rich states»

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Wyoming, with rich reserves of low - sulfur coal near the surface, is the largest coal - producing - state and has the most coal still in the ground at producing mines.

The natural - resource - rich state is also known for its natural gas production (it leads the nation), coal, electricity (again, number one in the States) and renewable energy — specifically, wind energy.

«Bankrupt state - run electricity boards, an acute shortage of coal, skewed subsidies which end up benefiting rich farmers, power theft, and underperforming private distribution agencies are to blame,» wrote Soutik Biswas, the BBC's Delhi correspondent.

April 17, 2018 • North Carolina isn't rich in coal, natural gas or oil, but it has more hogs than nearly any other state.

West Virginia, the small American state best known for its «Wild & Wonderful» motto, ravaged coal mines, and rich Appalachian history, might seem an unlikely birthplace for UFO phenomenology; after all, most people associate aliens and flying saucers with Roswell, New Mexico's otherworldly desert landscape.

The problem is, to get the legislation passed will require compromises aimed at protecting the economies of manufacturing and coal states, and to get a climate treaty negotiated will require measures guaranteeing that rich countries move first to cut emissions.

For instance, while Wyoming is among the 27 states fighting President Obama's Clean Power Plan in court, the coal - rich state looks set to meet the emissions benchmarks in those power - plant rules, largely because of a giant wind farm poised to be built in, yes, Carbon County, and newly approved transmission lines to send electricity to states in the power - hungry Southwest.

Yet despite doubts about its future, CCS remains a favored technology on Capitol Hill, where many members represent coal - rich states and districts.

If those people rely heavily on fossil fuels such as coal to expand the economy and raise their living standards to the level people in the rich world have enjoyed for the last 50 years, the result will be a climate catastrophe regardless of anything the United States or even China does to decrease its emissions.

More than 120 million acres of protected land — larger than the state of California — are situated over rich reserves of oil, coal and gas, according to a new analysis by Greenpeace's Unearthed investigations team.

And some Americans, among them Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer, believe that coal - to - fuels technology has the potential to make the United States energy independent (and his constituents rich).

The United States is not just energy rich, but according to the Congressional Research Service, the United States has the largest combined coal, oil, and natural gas resources in the world.