When Jay O'Hara and his co-captain Ken Ward moored their lobster boat in the unloading dock of Brayton Point Power Station in New England, blockading a 40,000 ton
coal shipment in the process, they were fully prepared to face the legal consequences of their actions (not to mention the usual tired old complaints about eco-hypocrisy).
Josh Fox's new film explores community responses to climate change and pollution — from a blockade of
a coal shipment in Australia to investigations of oil spills in Peru.
Not exact matches
Shipments for
coal and oil have plunged, especially
in the fourth quarter of 2015.
In June 2012, Rio Tinto announced the first shipment of premium hard coking coal from its Benga Mine in Mozambiqu
In June 2012, Rio Tinto announced the first
shipment of premium hard coking
coal from its Benga Mine
in Mozambiqu
in Mozambique.
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.
Nevertheless, demand for U.S. «met»
coal is so great
in Asia that the
shipments make a round - the - world journey from Appalachia.
Note: The sum of «Production» and «Imports» less «Exports» may not equal «Consumption» due to changes
in stocks, losses, unaccounted - for
coal, and special arrangements such as the United States
shipments of anthracite to United States Armed Forces
in Europe.
On May 11, 2011, the Port of Morrow Commission approved a one - year lease option with Coyote Island Terminal LLC of Salt Lake City, Utah, to build a rail off - loading
coal terminal on up to 24.26 acres to transfer the
coal onto barges for
shipment to the Millennium Bulk Logistics Longview Terminal
in Washington, and on to customers
in Asia.
Last week, the Sierra Club and three other groups announced that they would file suit against Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway and six
coal companies over
shipments of
coal in open - topped train cars.
The group is demanding an immediate halt to all
shipments of fossil fuels through the Northwest and calling on Governor Inslee to reject permits for all new fossil fuel projects
in Washington, including proposed
coal and oil terminals.
A federal judge
in California on Tuesday struck down the city of Oakland's ban on
coal shipments at a proposed cargo terminal, siding with a developer who wants to use the site to transport Utah
coal to Asia.
The company stated that it estimated that the combined company would have total
shipments of approximately 179 million tons of
coal and $ 4.3 billion
in revenues with approximately «50 percent of earnings generated from eastern operations and 50 percent from western operations.»
Smaller ports
in the region, such as Cleveland, Ohio, have seen similar declines as Midwest
shipments, predominately steam
coal destined for Ontario, Canada, which have fallen sharply as a result of Canadian legislation affecting
coal power plants
in the province.
The plant took its final
shipment of
coal in February.
For
coal with a missing county that originated
in Wyoming, EIA only assigned
shipments with an average energy content less than or equal greater 17.9 million British thermal units per ton to the Powder River Basin.
For
coal with a missing county that originated
in Kentucky, EIA assigned all
shipments with average sulfur content greater than 2.4 percent to Illinois Basin and the others to Central Appalachia.
If a small city of subdued excitement can help halt the
shipment of
coal across the Pacific, then surely thousands of us from across the country can send a message to Big Polluters, and the global community looking to us to uphold our Paris pledge, that our public land here
in the US will not be used to contribute to climate change.
The operating economics for the plant did not improve, however, and
in 2015 Homer City began to defer
coal shipments from CONSOL Energy, its main
coal supplier.
Advising and representing mining groups sellers and off - takers of
coal and iron ore
in litigation and arbitration under ICC and LCIA with respect to; issues under concessions agreements, regulatory, force majeure, illegality, quality, price review determination,
shipments, termination, non and late delivery.