Sentences with phrase «company about coal»

Several years ago, in Gillette, Wyoming, I fell into a long conversation with the vice-president of a large American coal company about coal's public image problem.

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The big issue around climate change that «nobody's talking about» is whether oil and coal companies are prepared to write down 80 % of their reserves.

North Korea generates about $ 1 billion a year from the coal trade, according to the Treasury, which singled out three Chinese coal companies it said was responsible for importing almost a half - billion dollars in North Korean coal between 2013 and 2016.

While we're on the question of Ric Stowe and his Griffin Coal Company, bar - room chatter coming out of Collie indicates that life is about to get somewhat tougher in the coalfields and a new round of cost cutting may be on the way — with interesting variat

Mining companies in the Powder River Basin couldn't be happier about this development, since most of the coal that will be passing through Canada will be coming straight from Wyoming.

If the claims about the coal mines are proved true, he added, «it would show that these companies can be ripped off or tricked.

«This case represents an unprecedented first step in the absolutely critical work of forcing coal and other fossil fuel companies to start being honest about the damage they are doing to our planet,» Schneiderman said in a prepared statement.

By: Ajoy K Das 23rd April 2018 India's Coal Ministry has requested thermal power generation companies to increase plant level coal stocks to about 30 - million tons, from 16.5 - million tons at present, ahead of the monsoon season starting in JCoal Ministry has requested thermal power generation companies to increase plant level coal stocks to about 30 - million tons, from 16.5 - million tons at present, ahead of the monsoon season starting in Jcoal stocks to about 30 - million tons, from 16.5 - million tons at present, ahead of the monsoon season starting in June.

The first seed of the European Economic Community, i.e., the 1954 European Coal and Steel Company, was not sown for economic reasons only, but» and this was very conscious on the mind of its father, another Christian, Jean Monnet» in order to prevent competition about the possession of these basic industrial goods from becoming once again the cause of wars.

Company fuel cells have a naturally high concentration of CO2 in their fuel stream — about 75 percent concentration of CO2, compared to 10 percent or so from a typical coal plant emissions stream.

Coal companies should take a proactive strategy and talk about solutions, such as carbon capture utilization and storage (CCUS) technology, Reavey said.

Though coal still accounts for about a third of US electricity generation, utility companies are pivoting to cleaner natural gas to replace decommissioned coal plants.

About $ 190 million has been invested so far, about $ 90 million of which comes from coal companies contributing to a CCS About $ 190 million has been invested so far, about $ 90 million of which comes from coal companies contributing to a CCS about $ 90 million of which comes from coal companies contributing to a CCS fund.

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.

Read all about climate denial scientist Willie Soon's dirty money from petrochemical billionaire Charles Koch, coal utility Southern Company, oil giant ExxonMobil and other fossil fuel companies to deny the science of climate change!

I see that mr. Boone, has run into trouble and right now oil is dirt cheap (let us see how long that lasts) but now that we are officially in recession (two consecutive quarters down) and the oil and gas companies boast record profits and the oil, natural gas, and coal resources will all last longer than 25 years by most projections (coal about a hundred years give or take a decade?)

Peabody Energy, the world's largest private coal company, still has its coal - sales ticker flashing along on its Web site at about eight tons a second.

Just to the right of a ticker - style, real - time tally of tons of coal sold (about eight tons per second or so) is the message that the company is the * «global leader in clean energy solutions...» [Jan 2.

According to NComputing, the access devices eliminate the need for air conditioning when there is a room full of the devices, since they create little heat, produce significantly less e-waste at the end of their extra long lifetimes, and according to their calculations, the company's current user base is right now saving 144 million kWh of electricity annually, 17,700 metric tons of coal, 112,300 metric tons of CO2, and about 8,100 metric tons of e-waste.

I am sure the people who complain about oil and coal company - funded research would be equally outraged to learn of these «conflicts of interest».

And as long as businessmen with a vested interest (Exxon / Mobil, Peabody Coal, power companies), and economists with a political bias (CEI, Heartland, Cato, Wall Street), and lawyers (Bachmann, Cornyn, Cantor) believe that they know more about global warming than climate scientists, nothing will get done to combat global warming.

As I've written repeatedly, it's tough to sustain a focus on long - term needs, like sustained research on the frontiers of photovoltaics and energy storage, when congressional politics is about building short - term coalitions by satisfying demands presented by influential players, from coal companies to unions.

The oil and coal companies made sure everyone knew about the costs of action.

«Hopes are still high» for his backing, said Lauri Hennessey, a spokesperson for the Alliance for Northwest Jobs and Exports, which comprises about 40 coal companies, transportation firms, labor unions and regional business councils.

Yet, disclosure rules regarding environmental or sustainability issues may become more rigorous in the future as Peabody Energy, the world's largest private - sector coal company, agreed (PDF) in November to provide more information about its risks associated with climate change in future SEC filings.

Companies are angling to build two export facilities in Washington State from which 100 million tons of coal would be shipped to China, Japan and South Korea a year — about the same as what the United States exports now from East Coast and Gulf ports.

«The situation the company finds itself in now is a significant amount of uncertainty about what climate change regulation might do to the cost of coal plants,» Eskelsen said Monday.

Lauer says they picked the location, about 50 miles northeast of Detroit in East China Township, because there's existing natural gas and electric infrastructure and a «great workforce» that's already running two of the company's existing coal plants nearby.

Donald Trump's promise to bring back coal jobs is about as solid as his promise to force American companies to bring jobs back from China.

Urgewald, a Berlin - based environmental group, calculates that Chinese companies are at present involved in plans to build about a fifth of new coal - fired energy capacity around the world — in countries including Pakistan, Egypt, Iran, Vietnam and Malawi.

Presumably, the push is all about boosting the market for utilities and coal companies; and burning more coal would obviou...

In February 2009, about 250 people filed suit against coal companies they allege poisoned wells in two communities in southern West Virginia.

Despite executives» claims to the contrary, many oil and coal companies continue to support groups like the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), which spreads misinformation about climate science to state legislators, but denies that it denies climate science.

Out of the top 120 companies planning new coal power stations, only about half have a coal share of power production above 30 %.

On Wednesday night, the City and County of Santa Cruz, California filed two lawsuits against 29 oil, gas, and coal companies, claiming they knew about climate change and somehow hid it from the public.

While coal supporters worried about how this could impact future projects, some environmentalists thought Ecology's decision would actually send a positive message to other companies.

But the 51 gigatonnes of carbon pollution (GtCO2) in the coal reserves that Australian companies already have on their books represent about 25 per cent of a precautionary 200 GtCO2 global carbon budget for coal.

The company expects energy demand to grow at an average of about 1 % annually over the next three decades — faster than population but much slower than the global economy — with increasing efficiency and a gradual shift toward lower - emission energy sources: Gas increases faster than oil and by more BTUs in total, while coal grows for a while longer but then shrinks back to current levels.

If we take the Politicians, Oil, Coal & Chemical companies out of the picture for a moment and just look at the people that they designed their Skeptical Anti-man induced Global Warming spins for... you clearly see a huge group of hateful and stupid people who don't care what the issue is about, as long as it deviates from what they consider a Liberal view... they're happy.

«Perhaps if they had spent more time and money diversifying their business rather than on lobbying against climate action and sowing the seeds of doubt about the science, they might not have joined the long (and ever growing) list of bankrupt global coal companies.»

In this case I wonder if he is acting as a paid advocate by the coal company (the article wasn't clear) or if he is just going off on his own hook about perceived executive - power abuses.

These companies have known for decades that their products — coal, oil, and natural gas — cause harm, yet even today they continue to fund front groups and trade associations who seek to sow confusion about climate science and block policies designed to reduce the heat - trapping emissions that cause global warming.

With this media attention he talks about coal cars being like death camp cars, talks about imprisoning oil company executives, etc..

Walmart talks a lot of talk about its renewable energy initiatives, but a new ILSR report finds that all that hype is just slick greenwashing hiding the company's massive coal consumption.

In total, the power company has about 8.3 GW of coal, oil and gas - fired resources currently available, so this would mean a 44 % reduction in its fossil capacity, and a fleet where wind and solar represent a majority of capacity, if not necessarily generation.

15 insurance companies have already taken steps, and are collectively divesting about $ 20 billion in equities and bonds from coal companies or are ceasing to underwrite coal projects.

During that time, the coal, oil and gas conglomerate Koch Industries, ExxonMobil, and other companies lavished tens of millions of dollars on a network of think tanks, advocacy groups and academic centers to sow doubt about climate science and attack renewable energy.

Another Panic Sell Downgrade in Coal - James River Coal Company (NASDAQ: JRCC) About The Great Energy Challenge.

Utility companies retired nearly 18,000 megawatts of electric generating capacity in 2015, about 80 percent of which was conventional coal - fired power plants, the U.S. Energy Information Administration said this week.

This week's news about Peabody Energy becoming the latest and final publicly - traded coal company to declare bankruptcy put an exclamation point on this devastating era for the coal industry.