Sentences with phrase «criticized by the coal»

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Attorney General Eric Schneiderman criticized on Friday a proposal by the Trump administration that would allow coal - burning power plans to be paid higher prices for electricity.

I criticized this statement, noting that the actual emissions from U.S. coal - burning power plants declined only from 16.1 million tons to 12.4 million tons between 1980 and 1998 in the case of sulfur dioxide and from 6.1 million tons to 5.4 million tons between 1980 and 1998 in the case of nitrogen oxides (mostly emitted as NO, not NO2, but by convention measured as tons of NO2 - equivalent).

They helped pay for newspaper ads there on Monday criticizing the decision last month by the administration of Gov. Kathleen Sebelius to deny air - quality permits for two 700 - megawatt coal - burning plants.

Recently a coal industry official tried to divert attention from the actions that are needed to solve the climate problem by criticizing a specific paragraph in my testimony opposing construction of a new coal - fired power plant that does not capture its CO2 emissions (LINK, pdf file).