Sentences with phrase «dirty coal fired power»

Dirty coal fired power plants are (also) not needed to produce the extra electricity required.

We are looking at what other states have done too to learn from them,» said Wasserman, won the Goldman Prize for her role in shutting down two of Chicago's oldest and dirtiest coal fired power plants.

These new and existing plants can be used for base load over the short - to medium term to replace the region's dirtiest coal fired power plants (such as those in Australia's Victoria, near Indonesia's Jakarta and in China's interior).

Not exact matches

Environmental groups have lauded the Obama administration for its work in slashing emissions from dirty coal - fired power plants in the US.

We can expect NDP cabinet ministers to boast about achieving the approval of the Kinder Morgan Trans - Mountain Pipeline expansion and Environment & Parks Minister Shannon Phillips to release further details of the plan to address Climate Change, including government support for communities impacted by the phase out of dirty coal - fired power plants.

EPA enforcement of the Clean Air Act is pushing the oldest and dirtiest coal - fired power plants out of the nation's power fleet.

After all, the 10 RGGI states are connected to a national grid for power that can allow, for example, cheaper, dirtier power from coal - fired power plants in Ohio to substitute for reduced electricity production at a coal plant in New York State.

The nation is building coal - fired power plants — one of the dirtiest forms of energy production — at a clip of two to three a week.

Like all big coal - fired power plants, the 1,600 - megawatt - capacity Schwarze Pumpe plant in Spremberg, Germany, is undeniably dirty.

Like the coal - powered 1873 Bollee Steam Car pictured here, every plug in hybrid dream and every all - electric car prototype sold in North America currently endorses a dirty - coal - fired, climate - destroying future.

This puts Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a bind: He knows he needs to increase India's power supply (one avenue for doing this is investing in dirty coal - fired plants), but he also knows that being the lone obstructionist at global climate talks will impede his ability to deliver on a range of his campaign promises, many of which require global finance.

Chicago's southwest side was home to two of the nation's oldest and dirtiest coal - fired power plants — the Fisk and Crawford plants, owned by Midwest Generation.

Earthjustice's landmark court victory, which put in motion strict new limits on toxic air pollution from coal - fired power plants, drives the retirement of many dirty plants and a shift to cleaner power.

Today, a fact finding team of five non-governmental organizations (NGOs)-- the Sierra Club, 350.org, Carbon Market Watch, Friends of the Earth U.S. and Pacific Environment — released a scathing report, The U.S. Export - Import Bank's Dirty Dollars, on the rampant human rights abuses at the U.S. Export - Import Bank (Ex-Im) financed Sasan coal - fired power plant and mine in Singrauli, India.

«But China isn't just relegating its dirty coal - fired power plants to the outskirts of society; for years, it's been building 16 unprecedentedly massive, brand new «coal bases» in rural parts of the country.

According to Reuters, in the report Greenpeace concludes that «the last thing we need is for more cloud infrastructure to be built in places where it increases demand for dirty coal - fired power.»

Now, imagine that on the other side of your light switch, one of two scenarios exists: the first is a «clean» world where wind turbines spin to generate electrons to power your light bulb and the other is a «dirty» world where a coal - fired power plant lumbers into operation, spewing carbon dioxide (CO2) and other pollutants into the atmosphere, to create the same level of brightness in your living room.

These programs support emissions - intensive electricity generators and the high - emitting coal mines to transition to a lower - emissions profile and originally included a buy - out scheme for the dirtiest coal - fired power stations.

A Sierra Club statement about the leadership letter called PacifiCorp «the largest owner of dirty, outdated coal - fired power plants in the west.»

As carbon pricing renders Victoria's dirty brown coal - fired power uneconomic, the state's legacy coal industry could develop expertise in shifting from coal to gas to renewables.

Between 2010 - 2020, rapid near - term investment in natural gas electricity - generating capacity can progressively replace Australia's dirtiest coal - fired power plants for baseload power.

And, a few weeks ago, we learned that the Danskammer coal - fired power plant, one of New York's dirtiest polluters, will be retired and torn down.

However, because of the enormous number of dirty coal - fired power plants in existence, the abundance of the fuel, and the fact that CCS technology could be used at biofuel - fired power plants to draw down atmospheric carbon dioxide, the technology deserves strong R&D support.

We can readily continue this rapid expansion of renewable energy — and accelerate the transition away from dirty, coal - fired power plants — by utilizing existing technologies, investing in improvements to our electricity system, and making smart policy decisions that move the country toward a clean energy future.

Still, nuclear power does not produce the dirty emissions of coal - fired power plants, including soot, mercury and sulfur dioxide.

RATHER telling when the likes of the Guardian lambasts China's absurd move to ramp up coal - fired power to ensure the wellbeing of their most vulnerable, demonising «dirty» (lifesaving) coal without a single mention of unreliables to stop the supposed rot.

Just a few years ago, economists and environmentalists still pictured a world shifting steadily from «dirty» coal - fired power plants to «cleaner» natural - gas turbines.

Dirty energy lobbyists, including those of Chevron, could effectively use hypothetical arguments of TTIP illegality to chill government action on both sides of the Atlantic to curtail hydraulic «fracking» for natural gas, deny permits for liquefied natural gas export terminals, close coal - fired power plants, and prohibit new coal mining, oil drilling, and oil / gas pipeline operations, among others.

UCS experts work to analyze practical, cost - effective strategies for lowering America's coal use — and have consistently demonstrated that closing down the dirtiest coal - fired power plants would not adversely effect the reliability of our electricity supply, nor would it significantly increase the cost of electricity for consumers.

In its latest report, Walmart's Dirty Energy Secret: How the Company's Slick Greenwashing Hides Its Massive Coal Consumption, the Institute for Local Self - Reliance (ILSR) calculates the total electricity use, coal - fired power consumption and resulting greenhouse gas emissions of every Walmart store and distribution center in the counCoal Consumption, the Institute for Local Self - Reliance (ILSR) calculates the total electricity use, coal - fired power consumption and resulting greenhouse gas emissions of every Walmart store and distribution center in the councoal - fired power consumption and resulting greenhouse gas emissions of every Walmart store and distribution center in the country.

Washington, D.C. — As a growing group of environmental leaders call on Walmart to stop greenwashing and commit to real sustainability, a new study finds that Walmart is one of the nation's largest users of coal - fired electricity, and that its heavy reliance on dirty power pumps nearly 8 million metric tons of carbon pollution into the air each year.

After all, the 10 RGGI states are connected to a national grid for power that can allow, for example, cheaper, dirtier power from coal - fired power plants in Ohio to substitute for reduced electricity production at a coal plant in New York State.

The report, titled Walmart's Dirty Energy Secret: How the Company's Slick Greenwashing Hides Its Massive Coal Consumption, found that the company is «one of the nation's largest users of coal - fired electricity,» and that Walmart's dependence on dirty power «pumps nearly 8 million metric tons of carbon pollution into the air each year.&rDirty Energy Secret: How the Company's Slick Greenwashing Hides Its Massive Coal Consumption, found that the company is «one of the nation's largest users of coal - fired electricity,» and that Walmart's dependence on dirty power «pumps nearly 8 million metric tons of carbon pollution into the air each year.&raCoal Consumption, found that the company is «one of the nation's largest users of coal - fired electricity,» and that Walmart's dependence on dirty power «pumps nearly 8 million metric tons of carbon pollution into the air each year.&racoal - fired electricity,» and that Walmart's dependence on dirty power «pumps nearly 8 million metric tons of carbon pollution into the air each year.&rdirty power «pumps nearly 8 million metric tons of carbon pollution into the air each year.»

The WSJ concludes: «The market distortions caused by over-reliance on expensive but undependable power already have pushed German utilities to rely more on cheap and dirty coal - fired power plants to make up the shortfall when renewable sources can't meet demand.»

When we think about the culprits behind the climate crisis, we tend to think about Big Oil or dirty coal - fired powered plants.

Second, we need to make dirty energy more expensive by calling attention to the health and economic externalities borne by the American public and using protests to discourage the construction of new coal - fired power plants.

â $ ¨ In the end, the market will decide which is the better performer, dirty coal - fired power or clean wind and solar.

But since most of America's electricity comes from coal - fired power plants, critics worry that any cut in tailpipe emissions would be offset by dirty air from increased coal burning.

It's been nearly a year since Alberta Premier Rachel Notley announced an ambitious set of policies to cap oil sands emissions, phase out coal - fired power generation and implement an economy - wide carbon tax in Canada's «dirty» province.

This agreement is only the latest sign of progress as our country continues to transition away from dirty, dangerous, and expensive coal - fired power plants.»

We used to import a lot of power from Victoria that was generated in some of the dirtiest brown coal - fired power stations in Australia.

Of course it is not only wind power that displaces dirty, polluting coal - fired power, solar and all other forms of renewable energy do too, but the main subject of this page is the positive impact of wind power.