Sentences with phrase «effort by coal»

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Commissioner Neil Chatterjee, who has pushed for immediate aid to struggling coal and nuclear plants, signed off on the order and said in an opinion that he expected the decision to be «only the first step in a more systematic effort by the Commission» to address resilience.

Therefore greater efforts are needed by government and industry to embrace less polluting and more efficient technologies to ensure that coal becomes a much cleaner source of energy in the decades to come.

Despite efforts to reduce emissions, unusually high gas prices in 2006 meant more electricity was generated by coal, the environment secretary explained.

Cuomo has pushed in recent years to adopt new efforts aimed at reducing emissions and shifting the state toward the majority use of clean and renewable power in the coming years, including an effort to close coal - burning power plants by 2020, promoting offshore wind projects and developing a clean energy standard to have the state on 50 percent renewable energy by 2030.

New Chinese hydro, nuclear, wind and solar are also significantly curtailing coal power generation, driven not only by energy security and climate concerns but also by efforts to reduce local pollution.

This policy stymies state efforts to reduce carbon 40 percent by 2030, sending a clear market signal that New York will continue to bail out coal.

While critics call it an effort to kill coal, Gillibrand says it's part of the EPA's mandate, something Congress gave it under the Clean Air Act, a mandate later upheld by the Supreme Court.

Current federal efforts to revive the coal industry will likely do more harm than good to fragile Appalachian communities transitioning from coal as a major source of employment, according to a study conducted by Indiana University researchers.

Efforts to cut greenhouse gas emissions by reducing the use of coal in China may run into difficulties getting accurate numbers

Poland could halve its demand for coal by 2030 with a shift to renewable energies that would end its image as a laggard in European Union efforts to slow climate change, a study showed on Friday.

By calling for re-energizing CCS development, PCAST is making two judgments: 1) that the coal industry is highly likely to remain competitive even as it complies with EPA restrictions on emissions of SOx, NOx, Hg, and other toxics; and 2) that a substantial price on carbon is highly likely to arrive in a time frame of relevance for a CCS development effort.

Several GOP lawmakers contacted by ClimateWire blasted the work on new targets as another example of the Obama administration's «go it alone» approach that, like the current U.S. EPA effort to rein in emissions from coal - fired power plants, will face fierce opposition from Congress.

Indian coal plants under the CDM received financial backing from the World Bank, sparking an outcry against that organization by groups that argue that the bank's support for the coal industry is inconsistent with its other efforts to tackle climate change.

Even China's efforts to combat those rising concentrations — in part by switching from burning coal to capturing the power latent in rivers like the Yangtze — falter in the face of global warming, as a result of less water in those rivers due to drought and the dwindling glaciers of the Tibetan Plateau.

China plans to convert the grid to renewable fuel or clean - coal technology as part of efforts to cut carbon emissions by 60 percent by 2020.

Dozens of utilities surveyed by Reuters earlier this year said they would continue to move away from coal despite efforts by the Trump administration to revive the coal industry.

However, the stark reality is that global emissions have accelerated (Fig. 1) and new efforts are underway to massively expand fossil fuel extraction [7]--[9] by drilling to increasing ocean depths and into the Arctic, squeezing oil from tar sands and tar shale, hydro - fracking to expand extraction of natural gas, developing exploitation of methane hydrates, and mining of coal via mountaintop removal and mechanized long - wall mining.

Positive can continue to dominate due to aspects related to psychological handling, and more heat has been shown to increase conflict potential, increased disruptions means increased rebuilding efforts, by all means (using wood and coal for burning if someone lacks technological advancements).

Updated below, 12:51 p.m. A comprehensive and sobering Associated Press story by Dina Cappiello provides a valuable update on how United States policies promoting exports of coal are undercutting domestic efforts to restrict emissions of carbon dioxide, the heat - trapping gas released when fossil fuels are burned.

This choice would undoubtedly be hailed both by those pushing for development and large - scale testing of nonpolluting energy technologies and by environmental campaigners seeking knowledgeable leadership at the giant agency — which, while it still oversees efforts to boost coal and oil extraction, also has what may be the world's biggest assemblage of scientists pursuing development of renewable power sources.

But the prospect has spawned a fierce lobbying effort by conservative Republicans and some coal, oil and industry groups, which are urging Mr. Bush to abandon his campaign stance and any mention of carbon dioxide.

Below is a note sent to me by Vic Svec, who you heard from here earlier in the year in relation to efforts by Gov. Kathleen Sebelius of Kansas, a rising star in the Democratic Party, to deny permits for two proposed coal - burning power plants because of their potential contribution to global warming.

Cassoni's effort to forestall the coal mining is the subject of a documentary being shot by Michael O'Connell, the filmmaker from North Carolina best known for his prize - winning 2008 film «Mountain Top Removal.»

The efforts to reduce air pollution in China range from the seemingly minor — asking residents to refrain from using coal stoves and furnaces in their homes — to the massive — scaling back steel production capacity by an additional 50 million tons.

The authors argue that the effort will fail — coal's prices will be so uncompetitive that coal - fired power will drop by 51 percent by 2040, they say.

This working paper examines the first five years of U.S. - China Clean Energy Research Center (CERC) Advanced Coal Technology Consortium, a collaborative effort by the United States and China to accelerate development on carbon capture and storage and other advanced coal technologCoal Technology Consortium, a collaborative effort by the United States and China to accelerate development on carbon capture and storage and other advanced coal technologcoal technologies.

CoalSwarm began in 2007 as an informal effort by journalists and activists to document over 150 proposed coal plants in the United States.

However, this would be somewhat offset by a 5 to 10 % increase in domestic coal prices (Chinese only) as part of the NDRC's ongoing efforts to phase in electricity price reform.

The report also noted efforts by the Trump administration to prop up nuclear and coal - fired power plants.

Those include distribution - level efforts like tree trimming and automation, outage recovery efforts, and investments to improve customer resilience, they wrote, while the onsite fuel supplies championed by the coal and nuclear sector are seen as less beneficial.

On Wednesday, a coalition of European energy companies announced that there would be no new coal plants built throughout the European Union after 2020, in an effort to meet goals set forth by the Paris climate agreement.

In the United States, coal's dominance in the power sector has been eroded by low gas prices; in China, coal demand has fallen due to lower use in the industrial and residential sectors linked to efforts to improve air quality; while in the United Kingdom a recently introduced carbon price floor has rung the death knell for coal use in power generation.

«This new policy, along with efforts to eliminate inefficient mines, may help to ease the severe domestic oversupply» of coal, Deng said by phone from Guangzhou.

In an effort to curb climate change, both Britain and Canada have announced plans to stop building new conventional coal power plants, a move long - advocated by environmentalists.

The Clean Power Plan (CPP) was a far - reaching effort by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to control greenhouse gas emissions from coal - fired power plants under the Clean Air Act (CAA).

On the other hand, proponents of taking action to curb climate change charge that efforts at reform are being opposed by the coal, oil, and natural - gas industries and from oil - rich countries like Saudi Arabia.

The move is part of a broader effort by Trump to kill regulations he deems «job - killing» and make good on a campaign promise to unleash «clean, beautiful coal» and bring jobs back to the sector.

The data could spell bad news for coal companies that have resisted efforts by President Obama's Environmental Protection Agency and others to curtail the controversial mining method.

Trump is set to sign an executive order Tuesday that would promote domestic oil, coal and gas by reversing much of former President Barack Obama's efforts to address climate change, according to details shared with Bloomberg News.

Despite Michael Bloomberg's best efforts, and the market economics working against it, coal could still make a small come back, though, especially if Trump rigs the rules of the game in favour of coal by re-writing US domestic power rules and slashing solar tariffs.

My Clean Break column today takes a closer look at efforts by Ontario Power Generation to convert some of its coal - fired generating assets into biomass - burning power plants, including potentially several units at its Nanticoke Generating Station — North America's largest coal plant.

Meanwhile, Butler was quoted this morning as saying that moving more rapidly to a market price for carbon — which will effectively bring the Australian price down to European prices, where efforts to strengthen climate policy and the carbon price have been thwarted by coal - reliant Poland, would have an impact on the budget but would also be complex.

Edited by Bob Burton, CoalWire is CoalSwarm's weekly news bulletin that summarizes the most significant developments affecting the global coal industry and highlights the efforts of groups around the world working on coal - related issues.

The Bureau of Land Management has not adjusted to the US coal mining industry's efforts to increase exports of publicly owned coal.The US coal mining industry is openly aiming to increase exports of publicly owned coal, and the federal coal leasing program has been faulted by multiple government audits for ignoring exports when determining the «fair market value» of leased coal.

From the 1991 «Ice Campaign» run by the coal and utility industries to the Marshall Institute's bogus «Study» of 1998 (which was designed to resemble a National Academy of Sciences document) to the recent efforts of ExxonMobil and Peabody Energy to eviscerate efforts to address the climate crisis, in tandem with the Bush White House, the fossil fuel lobby and its ideological supporters have waged a relentless campaign of deception and disinformation to confuse people about the reality of warming - driven climate change.

For years, certain natural gas producers, led by Chesapeake Energy CEO Aubrey McClendon, have pursued a myopic strategy of demonizing coal in an effort to seize a larger share of the electricity generation market.

In 1980 the U.S. government began what would be a decades - long effort to grapple with the problem of acid rain caused by sulfur emissions from coal - fired power stations.

Despite efforts by the Trump administration and some states to prop up the coal industry, its future remains bleak.

«Beijing will ban coal use in its six main districts by the end of 2020, state media cited the Beijing Municipal Environmental Protection Bureau as saying, as the Chinese capital steps up efforts to combat air pollution.

Analysis of the Authorsí Article and Other Claims The August 24, 2001 «Exploiting Wind versus Coal» Science «Policy Forum» article has engendered considerable discussion (principally by e-mail), debate, criticism, and efforts to obtain clarification, data and justification for the authorsí highly publicized conclusions.