I sent the release to a few
experts on coal and carbon dioxide for their reactions.
Not exact matches
China has the top
experts on gasification in the world, says Levine, because it is expanding its use of
coal to produce chemical raw materials.
4) Willie Soon states «I don't like to claim that I am an
expert on anything,» despite listing himself as an «
expert in mercury and public health» for a discredited Wall Street Journal op - ed dismissing health concerns over mercury pollution from
coal plants.
One key member of the denial machine, astrophysicist Willie Soon from the Smithsonian Institute for Astrophysics, has portrayed himself as an «
expert»
on mercury and public health in order to attack legislation curbing mercury emissions from
coal plants.
The report quotes public health
experts who express concerns that carbon emissions associated with
coal use will contribute to climate change and add to future public health problems -
on top of the serious consequences of
coal burning we are already seeing today.
To a traveler arriving
on the morning train — by now an
expert on Pennsylvania
coal towns — the hat shop and dry - goods store, the pharmacy and mercantile, seem built to last.
In a widely cited study
on «The Future of
Coal,» M.I.T.
experts said that an enormous increase in investment in industrial - scale demonstration plants would be required now even to know in 10 or 15 years if the technology can work at a meaningful scale.
«Without new
coal - fueled plants in our state,
experts predict that electric bills will skyrocket and Kansans will be more dependent than ever
on hostile, foreign energy sources,» the ad said.
Even if you trim off the ends of the curve of squalor and overindulgence, you end up with a huge energy gap, which may already be what is helping drive up oil and
coal prices (keep in mind most
experts on fossil fuels I talk to see no signs of «peak
coal» any time soon).
Big
Coal is firing back at James Hansen, NASA's top climate expert, who on Monday told a House committee on energy and climate that he thought top executives of coal and oil companies should be tried for «crimes against humanity and nature.&ra
Coal is firing back at James Hansen, NASA's top climate
expert, who
on Monday told a House committee
on energy and climate that he thought top executives of
coal and oil companies should be tried for «crimes against humanity and nature.&ra
coal and oil companies should be tried for «crimes against humanity and nature.»
Many
experts on China caution that most sources of data there should come with fat error bars, given past instances in which official estimates of activities ranging from
coal extraction to fish catches proved to be way off.
They also recommended prompt investment in projects aimed at capturing and permanently storing carbon dioxide from power plants
on a large scale — something that many energy
experts say has to happen because
coal will continue being used as a fuel for decades.
Purpose: To convene a small group of
experts (~ 8 people) to support the direction, development and provide input
on key issues related to sustainability analysis of electricity generation using renewable biomass for the four
coal power plants in Ontario (Atikokan, Thunder Bay, Lambton and Nanticoke).
An
expert on China, Xizhou Zhou, at Continue reading The Truth About
Coal, China, and Smog →
One key member of the denial machine, astrophysicist Willie Soon from the Smithsonian Institute for Astrophysics, has portrayed himself as an «
expert»
on mercury and public health in order to attack legislation curbing mercury emissions from
coal plants.
If TCR / ECS are lower than assumed by IPCC
experts, and if we use resource limits
on oil, gas and
coal (rather than using the hyper cornucopian figures used in RCP8.5), then the market, emerging technology driven by higher fossil fuel prices will reduce emissions to have concentration peak at ~ 630 ppm (that's a rough estimate).
She is deeply focused
on engaging with
experts and decisionmakers
on renewable energy and energy efficiency in order to reduce dependence
on fossil fuels and
coal power.
The
expert, Dr. James E. Hansen, and his colleagues conclude in a new analysis that the warming seen in recent decades has been caused mainly by other heat - trapping emissions — methane, chlorofluorocarbons, black particles of diesel and
coal soot and compounds that create the ozone in smog — which are easier to control than carbon dioxide, with many of them already
on the decline.
«This study provides an unprecedentedly detailed picture of the health fallout from China's
coal burning,» said Dr Andrew Gray, a US - based
expert on air pollution, who conducted the research.
Moderator: Vladimír Budinsky, Vice President of EURACOAL, Chair of UNECE Ad Hoc Group of
Experts on Cleaner Electricity Production from
Coal and other Fossil Fuels and Board Member / Strategy & Communications Director, Severoceske doly a.s.
Michael Levi, an energy
expert at the Council
on Foreign Relations, wrote last year that achieving even the lower end of the pledge would require slashing power plant
coal use about 75 percent.
Experts agree that a shift in our energy and consumption is necessary to avert catastrophe brought
on by global warming, yet there is strong resistance to a major move away from a
coal - fired electricity and oil - based economy to one based
on alternative sources of renewable energy.
According to industry
experts, if
coal loses out in utilities» decisions
on what to build, it would be because the economics of burning gas are simply better than burning
coal.
Last year,
on behalf of the U.S. Global Change Research Program, an
expert team of scientists summarized the science of climate change and the impacts of climate change
on the United States, now and in the future, and called the evidence of a warming climate «unequivocal,» primarily due to the use of fossil fuels —
coal, oil, and gas — and the loss of forests.
At the same time, many energy
experts and economists agree
on another daunting point: To make any resulting «alternative» energy options the new norm will require attaching a significant cost to the carbon emissions from
coal, oil and gas.
Considering that energy
experts will tell you that competition from renewable energy and natural gas are actually causing the decline in
coal, why are these Republicans so focused
on EPA regulations?
Three skeptics — Lindzen, Michaels, and Balling — were hired as
expert witnesses to testify
on behalf of Western Fuels Association, a $ 400 million consortium of
coal suppliers and
coal - fired utilities.
Long term
expert on oil and energy trends, Richard Heinberg, explains the oil story well in this podcast, while this excellent overview from Chris Nelder, shows how oil, gas and
coal are all under serious pressure.
Patrick Michaels lended «
expert» advice
on the impacts of global warming to a public relations campaign conceived and funded by a coalition of
coal companies and electric utilities.
To stop global warming, we must virtually eliminate the use of
coal worldwide Dr. James Hansen, one of our nation's leading
experts on global warming, is very clear about the necessary attributes of any solution: we must stop building new
coal plants immediately and start retiring existing
coal plants worldwide.