Sentences with phrase «first coal company»

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When it comes to thermal coal, first look for companies that operate in Wyoming and Montana's Powder River Basin, says Scott.

After a series of incidents where coal mines poisoned local water supplies, the rule was written to force mining companies not to begin new projects without first developing a plan to restore affected streams after the coal is hauled out of the earth.

«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.

Arch Coal stock plunged 14.5 % in the wake of the company's first - quarter report.

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.

Shenhua Group, the country's largest coal producer and the second - largest in the world, for one, said in its latest financial report that the company's profit dropped by 13.7 percent in the first three quarters of 2014 compared with a year ago.

Through their own studies and their participation in government - sponsored conferences, company researchers had concluded that rising CO2 levels could create catastrophic impacts within the first half of the 21st century if the burning of oil, gas and coal wasn't contained.

I am a skeptic and I did not participate in the survey and I am still waiting for my first oil or coal company check.

Under the leadership of coal - veteran Russell Kelce, the company expanded production and sales, and purchased a mine in Queensland, Australia, its first outside of North America.

«The first step banks and investors need to take is to stop investing in companies planning new coal - fired infrastructure and coal mines.

In an apparent first salvo in a public relations campaign to shift blame for the Kemper power plant boondoggle away from himself and corporate management and onto state regulators, Southern Company chief executive officer Tom Fanning admitted that the Kemper plant is not economically viable as a coal - burning power plant.

The first case study I've posted reveals how a coalition of US coal companies sought to persuade people that the science is uncertain.

The first, is a major focus on mapping out the implications of the energy transition involved for key stakeholders, with a focus on coal, oil and gas sectors, on capital expenditure by companies and scenario planning around demand and supply.

The groups intervened in lawsuits against the Environmental Protection Agency's climate plan addressing new and existing power plants, countering a group of coal companies, polluting power generators and allied state attorneys general that sued to block the first - ever standards limiting power plant carbon pollution.

To the relief of coal company barons and the chagrin of health advocates, the Energy Independence executive order, takes aim at the Clean Power Plan, our nation's first regulations to reduce the amount of climate pollution from coal - fired power plants, among other safeguards of our climate and public health.

Allianz and AXA were among the first insurance companies to divest from coal in 2015.

In this first look at the reporting landscape of fossil fuel reserves, it is apparent extractive companies do not present the full picture of risks that some coal, oil and gas reserves may not be combusted.

In April 2017, AXA was also the first major insurer to stop underwriting the coal companies in which it would no longer invest.

First, Massachusetts Sen. Ed Markey called on coal and oil companies to disclose how much they had spent funding climate science.

Companies first clear - cut a mountaintop and then blast an average of 800 feet off the top of the mountain in order to access coal seams that lie beneath.

A group of 70 global investors managing more than $ 3 trillion of collective assets have launched the first - ever coordinated effort to spur the world's 45 top oil and gas, coal and electric power companies to assess the financial risks that changes in demand and price pose to their business plans.

In an apparent first salvo in a public relations campaign to shift blame for the Kemper power plant boondoggle away from himself and corporate management and onto state regulators, Southern Company chief executive officer Tom Fanning admitted this week that Kemper plant is not economically viable as a coal - burning power plant.

In an apparent first salvo in a public relations campaign to shift blame for the Kemper power plant boondoggle away from himself and corporate management and onto state regulators, Southern Company chief executive officer Tom Fanning admitted this week that the Kemper plant is not economically viable as a coal - burning power plant.

For example, the largest US coal mining companies lost 50 % of their share value in the first 6 months of 2012.

An article on Friday about the Obama administration's plans to enact the first federal carbon limits on the nation's power companies referred incorrectly to the amount of carbon dioxide emissions from the average advanced coal plant.

WASHINGTON — A year after a plan by President Obama to limit greenhouse gas emissions from new power plants set off angry opposition, the administration will announce on Friday that it is not backing down from a confrontation with the coal industry and will press ahead with enacting the first federal carbon limits on the nation's power companies.

The coal and oil companies have spent in the United States alone a half a billion dollars in the first eight months of this year promoting a lie that there is such a thing as «clean coal.»

Ours is the first list that names and shames the companies whose coal power plans are paving the road towards climate chaos.»

He added: «These companies call in outside lawyers, who make a lot of money by doing an investigation and are the first to interview key witnesses at the coal face, then claim privilege — it is absolutely ludicrous.»