Sentences with phrase «focused on coal plant»

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The EPA is reportedly drafting a far less ambitious rule that would focus on improving efficiency at coal plants.

He said that from the 1970s into the 1990s regulation of smokestacks focused largely on the stench and opacity of the plumes because of concerns about coal - fired plants and steel mills, and less attention was paid to the chemical plants.

Yang, who focuses on emerging economies, said her research also has shown that many other fast - growing developing countries have lower coal plant standards than India and China, and few incentives to build cleaner plants.

Citizen opposition to new coal - fired power plants in places like Nevada and Montana has focused as much on water concerns as greenhouse gas emissions.

What the authors would like to see is the prospect of limited and expensive coal get a serious consideration; currently, most energy policy decisions, such as a focus on carbon capture and storage for coal plants, assume that coal will remain cheap enough to compensate for its added costs.

«It looks like a Dutch landscape painting from the 16th century, and then to the left there's this crazy, destructive - looking coal plant,» says Hayes, who is focusing on bioremedial plantings to try to cleanse the earth of heavy metals, while Camporeale, an animator and composer, is working on a sound installation in a nonfunctioning wastewater management facility.

If you could say, for example, the USA is responsible for 40 % of the worlds greenhouse gases with 4 % from automobiles, 6 % from aircraft, 35 % from coal power plants, etc... then I, and society, can focus on the worst offenders first.

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It would mean that DOE has given up on addressing the challenge of climate change and instead is just focused on the near term goal of reducing oil imports and modestly reducing the expansion the coal fired power plants.

But his prescription was different than those of Mr. Barnes and Dr. Hansen, focusing instead on an aggressive policy to deploy new energy technologies for electricity and transportation and a quick phaseout of traditional coal - burning power plants.

After rapping through some of the energy issues we're facing — the high cost of current oil production methods, the ridiculous talking points around the Keystone XL, and pollution from coal power plants (highlighting China)-- the rapping crew takes a very brief look at Elon Musk's electric vehicle and solar solutions (but with the main focus being that he is on Mars dressed like Iron Man), then gives a satirical presentation of Richard Branson's asteroid mining plans.

President Obama's highly anticipated Climate Action Plan was released earlier this week, the centerpiece of which focuses on cutting carbon emissions from new and existing coal fired power plants.

In June, India announced it would set up two research centres focused on producing technology that could capture emissions from coal plants.

By closing down coal - fired power plants and focusing on clean energy, the US could save 5,500 lives a year, Bloomberg said.

That emphasis would appear to focus on reliability problems with natural gas power plants, and leave out studies of frozen coal piles or other weather - related reliability problems at plants served by other fuels.

Genome Alberta announced C$ 25.2 million (US$ 22.2 million) in public / private funding over four years for two new genomic research projects, one targeted at enhanced recovery of fossil hydrocarbon resources from oil sands and coal beds through biological processes, the other focused on discovering plant genes that can be sequenced and used... Read more →

Now that the United States has, in effect, a near de facto moratorium on the licensing of new coal - fired power plants, several environmental groups, including the Sierra Club and Greenpeace, are starting to focus on closing existing coal plants.

The narrower rule would focus on obtaining efficiency improvements through better heat rates at coal plants — an «inside the fenceline» regulation, rather than a sweeping change to the national power mix.

Once the nation commits to a rapid timetable for requiring CCS systems at all new coal plants under an emission performance standard, then all of our regulatory and research and development efforts should be focused on implementing CCS technology as effectively as possible.

NITI Ayog, Minister Goyal and Mr Subramanian have all emphasised the need to focus on cleaner coal technologies, like high efficiency power plants.

Although the coal industry employed advertising that focused on this new of clean coal in support of current - generation plants, the Department of Energy's timeline for its Carbon Sequestration Technology Roadmap indicated that even under optimistic assumptions, carbon sequestration would remain primarily in the demonstration stage for at least the coming decade.

I also focused on how living close to the Meramec Coal Power Plant in south St. Louis County could be having a negative impact on my dad's health.

Washington greens were not alone in drawing that conclusion, of course — it is reflected in the national climate movement as well, which has focused in recent years on allying with local and indigenous groups to fight coal plants and fossil fuel pipelines.

The PUCO has missed yet another opportunity to focus the company on real efforts to modernize our electric grid and invest in new, clean energy technologies and instead has forced customers to pay up for unwise investments in outdated coal and nuclear plants,» said Dan Sawmiller, Senior Campaign Representative for Sierra Club's Beyond Coal Campacoal and nuclear plants,» said Dan Sawmiller, Senior Campaign Representative for Sierra Club's Beyond Coal CampaCoal Campaign.

The Sierra Club just helped launch a new campaign with a coalition of groups, all focusing on the company with the most number of planned coal plants right now: Blackstone.

Focus on the health impacts; better inform the public about the severe health problems that plague communities near coal plants.

Part 1 was an overview of the energy strategies the country needs to stop building new coal plants and start reducing emissions from existing ones, focusing on energy efficiency, wind, and concentrated solar power.

Let's focus on the water and what's not mentioned: mercury.The story comes to us from the Rocky Mountain News, in Device to make coal plants cleaner passes tests

The proposed regulation is the centerpiece of President Obama's Climate Action Plan, which focuses on cutting carbon emissions from new and existing coal fired power plants, the source of nearly 40 % of the country's greenhouse gas emissions.

Here's a thought: instead of focussing on burying millions of tons of emitted carbon, how about retiring old coal fired plants and replacing them with renewable energy, and using the billions of R&D dollars for CCS to support clean and green renewable energy projects across the country?

Professional Experience Neville Island Shenango Coke DTE -LRB-[Insert City, State]-RRB- 2/2009 — 8/2010 Shift Manager — Plant Operations • Oversaw all coke production, coal handling, boiler house, and by - product operations, holding responsibility for knowledge and achievement of all environmental goals and regulations associated with production • Led safety meetings with each department prior to shift inception, focusing on critical knowledge, techniques, and awareness to promote staff safety and minimize production downtime • Worked closely with outside contractors and other interested parties on both small and major maintenance projects • Met and achieved all goals set for safety, environmental protection, and production

NRG is a deconstruction manager that focuses specifically on the burgeoning niche of deconstructing coal - fired power plants.